Comments on: Regional rankings

By: ROBERT LANE

ROBERT LANE — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:41:17 +0000

Good point. Hopefully someone will. Thanks for your insight.

By: Pat Coleman

Pat Coleman — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:12:52 +0000

Perhaps D-III is telling people in the West they should actually apply before complaining about not getting chosen.

By: ROBERT LANE

ROBERT LANE — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:54:19 +0000

I see your point, but with that in mind, DIII is telling everyone in the west, “It doesn’t matter how good your program is, it doesn’t matter how large your city’s bid is, nor crowds, you’ll most likely never host the tournament because most teams are in the North and East. I still like the way the NAIA used to hold their BB tournament in KC (they still may, I don’t know) every year. That way there are no decisions having to be made every year or two, on who hosts games, and where. Everyone knows that if they are good enough, they’ll go to KC. Also, no team has home court advantage.

By: Pat Coleman

Pat Coleman — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:45:52 +0000

Perhaps, but keep the geography of Division III in mind — about 6% of the basketball programs are in the Mountain and Pacific Time Zones and there aren’t all that many more west of the Mississippi altogether.

By: ROBERT LANE

ROBERT LANE — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:34:11 +0000

Thanks for the info. Sounds like some cities west of the Mississippi need to do some bidding.

By: d-mac

d-mac — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:28:00 +0000

Also to point out, when a city wins a bid… it is for two years at a time.

By: Just Bill

Just Bill — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:24:40 +0000

Robert -

Yes, cities make bids to host and the NCAA Championship committee makes the selection. On the men’s side there’s such a strong tradition and procedure established in Salem, VA that it would take a rather remarkable bid by another community to take it from them.

The women’s one has rotated every two years for the past decade. Previous hosts were Danbury (CT), Terre Haute (IN), Virginia Beach (VA), Springfield (MA) and currently Holland (MI).

By: ROBERT LANE

ROBERT LANE — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:23:26 +0000

How are the sites for the men’s and women’s final 4 determined? Do cities make bids? Has it ever been held in the west or south?

By: Ralph Turner

Ralph Turner — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:38:05 +0000

Robert, if the NCAA can make money on flying three teams to Brownwood on the gate alone, then HPU might get to host the sectional.

Last year, they only had to fly two teams to Decorah, IA. (I think that Washington St Louis was bussed.) Playing the game in Brownwood would have meant three flights. When I saw that HPU would not host the sectionals, I was glad that HPU was not playing at Washington St Louis. Unfortunately, the Lady Jackets did not make it that far.

By: ROBERT LANE

ROBERT LANE — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:16:18 +0000

I’m sure hoping HPU will get more that just one game this year. Is there any other school in the nation that can get 4,000+ fans out to a game? New court, new backboards, clocks, etc. I doubt there is a better location in the country to play DIII basketball. We have 3 major airports within 3 hours of Brownwood. Brownwood has more than enough motel rooms for accomodating a tournament, unlike some places where traveling fans have to spend the night several miles away from the host city. Hopefully HPU will continue winning out the ASC, and the DIII will award an undefeated team with some home games.