The championships for each of the small school divisions begin this weekend. Returning to Cary, North Carolina, the Division II Baseball Championships will be held. Their D-III brethren will be battling it out in Appleton, Wisconsin for the final time and the NAIA World Series will be played once again in Lewiston, Idaho. In each of…
Month: May 2018
Conceptual 2018 D-II Baseball Regions
If the NCAA D-II regionals were property awarded, with 64 teams in 16 seeded regions, here is a picture of what that breakdown would look like. Teams are been positioned as close to playing sites as possible to limit travel. Region Seed RPI Rank TEAM RPI W L D WIN% SOS SOS Rnk FACT3SOS TAMPA…
The DII South Region Seventh Berth
The DII baseball regionals will be announced late this evening, Sunday May 13th. Looking at the South region, there is one spot up for grabs. Following is the most recent region rankings that was posted last week: SOUTH School Record In Region Record 1 Tampa 38-7 34-4 2 Delta St. 38-7 34-7 3 Fla. Southern…
2018 NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round Regions
Numbers following the team names are their latest Perfect Game ranking followed by their RPI. Teams in blue are predicted winners, teams in orange are predicted second place finishers. Teams that are struck out have been eliminated. Regional winners are listed in bold. Runner-ups are italicized. Bowling Green, KY Science and Arts (5,10) Campbellsville (18,…
2018 NAIA Baseball Opening Round Selection Predictions
Update: I missed one of the at-larges. I had Texas Wesleyan in as a sure thing, but I was mistaken. Instead Cumberland took their spot. The Rams were strong throughout the first 3/4 of the season but had a bad last month. An extremely disappointing result for a team that battled adversity and some infamous…
DII, NAIA, DIII rankings: May 9
Included with this week’s rankings is a look at a handful of teams from the trio of small school divisions who are currently listed in their respective division’s Top 25 that had been unceremoniously omitted from the preseason prospects. Admittedly, even if the Perfect Games small school rankings included a “receiving votes” section, they would…