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Who do y'all think with be the Indiana St of this year?

For those with a D1 Baseball subscription, can you share how much the 'Add-On" streaming option is? The only way to know the price is to subscribe first. TIA

In February, d1baseball.com is the streaming partner for 4 tournaments. Here is the info about the tournaments and which teams are playing.

NCAA Division 2 fans, greetings of a Happy Opening Day!

We today begin yet another long season of action within this division, the first within the wider NCAA to begin their season, as they begin their March to Cary.

The Division 2 boys from its member colleges and universities today open their season with high hopes to win their respective conference championships and qualify thus for the CWS in Cary, NC, and with the determination not just to play in the summer leagues, but to fulfill their calling in July in the MLB Draft joining the ranks from other divisions and leagues preparing for their team assignment calls.

Today the D2 teams begin 4 and a half months of action within their stadiums located across the United States before watching fans who will be cheering for them all season long, hoping that the sucesses of the past year will be carried on in this brand new season.

To all of you the Division 2 fans all across the USA and those joining the action from around the world, we greet you a Happy Season Opening Day and may the glad tidings of this brand new season be upon you all!

John

NCAA head coach to retire after this years spring season. Looking to lead a planning committee for retirement ceremony and would like to get some ideas on alumni gift to possibly present during ceremony... Has anyone done or seen any novel ideas that fit the parameters mentioned below?

• Approx. 200 alumni spanning ~20 yrs (alum all over US with ages from 21 to 45/50)
• Looking to involve as many alumni as possible. Emails for all are available to notify
• Smaller D3 program without much media/coverage presence at all
• Avoiding financial gifts, or trips/etc.

Current options so far (please comment/poke holes if you can on feasibility or other factors)

• Possible video montage collected from alumni (Pros: easy to self record/send to organizer for compilation. Cons: Digital gift, leaning towards something physical. Though this idea can be done plus additional physical gift)
• Scrap book of sorts (Pros: Physical item, easily customizable with written well wishes plus any photos that alumni have of them/teammates over the years to include in copy, Cons: Everything will need to be physically mailed or emailed to organizer - me - to compile. Photos/messages could get lost, and the alumni from earlier years might not have much photos vs the recent ones given digital ubiquity) - program is a smaller D3 one without much media/coverage presence at all
• Any other ideas that can get as many alumni involved as possible?

Only one day left fans before the NCAA season begins with the Road to Cary and the official opening of the Division 2 season tomorrow, Friday, January 31, 2025.

Tomorrow D2 colleges and universities officially begin their competitive season and the fans are getting set for yet another season from them.

I and all of us here wish all of them and the players composing this year's rosters the best of luck!

John

My wife and I are Florida fans but we have started the tradition of going to one away series per year. This year we are going to the SC series at the beginning of May. We will be staying the whole weekend. So my questions are:

1. Is there a section that away fans typically sit?

2. Are there any places around town that I should/ shouldn't get a hotel at?

3. What are some "must do's" while we are there? We like anything outdoors as well as other unique stuff that we can't do anywhere else.

4. What are your favorite restaurants?

Feel free to leave any other pointers you think would help our trip.

It is now Opening Week for the first of the divisions of the US NCAA to begin their season: Division 2.

The official opening, as you all know, is on January 31 - the first time in years and the first since I began my nominal work here to promote important dates in the collegiate ball calendar. And on that day the D2 colleges and universities will officially be the first in the NCAA proper to officially begin their season - which therefore constitute the Long March to Cary, NC and the USA Baseball National Training Center.

Division 2 has been a growing breed in our sport and last year I began to tackle a weekly discussion thread of this division and others so that those who are fans of these will have their space to talk on their season, a tradition that will continue but planned with each of the other divisions and the NAIA and NJCAA having their own so that fans belonging to these will have their discussions on the season and who are the favored to win their conference and league championships.

Given the number of member institutions under its ranks, expect that this year this division will grow its fanbase even more and expose its fanbase and the players of this storied division to the world as part of the sport's future generation of pro stars and international talent.

Expect that this coming season of D2 baseball will be bigger than ever before!

Happy Division 2 Opening Week fans!

John

Hogs fans rejoice. Gone is that hideous font. These just feel right for y'all. According to Matt Jones in this, article, the wordmark will be feature on the grey and pinstripe jerseys. The red and cream jerseys will stay as is.

I'm looking to follow more baseball and might be going to the JuCo World Series this year in Grand Junction

I know absolutely nothing about the JUCO baseball landscape. Which teams are mainstays, which teams are up-and-commers. teams to watch, teams to avoid etc.

Does ESPN+ or YouTube air any games?

Thanks in advance

Looking to go to the TAMU/Vandy series for a babymoon/birthday getaway in Nashville. Any idea when single game tickets will be for sale?

https://x.com/11point7/status/1882150630644744279?s=46&t=L3NKf0RsESOXsAO5uc6d9w

Pretty cool information imo

After the formal opening yesterday of the NAIA season and with the rest of its member colleges and universities opening their season today, it is now time for the formal opening of the NJCAA season as well today.

Our JuCO Bandits have been also a growing unique breed in college ball and their efforts have won the respect and gratitude of our fanbase, and now that their season begins today, with a fanbase now spreading outside the United States and Canada, expect that the 5 months of their new year of baseball activities will be as exciting and worth the hype as was last year.

To all our JuCo fans, Happy 2025 NJCAA College Baseball Opening Day!!! And may the glad tidings of this new season be upon us all!

NCAA Division 2 fans, get ready, your season is next to formally begin in a week from now on January 31!

John

I can’t find anything official from the ACC on tiebreakers for seeding or the scheduling format. Both d1 and Warren Nolan have the standings in this awful 3 division format.

NAIA fans, rejoice, for the games played today formally mark the beginning of your season. And today, JuCo Bandits, marks one more day before the NJCAA college season opens its doors.

With that college baseball fans we officially have entered Opening Day of the 166th North American college season, the beginning of six long and exciting months of action across the United States and Canada and within all higher educational insitutions and their respective member leagues and conferences, as the boys who take part under the banner of their alma mater begin their quest to win a championship for school and community, as well as prepare themselves for their ultimate calling of beginning their pro careers in July with the MLB Draft.

We today kick off a brand new season full of excitement, emotions and all the hype from the best college talent from around the world, featuring the many stadiums, happy fan experiences, and the traditions and lore that make this sport unique.

As the Long March to Omaha begins today beginning with the NAIA independent schools and colleges followed by the NJCAA JuCOs who begin play tomorrow, I therefore take this opportunity to greet you all fans around the world as we officially commence this brand new year of college baseball.

May the glad tidings of this brand new season be upon us all! JuCo fans, get ready, because tomorrow your season begins!

For Glory

John