Selection Monday

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Interesting that the Men's bracket had two teams with first round bye's, and they were both in the West Region. Only one team had a bye on the Women's side...Scrapper, do you know why?

The men actually have 5 bye teams. This year they were Hope, Whitworth, Amherst, Plattsburgh State, and UMASS - Dartmouth. Here's a brief explanation from D3hoops.com :

Who goes to the tournament?

For the men: Fifty-nine teams go to the 2008 tournament — 38 conference champions, 17 runners-up from those conferences (Pool C) and 4 teams who are not in those 37 conferences (Pool B).

For the women: Sixty-three teams go to the tournament — 39 conference champions, 21 runners-up from those conferences (Pool C) and three teams who are not in those 39 conferences (Pool B). (This is official for 2008.) More women's teams go to the tournament because there are more women's basketball programs in Division III.

BTW, Coast Guard (from a small 7-team conference) beat a bye team, #10-ranked UMASS-Dartmouth, in the second round in Dartmouth. Coast Guard is on a pretty unbelievable roll. They're on a 12-game winning streak. They picked the right time to get hot. They have #13-ranked Rochester next.