Question for all of the readers and I hope I can get a correct answer. New NCAA structure this year with 43 teams comprised of 30 AQ conferences, 6 Pool B teams and 7 Pool C teams. Can someone either a) tell me who the 30th conference is to get an AQ bid (its up from 29 last year) or b) link me to the NCAA championships handbook for this year which I can’t seem to find online.
Interested to know this because I want to write a big bracketology after this weekend’s UAA tournament and who that 30th team is could have a lot of geographic significance on how the brackets end up. I have a feeling it could be the Liberty League (Vassar, Skidmore, etc.), but that’s really a guess. Any correct response would be much appreciated.
Is anyone knowledgeable enough to project the winners of each of these AQ conferences?
Allegheny Mountain- PSU-Behrend
ASW-UT Tyler
Capiatal–UMW
Centennial JHU
CUNY–Baruch
Colonial–Marywood
Commonwealth Coast–Nichols
Commonwealth–Elizabethtown
Empire 8–Stevens
Freedom–Wilkes
Heartland–Earlham
IIAC–Luther
Landmark–Drew
Little East–UMass-Dartmouth
MIAA–Zoo
MIAC–GAC
NESCAC-Amherst
N Atlantic–PSU-Harrisburg
Northern–Concordia(WI)
NCAC–Kenyon
OAC-Baldwin Wallace
Old Dominion-W & L
Presidents–Grove City
Skyline–NYU-Poly
SCIAC–CMS
Southern–Trinity
USA South–NCW
UAA–Emory
Thanks! I’ve never heard of some of these schools.
I was just wondering if there will be any write-up about the Ojai tournament going on this weekend in Southern California? This tournament has always been important in terms of western regional rankings and national tournament implications
I’ll probably mention the results in passing, but I won’t really cover it. It only really matters for individual rankings, which is relatively unimportant to me. It is also sometimes completely inconsequential; last year, the singles tournament went almost exactly according to seed, except pybas got injured and a doubles team from Redlands won the whole tournament (which didn’t affect their regional standing at all because it was their 2 or 3 doubles team).
Pool B is very clear: Santa Cruz, Skidmore, MIT, Vassar, Whitewater, College of New Jersey.
I agree with this Im not aware of anyone else who would be competitive here
So if I read this correctly there are 7 Pool C bids, not 6? Who do you think the extra team will be?
The 30 conferences granted automatic qualification for the 2012 championship are:
Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference – this is the new conference for 2012
American Southwest Conference
Capital Athletic Conference
Centennial Conference
City University of New York Athletic Conference
Colonial States Athletic Conference
Commonwealth Coast Conference
Commonwealth Conference
Empire 8
Freedom Conference
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Landmark Conference
Little East Conference
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Midwest Conference
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
New England Small College Athletic Conference
North Atlantic Conference
North Coast Athletic Conference
Northern Athletics Conference
Northwest Conference
Ohio Athletic Conference
Old Dominion Athletic Conference
Presidents’ Athletic Conference
Skyline Conference
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
USA South Athletic Conference
University Athletic Association
Thanks this is fantastic
Liberty League begins next year.