Post by vbnerd on Sept 18, 2024 11:04:56 GMT -5
OK, NED is talking about his numbers. FWIW, the full list is on the d3vbwest site.
So here's a question - the D3 volleyball committee said there was a plan to separate the top 8 teams in each sport. Do we know if they adopted this? It's early and the numbers will almost certainly change, but at the moment, 3 of the top 8 teams are from Region 5, and 3 are from Region 7.
1. Juniata (5)
2. MIT (2)
3. Case Western (7)
4. Hopkins (5)
5. Marietta (7)
6. Hope (7)
7. Franklin and Marshall (5)
8. Oshkosh (8)
9. Colby (1)
10. Laverne (10)
It doesn't seem possible that they'd all be able to host. And to keep them separate from one another at minimum you'd have to send two of the top 8 on the road, I think.
I'd say Franklin and Marshall would probably have to get shipped to NYU or Springfield or something to create a place for the AQs from regions 3/4 and the 1/2s who can't all go to MIT. And we had talked about this policy leading to a west team flying into New England every year but at the moment the west would need to bring in Marietta or Case to be their #1 seed, right? Or do they give more teams smaller moves...like send Hope to a regional in Region 8 (Illinois/Chicago) and bump Oshkosh to Region IX perhaps? I'm not so sure Hope would want the "protection" of being sent to Whitewater as the only top 8 seed.
Figure the west is something like Laverne, ETBU, Mary Hardin Baylor, the SCAC champ and if it's Trinity maybe Southwestern too, maybe CMS and/or Whittier and Whitworth... does flying Marietta in make that regional better? Does Marietta feel "protected" by not having to go to Case or F&M? I think this is where the validity of the NPI breaks down. The numbers say this is doing you a favor and coaches are going to be like "please don't do me any more favors!"
So here's a question - the D3 volleyball committee said there was a plan to separate the top 8 teams in each sport. Do we know if they adopted this? It's early and the numbers will almost certainly change, but at the moment, 3 of the top 8 teams are from Region 5, and 3 are from Region 7.
1. Juniata (5)
2. MIT (2)
3. Case Western (7)
4. Hopkins (5)
5. Marietta (7)
6. Hope (7)
7. Franklin and Marshall (5)
8. Oshkosh (8)
9. Colby (1)
10. Laverne (10)
It doesn't seem possible that they'd all be able to host. And to keep them separate from one another at minimum you'd have to send two of the top 8 on the road, I think.
I'd say Franklin and Marshall would probably have to get shipped to NYU or Springfield or something to create a place for the AQs from regions 3/4 and the 1/2s who can't all go to MIT. And we had talked about this policy leading to a west team flying into New England every year but at the moment the west would need to bring in Marietta or Case to be their #1 seed, right? Or do they give more teams smaller moves...like send Hope to a regional in Region 8 (Illinois/Chicago) and bump Oshkosh to Region IX perhaps? I'm not so sure Hope would want the "protection" of being sent to Whitewater as the only top 8 seed.
Figure the west is something like Laverne, ETBU, Mary Hardin Baylor, the SCAC champ and if it's Trinity maybe Southwestern too, maybe CMS and/or Whittier and Whitworth... does flying Marietta in make that regional better? Does Marietta feel "protected" by not having to go to Case or F&M? I think this is where the validity of the NPI breaks down. The numbers say this is doing you a favor and coaches are going to be like "please don't do me any more favors!"