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Franklin Pierce advanced in women's soccer, not volleyball... but since there's no women's soccer thread, thanks for giving me a chance to piggyback!...

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Through the quarterfinals: https://i.imgur.com/PrKPLhp.jpeg

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Ferris/Kutztown was a close call and I'm not surprised they went this way. Harding's metrics were clearly behind both.

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Looking only at the pre-playoff metrics (KPI doesn't get updated during the playoffs, at least publicly), if all the #1 seeds advance it would appear...

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After the second round: https://i.imgur.com/vtXdk0R.jpeg

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U Sports doesn't sponsor championships in those sports. British Columbia and Victoria both play some sports in the NAIA, but Simon Fraser isn't open to...

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First time since 1999 with no GSC team in the regional final.

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Forgot to post this earlier in the week... https://i.imgur.com/Xtk9NE3.jpeg

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Interesting that both second-round games are rematches of regular-season non-conference games.

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Fort Lewis was originally an Indian boarding school... but they've only had one winning season since 2006.

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They're not allowed to change the top 4, but they can send the 5–8 seeds anywhere....

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Basically it's because the MIAA and NSIC are in the same region in most sports....

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Heading into the playoffs: https://i.imgur.com/RXuIEZZ.jpeg

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Weirdly, they're getting zero at-larges in football or men's or women's soccer... yet they have the #1 seed in the region in two of those....

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There's a rule that if an auto bid is ranked outside the top 8, they have to play the #1 seed, and if two are outside the top 8, the lower-ranked one...

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If one were to rank all the NSIC teams by the playoff criteria, there's a good chance it would be:

1. Minnesota–Duluth
2. Minnesota State
3. Augustana
4. Wayne

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The fact that Valdosta is playing the #1 seed (and North Greenville isn't) makes it clear that a nullification penalty was applied to their record and...

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This is what the manual says (link):...

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That looks more like the FCS selection criteria with the division name changed. Where did you find it?...