[Robo]

I am a big fan of college baseball, especially the NCAA Tournament. The only thing I wish, is they had a second tournament, kind of like the NIT in basketball. I came up with this second tournament which I am naming the Cooperstown Invitational Tournament. It is designed for mid major teams only, No power 5 teams are allowed in this tournament. It would first, take any regular season conference champions (also includes divisional champions) in the mid major conferences that missed the NCAA Tournament. Unfortunately 8 regular season conference champions missed the NCAA Tournament. The rest of the 32 team field would be chosen on RPI rankings, no teams would be allowed with a losing record, except for regular season conference champions. The top 8 seeds are the highest ranked in the RPI.

The top 8 would be host sights for the first round. Each bracket would consist of 4 teams in a double elimination tournament. The layout is exactly the same as the NCAA Tournament. The 2 seed in each bracket would be the conference champions unless they are in the top 8 of the RPI . The 3 and 4 seeds would set by the rest of the teams ranking in the RPI.
The final eight teams will play at Double Day Field in Cooperstown, NY. This will also be a double elimination tournament, with the final two teams playing in a double elimination to decide the Champion.

I will simulate all of these games with Bigrod’s NCAA template. I am not sure if this is the correct forum for this, I wanted to share it. I apologize if it is not. I will be posting the brackets in a little while, followed by the first round. This is the actual NCAA Baseball 2016 final standings that I am using.

Regular season Conference Champions (Div. Champions)
1. Kennesaw State
2. Kent State
3. Ball State
4. Norfolk Sate
5. Florida A&M
6. Mercer
7. Arkansas Pine Bluff
8. Seattle University

Top 8 Seeds (First Round Host Sites):
1. Creighton
2. Northwestern State
3. BYU
4. Houston
5. Marshall
6. North Florida
7. Hartford
8. College of Charleston

Final 16 in RPI ranking
1. Indiana State
2. UNC Greensboro
3. VCU
4. Lamar
5. Old Dominion
6. Missouri State
7. Jacksonville
8. Georgia Southern
9. New Orleans
10. Pepperdine
11. Jacksonville State
12. Troy
13. Fresno St.
14. UTA
15. McNeese St.
16. Austin Peay