GRR: NCR
The roots of NCR are in the small colleges, and it’s there that the entity-previously-known-as-NSCRO set out its shingle.
And while we at GRR end up talking a lot more about the D1, D1AA, and D2 brackets, for NCR really it’s D3 (what used to be Small Colleges) that made the organization.
Wheeling University defeated Southern Nazarene 58-17 Saturday to win the NCR Women's D1 championship.
We know our NCR D1 and D1AA finalists.
Kentucky fell behind 10-3 to a tough UMass team in the NCR D1AA semifinals, making mistakes—Head Coach Sam Enari said it was "shooting our own feet off one toe at a time," which certainly paints a picture.
GRR has our predictions for the NCR Men's D1 and D1AA semifinals.
Here are GRR's written previews:
The NCR D1AA Semifinals
NCR Women D1 Final
This year's NCR women's D1 playoffs were a drastic departure from the previous years.
With the addition of a completely new program, the influx of a growing new program, and the appearance of previously-CRAA conferences, the landscape was always going to be different.