The NCAA Tournament selection show aired on Monday afternoon and we all got a chance to see who made the tournament and where they were headed. Matt and Zac give their initial impressions and reactions to the bracket, the seedings, and selections in an early-week bonus episode!

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We got the release of the week three Division III men’s basketball regional rankings and for the most part they look a lot like the rankings from our predictions! Even with a lot right there were a few surprises, as there always are when regional rankings are released.

Join us as we go region-by-region comparing the official release with our predictions and talk about the big decisions along the way - the ones we got right as well as the ones we got wrong.

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Week 3 Regional Rankings: https://d3hoops.com/playoffs/men/2024/men-regional-rankings-feb-13

NCAA Regional Ranking Data: https://d3datacast.com/regional-ranking-data/

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Each week the regional rankings get more and more important and that is certainly the case for the week three rankings as we now enter “once ranked, always ranked” time. Any team that appears in this week’s rankings will count in the results versus regionally ranked opponents primary criteria whether they stay in the rankings for week four or not.

We took the updated data for games played through Sunday February 18 coupled with what we feel are some of the lessons we’ve learned from the first two weeks of rankings to come out with our predictions for what we will see when the week three regional rankings are released on Tuesday. In some cases the picture hasn’t shifted much and in others it’s like a whole new landscape. The discussions and decisions are getting more interesting but aren’t getting any easier.

We wrap up with a look back at our week 15 picks and make our picks on a new five game slate for week 16. This week’s show wraps up with one question in the mailbag. If you have something you would like for us to address in next week’s mailbag, leave a comment below or connect with us through one of our social media channels.

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The week two regional rankings were released on Tuesday afternoon so it’s time to look back at our predictions and see how we did. For the most part this set of regional rankings was well within our expectation but it always seems like there is a surprise or two and this week was no exception. Join us as we review the second regional rankings and discuss the differences from our predictions and what conclusions we might be able to draw from them.

Now that we know how the committee sees the regions stacking up we take the next step and make our prediction for what we will see when the Top 16 is revealed on Hoopsville this Thursday evening!.

Related Episodes:Predicting the Week 2 Regional Rankings - Episode 69: https://youtu.be/1qtadbMLq-0

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Week 2 Regional Rankings: https://d3hoops.com/playoffs/men/2024/men-regional-rankings-feb-13

NCAA Regional Ranking Data: https://d3datacast.com/regional-ranking-data/

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The week one alphabetical regional rankings were fun but we kick things up a notch with a fully ranked set for week two. With updated winning percentages, strength of schedules, results versus regionally ranked opponents to add to the mix and some lessons learned from what we got last week we are back with a new set of predictions for what we think we will see when the new regional rankings are released on Tuesday afternoon.

We wrap up with a look back at our week 14 picks and make our picks on a new five game slate for week 15. This week’s show wraps up with one question in the mailbag. If you have something you would like for us to address in next week’s mailbag, leave a comment below or connect with us through one of our social media channels.

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Week 1 Regional Rankings: https://d3hoops.com/playoffs/men/2024/men-regional-rankings-alpha

NCAA Regional Ranking Data: https://d3datacast.com/regional-ranking-data/

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It’s bonus episode time to take a look at the official first set of regional rankings and compare them with what we had in our predictions episode earlier this week. How did we do? Mostly pretty well! There were some reasons that looked trickier than others so some differences were to be expected. We talk about those differences and make a few observations that could be useful when anticipating future regional rankings.

Related Episodes:Predicting the Week 1 Regional Rankings - Episode 67: https://youtu.be/UnpsfIUEDjc

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Week 1 Regional Rankings: https://d3hoops.com/playoffs/men/2024/men-regional-rankings-alpha

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It’s an exciting week on the D3 Datacast as we anticipate the release of the first regional rankings! We’ve crunched the numbers and sifted through the data so all that is left to do is go region-by-region and make our predictions.

The official regional rankings for week one will not be a ranked set but will instead be presented in alphabetical order. Our predictions include ranked positions to help determine where we think the hard decisions will need to be made. In some cases the regions look pretty clear but in others there are a few scenarios that wouldn’t surprise us.

We wrap up with a look back at our week 13 picks and make our picks on a new five game slate for week 14. This week’s show wraps up with one question in the mailbag. If you have something you would like for us to address in next week’s mailbag, leave a comment below or connect with us through one of our social media channels.

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There is a lot of basketball yet to be played but the bubble picture is starting to take shape. In this week’s show we put teams into buckets to describe their chances at an at-large bid to the 2024 Division III Men’s Basketball Tournament should they need it.

Things will change over the final few weeks of the regular season but some teams have some margin for error while other teams need to start performing over their season-to-date or projected resumes to keep themselves in the mix as we get deeper in the season. See which teams we think are near locks, looking good, bubble-in, bubble-out and probably out. 

We wrap up with a look back at our week 12 picks and make our picks on a new five game slate for week 13. This week’s show wraps up with one question in the mailbag. If you have something you would like for us to address in next week’s mailbag, leave a comment below or connect with us through one of our social media channels.

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NCAA Regional Ranking Data: https://d3datacast.com/regional-ranking-data/

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Last season saw UW-Whitewater and Nichols make dark horse runs deep in the Division III Men’s Basketball Tournament. Neither team was ranked at all during the regular season but emerged to make legitimate runs. We look back at where Whitewater and Nichols stood at this point in the season last year and try to use them as examples to identify teams that have not been ranked this season that could make surprising runs in this season’s tournament.

We wrap up with a look back at our week 11 picks and make our picks on a new five game slate for week 12. This week’s show wraps up with no questions in the mailbag! If you have something you would like for us to address in next week’s mailbag, leave a comment below or connect with us through one of our social media channels.

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Which Conferences Will Get Pool C Bids? - Episode 64: https://youtu.be/uzQ4U3Qlw8U

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NCAA Regional Ranking Data: https://d3datacast.com/regional-ranking-data/

Efficiency Ratings: https://d3datacast.com/efficiency-ratings/

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There is a lot of ballgame left, so to speak, when it comes to this season and qualifying for the Division III Men’s Basketball Championship. That being said, the developing picture for the national tournament based on season to date and projected rest of season data is letting us develop some expectation on which conferences can expect to be multi-bid leagues.

In this week’s show we sift through the current and projected NCAA regional ranking/selection criteria to see which conferences are locks, looking good, in the mix or have work to do to be a multi-bid league. We also take a look at a short list of conference from which a “bid thief” situation could emerge.

We wrap up with a look back at our week ten picks and make our picks on a new five game slate for week 11. This week’s show wraps up with two questions in the mailbag. If you have something you would like for us to address in next week’s mailbag, leave a comment below or connect with us through one of our social media channels.

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NCAA Regional Ranking Data: https://d3datacast.com/regional-ranking-data/

Efficiency Ratings: https://d3datacast.com/efficiency-ratings/

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