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Women’s tournament bracketology

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This is going to be a pretty quick description for now, with more in-depth explainer to come.

As a reminder, we take the automatic bids, and we take the NCAA’s selection criteria, and we project the at-large bids, then create a bracket out of it.

The one Pool B bid went to Chapman and the 20 Pool C bids went as selected, in the following order:
Kean
Bowdoin
UW-Whitewater
Greensboro
Rochester
Johns Hopkins
Louisiana College
UW-La Crosse
Colby
Williams
Eastern Connecticut
Messiah
Hope
St. Vincent
Lewis and Clark
Washington U.
Gallaudet
Medaille
Ithaca
Simpson

The teams left on the board: Mary Washington, Wheaton (Ill.), Oneonta State, Baldwin-Wallace, Gettysburg, Bates and Maryville. Wartburg was next in the West when Simpson was taken with the last spot.

I talked to one former committee member tonight who said that when they were on the committee, if you weren’t ranked, you didn’t get in. In men’s basketball we know that the regional committees rank extra teams so that there are more at-large candidates available in case they run out. In women’s, they said that didn’t happen — if a region ran out, they simply had an empty spot on the board.

I called that “ludicrous” — thankfully I don’t think that’s the case anymore. If it is, Thomas More doesn’t get in.

And from that, here’s our bracket: Projected 2011 women’s basketball bracket

The NCAA makes its announcement starting at 3 p.m. ET on Monday.

Men’s tournament bracketology

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Here’s the Matt Snyder bracketology. I’m copying and pasting it over with their permission, but here’s the link, so please visit them.

Following that, I’ll give my take and we’ll work from there.

Here’s the official D3hoops.com men’s basketball bracket projection.

The Matt Snyder Bracketology Pool C bids
Listed Alphabetically: Amherst, Becker, Carleton, Concordia (Wis.), Gwynedd-Mercy, Hanover, Ithaca, Keystone, Oswego State, Penn State-Behrend, Ramapo, Texas-Dallas, UW-River Falls, Virginia Wesleyan, Western Connecticut, Williams, Wittenberg, WPI

I italicized the spots where we differ. We think Mary Hardin-Baylor will hope Texas-Dallas in the South Region rankings. (And the South Region rankings are a mess after this weekend!) UMHB beat UTD two out of three. And we project Keystone out in favor of Kean. We think Kean remains ahead of St. Joseph’s (L.I.) in the Atlantic Region ranking.

I’m going to say the same sort of thing I said the last time around, in that I don’t think the third CSAC team gets in. Given the criteria, there are certainly cases you could make for several teams in the final spot, and it’s like that every year.

Who’s in the women’s tournament?

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Here are the teams that clinched the 43 automatic bids into the Division III women’s basketball tournament. The number in parentheses is the team’s seeding in their conference tournament. Coe, Daniel Webster, La Roche and Vassar are headed to the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history. The NCAA tournament bracket will be released on Monday afternoon. You can read more about the tournament’s structure here.

Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference: La Roche (1)
American Southwest Conference: Howard Payne (1-West)
Capital Athletic Conference: York (Pa.) (3)
Centennial Conference: Muhlenberg (2)
City University of New York Athletic Conference: Baruch (1)
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin: Illinois Wesleyan (1)
Colonial States Athletic Conference: Neumann (1)
Commonwealth Coast Conference: Salve Regina (1)
Empire 8: Stevens (2)
Great Northeast Athletic Conference: Emmanuel (1)
Great South Athletic Conference: Piedmont (3)
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference: Hanover (1)
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference: Coe (1)
Landmark Conference: Juniata (1)
Liberty League: Vassar (4)
Little East Conference: Western Connecticut State (1)
Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference: Bridgewater State (2)
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association: Calvin (1)
Middle Atlantic Commonwealth: Lebanon Valley (1)
Middle Atlantic Freedom: DeSales (2)
Midwest Conference: St. Norbert (1)
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference: Concordia-Moorhead (2)
New England Collegiate Conference: Daniel Webster (3)
New England Small College Athletic Conference: Amherst (1)
New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference: Babson (1)
New Jersey Athletic Conference: William Paterson (1-North)
North Atlantic Conference: Husson (1)
North Coast Athletic Conference: Denison (1)
North Eastern Athletic Conference: Keuka (2)
Northern Athletics Conference: Wisconsin Lutheran (1)
Northwest Conference: George Fox (2)
Ohio Athletic Conference: Mount Union (1)
Old Dominion Athletic Conference: Randolph-Macon (1)
Presidents Athletic Conference: Thomas More (1)
St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference: Webster (3)
Skyline Conference: Mount St. Mary (1)
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference: Occidental (1)
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference: DePauw (1-East)
State University of New York Athletic Conference: Geneseo State (1)
University Athletic Association: Chicago (No tournament)
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Minnesota-Morris (1)
USA South Athletic Conference: Christopher Newport (2)
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference: UW-Stevens Point (1)

Who’s in the men’s tournament?

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Here are the teams that clinched the 42 automatic bids into the 2011 Division III men’s basketball tournament. The number in parentheses is the team’s seeding in their conference tournament. The NCAA bracket will be announced on Monday afternoon. You can read more about the tournament’s structure here.

Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference: La Roche (1)
American Southwest Conference: McMurry (1-West)
Capital Athletic Conference: St. Mary’s (Md.) (1)
Centennial Conference: Franklin and Marshall (1)
City University of New York Athletic Conference: Medgar Evers (2)
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin: Augustana (2)
Colonial States Athletic Conference: Cabrini (1)
Commonwealth Coast Conference: Salve Regina (5)
Empire 8: Hartwick (3)
Great Northeast Athletic Conference: Johnson and Wales (2)
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference: Manchester (1)
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference: Luther (1)
Landmark Conference: Scranton (1)
Liberty League: Skidmore (3)
Little East Conference: Rhode Island College (1)
Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference: Bridgewater State (3)
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association: Hope (1)
Middle Atlantic Commonwealth: Alvernia (1)
Middle Atlantic Freedom: Delaware Valley (1)
Midwest Conference: St. Norbert (1)
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference: St. Thomas (1)
New England Collegiate Conference: Elms (2)
New England Small College Athletic Conference: Middlebury (2)
New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference: MIT (2)
New Jersey Athletic Conference: New Jersey City (2-North)
North Atlantic Conference: Husson (1)
North Coast Athletic Conference: Wooster (1)
North Eastern Athletic Conference: Wells (2)
Northern Athletics Conference: Benedictine (2)
Northwest Conference: Whitworth (1)
Ohio Athletic Conference: Marietta (1)
Old Dominion Athletic Conference: Randolph-Macon (2)
Presidents Athletic Conference: Bethany (3)
St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference: Webster (1)
Skyline Conference: SUNY-Purchase (1)
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference: Redlands (1)
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference: Centre (1-East)
State University of New York Athletic Conference: Buffalo State (2)
University Athletic Association: Rochester (No tournament)
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference: Northwestern (Minn.) (1)
USA South Athletic Conference: NC Wesleyan (1)
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference: UW-Stevens Point (1)

NCAA’s 2011 regional rankings, Week 4

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The third men’s and women’s regional rankings of the 2010-11 season have been released. For women’s rankings, scroll down.

More about what regional rankings mean
The basics on the NCAA Tournament
Week 1 regional rankings
Week 2 regional rankings
Week 3 regional rankings

The first record is in-region record, followed by overall record. Through games of Feb. 20.

Atlantic Region
1 Ramapo 19-3 20-5
2 SUNY-Purchase 21-4 21-4
3 Kean 17-5 18-7
4 St. Joseph’s (L.I.) 18-5 20-5
5 Mount Saint Mary 18-7 18-7

East Region
1 Oswego State 22-3 22-3
2 Ithaca 19-5 20-5
3 Rochester 19-3 20-4
4 Stevens 19-6 19-6
5 Hobart 19-5 19-6
6 Buffalo State 15-6 18-6

Great Lakes Region
1 Wooster 20-2 23-2
2 Marietta 19-3 22-3
3 Penn State-Behrend 22-2 22-3
4 Hope 15-2 19-6
5 Thiel 15-3 18-6
6 Wabash 18-5 19-5

Middle Atlantic Region
1 La Roche 22-2 23-2
2 St. Mary’s (Md.) 18-3 20-5
3 Cabrini 20-5 20-5
4 Gwynedd-Mercy 19-4 20-5
5 Keystone 21-5 21-5
6 Lebanon Valley 17-6 19-6
7 Franklin and Marshall 18-5 20-5
8 DeSales 16-7 18-7
9 Wesley 15-5 16-9

Midwest Region
1 Concordia (Wis.) 20-2 22-3
2 Augustana 21-2 22-2
3 Manchester 18-5 19-6
4 Hanover 18-6 18-6
5 Anderson 15-7 17-8
6 Milwaukee Engineering 18-6 19-6
7 Benedictine 17-6 18-7
8 St. Norbert 18-5 18-5

Northeast Region
1 Williams 21-1 23-1
2 Middlebury 20-1 23-1
3 WPI 21-3 21-4
4 Becker 22-3 22-3
5 Amherst 21-2 22-2
6 Western Connecticut State 20-4 21-4
7 Rhode Island College 17-7 17-7
8 Elms 16-6 18-7
9 Eastern Connecticut State 15-7 17-8
10 Brandeis 16-8 16-8
11 Roger Williams 17-8 17-8

South Region
1 Virginia Wesleyan 20-3 22-3
2 Randolph-Macon 20-4 21-4
3 Texas-Dallas 19-4 20-5
4 Ferrum 18-4 21-4
5 Eastern Mennonite 15-4 21-4
6 North Carolina Wesleyan 14-4 19-6
7 Mary Hardin-Baylor 19-6 19-6
8 Emory 18-5 19-5

West Region
1 Whitworth 24-1 24-1
2 St. Thomas 21-3 22-3
3 UW-Stevens Point 21-3 22-3
4 Chapman 14-1 21-3
5 Carleton 18-5 18-7
6 UW-River Falls 17-5 19-6
7 Whitman 13-5 18-7
8 Lewis and Clark 12-5 18-7
9 UW-Whitewater 16-8 17-8

Women’s rankings

Atlantic
1. Kean 19-1 22-3
2. Mount Saint Mary (New York) 23-2 23-2
3. William Paterson 20-3 21-3
4. Baruch 20-4 21-5
5. Gallaudet 21-2 23-2
6. Mary Washington 18-5 20-5

Central
1. Illinois Wesleyan 17-3 20-4
2. Wisconsin-Stevens Point 23-2 23-2
3. Wisconsin-Whitewater 17-5 20-5
4. Wisconsin-La Crosse 18-6 19-6
5. Chicago 21-3 21-3
6. Washington U. St. Louis 17-3 20-4

East
1. Rochester (New York) 17-5 19-5
2. SUNY Geneseo 20-2 22-3
3. Medaille 21-3 21-3
4. Ithaca 18-4 19-6
5. Oneonta State 18-5 19-6
6. Keuka 21-2 22-2

Great Lakes
1. Thomas More 24-0 25-0
2. Hope 22-1 24-1
3. Denison 23-0 25-0
4. Hanover 22-1 23-1
5. Calvin 17-1 21-4
6. DePauw 19-2 22-3

Mid-Atlantic
1. Lebanon Valley 23-2 23-2
2. Juniata 19-3 19-6
3. Johns Hopkins 20-4 20-4
4. Messiah 18-5 18-6
5. Muhlenberg 19-5 19-5
6. Gettysburg 18-6 19-6

Northeast
1. Amherst 24-1 24-1
2. Bowdoin 21-3 21-4
3. Colby 19-4 21-4
4. Williams 19-4 21-4
5. Babson 23-0 25-0
6. Western Connecticut State 21-3 21-3
7. Eastern Connecticut State 18-5 18-7
8. Bates 15-7 17-8
9. Tufts 17-6 18-6
10. Southern Maine 16-7 16-9

South
1. Greensboro 23-1 24-1
2. Louisiana College 21-2 21-1
3. Christopher Newport 20-3 20-3
4. Randolph-Macon 19-4 19-3
5. Maryville (Tennessee) 21-2 17-6
6. Bridgewater (Virginia) 20-3 20-4

West
1. Coe 21-3 22-3
2. Lewis & Clark 16-3 20-5
3. George Fox 15-3 20-5
4. Chapman 14-3 20-5
5. Simpson 18-4 20-5
6. Wartburg 20-4 21-4