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just in case you haven't heard, regional and national rankings are out for this week! our men moved up to the #15 spot nationally while maintaining their #2 spot in the region. and yesterday our women moved up from #7 to #5 in the regional polls.
so it occured to me a minute ago that not everyone is a sports fan like me, so not everyone understands what some of this means to our teams. being the thoughtful, considerate bearcat that i am, i will try to explain the system so you can understand why we get pumped about silly rankings. this may be a little lengthy (not that i'm ever that way...) so bearcat with me.
the ncaa divides its teams into conferences for competition. (for example: sbu is in the miaa conference, uco is in the lonestar conference, and drury is in the glv conference.) after regular season conference play, the top teams in the conference play a tournament to determine a conference champion. hold on to that for a minute.
each conference is placed in a region. (for example: the miaa and the lonestar conferences are in the south central region, while the glv conference is in the great lakes region.) there are eight regions in the country for DII. after regular season and the conference tournaments, each region has a tournament to determine a regional champion. the regional tournament is the first part of the national tournament.
in order to make it to the first part of the national tournament (regionals) you have to be one of the top 8 teams in your region. remember that conference champion i told you to hold on to? each conference tournament champion automatically goes on to the regional tournament, regardless. then there are some spots left to fill. those spots are filled based partly on where you stand in the regional rankings.
let's say that conference ends today while our men are ranked #2 in our region. even if they don't win the conference tournament, they still stand a pretty good chance of being picked to go to the national tournament (which starts with regionals.) am i making any sense, gang?
sorry this is sooooo long. i just thought it might be helpful for some. hope you're having a great day!!
so it occured to me a minute ago that not everyone is a sports fan like me, so not everyone understands what some of this means to our teams. being the thoughtful, considerate bearcat that i am, i will try to explain the system so you can understand why we get pumped about silly rankings. this may be a little lengthy (not that i'm ever that way...) so bearcat with me.
the ncaa divides its teams into conferences for competition. (for example: sbu is in the miaa conference, uco is in the lonestar conference, and drury is in the glv conference.) after regular season conference play, the top teams in the conference play a tournament to determine a conference champion. hold on to that for a minute.
each conference is placed in a region. (for example: the miaa and the lonestar conferences are in the south central region, while the glv conference is in the great lakes region.) there are eight regions in the country for DII. after regular season and the conference tournaments, each region has a tournament to determine a regional champion. the regional tournament is the first part of the national tournament.
in order to make it to the first part of the national tournament (regionals) you have to be one of the top 8 teams in your region. remember that conference champion i told you to hold on to? each conference tournament champion automatically goes on to the regional tournament, regardless. then there are some spots left to fill. those spots are filled based partly on where you stand in the regional rankings.
let's say that conference ends today while our men are ranked #2 in our region. even if they don't win the conference tournament, they still stand a pretty good chance of being picked to go to the national tournament (which starts with regionals.) am i making any sense, gang?
sorry this is sooooo long. i just thought it might be helpful for some. hope you're having a great day!!
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