9 thoughts on “NCAA’s third regional rankings”

1. This has probably been explained before, but I missed it. How does the #1 team in the nation (Hope), rank #3 in a region? Looks to me that either the method of determining the national rankings, OR, the method in determining the regional ranking is flawed.

2. There’s at least the possibility of a difference of opinion as well. I wouldn’t have jumped DePauw past Hope based on a road win at Oglethorpe but the Great Lakes committee felt differently.

3. The number 1 team in the Top 25 Poll is a vote among coaches, SID’s and media personnel.

   The regional rankings are the officially approved mechanism for determining the seedings and the brackets for the NCAA tournament.

   They are completely independent of each other.

   I cannot over-emphasize how important that you read the FAQ.

   http://www.d3hoops.com/faq.php?category=NCAA%20Tournament

4. Maybe I’m just ignorant, but last time I checked Wooster was No. 2 in the region last week (Mens). Capital lost…and Wooster drops to three? That doesn’t make sense to me, I understand Hope leaping to No. 1, but why did Wooster drop to three?

5. Men’s Handbook

   http://www.ncaa.org/library/handbooks/basketball/2008/2008_d3_m_basketball_handbook.pdf

   Women’s Handbook

   http://www.ncaa.org/library/handbooks/basketball/2008/2008_d3_w_basketball_handbook.pdf

6. vtrunks86, the answer is that Wooster has a significantly lower OWP and OOWP than Capital and a moderately lower OWP and OOWP than Hope. Those are big factors in the regional rankings and probably account for the fact Wooster fell despite an undefeated week.

7. Thanks for the booklet and the responses. That cleared up a lot of questions I had.

8. Here’s a puzzler for those who have perused the championship handbooks: why is the women’s announcement first? Since the men have hosting rights in the first two rounds and the women in the third and fourth, wouldn’t you want the men’s bracket available for the women’s committee, so they could know who should be hosting?

   From the Northeast perspective – keep in mind that the density of teams means they had three regionals on both sides last year and other times in the past – the current top-ranked women’s team can’t host (Tufts’ floor isn’t regulation) and No. 3 and 5 are likely to get usurped their men (Amherst and Brandeis). So perhaps the Northeast women get just two regionals or else the sixth- or seventh-ranked team is going to be hosting a regional. Not that that’s a problem in and of itself, but I could see the NCAA forgetting and accidentally designating Amherst to host regionals on both sides.

   Or maybe I’m just thinking too much.

9. Just because it’s announced to us first doesn’t mean that the committees aren’t talking to each other.

   One reason, I’m sure, the women’s is announced first because they have to let their Wednesday night teams prepare. No men’s teams play until Thursday.

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