D3 in 2021

[Brutus Buckeye]

DePauw quickly defeated the Allegheny Alligators 3-0. 

In the next round I will boldly predict that they will upset the Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops

[caz]

RIT coughs up a 2-0 lead and falls in five at home to St. Lawrence in the Liberty League semifinals. I'm thinking that's the season for the Tigers. That's rough.

[coachk2]

Carnegie Mellon defeats Wash U St Louis in five sets by the scores of 25-18, 25-14, 14-25, 11-25, 15-11 😳 to end the Bears season in terms of making the NCAA tournament.  First time WUSTL is not in the field since 1987 🤯 Very ironic given Bears are hosting the Final 8 😬 November 18-20.

[noreaster]

Nov 5, 2021 18:07:59 GMT -5 coachk2 said:

Carnegie Mellon defeats Wash U St Louis in five sets by the scores of 25-18, 25-14, 14-25, 11-25, 15-11 😳 to end the Bears season in terms of making the NCAA tournament.  First time WUSTL is not in the field since 1987 🤯 Very ironic given Bears are hosting the Final 8 😬 November 18-20.

It would have been a fun exercise to tell a Wash U fan, "Your going to go 3-1 in California against UT Dallas, St. Bens, Cal Lu and CMS - how's your season going to go?"

[Brutus Buckeye]

Wooster upsets Hiram in 3 lopsided sets. They will play top seed and host Denison in the North Coast semifinals

[caz]

Salisbury beats UC Santa Cruz in the Coast 2 Coast 2rnament...err, tournament.

[ned3vball]

Nov 5, 2021 17:36:13 GMT -5 caz said:

RIT coughs up a 2-0 lead and falls in five at home to St. Lawrence in the Liberty League semifinals. I'm thinking that's the season for the Tigers. That's rough.

Maybe, probably. They were actually looking good in my simulations. But they will probably now be dropped in the rankings behind a team with no chance and be blocked. Could be an o-fer for region 3.

[Brutus Buckeye]

Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops declawed the DePauw Tigers in 3, and only venture farther into the Tiger den with the Wittenberg Tigers in the semifinals.

[ned3vball]

Here is a great resource put together by Ricky Nelson every season. He has a link to all 43 conference tournaments, puts my cherry picking post to shame.


Ricky Nelson conference tournament page

[ned3vball]

Saturday Morning projections. I assumed all the A bids, half of them have an easy trade off if it comes out differently. I ran 20 scenarios and these 20 schools were way ahead. The only other close school at 21st was Birmingham-Southern at 55%. After that, there were 4 schools each picked once in 20 passes.

I am surprised that RIT has stayed this strong. Will the committee really give the NESCAC 4 bids?

20 scenarios

school	times	ave rnd	pcnt
Calvin	20	1	100
Wisconsin-Whitewater	20	2	100
Emory	20	3	100
Colorado College	20	4	100
Wisconsin-Stevens Point	20	5	100
Chicago	20	7	100
Susquehanna	20	8	100
Denison	20	8	100
Otterbein	20	9	100
Wesleyan University (CT)	20	11	100
Bethel University	19	11	95
Bowdoin	20	12	100
Muskingum	19	13	95
Middlebury	20	14	100
Haverford	20	15	100
RIT	20	15	100
Southwestern	15	15	75
Scranton	20	17	100
Stevenson	20	18	100
Amherst	12	19	60

[bigfan]

Nov 5, 2021 19:49:15 GMT -5 caz said:

Salisbury beats UC Santa Cruz in the Coast 2 Coast 2rnament...err, tournament.

I had such high hopes for UC Santa Cruz. The west coast takes a blow.

[Brutus Buckeye]

The Wooster revenge tour continues, as they mow down top seeded Denison in the North Coast semifinals. 5 seed advancing to the Final.

[Brutus Buckeye]

The Ohio Northern Polar Bears bite the Otterbein Cardinals in the tail feathers, 3-0 in the OAC Final.

[Brutus Buckeye]

Ohio Wesleyan loses their stripes vs the Wittenberg Tigers, 3-0. 

Witt will play Wooster in the NCAC Final. 

[Brutus Buckeye]

Wittenberg wins their one millionth consecutive North Coast Tournament.