Vball Bracketology

[JoeStag]

I am not Bracketologist, but here is how I see the seeding for our Vball team. Stags are ranked 122 in RPI. And the following schools (in Red) are ranked below the Stags. So it looks like a 15 seed for us. Maybe we can sneak into a 14 seed. It would be disappointing if we were a 16 seed. That could happen because the MAAC is rated as the 30th ranked conference. IMO, conference rank should not matter, because RPI takes into account that we play all MAAC schools…… thats like a double penalty. But NCAA will do what it wants:

America East – New Hampshire (139)
MEAC – Howard (160)
NEC – LIU Brooklyn (202)
SoCon – Samford (136)
SWAC – Alabama State (195)
WAC – UT Rio Grande Valley (123)


32 Conference Champions (Auto-Qualifiers)
11/21 RPI number is in parentheses
*Conferences with a regular-season Champion (no tournament)

*ACC – North Carolina (10)
America East – New Hampshire (139)
*AAC – Southern Methodist (33)
Atlantic 10 – Dayton (27)
Atlantic Sun – Lipscomb (54)
*Big 10 – Nebraska (3)
*Big 12 – Kansas (6)
Big East – Creighton (18)
Big Sky – North Dakota (98)
Big South – High Point (111)
*Big West – Hawaii (28)
Colonial – James Madison (51)
Conference USA – Western Kentucky (15)
Horizon – Cleveland State (39)
*Ivy – Princeton (77)
MAAC – Fairfield (122)
MAC – Northern Illinois (52)
MEAC – Howard (160)
MVC – Missouri State (46)
*MWC – Boise State (29)
NEC – LIU Brooklyn (202)
OVC -- Murray State (96)
*Pac-12 – Washington (11)
Patriot – American (87)
*SEC – Missouri (7)
SoCon – Samford (136)
Southland – Texas A&M Corpus-Christi (62)
Summit – Denver (107)
Sun Belt – Coastal Carolina (34)
SWAC – Alabama State (195)
WAC – UT Rio Grande Valley (123)
*WCC – BYU (8)

[FU73]

The 2016 NCAA Division I Volleyball Selection Show will air live on ESPNU tonight Sunday, Nov. 27 at 9 p.m. The MAAC Champion Fairfield University Volleyball team will be among teams that learn their First Round opponent and destination in the 64-team NCAA Championship field.

Stag fans can tune into the 2016 NCAA Division I Volleyball Selection Show on ESPNU. The show may also be available via WatchESPN.com and the WatchESPN app through certain cable packages.

Last season, the Stags visited third-seeded Texas in the NCAA Championship First Round.

[stags74]

The loss to SHU , 3-0 will hurt the stags chances of getting a higher seed big time. The NEC conference is rated below the MAAC. Perhaps thie wins vs St. John's and Stonybrook will offset the loss to SHU.? We will see but my guess is a 15 or 16 seed. A match against a 1 or 2 seed is the future for the stags. If the stags can win one game in the match and avoid a 3-0 sweep would be an outstanding feat.

[JoeStag]

A 22 game winning streak might help our chances to get a better seed. The committee should take that as one of the parameters.

[stagmaster]

If memory serves, we beat James Madison early in the year.

That was a very good top 50 type of quality win that might get us a 14 seed.

[FU73]

The Stags will head to ­­­­­­­­­­East Lansing to meet ninth-seeded Michigan State (24-8)in the NCAA Championship First Round on Friday, Dec. 2 at 7:30 PM. The Stags enter their second consecutive NCAA postseason at 28-5 overall and riding a 22-match winning streak – the nation’s longest active streak.

[JoeStag]

Nov 27, 2016 21:24:00 GMT -5 FU73 said:

The Stags will head to ­­­­­­­­­­East Lansing to meet ninth-seeded Michigan State (24-8)in the NCAA Championship First Round on Friday, Dec. 2 at 7:30 PM. The Stags enter their second consecutive NCAA postseason at 28-5 overall and riding a 22-match winning streak – the nation’s longest active streak.

Playing the 9th ranked team means that we are equivalent to a 14 seed. That is about the best we could have got.