2006 CWS

Any ideas why Dallas Baptist didn't make the list? They went 33-23 this year and I notice that UT-Arlington, which did make the list, had a 29-34 record.

Dallas Baptist is D-2

From Dallas Baptist's website:
"Currently the Patriots are competing at the NCAA Division I level and in 2004, their first year in Division I, the Patriots were NCCAA National Champions for a second straight year and finished the season with a 44-16 record."

Strength of conference and RPI are two major factors for at large selection

Infield,

If someone makes the field with a losing record, it is because they won their conference tournament and took the conference's automatic bid.

Didn't know that -- thanks for the info.

Dallas Baptist is listed a D-2 in NCAA.

They are also D-1 in NCCAA.

Slight difference that exra 'C' makes.

Dallas Baptist is a Division I NCAA school

This comes from Texas A&M's website: "Dallas Baptist, in its first season as a Division 1A independent, has a record of 30-17 after splitting a four-game series against Fresno State last weekend and beating TCU, 3-0, Tuesday." (Even though this is their third year as a D1 school, the first two years were provisional years.) Part of the confusion is that to my knowledge, baseball is the only D1 sport at Dallas Baptist. Baseball is DBU's "flagship" sport and they compete at lower levels in other sports. Incidentally, NCCAA stands for National Christian College Athletic Association.

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Strength of conference and RPI are two major factors for at large selection

TR, have to agree.

I think if one looks hard enough they could find another way to get in

It is a shame though that you've got about 5 teams in the tournament with sub .500 records and a team like Long Beach State that played nearly half it's games against ranked opponents, finished third in one of the toughest conferences out there and finished above .500 couldn't get a spot.

I must presume that those sub .500 teams got in with having won their conference playoff.

HeyBatter,

I have not checked them all out, but i would say that must be the case. The NCAA tends to find many ways to screw things up, but i dont think they have given at large bids to sub-.500 teams.

Below .500 teams only get in when they get the Conference Chamionship bid

Hey Batter-- check it out--dont presume!

HeyBatter,

This is why it is so critical to win your conferences' automatic bid. We see this every year in basketball, many teams deserving of a bid don't get one because there are only so many at large bids. Every time a team under .500 runs the table in a major conference tournament it reduces the number of those avialable at large bids. This is because the dominant team in the conference may take an at large bid when they were expected to take the automatic one.

Every year in baseball, basketball, hockey and I'm sure a slew of other NCAA spuervised sports, there are teams who get "slighted" by the slection process. The only way to avoid it is to take of your buisness and win your conferences automatic bid. Then let someonelse worry about the at large bids.

Read Smoke Lavals (LSU HEAD COACH) comments after they did not get in--very simple--dont leave it in anothers hands--do it yourself

NHFundatmentals- I understand the process. Just didn't have time to check the records of all the teams as TR apparently has. BTW, TR so sorry to presume. Since you are always assuming, I guess this is a sensitive issue for you.

HEY BATTER

I dont know you from the next cocoanut on the tree--just look up the info before you make a statement that can be found on the schools website

If you understand the process find the time to a follow it--you post enough here which leads me to believe that you have the time

My friendly adversary--I assume nothing

If there's a "Cinderella Team" in this year's pool, who do you think it might be???

The entire CWS is a c r a p shoot

Want a dark horse--MICHIGAN!!!