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Subject: Re: Anybody care about the Ivy baseball tournament?

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Date Posted: 07:20:49 05/22/24 Wed
In reply to: David Perry 's message, "Re: Anybody care about the Ivy baseball tournament?" on 22:36:07 05/20/24 Mon

So funny that the people who move heaven and earth to say that NCAA post-season play isn't worth spit in football are now pulling out their hair to say that the "best" team didn't get a bid to the NCAA baseball tournament, and the selection process is unfair.

Either competing at the national tournament is important for the league, or it isn't.

Make up your minds.

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Date Posted: 09:34:12 05/22/24 Wed

I don't think you are reading the NCAA Bylaw correctly:

https://web3.ncaa.org/lsdbi/bylaw?ruleId=9206

"31.3.4.1 Requirements -- Division I Championship. To be eligible for automatic qualification in a Division I Championship, a member conference must meet the following requirements:
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(c) In sports other than championship subdivision football, a conference may establish subdivisions and conduct competition within each subdivision to determine a conference champion, as long as each subdivision consists of at least four members. A conference with subdivisions of four members must conduct double round-robin competition within each subdivision, plus a postseason tournament, to determine its champion. A conference with subdivisions of five or more members may conduct either single or double round-robin competition within each subdivision, plus a postseason tournament to determine its champion."

As I read it, the IL uses a tournament only because it has chosen to have 4-team subdivisions. For such subdivisions,a conference MUST have a league tournament. If it reverted to a single 8-team division - as it is permitted to do - it MAY elect to have a conference tournament, but it is not required to do so.

The Big West has not previously held a tournament, yet it has an automatic qualifier. They have chosen to launch a tournament in 2025.
https://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/article/2024-05-17/2024-college-baseball-conference-tournaments-schedules-brackets-auto-bids

https://bigwest.org/news/2023/12/4/the-big-west-announces-sites-for-softball-and-baseball-championships.aspx

https://gopoly.com/news/2022/12/9/postseason-championship-returns-to-big-west-conference-in-baseball.aspx