2023 Southeast
District Softball and Baseball
Online Seeding and Voting Instructions
All team seeding and voting
will be submitted on www.baumspage.com. Teams will be
seeded based on the ranks submitted by all the coaches in their
tournament.
SOFTBALL - Please follow the time frame below.
Coaches are reminded that this is a two-step process. Team Assignments Southeast District
Softball
Step 1: Enter Team Seed Bio
A.
Window opens: 12:01 AM on Sunday, April 23
B.
Window closes: 11:59 PM on Wednesday, April
26
Step 2: Cast Your Vote
C.
Window opens: 12:01 AM on Thursday, April
27
D.
Window closes: 11:59 PM on Friday, April 28
BASEBALL - Please follow the time frame below.
Coaches are reminded that this is a two-step process. Team Assignments Southeast
District Baseball
Step 1: Enter Team Seed Bio
A.
Window opens: 12:01 AM on Sunday, April 30
B.
Window closes: 11:59 PM on Wednesday, May 3
Step 2: Cast Your Vote
C.
Window opens: 12:01 AM on Thursday, May 4
D.
Window closes: 11:59 PM on Friday, May 5
1.
Before the tabulation of the votes, a
team’s highest and lowest votes will be discarded and not be counted in the
final tabulation.
2.
A coach cannot vote for his/her own
team. If
cast as such the vote will be discarded.
3.
Any team/coach who DOES NOT VOTE will
have their team's second highest vote discarded.
4.
During the team seed bio phase (step 1) of the process, the coach
will only have access to his or her own data while the team seed bio window is
open.
5.
After the team seed bio window closes late Wednesday evening, team
seed bio information becomes available to all coaches within their assigned
sectional.
6.
When submitting team bio
information, coaches may comment on his/her own team, strength of schedule, key
wins and other pertinent information (i.e. return of injured player, etc). Coaches are not to comment on other teams in
their sectionals.
Login Procedures:
Coaches that have accounts may login to www.baumspage.com anytime during the
season. You are encouraged to
login now to ensure you can access your account when you need to.
1. If you had an account last year, login using that e-mail address
and password.
2. If you do not have an account, click on Apply here and create an account.
3.
After you login, use Coaches | Select Teams |
{select your school} click Get Available
School Teams | click Select Sport |
select Softball/Baseball| click Make me the Coach.
4. Under Coaches on the
left sidebar, click on Softball/Baseball
| Event Seeding | {select your
team} click Get Available Events |
click Get Event Details | click Submit Seeds and Vote
Use the Submit Seeds and Vote link to access
the event voting screens.
Technical Support:
If you have problems
accessing your account or submitting the forms, use the Contact
Us link on baumspage to submit a Help Request or e-mail terry@baumspage.com.
If the deadline is imminent, call (do not email/text) Terry
Young 740-517-0195.
Southeast District Athletic Board Seed Policy and Procedure:
Per the direction of
the Southeast District Athletic Board, all teams in a bracketed tournament will
be seeded using a NCAA bracket. The board will distribute online voting
materials/instructions prior to the online
voting period. There will be no draw meeting held. Each coach will need to submit their team’s bio information by 11:59 PM on Wednesday, April
26 for softball and Wednesday, May 3 for baseball. Furthermore, each coach will need to vote and
have his/her ballot submitted by Friday,
April 28 at 11:59 PM for softball and Friday, May 5 at 11:59 PM for baseball. Ties will be
broken by highest frequency (total votes at that seed line or higher). If a tie is not breakable a coin-flip will be
conducted by the SEDAB. Seeded teams
will be placed on the NCAA bracket according to their seed.
For
softball and baseball, divisions are organized into a super sectional with all
teams in a division being seeded. Teams
will be placed on an NCAA paired bracket according to their voted seed. The higher seeded team will the host site and
home team in all games through the district semi-finals. District championship games will be at neutral
sites to be determined.
The final tally and voting
breakdown will be available on baumspage and the brackets will be posted at Southeast District
Softball at 3:30
PM on Sunday, April 30 for softball and at Southeast
District Baseball 3:30 PM on Sunday, May 7 for
baseball.
Any school that does not submit their
team bio or cast their vote by the respective deadlines will not be permitted to
submit their team bio or vote later.
Please direct any baseball tournament questions
to SEDAB Baseball Tournament Liaison Tony Williams tony.williams@redstreaks.org
or 937-779-6966 and any softball tournament questions to SEDAB Softball Tournament
Liaison Stephanie Evans sevans@fhlancers.com or 740-591-2409.