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There are only 6 in Texas and they are all located in Dallas County. All of them are commuter schools with no campus life and no on campus housing. I suspect that’s a big reason there aren’t more. The baseball is pretty good compared to D3 baseball in other areas. Eastfield College is a frequent participant in the D3 JuCo World Series. However the D3 JuCos in Texas are way outclassed by the D1 Texas JuCos and they don’t advance their players near as well either.

@adbono posted:

There are only 6 in Texas and they are all located in Dallas County. All of them are commuter schools with no campus life and no on campus housing. I suspect that’s a big reason there aren’t more. The baseball is pretty good compared to D3 baseball in other areas. Eastfield College is a frequent participant in the D3 JuCo World Series. However the D3 JuCos in Texas are way outclassed by the D1 Texas JuCos and they don’t advance their players near as well either.

That could be it. We have some by me and they are all commuter schools.

I would think it has something to do with D3 not offering athletic scholarships. JUCO full tuition scholarships are relatively low cost for the school. When choosing a juco, the possibility of a scholarship is going to look much more attractive to a prospective student, so schools might prefer going D2 even if they can't fund all 24.

On top of that you have the localized nature of the regions. Like D2 Region 20 contains almost all of the Maryland jucos. And new programs are likely to just join the region nearby, which in most cases is D1 or D2.

I do not have much experience with the quality, but this fall my son's school played the D3 JUCO national champs in a DH. Son's school put up football scores in both games. Yes it was a D3 JUCO vs a D1 school, but son's D1 school isn't exactly a powerhouse or close to it. From what I saw there are good HS's by us that could have beaten them. Maybe because there is so much turnover?

To add a few...

How many "divisions within a division" do you need?  To my knowledge, you don't have sub-divisions within D2, D3 or NAIA and those are all 4 yr levels.  Why should you have them for JC?  You're already limited, generally, to a pool of 2 yr schools.

Another factor is California.  It has a ton of JC programs and they aren't affiliated with the JC structure (NJCAA) that most of the rest of the country falls under.  The CCCAA only has one "division/level" for 80+ colleges.  A team is either good, bad or somewhere in between.  The teams that suck don't get a pass by being designated to a lower level.

@nycdad posted:

I do not have much experience with the quality, but this fall my son's school played the D3 JUCO national champs in a DH. Son's school put up football scores in both games. Yes it was a D3 JUCO vs a D1 school, but son's D1 school isn't exactly a powerhouse or close to it. From what I saw there are good HS's by us that could have beaten them. Maybe because there is so much turnover?

I think it makes sense. Common sense actually. Great pitchers are going P5. Good ones are going D1 and D2. But the time you get to D3 Juco, there's not many kids throwing 90 at that level. Maybe some outliers but for the most part you're not seeing top of the line pitching there.

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