APPENDIX D
BRACKET/FORMAT SUBCOMMITTEE ADJUSTMENTS
Team Sports:
60 Percent And Above Sponsorship Level:
1. When at least 60 percent of the membership and conferences sponsor a sport, a minimum of 50 percent of the slots shall be maintained for at-large selections and a maximum of 50 percent of the bracket should be reserved for conference automatic qualifiers.
2. All conferences eligible for automatic qualification shall be provided access to the championship. Access would be accommodated through bracket expansion, which could include additional opening round games.
The intent is to provide access for all eligible conferences up to the point where a maximum of 50 percent of the bracket is filled, at which time if access is not available to all eligible conferences, the bracket may be expanded with additional opening rounds.
10 – 59 Percent Sponsorship Level:
1. Sports with sponsorship below 60 percent and above 10 percent, at least 50 percent of the bracket shall be reserved for at-large selections, and no more than 50 percent of the bracket shall be available for automatic qualification of eligible conferences.
2. For sports in the 10 – 59 percent sponsorship category that show increased numbers of sponsoring institutions, or generate net revenue over a designated period of time, or have high marketability potential, bracket expansion may be considered.
3. Sports committees would have the opportunity, but not be required, to recommend to the cabinet that play-ins occur for sports where eligible conferences exceed 50 percent of the bracket.
Less Than 10 Percent Sponsorship:
For sports with less than 10 percent sponsorship, sports committees shall make recommendations on an annual basis for automatic qualification conferences.
Individual Sports:
Sports With 60 Percent And
Above Sponsorship:
1. In sports where sponsorship is 60 percent or above and where teams are selected to a preliminary round, not more than 50 percent of the bracket shall be designated for automatic bids for eligible conferences.
2. All conferences eligible for automatic qualification shall be provided access to the championship.
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3. Access could be accomplished by expansion of the field size.
Other Sports:
For sports with sponsorship less than 60 percent and where teams are selected, sports committees may make recommendations on an annual basis for automatic qualifications.
Field sizes in all other sports will be based on participation numbers.
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Percentage of Sponsorship
Categories
for Determining
Active Membership Totals
(Provisional members are indicated in parentheses).
|
|
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
|
Division I |
326 (1) |
329 (1) |
|
Division II |
281 (15) |
282 (11) |
|
Division III |
418 (21) |
424 (22) |
|
Total |
1,025 (37) |
1,035 (34) |
Team
Percentage of membership sponsoring each sport is in parentheses.
Brackets indicate number of
mixed men's/women's teams (counted in men's sponsorship figures).
|
Percentage Category |
Bracket |
Championship (% of sponsorship) |
Number of Division I Institutions Sponsoring |
Number
of Division I Conferences Sponsoring |
|
60% or greater |
64 |
Men's
basketball (100%) |
330 |
32* |
|
|
64 |
Women's
basketball ( 99%) |
329 |
32* |
|
|
64 |
Women's
volleyball ( 96%) |
317 |
32* |
|
|
64 |
Women's
soccer (
93%) |
308 |
32* |
|
|
64 |
Baseball (
87%) |
288 |
31* |
|
|
64 |
Softball (
83%) |
273 |
31* |
|
|
48 |
Men's
soccer (
60%) |
199 |
23 |
|
10-59% |
16 |
FCS
football (
35%) |
117 |
15* |
|
|
16 |
Women's
rowing (
26%) |
86 |
10* |
|
|
16 |
Women's
lacrosse (
25%) |
84 |
12* |
|
|
16 |
Field
hockey (
24%) |
78 |
12* |
|
|
16 |
Men's ice
hockey (
18%) |
59 |
8* |
|
|
16 |
Men's
lacrosse (
17%) |
56 |
8* |
|
Less than 10% |
8 8 8 |
Women’s
ice hockey ( 10%) Women’s
water polo ( 10%) Women’s
bowling ( 8%) |
34 32 28 |
6* 3 2 |
|
|
4 |
Men's
volleyball ( 7%) |
22 |
3 |
|
|
4 |
Men's water
polo ( 7%) |
22 |
3* |
* Includes
the Eastern College Athletic Conference as a sponsoring conference.
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Individual-Team
|
Sport |
% Of Sponsorship |
|
Number of Division I Institutions Sponsoring |
Number of Division I Conferences Sponsoring |
|
Men's cross country |
91% |
255 |
299 |
32* |
|
Women's
cross country |
98% |
255 |
325 |
32* |
|
Men's/women's fencing |
13% |
144 |
43 |
2* / 2* |
|
Men's golf |
87% |
156 |
288 |
30* |
|
Women's golf |
71% |
126 |
233 |
29* |
|
Women's gymnastics |
19% |
216 (max) |
64 |
8* |
|
Men's gymnastics |
5% |
114 |
16 |
3* |
|
Men's/women's rifle |
8% |
48 |
28 [16] |
1 / 1 |
|
Men's/women's skiing |
8% |
148 |
27 |
0 / 0 |
|
Women's swimming |
58% |
322 |
192 |
24* |
|
Men's swimming |
41% |
270 |
136 |
20* |
|
Women's tennis |
93% |
196 |
308 |
32* |
|
Men's tennis |
79% |
196 |
260 |
32* |
|
Women's indoor track |
89% |
284 |
293 |
29* |
|
Men's indoor track |
73% |
284 |
241 |
29* |
|
Women's outdoor track |
92% |
544 |
304 |
31* |
|
Men's outdoor track |
80% |
544 |
264 |
31* |
|
Wrestling |
26% |
330 |
87 |
10 |
* Includes the Eastern College Athletic Conference as a sponsoring conference.
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The National Collegiate Athletic Association
November 1, 2007 RLB:aaf