D-III council backs combined men’s D-I, D-III finals concept

The men’s Division III championship being decided during the same weekend at the same venue as the men’s D-I title game could be reality in no time after the Division III Management Council supported the concept at its meeting Monday and Tuesday in Indianapolis.

If the concept is approved by the Division III Presidents Council on Oct. 30, the one-year trial would take place in 2014 in Philadelphia. The D-III championship game would be played on Friday, April 11, between the D-I semifinals and final.

Once that weekend is in the books, D-III governance groups would determine whether the combined championship weekend would continue.