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| 1. | What conferences receive automatic bids? |
| Posted On Feb 04, 2007 at 04:17 PM |
The following conferences get automatic bids in 2008:
Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference American Southwest Conference Centennial Conference College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Commonwealth Coast Conference Great Northeast Athletic Conference Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Liberty League Little East Conference MAC Commonwealth Conference MAC Freedom Conference Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Midwest Conference Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference New England Small College Athletic Conference New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference New Jersey Athletic Conference North Atlantic Conference North Coast Athletic Conference North Eastern Athletic Conference Northwest Conference Ohio Athletic Conference Old Dominion Athletic Conference Pennsylvania Athletic Conference Presidents' Athletic Conference Skyline Conference Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference; Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference State University of New York Athletic Conference USA South Athletic Conference Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
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| 2. | Who goes to the playoffs? |
| Posted On Apr 24, 2007 at 11:50 AM |
Fifty-four teams go to the 2008 tournament — 34 conference champions, 6 teams who are not in those 34 conferences (Pool B) and 14 at-large teams (Pool C). |
| Posted by Pat Coleman pat@d3baseball.com |
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| 3. | How does the NCAA compute Quality of Wins Index? |
| Posted On Apr 24, 2007 at 11:52 AM |
Thankfully, it doesn't anymore. The "Quality of Wins" index went away after the 2007 season. |
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| 4. | What are the criteria used to select Pool B and Pool C teams? |
| Posted On May 03, 2007 at 11:38 AM |
These are the primary criteria that are used to rank the Pool C teams: • Win-loss percentage against regional opponents • Quality of Wins Index: only contests versus regional competition • In- region head-to-head competition. • In-region results vs. common regional opponents. • In-region results vs. regionally ranked teams • Ranked opponents are defined as those teams ranked at the time of the ranking/selection process only. • Conference post-season contests are included. • Contests versus provisional members in their third and fourth years shall count in the primary criteria. Provisional members shall remain ineligible for rankings and selection. If the evaluation of the primary criteria does not result in a decision by the committee, the following Secondary Criteria (for ranking and selections) will be evaluated: • Out-of region head-to-head competition. • Overall Division III won-loss percentage • Results versus common non Division III opponents • Results versus Division III teams ranked in other regions • Overall win-loss percentage • Results versus common out-of region opponents • Overall Division III Quality of Wins. |
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| 5. | What is a regional game? |
| Posted On May 03, 2007 at 06:39 PM |
A game can be classified as regional in any of three ways.
Both teams are full Division III members (or third- or fourth-year provisional members) and: 1) are in the same Division III member conference or same region as defined by the appropriate Division III basketball committee. That list of regions is linked in the right-hand rail on this page. 2) The teams are within 200 miles of each other via the NCAA's approved mapping software. 3) The teams are within the same NCAA administrative region. Those regions are defined below. Region 1: Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont. Region 2: New York, Pennsylvania. Region 3: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia. Region 4: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming. If the teams are in the same region by any one of these three definitions, it is a regional game. |
| Posted by Pat Coleman pat@d3baseball.com |