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Frequently Asked Questions: NCAA Tournament
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
Posted by
Pat Coleman
pat@d3baseball.com
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
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.
Posted by
Pat Coleman
pat@d3baseball.com
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.
Posted by
Pat Coleman
pat@d3baseball.com
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
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