Year by year the NCDA strives to further its legitimacy. At the beginning of May we went out a satisfaction survey about 2015 Nationals. Nationals is, in my opinion, the most important aspect of our organization because of what it stands for. It is a time for everyone to come together to show off their team, enjoy each others’ company, and have some fun. So it is our hope to continue to help create an atmosphere that is most desirable and satisfactory to all whom attend. We asked a series of questions assessing the satisfaction of different elements of Nationals to which we had 43 responses. The results can be found below.
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NCDA 2015 All-American Team
What a year of Dodgeball we had. The regular season was full of massive tournaments with turnouts from all over the nation, upsets left and right and a very even field of competition that has not happened in a long time. As usual, the most anticipated event of the year was Nationals, hosted by the fine members of Western Kentucky University. As expected, they did a fantastic job of filming and keeping to the schedule. Along with that, Nationals was full of close games and upsets that shocked many members throughout the league, thus making it a very exciting weekend. After we all had some time to gather our thoughts and get caught up with school, each member team and 3 primary officials were given a weeks time to send in a roster of 15 players that they believe should be on this year’s first ever “All-American” team. A total of 10 teams and 2 of the 3 officials selected sent in their list to comprise our All-American team.
Congratulations to the following individuals:
Nationals 2015 Results
BOWLING GREEN, KY – Preston Center, Court 6: “Bomis Wing”: GVSU def CMU 2-0 in the College Dodgeball National Championship. See the full results after the jump. Continue reading “Nationals 2015 Results”
GVSU Nationals Preview Podcast
GVSU captains: Kevin Bailey, Dylan Fettig, and Aaron Terenzi preview Nationals 2015 held at Western Kentucky University.
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Which Region is the Best in the NCDA?
Written by BGSU’s Adam Hynes
Even with the NCDA not having conferences or anything we still have each team placed into a category according to where the teams are located; this obviously being the regions. In no particular order we have the Ohio, East Coast, Illinois, Michigan, and Kentucky regions. These regions have their top teams, middle teams and low tier teams as any other league with conferences would have. With there being so much talent spread throughout the league and schools being spread apart it can be very difficult to say who the top region truly is. With Nationals coming this week, and the exciting pool play games on Saturday, it will be a good indication of who the true top region is. In this article I wanted to say what each region must do in order to stack up against every one and say that their region is the true top dog. Continue reading “Which Region is the Best in the NCDA?”
Nationals 2015 Schedule
Original Google Sheet
SATURDAY
| 8:00 AM | Doors Open | Preston Center | ||
| 8:00 AM | Teams Check-In | Front Lobby | ||
| 8:45 AM | Officials Meeting | Meeting Room | ||
| 8:45 AM | Teams Cued for Pics | Court 4 | ||
| 9:00 AM | League Picture | Court 4 | ||
| 9:15 AM | ASG Pictures/Intro | Court 4 | ||
| 9:30 AM | All Star Game Begins | Court 4 | ||
| 10:00 AM | 1st Round of Games | |||
| Court 2 | PSU | vs | DePaul | |
| Court 3 | UK | vs | VCU | |
| Court 4 | UMD | vs | OSU | |
| Court 6 | GVSU | vs | UWP | |
| 11:15 AM | 2nd Round of Games | |||
| Court 2 | CMU | vs | Kent | |
| Court 3 | JMU | vs | BGSU | |
| Court 4 | SVSU | vs | WKU | |
| Court 6 | MSU | vs | TU | |
| 1:00 PM | 3rd Round of Games | |||
| Court 2 | OSU | vs | DePaul | |
| Court 3 | UWP | vs | PSU | |
| Court 4 | Lunch Break | |||
| Court 6 | Lunch Break | |||
| 1:40 PM | 4th Round of Games | |||
| Court 2 | Lunch Break | |||
| Court 3 | Lunch Break | |||
| Court 4 | WKU | vs | VCU | |
| Court 6 | GVSU | vs | UK | |
| 3:00 PM | 5th Round of Games | |||
| Court 2 | TU | vs | BGSU | |
| Court 3 | JMU | vs | SVSU | |
| Court 4 | CMU | vs | UMD | |
| Court 6 | MSU | vs | Kent | |
| 4:45 PM | 6th Round of Games | |||
| Court 2 | GVSU | vs | PSU | |
| Court 3 | UWP | vs | BGSU | |
| Court 4 | JMU | vs | OSU | |
| Court 6 | WKU | vs | DePaul | |
| 6:00 PM | 7th Round of Games | |||
| Court 2 | CMU | vs | VCU | |
| Court 3 | SVSU | vs | TU | |
| Court 4 | MSU | vs | UK | |
| Court 6 | UMD | vs | Kent | |
| 7:30 PM | Captains’ Meeting | Meeting Room | ||
| 8:30 PM | End Meeting | Meeting Room | ||
| 8:45 PM | Exec Board Meets | Meeting Room | ||
| 9:15 PM | Leave Gym | Preston Center | ||
Nationals 2015 In-Depth Preview
NCDA Nationals is always an eventful weekend, but this year in particular, the league’s season-ending tournament seems destined to be an exciting one. There is so much to talk about when previewing what will be another great NCDA tournament. Below is my “In-Depth” preview of Nationals which takes place April 11-12 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. This preview will include a brief summary of the storylines to follow, round-by-round game previews (with a prediction for each individual match!), and lastly, I will have my predictions on the results of the final day’s bracket.
2015 Nationals Schedule Reveal Show
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Letter to the Officials and Staff
Good people,
Thank you for registering! Nationals 2015 is hosted by Western Kentucky University and WKU Dodgeball. It will be fun. The Staff and Alumni are an integral part of the success of this organization. We thank you in advance for this service.
March 22nd Executive Board/Nationals Meeting Minutes
NCDA Executive Board Members in attendance: Zigmas Maloni, Felix Perrone, Nick Johnson
Notes on the Meeting:
- Went over the Nationals Budget.
- Added a few items we missed, updated the list of entry fees which included extra shirts and pizza ordered from JMU.
- Addressed the Officiating payments.
- Generally, pay will start at Minimum Wage (about 7.25 / game) with Head Referee getting more pay for each game.
- Went over some of the Alumni and Ladies registrations.
- Discussed potential income from business for sponsors.
- Some discussion had in the current state of the four ranking systems, and the seeding needs for the Sunday Tournament bracket with 15 teams.
- Standard 16 team bracket with 1 seed getting a bye.
- Set a hard deadline for a Nationals Saturday scheduled pool release on April 9th.
- May try to be earlier, depends on schedule.
Meeting Duration: 1:45
Nationals 2015 Preview #2 (All-Star Match)
The 2015 National Tournament is still a long ways off, but it’s never too early to look forward to the best weekend of the season. As mentioned in Nationals 2015 Preview #1, I have had the opportunity to discuss Nationals plans with Director of Nationals: Nick Johnson of Western Kentucky. Listed below are a few interesting facts on this year’s All Start Match.
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Nationals 2015 Preview #1
The National Collegiate Dodgeball Association’s biggest event every season is the National Tournament. This year’s Nationals will be held at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Nationals may still be three months away, but I have had the opportunity to talk with Nick Johnson, the Director of Nationals, and he has given some insight to what he expects to be the best Nationals in the NCDA history.
I’ll be working with Nick to present some preview post periodically the next few months, giving some interesting information about this year’s Nationals in each post. So here is the “Nationals 2015 Preview #1”: Continue reading “Nationals 2015 Preview #1”