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SouthernLaxGenius wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 10:21 pm Appreciate the feedback, but let us not forget the NCAA and the "eye test" doesn't really matter to them.

A win is a win (vs region or regionally ranked opponent) as you can win 15-14 or 25-0 the win (and loss) still count the same for their criteria in regards to picking teams. Margin of victory or eye test do not come into play (from years past)

Dr. Pretorious wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 12:16 pm Does anyone have a list of the AQ’s or a feel for which teams are likely to be sent to each of the eight sites, depending on geography, seeding, travel etc.?

wscl44 wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 2:17 pm This is the last year the HCAC gets a pass, correct? Curious to see what happens to the conference's support of lacrosse once Transy goes elsewhere...

ULLaxLuver wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 2:44 pm None of this matters dirty burg winning it all

ah23 wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 12:45 pm Given how much of a farce the Pool C bids were for the D-III women’s bracket, it’s worth noting that there is a nonzero chance none of this analysis matters! I half expect the NCAA to leave out all of the above teams and send Baldwin Wallace + North Central instead to “balance the regions” or whatever the idiotic logic is.

fitzlax wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 3:06 pm I don't see NCC getting a bid even with the regions in place. IMO, the 2 Midwest region's 8 slots will get IWU, Benedictine, NW-St Paul, Albion, Tranny, Centre, and Denison. That leaves 1 team, and I'm guessing they bring in Col College or John Carroll. No room for NCC.

ergit wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 12:24 pm

Dr. Pretorious wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 12:16 pm Does anyone have a list of the AQ’s or a feel for which teams are likely to be sent to each of the eight sites, depending on geography, seeding, travel etc.?

From IL:

Conference Winners

Atlantic East- Cabrini
Centennial- Franklin & Marshall
C2C- Salisbury
CCIW- Illinois Wesleyan
CSAC- Kean
Commonwealth Coast- Endicott
GNAC- Lasell
HCLC- Transylvania
Landmark- Catholic
Liberty- RIT
Little East- UMass-Boston
MIAA- Albion
MAC Commonwealth- York
MAC Freedom- Stevens
MLC- NW-St. Paul
NESCAC- Tufts
NEWMAC- Babson
NAC- SUNY Poly
NCAC- Denison
NACC- Benedictine
OAC- John Carroll
ODAC- Lynchburg
PAC- Grove City
Skyline- Maritime
SAA- Centre
SUNYAC- Cortland
USA South- Pfeiffer
Empire 8- Noon, Sunday: St. John fisher vs. Nazareth

Downhill Dodger wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 9:17 pm Selection committee is utter garbage. Unbalanced pods that make no sense. Do they actually watch any of these games?

SouthernLaxGenius wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 9:21 pm

Downhill Dodger wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 9:17 pm Selection committee is utter garbage. Unbalanced pods that make no sense. Do they actually watch any of these games?

Comes down to $$$, travel/flights and region, etc.

Been like this for years and pretty standard, even with Covid this year.

The fact that Salisbury/Lynchburg and RIT/Tufts are on opposite sides of the bracket is fine by me and look like they are on a "collision course" to meet in the final 4

SouthernLaxGenius wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 8:53 pm Selections will be tomorrow.

Other than the AQ's, if Colorado College has a lock on the only Pool B slot then (IMO), the 3 Pool C bids would look like:

Pool C

1-Christopher Newport
2- Stevenson
(both should get in)

3-Hampden Sydney ---> Washington and Lee---> St. Lawrence/OWU ---> Williams

Thoughts?