NCAA Field of 64 (Mock)

I just dropped a podcast that goes over the changes to the regional rankings on a national level and then goes into using that data to pick the field of 64. Below I’ll put down each of the teams that were selected but if you want to hear how the selection can go then give the podcast a listen.

It was interesting to see the Central and Great Lakes really dominate the at-large selections and I think based on their teams it is warranted. I was disappointed in the quality of teams the three New England teams played but I know that the National Selection Committee doesn’t look at that very much. Same can be said for Franklin & Marshall. These teams are playing the selection game and all the credit to them, but they are not the best teams to be getting the at-large bids.

In the podcast I mentioned I would touch on the West Region since I only took one of their teams. That gives the West only 5 teams total and obviously they will not be getting a regional if this happens. You could say well, give it to them and fly the South over but most of the West would have to fly anyway so from a cost point-of-view that doesn’t make sense. I would expect more of the same from last year with the west coast teams flying to the northwest and the Texas teams flying to the South Regional. As we know, the NCAA created a new unwritten rule that prevents teams from flying 3 time zones and landing in the northeast.

Please give the podcast a listen. It’s long but, well, long. Whether it’s entertaining is dependent on what kind of a nut you are about volleyball and selection.

In Reverse Order.

Pool C Bids:

	Pick List
1	Emory	SO
2	Wesleyan University (CT)	NE
3	Colorado College	WE
4	St. Benedict	CE
5	Ohio Northern	GL
6	Carnegie Mellon	MA
7	Augsburg	CE
8	Washington University (MO)	CE
9	Hope	GL
10	Juniata	MA
11	St. Thomas-MN	CE
12	Otterbein	GL
13	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	MW
14	Wellesley	NE
15	Wisconsin-Stevens Point	MW
16	Birmingham-Southern	SO
17	Bowdoin	NE
18	Franklin & Marshall	MA
19	Heidelberg	GL
20	Mount Union	GL

Pool B Bids:  Marymount

Anticipated Pool A Bids:

Central

Wartburg

St. Olaf

Greenville

Northwestern

Great Lakes

Transylvania

Calvin

Wittenberg

Muskingum

Westminster

Mid-Atlantic

PS – Behrend

Chris Newport

Johns Hopkins

Notre Dame

Stevenson

Stevens

Susquehanna

Midwest

Carthage

Cornell

Aurora

Chicago

Whitewater

New England

Endicott

JWU (RI)

Plymouth St.

Westfield St.

Eastern Nazarene

Tufts

Babson

Maine Maritime

New York

Hunter

St. John Fisher

Clarkson

Stockton

Morrisville State

Manhattanville

Geneseo

South

Randolph-Macon

Berry

Maryville

West

UT-Dallas

Trinity

CMS

Whitworth