TRhit, I respectfully disagree with you. This is not a knock on DIII programs, but I have had a great deal of experience with many of these programs including ones in our neck of the woods. Very few DIII progams can compete with even the most average DI program. Year in and year out there may be a team or two that will be able to, but there are so many factors with DIII baseball - even at its best - that cannot compare to even a sub par DI program. Just look at the number of games played by some of the teams in your area or the fields or the equipment, etc. True, a good ball player will be found, but there were as many drafted with no school affiliation as those from DIII programs.