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Around the Nation Podcast: Down to 16

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Linfield honored fallen teammate Parker Moore before taking the field against Chapman, then did so again on its first offensive play from scrimmage. (Photo by B. Scott Presley, d3photography.com)

Linfield honored fallen teammate Parker Moore before taking the field against Chapman, then did so again on its first offensive play from scrimmage. (Photo by B. Scott Presley, d3photography.com)

We can’t have 16 great first-round games. It just can’t happen — if it does, the NCAA committee would have had to really screw up its job, because there are supposed to be mismatches. But even from a blowout, we could learn something. And there were close games as well that provided a lot of insight, as well as a game that needed an extra day, and even more.

Now, we can have seven great second-round games. And Keith and Pat discuss the first round, preview the second, and touch on a couple of interesting ECAC performances and much more in this week’s Around the Nation Podcast.

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Around the Nation Podcast: Bracket breakdown

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Wartburg athletics photo by Julie Drewes

Wartburg athletics photo by Julie Drewes

Teams are in. Teams are out. Maybe we don’t agree with all the choices, but Keith and Pat don’t find much to complain about who got in the bracket for the Field of 32. And while the slimmed-down NCAA budget gives us a bracket that is a throwback to the bygone days of, say, 2007, there’s a bright side to that which Keith likes.

Did Wartburg get jobbed in its first-round draw, having to face St. Thomas rather than, say, Macalester or St. Scholastica? Why do Widener and Delaware Valley seem to be playing the wrong opponents? Where are the key personnel changes people need to be aware of and what storylines might you miss if you’re from a different part of the country?

Keith and Pat discuss the great finish to the regular season as well, and much more in this week’s Around the Nation Podcast.

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Around the Nation Podcast: A bit about elite teams

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Duane Thompson and Mary Hardin-Baylor continue to put up lots of yards and points. (UMHB athletics photo)

Duane Thompson and Mary Hardin-Baylor continue to put up lots of yards and points. (UMHB athletics photo)

Whether there is a separation at the top of the poll, whether it’s the top four teams, the top six or seven, or some other combination, one thing is for sure: they certainly separated themselves on the scoreboard this week.

And they do often.

Does that mean this is a bad year for parity? Or a great year for the upcoming playoffs? Keith and Pat discuss that and much more in this week’s Around the Nation Podcast.

Plus they hand out their game balls, look at teams on the rise, under-the-radar highlights, key stats and more.

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Plus, all the highlights and interviews from around Division III in the postgame show, including highlights from the Little Brass Bell game, a postgame report from UMHB-TLU and much more: