NCAA tournament selections released
| Marietta is headed into the regional playoffs as
the No. 1 team in the nation. Marietta athletics photo |
Typically the NCAA releases the tournament field around 3 a.m. on Monday. However, this didn't happen.
We eventually got all eight regionals, however, and they are posted below.
New England Regional at Harwich, Mass.
1. Tufts (26-7-1)
2. Western New
England (38-9)
3. Wheaton, Mass.
(29-10)
4. MIT
(25-13)
5. Rhode Island
College (21-18)
6. St. Joseph's
(Maine) (30-13)
7. Husson
(29-15)
8. Bridgewater
State (23-15)
New York Regional at Auburn, N.Y.
1. Cortland State (33-8)
2. Farmingdale State (26-15)
3. Keystone (32-10)
4. Brockport State (27-12)
5. Eastern Connecticut State (32-11)
6. Ramapo (30-12)
7. Clarkson (17-17)
8. Mitchell (23-9-1)
Mid-Atlantic Regional in Lakewood,
N.J.
1. Kean (36-8)
2. Rowan (30-11-1)
3. Alvernia (35-7)
4. Misericordia (28-14)
5. Messiah (25-17)
6. Johns Hopkins (25-11)
7. Randolph-Macon (24-18)
8. Catholic (22-19)
Mideast Regional in Marietta, Ohio
1. Marietta (38-3)
2. Heidelberg (33-11)
3. Adrian (31-9)
4. Franklin (29-12)
5. Frostburg State (28-13)
6. Case Western Reserve (30-13)
7. Penn State-Altoona (28-11)
Central Regional in Bloomington, Ill.
1. Coe (32-10)
2. Carthage (30-10)
3. Thomas More (28-7)
4. Illinois Wesleyan (26-16)
5. Buena Vista (28-15)
6. Ripon (20-18)
South Regional in Millington, Tenn.
1. Christopher Newport (39-5)
2. Shenandoah (34-5)
3. Piedmont (31-13)
4. Salisbury (29-11)
5. Wabash (21-20)
6. Webster (31-11)
Midwest Regional in Whitewater, Wis.
1. UW-Stevens Point (32-8)
2. UW-Whitewater (32-11)
3. St. Scholastica (35-5)
4. Hamline (28-13)
5. St. Thomas (27-16)
6. Aurora (29-11)
West Regional in Abilene, Texas
1. Linfield (31-9)
2. Chapman (29-11)
3. Redlands (29-11)
4. Trinity (Texas) (33-11)
5. Texas-Tyler (33-6)
6. Concordia, Texas (30-15)
How did our playoff projections stack up? Click here to compare. The NCAA selected Buena Vista, Case Western Reserve and Ramapo where we had selected Amherst, Keene State and New Jersey. Ramapo clearly passed TCNJ in the NCAA's regional rankings, while MIT must have passed Amherst as well as Keene State.
The NCAA also chose to fly three teams to the South Regional, where they could have only flown one. Our bracket would have saved the NCAA money, which might be the first time the NCAA has ever chosen to spend more than a D3sports.com mock bracket would have cost.
