The Pool C Selection Process

written by STEVE ULRICH your must-read briefing on what's driving the day in NCAA Division III   >> Welcome to Thursday.  >> Today's Word Count: 1,262 >> Would you be interested in sponsoring D3Playbook and having your business reach nearly 2,000 administrators? Give us a shout for all the details. >> Thanks for reading D3Playbook. Is your staff reading D3Playbook? Share the love and the info.   Send me D3Playbook! TOP STORY 1. The Pool C Selection Process   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. A MESSAGE FROM BLUEFRAME TECHNOLOGY   Did you know BlueFrame Technology has advanced integrations with top automated cameras like the Hudl Focus? Showcase your teams and student-athletes with BlueFrame’s full streaming service priced perfectly for D3 budgets….or use their Production Truck software to stream with your current provider. Step up your game this year and STREAM LIKE A PRO with BlueFrame. Learn more today!   BlueFrame Games to Watch MBB: Babson vs. Emerson, 7 p.m. WBB: Puget Sound vs. Pacific, 10 p.m. 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. A MESSAGE FROM D3PLAYBOOK Help us help you. We are glad that you are enjoying D3Playbook. Now won't you help us continue our work? Your gift helps us offset the costs of operating the newsletter and enable us to continue to provide the quality you have come to expect. Please contribute today.   Make a Gift to D3Playbook RANKINGS 3.  Second Regional Listing  Jake Holtz, Whitworth (photo by Caleb Flegel) The second basketball regional rankings were released on Wednesday. Women (top 3) Amherst, Tufts, Emmanuel Smith, Springfield, Roger Williams Ithaca, St. John Fisher, Cortland New York U., DeSales, Stevens Scranton, Gettysburg, Messiah Christopher Newport, Rhodes, Washington and Lee DePauw, Trine, Hope Transylvania, Wisconsin Lutheran, Millikin Simpson, UW-Whitewater, UW-Eau Claire Mary Hardin-Baylor, Whitman, East Texas Baptist >> Notable: Just one change from last week's initial rankings. DePauw and Trine traded places in Region VII. >> Complete Rankings Men (top 3) Wesleyan, St. Joseph's (Conn.), Williams WPI, Mass-Dartmouth, Nichols Oswego, Rochester, RPI Stockton, DeSales, Rowan Swarthmore, Eastern, Johns Hopkins Randolph-Macon, Christopher Newport, Emory Marietta, Mount Union, Wabash Illinois Wesleyan, Wheaton (Ill.), Washington (Mo.) UW-Oshkosh, UW-Platteville, UW-La Crosse Whitworth, Pomona-Pitzer, Chapman >> Complete Rankings NEWS 4.  Lightning Round    The competitors for the NCAA Division III swimming and diving championship meet on March 16-19 in Indianapolis, Ind. have been selected.   Happy birthday to Dickinson women's lacrosse coach Kim Masimore. STREAMING 5. Watchlist   Sami Martin, Loras   MBB: No. 6 UW-Platteville vs. No. 9 UW-La Crosse, 8 p.m. 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. SPONSORED BY PRESTO SPORTS TRANSACTIONS 6.  Comings and Goings   BETHANY - Brian Sansom named assistant athletic director CARTHAGE - Paul Leese named head men's soccer coach CEDAR CREST - Announced addition of women's wrestling as a varsity sport in fall 2023 FERRUM - Maggie White named assistant athletic director LETOURNEAU - Alison Williams named head women's volleyball coach McMURRY - Rode McElreath named head golf coach NEBRASKA WESLEYAN - Ira Zeff announced his retirement as athletic director effective in June NICHOLS - Jack Hayes named vice president for athletics OBERLIN - Dan Palmer will step down as head women's soccer coach TEXAS LUTHERAN - Ricky Matt announced his retirement as head football coach THIEL - Sam Bauman named head football coach  Thanks for starting your day with us. What did you think of today's newsletter? Please invite your friends to sign up for D3Playbook

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