Awaiting Our Postseason Fate

November 10

Today is a big day as college teams all around the country find out their postseason fates. The NCAA tournament seeding will be announced at noon, with ECAC selections being made sometime after that. While we are not in consideration for an NCAA bid, we are hoping to find out this afternoon that we have been chosen for the ECAC tournament.

Some teams on the ECAC selection list will not be participating as they will instead be competing in the NCAA tournament. Medaille College won the AMCC postseason title and will be participating in NCAAs. While Hobart suffered a shocking upset in their Liberty League semifinal against Union, it was the first loss of the season for the Statesmen and they will likely receive an NCAA bid. Rochester also has a strong profile, as the national powerhouse finished tied for first in the University Athletic Association, one of the strongest D3 conferences in the nation.

Ithaca may be on the bubble for an NCAA bid as the 23rd-ranked team in the country fell to Stevens in the Empire 8 championship game. Ithaca is 11-4-3 overall, and defeated Stevens earlier in the year after drawing with Hobart. Other Empire 8 teams who applied for ECACs are Utica (who fell to 8-9-1 overall in a playoff loss to Stevens), and St. John Fischer (who also made the Empire playoffs despite a 5-9-3 record overall).

In the SUNYAC conference, a strong team from Brockport could be an ECAC favorite after a 10-6-2 overall record and a conference final loss to Cortland. SUNY Oswego (8-9-1 overall after losing to Brockport in the SUNYAC playoffs) have also applied for ECAC consideration.