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VAST MAJORITY OF 20-21 NCBA DI SEASON TO BE SPRING ONLY

The NCBA has surveyed the Division I member teams regarding the possibility of playing fall conference games due to COVID-19 restrictions.  We have heard from approximately 80% of the NCBA DI membership and only 4 teams have reported that they are allowed to compete this fall in some capacity.  Given this  information, we will look to schedule them games this fall. For the rest of Division I, the 20-21 season will be spring-only.  That being said, we are going to be delaying the scheduling of the spring-only conference games till late fall semester.  We will be reaching out to our teams again in late October to reevaluate everyone’s status regarding spring competition with the goal of releasing the spring schedules by the end of November.  This goal may change based upon the results of our October evaluations.

 

During this time we will continue to recruit new teams to join the NCBA for spring participation as we have had several teams interested in joining but delayed their registration as they awaited to find out if they would be allowed to compete during the fall semester.

 

Eric Curitore

Director Division I Baseball Operations

National Club Baseball Association

NCBA SWING INTO SPRING PCB REGISTRATION OPEN

Registration for the 2021 NCBA Swing Into Spring – Panama City Beach is officially OPEN! For more information about the event and to register CLICK HERE. Be sure to register quickly as the event is first come first serve!

Send all registration forms and any questions to [email protected] 

RULES COMMITTEE MEETING RESULTS

The Annual Rules Committee Meeting was held on Saturday, August 1st  The voting results of the rules suggestions that were submitted can be found HERE.  The updated 2020-2021 NCBA Rulebooks will be released in the coming weeks. Once they are finalized, they will be posted to the website as well as emailed to all the teams.

NCBA RULES COMMITTEE MEETING

The Annual NCBA Rules Committee Meeting is set for August 1st.  Make sure your voice is heard and send any rule change suggestions to Joe Caracci by July 27th for discussion at the meeting.

NCBA WORLD SERIES: All Time Best Moments & Performances

In honor of a time period typically packed with NCBA World Series events, we’ve decided to have some fun & create a little competition as we look back at the all time best moments & performances through past NCBA DI, DII & DIII World Series events. After much deliberation, we’ve narrowed things down to 32 moments & performances from our 19 year existence!

 

**All moments/performances were randomly placed within the bracket. No seeding took place. **

 

CLICK HERE to see the full bracket! Bracket will be updated as voting takes place.

 

CLICK HERE to see detailed information regarding each moment/performance! Everything from descriptions, to box scores, to broadcast highlights & even video’s!

 

All action will take place on Twitter. To follow along & vote, be sure to follow The NCBA’s Twitter handle – @The_NCBA.

 

COVID-19 SHUTS DOWN NCBA DIVISION I POST SEASON

Unfortunately the impacts of the Coronavirus and the most up-to-date measures to prevent spread have now terminally impacted the NCBA’s chances of hosting any NCBA Division I post season activities.

As of our most recent assessment, only nine of NCBA DI’s 133 member teams have not yet been permanently shut down for the remainder of the season. Only three regions have two teams that may be allowed to compete in May if their local shelter in place mandate is lifted.  There are three regions with only one team that may become able to compete, and two regions have zero teams with potential to compete again this season.  Thus, it will impossible to host DI Regional Playoffs this year even if states reopen as the effects of Coronavirus dissipate.

With only 7% of the NCBA DI membership possibly being able to compete in the 2020 NCBA DI World Series, the NCBA believes that this is not enough of a representation of our entire league to crown a National Champion.  And thus the NCBA is saddened to announce that the 2020 DI World Series will also be cancelled.

The NCBA has explored the possibility of instead; hosting an end of year “Back 2 Baseball” invitational tournament in place of the World Series should the impact of Coronavirus subside in time to safely do so.  However after surveying the opinions of the nine remaining teams there was insufficient interest in such an idea to effectively do so.  Additionally, with North Carolina being under a “Stay at Home” order through at least May 8th and a ten person maximum gathering limit to follow through at least May 23rd, hosting such an event may have been impossible regardless.

It is with a heavy heart that I officially announce that the 2020 NCBA season has now come to an end.  Having spent 20 years of my life focused on giving young men the opportunity to play competitive college baseball, it is gut wrenching for me to think about those seniors who have played their last game without realizing there wouldn’t be a next.  While we can all agree, this is certainly not how we envisioned or wanted this season to come to an end, it is the reality given the impact of COVID-19.  We thank you all for your continued support of the NCBA and the love for the game.

We do wish we were in a much different state of the world and had much better news to provide.  However, we have been optimistic throughout this process and will continue to do so.  We hope that you can share in our optimism and know that we as a league will be better than ever in 2020-2021.

We will be in touch in the coming days and weeks with updates on this past season as well as the upcoming one.  Also, please be sure to check your email regularly, as we will be in touch soon regarding plans moving forward to prepare for next season.  If you have any questions in the meantime, please let us know.  Stay safe!

Sincerely,

Sandy Sanderson

President

National Club Baseball Association

RAWLINGS WEEK 17 NCBA DI TOP 20 POLL

Defending World Series Champion Illinois holds down the #1 spot for the 5th straight Poll, while 4 new teams enter the Top 20!

Check out the full results HERE!

Next poll will be released April 2nd.