RE: NAIA-style districts for NCAA Division I schools
Those are completely lopsided.
Syracuse, St. John's, and UCLA (districts 3, 4, and 33) have cakewalks to the NCAA bid. BC/UMass, UConn/Providence, UNC/VIrginia Tech, Charlotte/Wake Forest, Arkansas/St. Louis, SDSU/USC are the only competitive teams in their district. District 30 (CO/MT/WY) could go a decade without a ranked team.
Toughest district:
District 8: Georgetown, Maryland, Virginia, Richmond, VCU, George Washington
District 13: Auburn, Florida, Florida State, Georgia (although the rest is pretty weak)
District 18: Cincinnati, Ohio State, Xavier, Dayton
District 20: Indiana, Purdue, Butler, Louisville, only 1 really weak team
District 23: Creighton, Iowa, Iowa State, Missouri, Nebraska, UNI, Drake
District 24: Kansas, Kansas State, Wichita, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, SMU, Tulsa
District 31: Arizona, Arizona State, BYU, Utah
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