Tourney time!
No, not the big one, but the Division-III tournament starts today and I am thrilled. While there won’t be the hype and national coverage of these smaller schools, there will be plenty of action. Here are some thoughts on the men’s bracket.
This is an interesting bracket, with some serious strengths in the Western brackets. The John Carroll bracket has a ton of schools in the top-25 in No. 10 John Carroll, No. 13 Capital, No. 17 Trinity, No. 22 Texas-Dallas, No. 23 Guilford and No. 24 Transylvania.
The St. Thomas bracket is a wild one. I expect to see No. 1 St. Thomas and No. 3 Wheaton battle it out and finals of this one, but any of the UW teams or No. 7 Puget Sound could pull an upset.
The Middlebury bracket could provide some interesting headlines. No. 9 Middlebury vs. No. 6 Richard Stockton seems like the most obvious match up for the final in this one but there is a lot of buzz around MIT in its first-ever NCAA tournament appearance.
The Ithaca bracket is full of potential Cinderellas. Brandeis is expected to make a run and UMass-Dartmouth and Worcester Polytechnic Institute could make some noise as well. Also, look for Rochester Institute of Technology and center Mark Carson to show up to play after taking the Empire 8 championship. I see Ithaca taking this one. As long as the Bombers shots are falling and they bear down on the boards, they should come out on top.
As far who will be leaving Salem, Va. as a champion is a toss up. Wheaton looks real strong and St. Thomas is undefeated. I believe this will the final match up in the D-III showdown.
Women’s preview to come.
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