MIAA Division IA Baseball Championships Recent History

The following are notes and records, in summary form, for conferences and teams, participating in the MIAA Division IA Baseball Championship. Except as noted, the conference is the one that the team was in at the time of participation.

Champions and Runner ups

The number of champions and runner ups in the format #.#, reverse chronology cumulative. Updated: 23:25, 25 June 2016 (UTC).

Sum is useful for error checking. In a column, all championships and all runner ups should add up, separately, to the sum shown.

S8 Participants

The number of teams from each conference that participated in the Super Eight, reverse chronology cumulative.

Year across the top. Updated: 18:30, 26 June 2016 (UTC).

Sum is useful for error checking. In a column, all numbers should add up to the sum shown.

Seed and Finish

The following shows all participating teams for some conferences. Updated 16:44, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

• The "S" is seeds before play starts then "F" is Super Eight finish based on bracket.
• The "Avg/Totals" rows are the average seed and average finish in the Super Eight.
• Clicking above the conference names, on the up/down arrow to the right of "Team", will Regroup by conference.

Notes By Year

General interest information that is very significant, for example a 7 or 8 seed winning the state championship, or a 5 or 6 winning it all in their first trip to the S8, is probably best placed on the specific yearly MIAA Division IA Baseball Tournament page.

The notes here are for more detailed information that is best compared to previous years and can be used with the above detailed information over a number of years.

2016

In 2016, the BSC teams had average regional 7.00 seeding, finishing 3.00, better by 4.00, and in 2015, they had average 4.00 seeding, finishing 1.50, better by 2.50. The clearest pattern is that the BSC has overperformed slightly, on average over the 3 seasons. The CC has underperformed slightly the previous 3.

Underperformance and overperformance may not mean much, anyway. Any group of teams that are seeded very high have little room to go anywhere other than down. Those seeded very low, anywhere other than up. However, over a longer period of time, the better teams will win more. In 2016, the Pioneer Valley Interscholastic Athletic Conference with one team in the MIAA Super Eight, Pope Francis, underperformed all other conferences. With a small enough sample, things can become very skewed.

BSC: Had 2 teams. Braintree won back-to-back. Newton North finished 1–2.

CC: Had 3 teams. St. John's Prep finished runner-up for its second straight year.

PL: Had 1 team. Plymouth North became the first Division II team to be selected, but disappointingly went 0–2.

PVIAC: Had 1 team. Pope Francis became the first team from the West section of the state to be selected.

2015

In the CWS, 4 of the top 8 seeds made the CWS. None played in the Championship Series.

BSC: Had 2 teams. One returned to championship game, which it won, other went 0–2.

CC: Had 3 teams. Had two of final three teams.

2014

First edition of Super Eight Baseball Tournament

BSC: Had 2 teams. Both advanced to the Finals.

CC: Had 2 teams. Neither advanced past Loser's bracket second round.