Regional Format Announced

Wow, right when I think the summer is about to become less hectic the pace picks up and now the summer is over. I have a number of very significant things to announce that we have been working on for some time. Please make sure that you read the entire post and forward to others in your program.

Information Websites

We have been working on ways to make everything a lot more user friendly and so
we are giving our staff more control over the communication mechanisms. You will
see that Kurt Talbot has website for Regional Tournaments and Rob Flatt has one
for All-American/All-Region Nominations.


New Region Format

This year we have divided the US into six regions. We have assigned each state
(or sometimes we divide states) to a region. Regions are simply called Region 1,
Region 2 etc. Each Region will be allotted a number of Automatic Bids for Division
1 and All-American voting will be by region. Four Regions will have a regional
tournament this year with Region 5 adding a tournament in 2010.
To check out what region you are in, who the competition is and how the system works
go to www.nchbctournaments.com We are still working on the site, the terminology and the wording so if some doesn't look right please contact us.

ALL-American Nominations

We are making some minor adjustments to our All-American Nomination procedure this
year. Each coach can make All Region nominations for his team. All Region Nominations can be made from now until September 10th. There will be a second round of nominations at the end of the first semester. We will have two coaches polls one ending September 10th and one January that will determine which players will be All American Candidates. Coaches may not vote for their own players during this stage of the process. Final ballots will be cast by all coaches that are attending Nationals. Each coach will vote for players from his region (once again coaches are not permitted to vote for his own players or players that he has not seen play). These ballots will be cast immediately following Regionals. Players attending Regionals will have one last shot to make a good impression.

To check out the nomination process go to www.nchbcregionals.com coaches can make nominations immediately and we will post the teams that make nominations
each week.

Preseason Top Ten

The next news update will have the preseason Top Ten Teams. Will your team make
the top ten? Just another 10 days to find out.



Tournament Directors

Looking for teams? We now have the ability to list tournaments online for you more
information at www.nchbctournaments.com