Tuesday, June 7, 2022

If I Was King Of Sports 2022 NCAA Baseball NIT

I always thought NCAA baseball should have its own NIT. There are too many teams who have great seasons that are not invited to the NCAA tournament. Even though softball now has its own NIT, it is unlikely that baseball will have one. The main reason is that baseball has a summer league that can possibly give players an opening to Major League Baseabll. Because the baseball NIT will likely not happen, I can create my own hypothetical one with my own rules; and I can use this blog as an outlet to get my thoughts down. For this model, all teams who have a better record than the team with the worst record to get an at-large berth in the NCAA tournament would get an invite. If there are any open spots, I would extend the invitation to division II teams who are not in its version of the College World Series. If this was a real tournament, there would have to be a pre-determinant amount of teams. Since it is not, I can make it fluctuate from year to year. This year, there would have been 36 teams, divided into six six-team regions. Each region winner would have advanced to the championship series. Everything would have been double-elimination, just like the real postseason. Seeds would be determined by records, except for the division II teams that would have received an invite. They are automatic 6th seeds. At-large team with the lowest winning percentage to make NCAA tournament: Florida State 33-23 (.589) Region I @ Davidson, NC (*=Division II team) (6) Wingate* (48-10) vs. (1) Davidson (43-13) (5) Lipscomb (35-23) vs. (2) Belmont (39-20) (4) UNLV (36-22) vs. (3) Charlotte (37-21) Region VI @ Philadelphia, PA (6) West Virginia (33-22) vs. (1) Penn (33-15) (5) Fairfield (31-20) vs. (2) Ball St. (40-19) (4) Central Connecticut St. (29-18) vs. (3) Lamar (37-21) Region IV @ Norfolk, VA (6) East Tennessee St. (31-21) vs. (1) Old Dominion (41-17) (5) South Carolina-Upstate (35-22-1) vs. (2) Iowa (36-19) (4) BYU (32-21) vs. (3) California Baptist (36-20) Region III @ Spartanburg, SC (6) Northridge St. (32-22) vs. (1) Wofford (42-16-1) (5) Florida Gulf Coast (35-23) vs. (2) College of Charleston (37-20) (4) Marist (29-17) vs. (3) North Carolina St. (36-21) Region V @ Macon, GA (6) McNeese St. (34-23) vs. (1) Mercer (40-18) (5) Clemson (35-23) vs. (2) UTSA (38-20) (4) North Dakota St. (31-19) vs. (3) Creighton (31-18) Region II @ Carbondale, IL (*=Division II team) (6) Trevecca Nazarene* (37-15) vs. (1) Southern Illinois (44-16) (5) Houston (37-24) vs. (2) Eastern Kentucky (38-20) (4) Eastern Illinois (33-20) vs. (3) Cal Poly (37-21)