“Well sometimes it’s the same time all over the world….and right now I think you know what time that is…”
A lull in the DIII action has finally freed up time for my annual 16 Team Division III Men’s NCAA Tournament…were one to occur, which it won’t anytime soon, but you know…we’ll pretend it was going to.
Not being the NCAA, and thus not hampered by such things as aimless bylaws, lack of logic or lawsuits of hostile and abusive nature, freedom abounds as to how to set this up.
Recall, as always, we have no concerns with travel as if we need a few bucks we’ll just quietly embezzle a few grand off the billions the NCAA received from CBS to televise the DI squeakball tournament. Or, if times are really tough, we’ll just use some of the $180k Auburn gave to Cam Newton’s dad. Either way, travel is not an issue here and will not hamper our quest for a fair national tournament.
As far as selection goes, as always we seek to mimic the Division I selection process, with two notable deviations:
1.We do not pre-select regional hosts, but rather the top four seeds will host regionals. We feel it is only fair to let the top four seeds host in reward of excellent seasons and also don’t see the point in hosting regionals in strange places like St. Louis.
2. Since there is no complete DIII Pairwise to use to select the top 16 teams, we begrudgingly use the overly circular KRACH instead.*
Doing so gives us our 16 team seeded field, which is as follows:
1. Oswego
2. St. Norbert
3. Adrian
4. Elmira
5. Plattsburgh
6. Utica
7. Norwich
8. Castleton
9. Hobart
10. Manhattanville
11. Neumann
12. Geneseo
13. MSOE
14. Hamline
15. UW-Eau Claire
16. Bowdoin
And there we have it. Or wait, do we? Nope. Something still isn’t right as two automatic qualifiers, Curry of the ECACNE and Fitchburg State of the MASCAC, are not included. Wait, the MASCAC? Of course. No conference stays home here.
So, who gets bumped? Well, it can’t be Bowdoin or Hamline as both won their respective conference automatic qualifiers so say goodbye to MSOE and UW-Eau Claire, the two lowest seeded non-AQ winners.
A bit of proper seeding at the bottom and the 16 team field is set for good:
1. Oswego State
2. St. Norbert
3. Adrian
4. Elmira
5. Plattsburgh State
6. Utica
7. Norwich
8. Castleton
9. Hobart
10. Manhattanville
11. Neumann
12. Geneseo
13. Hamline
14. Bowdoin
15. Curry
16. Fitchburg State
Which leads to our four regionals:
Oswego Regional (Campus Center; Oswego, N.Y.)
#1 Oswego v. #16 Fitchburg State
#8 Castleton v. #9 Hobart
St. Norbert Regional (Cornerstone Community Center; Ashwaubenon, Wis.)
#2 St. Norbert v. # 15 Curry
#7 Norwich v. # 10 Manhattanville
Adrian Regional (Arrington Ice Arena; Adrian, Mich.)
#3 Adrian v. #14 Bowdoin
#6 Utica v. #11 Neumann
Elmira Regional (Murray Athletic Center; Pine Valley, N.Y)
#4 Elmira v. #13 Hamline
#5 Plattsburgh State v #12 Geneseo
And we’re all set. Almost.
One thing we do like to avoid is conference matchups in the opening rounds and we currently have two with Utica/Neumann and Plattsburgh/Geneseo. These can be fixed easily enough by simply swapping Geneseo and Neumann, which leaves us with:
Oswego Regional (Campus Center; Oswego, N.Y.)
#1 Oswego v. #16 Fitchburg State
#8 Castleton v. #9 Hobart
St. Norbert Regional (Cornerstone Community Center; Ashwaubenon, Wis.)
#2 St. Norbert v. # 15 Curry
#7 Norwich v. # 10 Manhattanville
Adrian Regional (Arrington Ice Arena; Adrian, Mich.)
#3 Adrian v. #14 Bowdoin
#6 Utica v. #12 Geneseo
Elmira Regional (Murray Athletic Center; Pine Valley, N.Y)
#4 Elmira v. #13 Hamline
#5 Plattsburgh State v #11 Neumann
There, all set. Plus the East gets its much desired 13-3 split, and slips the entire ECACW into the field even though they will all probably all lose in the first round again.
Frozen Four (Dee Stadium; Houghton, Mich.)
Oswego Regional v. Elmira Regional
St. Norbert Regional v. Adrian Regional
Considering in past seasons people have thought this was a real bracket, we here at The People’s Committee will clarify: Is this tournament actually going to happen? Of course not, but it sure would be fun.
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A lull in the DIII action has finally freed up time for my annual 16 Team Division III Men’s NCAA Tournament…were one to occur, which it won’t anytime soon, but you know…we’ll pretend it was going to.
Not being the NCAA, and thus not hampered by such things as aimless bylaws, lack of logic or lawsuits of hostile and abusive nature, freedom abounds as to how to set this up.
Recall, as always, we have no concerns with travel as if we need a few bucks we’ll just quietly embezzle a few grand off the billions the NCAA received from CBS to televise the DI squeakball tournament. Or, if times are really tough, we’ll just use some of the $180k Auburn gave to Cam Newton’s dad. Either way, travel is not an issue here and will not hamper our quest for a fair national tournament.
As far as selection goes, as always we seek to mimic the Division I selection process, with two notable deviations:
1.We do not pre-select regional hosts, but rather the top four seeds will host regionals. We feel it is only fair to let the top four seeds host in reward of excellent seasons and also don’t see the point in hosting regionals in strange places like St. Louis.
2. Since there is no complete DIII Pairwise to use to select the top 16 teams, we begrudgingly use the overly circular KRACH instead.*
Doing so gives us our 16 team seeded field, which is as follows:
1. Oswego
2. St. Norbert
3. Adrian
4. Elmira
5. Plattsburgh
6. Utica
7. Norwich
8. Castleton
9. Hobart
10. Manhattanville
11. Neumann
12. Geneseo
13. MSOE
14. Hamline
15. UW-Eau Claire
16. Bowdoin
And there we have it. Or wait, do we? Nope. Something still isn’t right as two automatic qualifiers, Curry of the ECACNE and Fitchburg State of the MASCAC, are not included. Wait, the MASCAC? Of course. No conference stays home here.
So, who gets bumped? Well, it can’t be Bowdoin or Hamline as both won their respective conference automatic qualifiers so say goodbye to MSOE and UW-Eau Claire, the two lowest seeded non-AQ winners.
A bit of proper seeding at the bottom and the 16 team field is set for good:
1. Oswego State
2. St. Norbert
3. Adrian
4. Elmira
5. Plattsburgh State
6. Utica
7. Norwich
8. Castleton
9. Hobart
10. Manhattanville
11. Neumann
12. Geneseo
13. Hamline
14. Bowdoin
15. Curry
16. Fitchburg State
Which leads to our four regionals:
Oswego Regional (Campus Center; Oswego, N.Y.)
#1 Oswego v. #16 Fitchburg State
#8 Castleton v. #9 Hobart
St. Norbert Regional (Cornerstone Community Center; Ashwaubenon, Wis.)
#2 St. Norbert v. # 15 Curry
#7 Norwich v. # 10 Manhattanville
Adrian Regional (Arrington Ice Arena; Adrian, Mich.)
#3 Adrian v. #14 Bowdoin
#6 Utica v. #11 Neumann
Elmira Regional (Murray Athletic Center; Pine Valley, N.Y)
#4 Elmira v. #13 Hamline
#5 Plattsburgh State v #12 Geneseo
And we’re all set. Almost.
One thing we do like to avoid is conference matchups in the opening rounds and we currently have two with Utica/Neumann and Plattsburgh/Geneseo. These can be fixed easily enough by simply swapping Geneseo and Neumann, which leaves us with:
Oswego Regional (Campus Center; Oswego, N.Y.)
#1 Oswego v. #16 Fitchburg State
#8 Castleton v. #9 Hobart
St. Norbert Regional (Cornerstone Community Center; Ashwaubenon, Wis.)
#2 St. Norbert v. # 15 Curry
#7 Norwich v. # 10 Manhattanville
Adrian Regional (Arrington Ice Arena; Adrian, Mich.)
#3 Adrian v. #14 Bowdoin
#6 Utica v. #12 Geneseo
Elmira Regional (Murray Athletic Center; Pine Valley, N.Y)
#4 Elmira v. #13 Hamline
#5 Plattsburgh State v #11 Neumann
There, all set. Plus the East gets its much desired 13-3 split, and slips the entire ECACW into the field even though they will all probably all lose in the first round again.
Frozen Four (Dee Stadium; Houghton, Mich.)
Oswego Regional v. Elmira Regional
St. Norbert Regional v. Adrian Regional
Considering in past seasons people have thought this was a real bracket, we here at The People’s Committee will clarify: Is this tournament actually going to happen? Of course not, but it sure would be fun.
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