2022 NCAA Regionals and SUPER REGIONALS Discussion Thread (excluding Knoxville Super Regional)

#653
#653
The Barn finishes off UCLA today. Gators take care of OK. Ole Miss-AZ is a toss up. LSU, the comeback kids get a W. Vandy may have the Beavers # but another one that could go either way. I see another football score in the OK. ST- Piggies game. Only heaven knows who will win that game.

A home run rob by UNC eliminated the Dawgs. Overall SEC performance has been pretty darn good.
 
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WillisWG said:
The Barn finishes off UCLA today. Gators take care of OK. Ole Miss-AZ is a toss up. LSU, the comeback kids get a W. Vandy may have the Beavers # but another one that could go either way. I see another football score in the OK. ST- Piggies game. Only heaven knows who will win that game.

A home run rob by UNC eliminated the Dawgs. Overall SEC performance has been pretty darn good.
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Glad UGA was the turd in the punch bowl.
 
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WillisWG said:
The Barn finishes off UCLA today. Gators take care of OK. Ole Miss-AZ is a toss up. LSU, the comeback kids get a W. Vandy may have the Beavers # but another one that could go either way. I see another football score in the OK. ST- Piggies game. Only heaven knows who will win that game.

A home run rob by UNC eliminated the Dawgs. Overall SEC performance has been pretty darn good.
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I hate Florida, but I think I’d rather play them again in Omaha than have to face Oklahoma who’s gotten hot. Kinda the same thing with OSU-Arkansas. Do you take the team you hate or the tougher team?
 
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Zvols said:
Absolutely. We’ve seen that Florida lineup over and over and I’m sure Tony has had his eye on the hogs. It would be different if Barco was healthy. I do not want to see those Oklahoma teams.
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Didn't we beat the brakes off Oklahoma earlier this year in that tournament we played in Houston? I would rather play OU all day than Florida again.
 
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Couple things. So glad to be able to watch some ball and not have a dog in the fight. Once I get the kid out of the Orthodontist it will be all baseball all day and with Stanford not starting until 10 PM buckle up.

This just happened…the kid and I went got some tacos, you know right before, lol, I gotta take him to the Teeth Doctor. I got a to go box for the unfinished business and put in the back seat. The kid said, “Dad, your food from last week is still back here?!”

Bad, bad, bad, parenting. I looked at him and said, “put it all in the same box and let’s see if we can grow something!”

GBO!!!
 
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vol66 said:
Couple things. So glad to be able to watch some ball and not have a dog in the fight. Once I get the kid out of the Orthodontist it will be all baseball all day and with Stanford not starting until 10 PM buckle up.

This just happened…the kid and I went got some tacos, you know right before, lol, I gotta take him to the Teeth Doctor. I got a to go box for the unfinished business and put in the back seat. The kid said, “Dad, your food from last week is still back here?!”

Bad, bad, bad, parenting. I looked at him and said, “put it all in the same box and let’s see if we can grow something!”

GBO!!!
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Nothing wrong with some good old-fashioned experimentation!
 
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The SEC could do some HUGE things this afternoon. After not hosting regionals. Auburn, Arkansas, Vanderbilt and LSU could host Super Regionals.

Auburn will host should they beat UCLA and Vanderbilt beats
Vanderbilt "could" host if they beat Oregon State and UCLA beats Auburn twice- they would need to be selected to host over UCLA
Arkansas will host should they bear Oklahoma State and VCU beats North Carolina
LSU will host if they beat Southern Miss and Ole Miss beats Arizona. - I do not know if Arizona submitted a bid to host but if they did, as the #2 seed in Miami, they would be chosen over LSU




So the SEC is guaranteed 2 hosting spots this weekend (Tennessee and Texas A&M) with 1-3 more possible out of 8 spots. So it's possible that the SEC could host five super regions.

Since this format was created in 1998, there has never been eleven undecided regions on the final day.

I was thinking of a better format. Why not have a round-robin at each region. Each team is guaranteed 3 games. Should a team finish unbeaten, then they win the region. Should 2 teams tie, then those 2 teams play a fourth game. In the unlikely event there are more than 2 teams tied, then run differential decides the 2 finalists. Think World Cup Soccer format.

More games to attend
More money for NCAA and hosts
I think it better limits the "fluke loss" factor for the host.

Same format could work for Omaha as well as each half of the tourney plays all 3 teams in their bracket. An undefeated team gets pass to final series. The game day and times for each team in the round robin would be known, which would help with visiting fans in attendance. The the final would be the same best of three as it is now.

This would make it hard for a team with only 1-2 quality starters steal a world series (I'm looking at you 1990 Georgia Bulldogs). 3 starters for prelims would pitch in the final series. A 4th starter would be needed if there was not an undefeated team.


So a 4 team bracket;
A-B-C-D (seeds 1-4)
Friday A plays D and B plays C
Saturday A plays C and B plays D
Sunday A plays B and C plays D

Top 2 seeds (A&B) play the final game. If both teams are undefeated then we know that will be the final game.
A four team tie is impossible. A three team tie, would require one of the teams to lose every game and the other three teams to have 2 wins each
 
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