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It will be easier for Pool B teams, such as York (Pa.), to get into the playoff field.
The NCAA has changed the pool allocations for the 2007 Division III baseball playoffs.
The at-large bids, originally set as five for Pool B and 15 for Pool C, have been changed to six Pool B and 14 Pool C teams. D3baseball.com's Ralph Turner originally noted the apparent error after studying the original release of the championships handbook and site administrators informed the NCAA it might need to recalculate.
The NCAA was basing its field allocation off the belief that seven extra schools were eligible for an automatic bid. Once that assumption was corrected, the math showed the proper playoff setup. Turner reacts at the end of a year fraught with NCAA corrections and non-corrections.
Pool B is for independents and schools in conferences that do not qualify for an automatic bid. After the Pool B teams are selected, all remaining at-large teams are eligible for selection in Pool C.
Selection Sunday is May 13, with selections expected past midnight eastern time.
The at-large bids, originally set as five for Pool B and 15 for Pool C, have been changed to six Pool B and 14 Pool C teams. D3baseball.com's Ralph Turner originally noted the apparent error after studying the original release of the championships handbook and site administrators informed the NCAA it might need to recalculate.
The NCAA was basing its field allocation off the belief that seven extra schools were eligible for an automatic bid. Once that assumption was corrected, the math showed the proper playoff setup. Turner reacts at the end of a year fraught with NCAA corrections and non-corrections.
Pool B is for independents and schools in conferences that do not qualify for an automatic bid. After the Pool B teams are selected, all remaining at-large teams are eligible for selection in Pool C.
Selection Sunday is May 13, with selections expected past midnight eastern time.
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