Page 120 - 2019-20 NJCAA Handbook - May, 2020

3. BASEBALL – DIVISION III
Section 1. Tournament Site Selection
A. Colleges or organizations wishing to host the NJCAA Championship Baseball Tournament must submit a written request or bid to
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the NJCAA National Office by September 1 prior to the subsequent Annual Meeting. Bids shall be for sites three years hence.
B. The NJCAA National Office shall place all bids before the Committee on Championship Events as provided in Article X.
Section 2. Tournament Dates
The dates for the tournament shall be recommended to the Board of Directors by the NJCAA Committee on Division III Baseball
and the Tournament Host. Future Dates:
May 23 – May 27/28, 2020 at Pioneer Stadium; Greeneville, TN
May 29 – June 2/3, 2021 at TBD
May 28-June 1/2, 2022 at TBD
Section 3. Tournament Host Pre-Tournament Responsibilities
A. The Tournament Host will notify the qualifying teams of the time schedules and other pertinent information.
B. The Tournament Host shall be responsible for the promotion, advertising and ticket sales of the contest. They shall secure the
playing site and make all the arrangements for the handling of spectators.
Section 4. Qualification of Teams for Competition
A. The qualifying teams shall come from the following districts:
2019-20 DISTRICTS
DISTRICT REGION(S) DISTRICT REGION(S) DISTRICT REGION(S) DISTRICT REGION(S)
North 3 South 2, 5, 14, 23 North 13 North 19
Plains Atlantic
Great 4, 12 Mid- 10, 20 East 15, 21
Lakes Atlantic
B. All colleges must qualify in compliance with Article XII of the NJCAA bylaws.
C. In the event there is a vacancy in the tournament bracket, the runner-up in the district of the vacancy will be the alternate team. The
District Chairman will be responsible for selecting a second alternate from that district if the runner-up is unable to fill the vacancy.
D. The Division III Baseball Committee reserves the right to adjust the district qualification procedures using current declaration
numbers. The adjustments must be published no later than November 15 , annually. Specific group and district playoff procedures
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are the responsibility of the respective Region Directors and must be published by December 15 , annually.
E. In the event there is no representative from a district, a runner-up from another district will be selected to fill the vacancy. The
replacement order by district will be as follows, determined by blind draw:
1. North Plains 5. Middle Atlantic
2. North Atlantic 6. East
3. South 7. North
4. Great Lakes
G. Districts will conduct double elimination tournaments to qualify teams for the National Tournament.
H. The scheduled first game of each District Tournament must be no later than the Saturday preceding the NJCAA Tournament. All
District Tournaments must be completed no later than midnight of the Tuesday prior to the start of the NJCAA Tournament.
I. District Format
North Region 3 18 Teams
Great lakes Regions 4, 7, 12 11 Teams
South Regions 2, 5, 14, 23 9 Teams
Mid-Atlantic Regions 10, 20 9 Teams
North Plains Regions 13 17 Teams
East Regions 15, 21 11 Teams
North Atlantic Region 19 15 Teams
At-Large Note: One At-Large team will be selected by the Division III Baseball Committee
to complete the field for the World Series. The team will be selected within 24 hours of the
completion of the seven District Tournaments. The criteria for selecting the At-Large team
shall be based on the following (in no rank order):
1. NJCAA Record vs. Common Opponent
2. Head-to-Head
3. Overall NJCAA Record
4. Overall Record
5. National Ranking
6. Ten-year World Series won/loss history for each District Representative
7. Ten-year individual college won/loss history