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The Division III regional wrestling championships were held at six different locations last weekend and the top three wrestlers in each weight class have advanced to the national championship meet.
Central: Wabash won the team championship in convincing style over Baldwin Wallace and John Carroll. Jack Heldt (197) and Max Bishop (285) won individual titles.
Southeast: Stevens won the team title, edging Averett by 8.5 points. Kyle Slendorn (141), Brett Kaliner (149) and Stefan Major (174) won individual titles.
Mideast: The College of New Jersey rolled to the regional team championship. Dominic Difrancescantonio (141), Quinn Haddad (197) and Thomas Marretta (285) brought home individual titles.
Kirsten DiCicco made 41 saves and Darby Palisi tallied the game-winner with under seven minutes left as Castleton stunned No. 10 Norwich, 1-0, in a NEHC semifinal.
Volleyball
No. 1 Springfield (13-0) battled back from a 0-2 deficit to defeat No. 2 Vassar in five sets. Jarrett Anderson had 25 kills for the Pride.
written by STEVE ULRICH your must-read briefing on what's driving the day in NCAA Division III
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It is one of the best weekends of the winter season, as men's and women's basketball teams play for their conference championship and automatic berths to the NCAA Division III tournament.
Combine that with numerous track and field championship meets and the wrestling regionals and you have the combination for an exciting weekend of action.
On Monday, the NCAA will announce its selections for the championship tournaments.
12:30 ET - Men's Basketball Selection Show
2:30 ET - Women's Basketball Selection Show
After 5:00 ET - Wrestling Selection Announcement
By 8:00 ET - Swimming and Diving Selection Announcement
FINANCES
2. Endowments N-Z
We continue with the final part of our series on college endowments.
Today, D3Playbook looks at some of the disparities among conference members. Does s/he who has the gold make the rules in leagues?
Figures are listed in the thousands (000s). Conferences N-Z are listed today.
If your school is not included, it did not participate in the NACUBO survey.
NCAC
Oberlin, $1,296,962
Denison, $1,162,459
DePauw, $801,653
Kenyon, $545,722
Wooster, $431,210
Wabash, $419,907
Ohio Northern, $307,932
Allegheny, $289,067
NECC
New England College, $31,175
NESCAC
Williams, $4,170,895
Amherst, $3,775,153
Bowdoin, $,719,628
Tufts, $2,646,506
Wesleyan, $1,572,651
Middlebury, $1,511,001
Hamilton, $1,399,289
Colby, $1,257,738
Trinity, $783,123
Bates, $466,016
Connecticut College, $434,553
New Jersey
Rowan, $342,467
Montclair State, $81,123
Ramapo, $26,897
NEWMAC
MIT, $27,527,204
Wellesley, $3,236,785
Smith, $2,559,083
Mount Holyoke, $1,068,050
Babson, $699,620
WPI, $634,544
Clark, $506,185
Wheaton, $266,878
Emerson, $259,626
Springfield, $103,457
North Atlantic
Husson, $30,374
Thomas, $29,113
Northern Athletics
St. Norbert, $186,375
Concordia (Wis.), $119,836
Dominican, $51,369
Wisconsin Lutheran, $46,350
Lakeland, $21,444
Northwest
Whitman, $839,734
Puget Sound, $474,232
Willamette, $351,610
Lewis & Clark, $318,094
Whitworth, $203,207
Linfield, $129,095
ODAC
Washington and Lee, $2,092,420
Randolph-Macon, $219,943
Hollins, $219,547
Roanoke, $169,305
Lynchburg, $145,625
Bridgewater, $122,095
Shenandoah, $83,781
Ferrum. $65,888
Virginia Wesleyan, $65,529
Ohio
John Carroll, $289,409
Baldwin Wallace, $215,022
Mount Union, $168,833
Capital, $137,143
Marietta, $105,582
Muskingum, $93,324
Heidelberg, $62,677
Presidents
Washington & Jefferson, $152,318
Westminster, $138,103
Chatham, $114,221
SAA
Berry, $1,212,853
Sewanee, $519,143
Rhodes, $431,793
Centre, $420,214
SCAC
Trinity, $1,716,188
Colorado College, $908,637
Southwestern, $364,861
Austin, $182,841
Texas Lutheran, $112,053
SCIAC
Caltech, $3,805,000
Pomona, $3,035,208
Claremont McKenna, $1,222,151
Occidental, $575,810
Chapman, $567,832
Scripps, $540,009
Harvey Mudd, $433,744
Redlands, $259,219
Pitzer, $179,312
La Verne, $150,019
Cal Lutheran, $144,941
Skyline
Yeshiva, $760,239
Sarah Lawrence, $140,577
St. Louis
Principia, $888,811
Webster, $157,526
SUNYAC
Oneonta, $75,889
Cortland, $61,239
Oswego, $56,680
Potsdam, $49,162
Fredonia, $48,697
Plattsburgh, $28,743
UAA
Washington U., $13,536,003
Emory, $11,031,029
New York U., $5,574,000
Carnegie Mellon, $3,967,324
Rochester, $3,192,798
Case Western Reserve, $2,354,190
Brandeis, $1,286,002
United East
St. Mary's (Md.), $40,247
Upper Midwest
Bethany Lutheran, $52,654
USA South
Berea, $1,612,887
Agnes Scott, $247,192
Meredith, $144,216
Covenant, $58,567
William Peace, $55,963
Southern Virginia, $1,962
Wisconsin
Eau Claire, $106,734
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The road to Cedar Rapids begins this weekend at the DIII regional wrestling championships.
To be eligible to participate in the 2022 Championships, all participants must qualify through their respective NCAA regional competition.
The top three wrestlers (first, second, third) from each weight class at the respective regional will advance to the national championships. There will be NO at-large qualifiers.
However, all regional tournaments should use true wrestle-backs to determine third place and fifth place in the case alternates from the regional tournament are needed.
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ICYMI: Drew ended the game on a 21-0 run to upend Catholic, 60-58, in a Landmark Conference men's basketball semifinal on Wednesday. Oh, and it was the lead story on Thursday morning's ESPN SportsCenter.
The Grove City women won the final event (4x400) to edge Geneva by a half-point to capture the Presidents Athletic Conference indoor track and field championship. Westminster brought home the men's title.
On Sunday night, the task of selecting the remaining teams to the NCAA Division III men's and women's basketball tournaments fall to the respective committees. And on Monday, when the 64-team fields are announced, fans of teams that were omitted from the tourney will cry foul.
We're here to explain the process.
For the 2022 tournaments, there will be 44 teams that receive their conference's automatic qualifier (AQ) and 20 teams selected at-large.
The primary criteria for selection is as follows:
Won-lost percentage against Division III opponents
Division III head-to-head competition
Results versus common Division III opponents
Results versus ranked Division III teams as established by the final ranking and the ranking preceding the final ranking. Conference postseason contests are included.
Division III strength of schedule; - Opponents’ Average Winning Percentage (OWP). - Opponents’ Opponents’ Average Winning Percentage (OOWP).
The strength of schedule is made up of two factors: the opponents’ winning percentage (OWP) and the opponents’ opponents’ winning percentage (OOWP). Click on this link for more on how to calculate the SOS.
Secondary Criteria
If the evaluation of the primary criteria does not result in a decision, the secondary criteria will be reviewed. All the criteria listed will be evaluated (not listed in priority order). The secondary criteria introduce results against all other opponents from other classifications (i.e., provisionals, NAIA, NCAA Divisions I and II).
Non-Division III won-lost percentage
Results versus common non-Division III opponents
Division III non-conference strength-of-schedule.
Additionally, input is provided by regional advisory committees for consideration by the Men’s Basketball Committee.
Regional Rankings Why are the final regional rankings so important? Simple. Team #2 in the region cannot be selected for the field until Team #1 in that region is in.
So, the conference AQs are removed from the rankings for at-large selection purposes. The top team from each region is moved onto "the board" for consideration - 10 teams in all. When a team is selected as an at-large, the next team on the regional list replaces them on the board.
>> The Key Number: Simply put, the SOS is one of the most important numbers to watch on Selection Sunday/Monday. Rarely has a team with an SOS under .500 been selected as an at-large. Historically, the committees have looked askew at gaudy W-L records with a low SOS. So teams in this category probably need to win their conference's AQ to be dancing on Monday.
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FINANCE
2. Endowments by Conference
We continue with part 3 of our series on college endowments.
Today, D3Playbook looks at some of the disparities among conference members. Does s/he who has the gold make the rules in leagues?
Figures are listed in the thousands (000s). Conferences A-M are listed today.
If your school is not included, it did not participate in the NACUBO survey.
American Rivers
Dubuque, $240,416
Luther, $207,387
Buena Vista, $162,181
Central, $99,746
American Southwest
Hardin-Simmons, $214,792
Ozarks, $135,709
McMurry, $114,282
LeTourneau, $28,533
Atlantic East
Marywood, $60,916
Marymount, $58,475
Centenary, $16,352
CCIW
Wheaton, $647,434
Illinois Wesleyan, $260,532
Augustana, $215,417
Carthage, $164,311
Elmhurst, $157,337
North Central, $144,476
Millikin, $111,504
North Park, $94,935
Carroll, $94,723
Centennial
Johns Hopkins, $9,315,279
Swarthmore, $2,899,311
Bryn Mawr, $1,179,050
Haverford, $646,346
Dickinson, $600,039
Franklin & Marshall, $466,974
Gettysburg, $405,315
Muhlenberg, $341,602
Washington College, $287,627
McDaniel, $162,225
Ursinus, $150,915
Coast-to-Coast
Pratt Institute, $288,513
Salisbury, $77,647
Mary Washington, $70,660
Colonial States
Wilson, $71,426
Notre Dame, $51,709
Cedar Crest, $48,097
Commonwealth Coast
Wentworth, $149,800
Endicott, $129,025
Curry, $103,310
Roger Williams, $100,522
Salve Regina, $81,633
Western New England, $71,333
U. of New England, $52,598
Nichols, $32,101
Empire 8
Alfred, $181,702
St. John Fisher, $133,175
Nazareth, $86,017
Houghton, $79,711
Utica, $35,658
Great Northeast
Suffolk, $305,695
Simmons, $244,268
Emmanuel, $187,653
Colby-Sawyer, $62,446
Lasell, $48,951
Regis, $48,382
Heartland
Earlham, $474,821
Rose-Hulman, $252,483
Hanover, $182,593
Franklin, $103,629
Mount St. Joseph, $74,153
Defiance, $23,107
Landmark
Catholic, $352,450
Scranton, $287,204
Goucher, $259,341
Susquehanna, $204,153
Juniata, $132,267
Elizabethtown, $106,360
Liberty
Vassar, $1,378,988
RIT, $1,295,400
RPI, $1,069,740
Union, $593,248
Skidmore, $506,191
Ithaca, $425,199
St. Lawrence, $390,612
Hobart and William Smith, $304,959
Clarkson, $240,741
MASCAC
Worcester State, $44,625
MCLA, $18,115
Michigan
Kalamazoo, $311,232
Hope, $296,008
Albion, $199,246
Middle Atlantic
Stevens, $272,887
Lycoming, $234,724
Messiah, $141,656
Hood, $134,229
DeSales, $118,827
Widener, $110,469
Arcadia, $98,684
Lebanon Valley, $89,332
Misericordia, $69,118
Albright, $67,562
Midwest
Grinnell, $2,931,550
Lawrence, $487,035
Illinois College, $155,487
Lake Forest, $109,432
Ripon, $108,051
Cornell College, $93,804
Minnesota
Carleton, $1,157,982
Macalester, $894,073
St. Olaf, $714,017
Gustavus Adolphus, $281,649
Saint John's, $277,869
Concordia, $193,553
Hamline, $138,089
St. Scholastica, $118,752
Saint Benedict, $111,096
Saint Mary's, $80,560
Augsburg, $68,323
Friday: Conferences N-W
>> Editor's Note: Yesterday, we mistakenly listed the top 10 endowments in terms of decline. In fact, only one institution saw a decrease while the other nine had a smaller increase than others. We regret the error.
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A WIAC semifinal that feels like a championship fight. The Pioneers (20-4) defeated the Eagles (20-5) twice this season by a combined total of 10 points.
WBB: No. 18 Wartburg vs. Loras, 8 p.m.
The Knights (20-4) and the Duhawks (19-7) square off in an A-R-C semifinal. Wartburg downed Loras by a bucket on the road and needed OT to win at home.