Men American Baseball Coaches Association 2024: Changes to come in NCAA Tournament selection

[huskymedic]

ABCA 2024: Changes to come in NCAA Tournament selection • D1Baseball

At the Division I coaches' meeting Thursday at ABCA, a handful of changes to the NCAA Tournament selection process were announced.

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-> At the Division I coaches’ meeting Thursday evening at the American Baseball Coaches Association convention, a handful of changes to the NCAA Tournament selection process were announced.

There were no changes made to the tournament format, the size of the tournament field or to the RPI, but rather, these changes are aimed at giving the selection committee more information ahead of Selection Monday and putting some additional parameters around regional host requirements.

The change most likely to have a direct impact on a team’s fortunes in the committee room is a tweak in how results will be grouped in quadrants.

Until now, game results were grouped strictly by RPI, with the quadrants as follows:

Quad 1 – RPI 1-25
Quad 2 – 26-50
Quad 3 – 51-100
Quad 4 – 101+

Moving forward, the quadrants will take into account results being at home, at a neutral site and on the road, as follows:

Quad 1 – Home games vs. RPI 1-25, neutral site games vs. 1-40, road games vs. 1-60
Quad 2 – Home games vs. RPI 26-50, neutral site games vs. 41-80, road games vs. 61-120
Quad 3 – Home games vs. RPI 51-100, neutral site games vs. 81-160, road games vs. 121-240
Quad 4 – Home games vs. RPI 101+, neutral site games vs. 161+, road games vs. 241+

Note again that this does not signify any change in how the RPI is calculated. It simply changes the way the quadrant records appear on a team sheet in front of the selection committee. <-

 

[Samoo]

This should help us immensely given our out of conference schedule is so away-game heavy.

 

[Omahabound]

ABCA 2024: Changes to come in NCAA Tournament selection • D1Baseball

At the Division I coaches' meeting Thursday at ABCA, a handful of changes to the NCAA Tournament selection process were announced.

d1baseball.com

-> At the Division I coaches’ meeting Thursday evening at the American Baseball Coaches Association convention, a handful of changes to the NCAA Tournament selection process were announced.

There were no changes made to the tournament format, the size of the tournament field or to the RPI, but rather, these changes are aimed at giving the selection committee more information ahead of Selection Monday and putting some additional parameters around regional host requirements.

The change most likely to have a direct impact on a team’s fortunes in the committee room is a tweak in how results will be grouped in quadrants.

Until now, game results were grouped strictly by RPI, with the quadrants as follows:

Quad 1 – RPI 1-25
Quad 2 – 26-50
Quad 3 – 51-100
Quad 4 – 101+

Moving forward, the quadrants will take into account results being at home, at a neutral site and on the road, as follows:

Quad 1 – Home games vs. RPI 1-25, neutral site games vs. 1-40, road games vs. 1-60
Quad 2 – Home games vs. RPI 26-50, neutral site games vs. 41-80, road games vs. 61-120
Quad 3 – Home games vs. RPI 51-100, neutral site games vs. 81-160, road games vs. 121-240
Quad 4 – Home games vs. RPI 101+, neutral site games vs. 161+, road games vs. 241+

Note again that this does not signify any change in how the RPI is calculated. It simply changes the way the quadrant records appear on a team sheet in front of the selection committee. <-

I believe having this criteria in the open opposed to what I think most assumed was being taken into consideration already, can go a long way in potentially getting a return series in Storrs w/ some SEC or p5 conferences. It’ll minimize the risk and up the potential reward of playing in Storrs. It’s gotta become worth it. Win down there first. Rooting for a sweep in Auburn!