D3baseball.com Daily Dose

With the Conference Championship over, 35 Pool A bids have been earned. What remains to be awarded are the 6 Pool B bids and the 13 Pool C bids. D3baseball.com, with paper, pencil and calculators, will be looking at the bids at 9p EDT to see how we will fill out the playoff picture. Once we make our predictions we will seed the tournament and then wait until the early morning when we expect the decision of the selection committee.

I added out Pool B and C picks, and formulated our predicted bracket to the Pool A bids originally posted here. – Jim

D3baseball.com bracket predictions.

Central Region
1. Carthage – CCIW
2. Beloit – MWC
3. Otterbein – C13
4. Washington B5
5. Fontbonne – SLIAC
6. Wartburg – IIAC

Mid-Atlantic Region
1. Kean – C2
2. Montclair State – C3
3. Keystone – CSAC
4. Johns Hopkins – CC
6. The College of New Jersey – NJAC
5. Elizabethtown – MACC
7. Alvernia – MACF
8. Penn State-Berks – NEAC

Mideast Region
1. Wooster – NCAC
2. Heidelberg – OAC
3. Penn State-Behrend – AMCC
4. Rose-Hulman – HCAC
5. Washington and Jefferson – PAC
6. Adrian – MIAA

Midwest Region
1. St. Olaf – MIAC
2. St. Scholastica – B2
3. St. Thomas – C5
4. UW-Stevens Point – WIAC
5. Concordia (Ill.) – NAC
6. Hendrix – SCAC

New England Region
1. Eastern Connecticut State – LEC
2. Trinity (Conn.) – NESCAC
3. Curry – C10
4. Suffolk – GNAC
5. Worcester Tech – C11
6. Westfield State – MASCAC
7. Western New England – TCCC
8. Husson – NAC

New York Region
1. Southern Maine – C1
2 Cortland State – SUNYAC
3. RPI – C6
4. Ithaca – B3
5. Babson – NEWMAC
6. Wheaton (Mass.) – A12
7. Farmingdale State – SKY
8. Clarkson – LL

South Region
1. Salisbury – B1
2. Millsaps – C4
3. Shenandoah – C8
4. North Carolina Wesleyan – USAS
5. York – B6
6. Washington and Lee – ODAC

West Region
1. Pomona-Pitzer – SCIAC
2. Texas-Tyler – ASC
3. Cal Lutheran – C7
4. George Fox – NWC
5. Pacific Lutheran- C9
6. Chapman – B5

The NCAA Division III Baseball Committee has released its third and final 2009 regional poll. The committee has ranked the top 15 percent of eligible teams in each region. The following teams, with records through May 5, were included in this week’s regional poll.

There is one final ranking, but it is not released to the public.

The baseball championship selections will be available early Monday, May 11 on D3baseball.com.

Please note, records are overall record, followed by in-region record.

Central Region
1. Carthage 29-5 25-2
2. St. Norbert 21-11 19-10
3. Illinois Wesleyan 23-13 21-12
4. Coe 21-17 20-12
5. Loras 25-12 2011
6. Luther 27-11 25-11

Mid-Atlantic Region
1. Kean 33-9 29-6
2. Montclair State 25-15 22-8
3. Keystone 34-4 28-1
4. Penn State-Behrend 27-7 25-6
5. The College of New Jersey 23-16-1 21-13-1
6. Manhattanville 25-16 24-15
7. Wilkes 28-11 26-8
8. Frostburg State 24-13 23-8
9. William Paterson 24-16 21-14

Mideast Region
1. Wooster 33-8 27-7
2. Heidelberg 33-7 29-6
3. Otterbein 22-15 18-8
4. Marietta 26-12 22-11
5. Washington and Jefferson 28-11 23-8
6. Adrian 27-9 24-4
7. Franklin 28-9 22-8

Midwest Region
1. St. Thomas 28-9 21-8
2. St. Scholastica 31-4 22-3
3. St. Olaf 25-11 20-8
4. UW-Stevens Point 27-13 25-12
5. Concordia (Ill.) 29-13 27-7
6. UW-Oshkosh 23-15 22-14

New England Region
1. Southern Maine 34-5 29-4
2. Eastern Connecticut State 31-6 28-6
3. Trinity (Conn.) 26-5 26-3
4. Curry 34-7 30-6
5. Suffolk 30-8 27-7
6. Worcester Tech 26-11 25-8
7. Wheaton (Mass.) 30-12 27-10
8. Williams 24-10 20-7
9. Western New England 29-15 26-14
10. St. Joseph’s (Maine) 31-13 28-9

New York Region
1. Cortland State 29-12 24-8
2. RPI 31-9 29-8
3. Ithaca 28-7 22-4
4. Rochester 30-11 27-11
5. Farmingdale State 25-13 24-10
6. Fredonia State 25-10 16-10

South Region
1. Salisbury 36-6 29-6
2. Millsaps 32-8 29-7
3. Shenandoah 33-8 27-7
4. North Carolina Wesleyan 27-19 25-15
5. Christopher Newport 24-11-2 20-11-1

West Region
1. Pomona-Pitzer 35-5 27-3
2. Texas-Tyler 38-10 35-9
3. Cal Lutheran 31-9 27-6
4. Pacific Lutheran 31-8 29-8
5. George Fox 32-9 29-6
6. Texas-Dallas 28-18 27-14

By Jamie Chagnon, Lynchburg College

Baseball. To many it is only a game, to some it’s a passion, and to one, Mr. Jeff Taylor, Sr., it was a way of life. Taylor Sr. was tragically killed Tuesday afternoon after a freak accident on Lynchburg College’s baseball field. With his passing, the world has lost a man who cared passionately about the things he loved: his family, his wife Mary Clare, his son, Jeff Jr. and the game of baseball.

I have met few, if any, people in my lifetime that have cared more about seeing their child do what they love than Jeff Sr. did. Jeff Jr., a junior on the Lynchburg College baseball team, has starred for the last three years at LC and the one constant during that time was always Taylor Sr.

Now, many people can say that they attend every game, and while this is impressive, Taylor Sr. went even further. The eldest Taylor almost never missed a practice at Fox Field, and with his profession as a professor of kinesiology at Liberty University, it allowed for him to get across town to watch Jeff Jr. on the field.

The way the accident happened is so freakish, that it’s almost unbelievable. Throwing batting practice to his son was something that he had enjoyed since Jeff Jr. began playing the sport they both loved and cherished so dear. On this day, though, a great baseball man and person so endeared by everyone around him was killed on the very diamond that he enjoyed frequenting.

As the head baseball contact for Lynchburg, I had the honor of talking and interacting with both father and son on a daily basis. More times than not, Taylor Sr. knew more about the baseball team and conference than I did, a blow to my confidence, but an indicator on how much baseball influenced this man. I loved my conversations with him as I knew that every time I spoke with him, a different perspective and unique observation would come from it.

Mr. Taylor loved baseball so much, that he even loved to talk about it online. Taylor developed a friendship with members of the D3Baseball.com website, where he would find anyone and everyone willing to talk baseball with him. I’m sure that the online community will miss Jeff and his infinite wisdom about the Hornets, ODAC and Division III baseball.

As talked about earlier, Taylor Sr. loved his son more then anyone I have ever met, and enjoyed any activity where Jeff was involved. Mr. Taylor was often found watching his son’s flag football games on campus as well as anything else Jeff was involved with. Even when it was 20 degrees, 100 degrees, raining, snowing or humid the one constant was always … Mr. Jeff Taylor Sr.

My thoughts and prayers are with the Taylor Family along with the Lynchburg College baseball team, the Lynchburg and Liberty communities and everyone else who knew Jeff Taylor Sr. I’m positive that next time, and every time, the younger Taylor steps onto a baseball field, classroom or when he graduates and becomes successful at whatever he does in life, Mr. Taylor will be right there with the best seat in the house.

The NCAA Division III Baseball Committee has released its second 2009 regional poll. The committee has ranked the top 15 percent of eligible teams in each region. The following teams, with records through April 28, were included in this week’s regional poll.

The next poll will be released May 7.

Please note, records are overall record, followed by in-region record.

Central Region
1. Carthage 23-5 19-2
2. Illinois Wesleyan 21-10 19-9
3. Webster 26-11 25-7
4. Buena Vista 25-9 20-8
5. Luther 23-11 21-11
6. Beloit 22-7 16-5

Mid-Atlantic Region
1. Kean 33-7 29-4
2. Keystone 34-4 28-1
3. Montclair State 23-13 20-6
4. Penn State-Behrend 27-7 25-6
5. Wilkes 27-9 25-6
6. Frostburg State 24-12 23-7
7. Manhattanville 23-15 22-14
8. Ursinus 24-9-2 20-9-2
9. FDU-Florham 19-11-1 19-10-1

Mideast Region
1. Heidelberg 29-7 25-6
2. Wooster 31-7 25-6
3. Franklin 26-8 20-7
4. Rose-Hulman 25-11 17-7
5. Otterbein 19-12 15-7
6. Marietta 23-11 19-10
7. Adrian 24-8 21-3

Midwest Region
1. St. Thomas 23-8 17-7
2. St. Scholastica 29-2 20-1
3. UW-Oshkosh 20-12 19-11
4. St. Olaf 20-10 15-7
5. UW-Whitewater 21-11 17-10
6. UW-Stevens Point 23-11 21-10

New England Region
1. Southern Maine 31-4 26-3
2. Eastern Connecticut State 26-6 23-6
3. Trinity (Conn.) 24-4 24-2
4. Wheaton (Mass.) 28-9 25-8
5. Worcester Polytech 22-11 21-8
6. Curry 30-5 26-4
7. Williams 20-8 16-5
8. Suffolk 27-8 24-7
9. Worcester State 26-11 26-8
10. Western New England 25-14 22-13

New York Region
1. Cortland State 25-12 20-8
2. RPI 27-8 25-7
3. Ithaca 25-7 19-4
4. Fredonia State 25-7 16-7
5. SUNY-Old Westbury 24-11 22-8
6. Rochester 28-11 25-11

South Region
1. Salisbury 35-6 28-6
2. Millsaps 32-8 29-7
3. Shenandoah 33-8 27-7
4. Christopher Newport 24-10-1 20-10
5. North Carolina Wesleyan 27-19 25-15

West Region
1. Pomona-Pitzer 33-4 25-2
2. Texas-Tyler 34-9 21-8
3. Pacific Lutheran 31-8 29-8
4. Texas-Dallas 27-16 26-12
5. George Fox 32-9 29-6
6. Chapman 24-13 17-11

Here is a list of each conference’s Players of the Week from games this past week. (When the national Players of the Week are announced, the national award winners will be in bold, national honorable mention in italics).

CENTRAL
CCIW
Hitter of the Week - Ryan Miller, Wheaton (Ill.)
Co-Pitcher of the Week – Mike Giovenco, North Park
Co-Pitcher of the Week – Tim Urbanowicz, Wheaton (Ill.)

IIAC
Player of the Week – Ryan Fincham, Cornell

MWC
Performer of the Week – Mike Nodzenski, Grinnell
Pitcher of the Week – Kurt Roeder, Ripon

SLIAC
Hitter of the Week – Joe Biagini, Webster
Pitcher of the Week – Greg Schwartz, Maryville (Mo.)

MID ATLANTIC
AMCC
Player of the Week – Grady Luzier, Penn State-Altoona
Pitcher of the Week – Mike Godissart, Mount Aloysius

CC
Co-Player of the Week – Jesse Sikorski, Johns Hopkins
Co-Player of the Week – Michael Cameron, Swarthmore
Pitcher of the Week – Luis Serrano, Ursinus

COMMONWEALTH
Player of the Week – Dan Sieracki, Widener
Pitcher of the Week – Tim Flannery, Albright

FREEDOM
Player of the Week – Chris Nastasi, Manhattanville
Pitcher of the Week – Tim Quinn, Manhattanville

LANDMARK
Player of the Week – David May, USMMA
Pitcher of the Week – Brendan Close, Moravian

NJAC
Player of the Week – Mike Guadango, William Paterson
Pitcher of the Week – Mike Murano, Ramapo
Rookie of the Week – Dylan Laguna, Kean
Rookie Pitcher of the Week – Mike Fallon, TCNJ

MIDEAST
HCAC
Hitter of the Week – Jeremy Hazen, Anderson
Pitcher of the Week – Gannon Sadzeck, Rose-Hulman

MIAA
Co-Position Player of the Week – Jeremy Stephens, Alma
Co-Position Player of the Week – Matt Schepel, Calvin
Pitcher of the Week – Doug Counterman, Albion

NCAC
Pitcher of the Week – Matthew Struble, Ohio Wesleyan
Player of the Week – Jake Thomas, Wabash

OAC
Hitter of the Week – Tom Hickey, John Carroll
Pitcher of the Week – Nathan VanMeter, Muskingum

PRAC
Hitter of the Week – Bill Hanning, Waynesburg
Pitcher of the Week - Tommy Brown, Wash. & Jeff.

MIDWEST
MIAC
Player of the Week – Kyle Johnson, Concordia-Moorhead
Pitcher of the Week – Ethan Guevin, Carleton

NATHC
Pitcher of the Week – George Hickey, Dominican
Player of the Week – Kevin Graham, Benedictine

WIAC
Position Player of the Week – Jeremy Richter, UW-Stevens Point
Pitcher of the Week – Kyle Kannenberg, UW-Oshkosh

NEW ENGLAND
CCC
Co-Player of the Week – Jordan Morgan, New England College
Co-Player of the Week – Tom White, Colby-Sawyer
Pitcher of the Week – Brandon Bursie, Salve Regina
Rookie of the Week – Michael Russo, Endicott

LEC
Player of the Week – Casey Askeland, UMass Dartmouth
Pitcher of the Week - Andrew LeBrun, UMass Boston
Rookie of the Week – Mark McCormack, UMass Boston

MASCAC
Player of the Week – Brendon Elliot, Bridgewater State
Pitcher of the Week – Jeff Puopolo, Bridgewater State

NAC
Co-Player of the Week – Garrett Bissonnette, Castleton
Co-Player of the Week – Nick Arthers, Husson
Pitcher of the Week – Chris Farrar, Thomas
Rookie of the Week – Dana Leland, Thomas

NECC
Pitcher of the Week – Kory Kiro, Daniel Webster
Player of the Week – Eric Wells, Southern Vermont
Rookie of the Week – Ethan Graynor, Mitchell

NESCAC
Co-Player of the Week – Brett Gorman, Bowdoin
Co-Player of the Week – Eric Enns, Middlebury
Pitcher of the Week -Chris DiGoti, Tufts

NEWMAC
Player of the Week – Peter O’Toole, Babson
Pitcher of the Week – Andrew Aizenstadt, Babson

NEW YORK
E8
Player of the Week – Anthony Andrews, Stevens
Pitcher of the Week – Brandon Lewis, St. John Fisher

LL
Co-Performer of the Week – Matt Giordano, Clarkson
Co-Performer of the Week – Nate Stein, Rochester
Co-Pitcher of the Week – Steve Bodnar, St. Lawrence
Co-Pitcher of the Week – Brian McLaughlin, Union
Co-Rookie of the Week – Dan Duval, RPI
Co-Rookie of the Week – Brian Bezek, Rochester

NEAC
Student-Athlete of the Week – Adam Coglitore, Cazenovia

SKYLINE
Player of the Week – Brian Visconti, Mt. St. Mary
Pitcher of the Week – Tom Heeman, Farmingdale State
Rookie of the Week – Chris Phelan, Farmingdale State

SUNYAC
Player of the Week – Joe Curcio, Plattsburgh State
Pitcher of the Week – Matt Tone, Cortland State

SOUTH
CAC
Player of the Week – Andrew Cox, Mary Washington

WEST
NWC
Pitcher of the Week – Scott Wall, Pacific Lutheran
Player of the Week – Jack McGee, Willamette

MULTI-REGION
UAA
Hitter of the Week – Nate Stein, Rochester
Pitcher of the Week – Dan McConologue, Chicago

The NCAA Division III Baseball Committee has released its first 2009 regional poll. The committee has ranked the top 15 percent of eligible teams in each region. The following teams, with records through April 21, were included in this week’s regional poll.

The next poll will be released April 30.

Please note, records are overall record, followed by in-region record.

Central Region
1. Carthage 21-5 17-2
2. Illinois Wesleyan 20-8 18-7
3. Webster 21-11 20-7
4. Buena Vista 24-7 19-6
5. Augustana 21-10 17-7
6. Beloit 20-5 14-3

Mid-Atlantic Region
1. Kean 28-7 24-4
2. Keystone 30-4 24-1
3. Montclair State 18-13 15-6
4. Penn State-Behrend 24-7 22-6
5. Wilkes 26-6 24-3
6. Rowan 19-10-1 17-8
7. Frostburg State 21-11 20-6
8. New Jersey 20-13-1 18-10-1
9. FDU-Florham 17-8-1 17-7-1

Mideast Region
1. Heidelberg 26-0 22-5
2. Wooster 28-7 22-6
3. Otterbein 15-10 12-5
4. Adrian 23-7 20-2
5. Franklin 23-8 17-7
6. Rose-Hulman 22-11 16-7
7. Marietta 19-10 16-9

Midwest Region
1. St. Thomas 21-6 15-5
2. St. Scholastica 24-2 15-1
3. UW-Whitewater 18-9 14-8
4. UW-Stevens Point 19-9 17-8
5. Rockford 15-8 15-6
6. St. Olaf 18-10 13-7

New England Region
1. Southern Maine 28-3 23-2
2. Trinity (Conn.) 21-3 21-1
3. Wheaton (Mass.) 25-7 22-6
4. Eastern Connecticut 22-6 19-6
5. WPI 21-9 20-6
6. Curry 28-4 24-3
7. Suffolk 24-7 21-6
8. Worcester State 23-10 23-7
9. Western New England 23-12 20-11
10. St. Joseph’s (Maine) 25-10 22-6

New York Region
1. RPI 24-8 22-7
2. Cortland State 22-10 17-6
3. Ithaca 22-6 16-3
4. SUNY-Old Westbury 19-10 17-7
5. Fredonia State 20-6 13-6
6. Rochester 24-10 21-10

South Region
1. Millsaps 32-6 29-5
2. Salisbury 33-5 26-5
3. Shenandoah 31-8 25-7
4. Christopher Newport 21-9-1 17-9
5. York (Pa.) 24-9 24-9

West Region
1. Pomona-Pitzer 31-3 23-1
2. Texas-Tyler 32-8 29-7
3. Pacific Lutheran 27-8 25-8
4. Redlands 22-12 19-10
5. Texas-Dallas 25-15 24-11
6. McMurry 22-14 19-13

For the first time in a number of years, the handbook with all the playoff information is available before the start of the season. Two things should be highlighted: (1) the number of bids in the three pools and (2) the change in the championship bracket.

The 54 bids awarded will be awarded in the following manner:
Pool A bids: 35
Pool B bids: 5
Pool C bids: 14

The Championship bracket is changed this year, reverting to the format used between 1993 and 2004. The winner of the winners bracket game will not get a bye on the fourth day of the competition. More details on how this change came about will appear shortly as an article on d3baseball.com.

Read the hand book for more information. It is available in pdf form at:
http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/champ_handbooks/baseball/2009/3_baseball_handbook.pdf

A right handed pitcher for Emory Eagles in their 2007 World Series is now pitching in the regular relief stints of the Oakland Athletics’ AA Texas League Franchise Midland Rockhounds. Emory’s Jason Glushon was a 2007 free-agent signee who spent most of the 2007 season in the Arizona Rookie League before a late-season call-up to AA. The challenge for Jason was to “get his foot in the door”. D3baseball.com’s Ralph Turner caught up with Jason while the Rockhounds were in Frisco, TX for a four-game series.

His 80-82 MPH fastball was not going to take him far beyond Harvard Westlake High School in North Hollywood, CA in talent–rich southern California, so he and his parents looked back east for college. Considering Penn versus Emory, he credits his mother on landing at Emory. Under the excellent coaching of Jim Twardoski at Emory, Jason was able to develop the pitching technique of good control that kept his team close. Jason is not your prototypical pitcher, but the fundamentals that he learned at Emory, picking Coach Twardoski’s brain along the way, the Emory training schedules and demanding conditioning have served him well in the jump to AA baseball. He has succeeded to this point by not overthrowing and by throwing strikes.

The 2007 World Series was special for him. Living in southern California, he greatly appreciates what Chapman has accomplished over the last four seasons. Emory was lucky to get to Wisconsin in 2007, needing Sam Cunningham’s 2-run HR in the top of the 9th versus Ferrum, before winning in 12 in the Regional Finals. Glushon gave a wistful look when we mentioned the 2-0 opening loss to UW-Whitewater and Jordan Zimmermann. (Zimmermann is currently with the Washington Nationals AA Eastern League Harrisburg Senators.) He beamed with pride at how Emory battled back through the losers’ bracket. Glushon pitched 6 strong innings in the win over Cortland State for a 6-3 win. His “rubber arm” was also ready to go if needed for an inning or two the next day in against Kean as the finals. After all, it was for the national championship.

After getting his BBA at Emory in spring 2007 with concentrations in Business Finance, Communications and Operations Management, he boned up on his Spanish in the Arizona Rookie Leagues to talk with the young talent out of Latin America at that level. In the off-season, he worked at a sports management agency and took the LSAT. He is getting experience in all aspects of the baseball and is keeping his options open.

This season, it is back to the 6-10 hour bus rides around Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri. The bus rides are what he remembers about Emory, and getting to know one’s teammates. The card games, the “Connect Four” games and general conversation are a part that Jason enjoys about baseball. Although not quite like “The Rookie” or “Bull Durham”, Jason has built friendships with his players. When asked for a favorite baseball movie, he responded “Field of Dreams”. He fondly remembers the road trip that he took with his Emory teammates, Joe Roth and Frank Pfister, as they took in 10-12 games at major league and minor league parks, plus Cooperstown and the “Field of Dreams” in Iowa.

We asked him for some imparted wisdom to his D3baseball.com friends and family. He gave three. First, learn from the people who have been down the road before. Secondly, the roads are as varied as you can imagine, high school, D-1 or D-III, but they all lead to same place. Finally, don’t accept “no” for an answer.

It’ll be very difficult for Trinity (Conn.) coach Bill Decker to top the 2008 season. After going 45-1, setting a new Division III record for consecutive wins to start a season and winning the program’s first national championship, Decker has completed what will likely be the signature season in his career.

But the season that defines Coach Decker for me is a 5-3 football campaign in 1999.

In addition to his baseball duties, Decker once coached defense under long time Trinity football head coach Don Miller. Miller led the Bantams’ football program for 32 years, won 177 games and eventually had the field co-named after him. Decker, the son of a high school football coach himself, was the quiet leader of a solid defense that complemented Miller’s ground game. But the Bantams sagged to a 2-6 record in 1998 after which Miller retired.

The 1999 roster was full of seniors who might have been lost in a transition year where a program waits for the old guard to cycle out as the new guard to moves in. To help prevent that, Decker added a little more responsibility to his plate and became the head coach for football, too.

As a student journalist, I covered the team and spoke with Decker throughout the year. Off the field he was gracious, patient and helpful to a nervous kid who had never interviewed a head football coach on radio before. On the field, he got maximum talent out of his team and rode his solid defense to a 5-3 record.

That 1999 season was Decker’s only one as the head football coach. In the Bantams’ football media guide, his name is perched between Miller and Chuck Priore, who won three NESCAC titles and ran off an impressive 30-game winning streak of his own. Only his players and a few people around the program will appreciate what Decker did in that one season.

And now that he has added a national championship to his successful coaching career, I didn’t want to miss the opportunity to talk to him about this special run. Click here to listen to the Bill Decker interview.

Our friends at the Double-A Zone have asked the question, Who chooses Division III? It’s the NCAA’s official blog, so you have to take that into consideration, but unlike many ways in which the NCAA deals with Division III (can’t get its own playoff brackets right, doesn’t know how many Pool C bids there should be), the blog has a healthy knowledge of Division III, run by former Brandeis baseball player Josh Centor.

In light of the fact that Division II has spent a fair amount of time over the past few years trying to find its identity, there’s now apparently some sort of buzz. For me, I’m not sure what “I Chose Division II” actually means, while Division I’s identity is fairly clear and Division III has staked out the student-athlete high ground as the only purely amateur division (non-scholarship) in college athletics.

However, there seems to be some discussion from commenters, not much of it well-informed, as to what Division III’s identity is. Those people need a good dose of D3sports.com readers to fill them in. (I myself have a comment that is awaiting moderator approval.)

Meanwhile, the core question: Should Division III do more to brand itself? Speaking as someone who has done most of the branding of Division III over the past decade, absolutely. I look at what Division II has done in this area over the past few years, in terms of fancy promotional spots, games on CBS College Sports and football playoffs on ESPN, a full package of streaming video broadcasts of football and basketball, and I am definitely jealous. All Division III fans should be.

Division III should be branding itself. It should not be left to people like us here at D3sports.com or Steve Clay and D3Cast or Robb Modica and D3Scoreboard.

We just wasted a bunch of time and money figuring out Division IV was not the place we really wanted to be. So let’s spruce up our house a little bit while we’re here. Let’s show the rest of college fandom that this is not just glorified intramurals. Let’s get our games out there for people to see.

Why did you choose Division III? Go tell them.

And tell us below.