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ABCA 2024: Changes to come in NCAA Tournament selection

Stories Joe Healy - January 4, 2024

GRAPEVINE, Texas — At the Division I coaches’ meeting Thursday evening at the American Baseball Coaches Association convention, a handful of changes to the NCAA Tournament selection process were announced. 

There were no changes made to the tournament format, the size of the tournament field or to the RPI, but rather, these changes are aimed at giving the selection committee more information ahead of Selection Monday and putting some additional parameters around regional host requirements. 

The change most likely to have a direct impact on a team’s fortunes in the committee room is a tweak in how results will be grouped in[…]