Regional Play bergins

#51
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fryeguy93 said:
I think the Big10 teams realized they had Day 1 pitching depth but day 3 (even against Big South teams) is a different question.
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Hmmmm....

4 of the 5 are at the very least regional finalist.

Hell that's more than they have ever had in the tourney at one time and now they have 4 in the last 32 standing.
 
#52
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fryeguy93 said:
Oklahoma State had no business hosting. They were smoke and mirrors and were exposed in a fairly easy draw. Arkansas has it rolling after slow start. Going to Missouri State next week will be a huge deal in Springfield!

What the hell was Indiana doing pitching to Swanson in that situation? They guaranteed the Golden Spikes with that last at bat and play in the
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Missouri state didn't put in for supers. A lot of controversy about it and it's a lot of egg on the committees face. Ark will host are the reports


The Swanson decision was the single worst in game decision I have ever seen in a baseball game. I about came unglued with the catcher went down in his stance before that pitch. Awful
 
#53
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BruinVol said:
Missouri state didn't put in for supers. A lot of controversy about it and it's a lot of egg on the committees face. Ark will host are the reports


The Swanson decision was the single worst in game decision I have ever seen in a baseball game. I about came unglued with the catcher went down in his stance before that pitch. Awful
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I just heard that.
Wow! there's an AD who needs to lose their job for not working out the possibility months ago.


Michigan traveled opening weekend to California to play the Dirtbags but then traveled south where they played mainly other northern teams in neutral site games. They did play two southern teams going 1-3 against the juggernauts Tenn Tech and Davidson.

Illinois played nobodies in Texas. Played at FGC (meant something 4- years ago) and then other northern teams in Myrtle Beach with finally a good southern team (Coastal Carolina) after the Myrtle Beach tourney.

Iowa off to a slow start before picking up statem. Neutral site (K-State, SLU, GMason) Neutral site (ALR, MO State, Alr). Neutral site vs. Cincinnati. at MTSU. At Houston Baptist.

Maryland should be the toughest schedule as they are the furthest south and new to the league. But.
Myrtle Beach (WKU, Canisus, ODU)
Mobile (USA, UCF, Ark) (Ark win was their best of preseason
Emerson, GA (Appy St x3)
at UNCW (losing 2 of 3)
hosting Princeton

I know Indian has played some tough teams in the past in early season and they did have the toughest in the B1G this season

@Stanford
Greenville, SC (Presb. Furman, Xavier)
@ College of Charleston
Port Charlotte (Nova, Dartmouth, St. Jo, Ball State)
EMU at home
CS-Fullerton at Home (sept them!)


As I was expecting, Indiana was not adverse to scheduling actual series against southern and west coast teams and did quite well before fading in conference play. They beat Stanford twice, split with CofC, swept Fullerton.

I gave Indiana more credit in their rise starting 2 years ago than I give the sudden emergence of Illinois.

The rest of major players in the conference go south but seek out northern opponents to play anyway.
 
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#55
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BruinVol said:
Hmmmm....

4 of the 5 are at the very least regional finalist.

Hell that's more than they have ever had in the tourney at one time and now they have 4 in the last 32 standing.
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We're talking past each other because I am completely with Frye on this.

The results are there because they are being put in places where they can succeed.

The only team that's done some serious heavy lifting is Maryland, and they aren't really a Big 10 school.

The whole final 32 thing.....am I supposed to be impressed because Michigan was able to stick around in a regional longer than Bradley and Morehead State?

They didn't send any of those Midwest schools anywhere close to the Deep South.

I am not saying that the following teams deserved to be in the tournament.....but, I have no doubt that Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina and Alabama could be in the "last 32" in regionals as well.

But, I know they would have sent the Southern schools to be in the group of death with other Southern schools.

I'm not going to be convinced until they send those schools to big boy regionals where they go and beat big boy clubs.

Finishing 2nd in some of these regionals is like finishing 2nd in a beauty contest to Sandra Bernhardt. I'm not impressed.

I'll grant that placing numerous teams in the tournament is a start, but I want to see a trend develop and I want to see teams show they belong by beating some real schools.
 
#56
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99gator said:
We're talking past each other because I am completely with Frye on this.

The results are there because they are being put in places where they can succeed.

The only team that's done some serious heavy lifting is Maryland, and they aren't really a Big 10 school.

The whole final 32 thing.....am I supposed to be impressed because Michigan was able to stick around in a regional longer than Bradley and Morehead State?

They didn't send any of those Midwest schools anywhere close to the Deep South.

I am not saying that the following teams deserved to be in the tournament.....but, I have no doubt that Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina and Alabama could be in the "last 32" in regionals as well.

But, I know they would have sent the Southern schools to be in the group of death with other Southern schools.

I'm not going to be convinced until they send those schools to big boy regionals where they go and beat big boy clubs.

Finishing 2nd in some of these regionals is like finishing 2nd in a beauty contest to Sandra Bernhardt. I'm not impressed.

I'll grant that placing numerous teams in the tournament is a start, but I want to see a trend develop and I want to see teams show they belong by beating some real schools.
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The michigan Louisville game in the winner bracket final make it very clear that michigan belonged. Playing that extra game cost them any shot of winning the regional but keep in mind that team was about 7th when it comes to resumes in that league.

The same can be said with what Indiana did with Vandy last night.

Iowa has been very impressive. Surely beating Oregon twice has impressed you since they beat ucla 2/3 last week
 
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BruinVol said:
The michigan Louisville game in the winner bracket final make it very clear that michigan belonged. Playing that extra game cost them any shot of winning the regional but keep in mind that team was about 7th when it comes to resumes in that league.

The same can be said with what Indiana did with Vandy last night.

Iowa has been very impressive. Surely beating Oregon twice has impressed you since they beat ucla 2/3 last week
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Forgot about Iowa. Iowa has played well.

I don't know. It's going to take awhile until I'm a believer.

That, and I am going to continue to make these kind of posts until Florida starts losing baseball and/or softball games.

Also, still extremely bitter about last season's bracket. Sent College of Charleston to Gainesville as a 4 seed. $%^$#^%$%^#$&
 
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#58
#58
BruinVol said:
The michigan Louisville game in the winner bracket final make it very clear that michigan belonged. Playing that extra game cost them any shot of winning the regional but keep in mind that team was about 7th when it comes to resumes in that league.

The same can be said with what Indiana did with Vandy last night.

Iowa has been very impressive. Surely beating Oregon twice has impressed you since they beat ucla 2/3 last week
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The whole Oregon story cracks me up.
No real effort to bring back Duck Baseball until Beavers go back-to-back (thanks ACC and UNC)
Then Phil Knight obviously steps un and money and effort are flowing to try to make them instantly successful. Hire George Horton, Build a stadium they can't fill. Wear the tacky uniforms that attract football recruits but not baseball recruits.
They've done as well as possible but baseball is hard. No shortcuts as OSU is still the power in the state and northwest.

The Big10 teams seem to have 1 quality starter and maybe 1 bullpen guy then they get crushed. It's like OVC and SoCon teams.

The B1G wants the sport to come to them through rule and calendar changes but are not putting in effort to grab the brass ring themselves.
 
#59
#59
fryeguy93 said:
The whole Oregon story cracks me up.
No real effort to bring back Duck Baseball until Beavers go back-to-back (thanks ACC and UNC)
Then Phil Knight obviously steps un and money and effort are flowing to try to make them instantly successful. Hire George Horton, Build a stadium they can't fill. Wear the tacky uniforms that attract football recruits but not baseball recruits.
They've done as well as possible but baseball is hard. No shortcuts as OSU is still the power in the state and northwest.

The Big10 teams seem to have 1 quality starter and maybe 1 bullpen guy then they get crushed. It's like OVC and SoCon teams.

The B1G wants the sport to come to them through rule and calendar changes but are not putting in effort to grab the brass ring themselves.
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Agreed on Oregon for sure. Big disappoint overall.

As far as only 1 good starter for the big10, that's just false. Now if you want to say they only have 2 I can go for that but those #2s dealt yesterday. In fact iowa's number 2 got hit harder than the rest and he is a top3 round draft next week. Overall depth isn't on a sec(and I am not suggesting it is) level but neither is any other conference in the land.
 
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#60
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99gator said:
Forgot about Iowa. Iowa has played well.

I don't know. It's going to take awhile until I'm a believer.

That, and I am going to continue to make these kind of posts until Florida starts losing baseball and/or softball games.
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I doubt Maryland can hold on and win that regional but still a great showing.

Next week will be huge for illinois. I don't think they can beat Vandy 2/3 but i am anxious to see.

Regardless I think this weekend/this year will change a lot of minds about northern baseball and I don't like it.
 
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#62
#62
fryeguy93 said:
Ole Miss was over seeded. They did not play well coming down the stretch. The beat up Miss State but they sucked.

UCSB had no business "hosting" they weren't good enough AND playing 200 miles away is NOT hosting.

Oklahoma State had no business hosting. They were smoke and mirrors and were exposed in a fairly easy draw. Arkansas has it rolling after slow start. Going to Missouri State next week will be a huge deal in Springfield!

What the hell was Indiana doing pitching to Swanson in that situation? They guaranteed the Golden Spikes with that last at bat and play in the field.

Texas sucked. They made it because of the automatic bid. I still think Dallas Baptist takes that region, but they backed themselves in a corner to say the least. If they do win, Miami and their trophies (pre-ACC obviously) come to DBU.

LSU had an easy draw but they deserved it. You can tell Mike Keith volunteered for that ESPN assignment. He always loved going to Red Stick. If ULL wins their region, the biggest party this summer will be in Louisiana- no matter what Bud Light says.

Illinois had the easiest draw due to NCAA's Big10 Affirmative Action program. I'm surprised their opponents uniforms didn't say "Chico's Bail Bonds" on the back. 4 upper Midwest teams in the same region. Nah, nothing suspicious there.

Louisville got the upper Midwest overflow and are cruising.

The Clemson Fighting Genius Leggets were able to try west coast barbq by Saturday night. What did you expect?
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Why does UM go to DBU? Does UM not host being a national seed?
 
#63
#63
these A&M and Cal games have been fantastic. Both teams may be throwing position players tomorrow!
 
#66
#66
OldTimer said:
WOW, no one was covering home on that last rundown. A&M got lucky.........
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Yep the pitcher had to cover 1st since the 1st baseman had to field (E-3) off the bat, I guess the SS should have run home to cover. Weird play.

aTm also was fortunate on the play that scored the go ahead.
 
#67
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StarRaider said:
Yep the pitcher had to cover 1st since the 1st baseman had to field (E-3) off the bat, I guess the SS should have run home to cover. Weird play.

aTm also was fortunate on the play that scored the go ahead.
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After seeing the replay they got the call right. The tag at 3rd didn't happen until the runner was actually past the third baseman(it was up the line tag). And the replay showed the runner touched the plate when the runner first reached where the third baseman was before the tag
 
#68
#68
fryeguy93 said:
Dallas Baptist was the national seed. AT least I thought.

I need to look.

You're right. I thought DBU was the national seed as their RPI was like #2. My bad.
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DBU's RPI made no sense to me. LSU had 1 more win vs top 50 teams than DBU even played (16 wins for LSU vs 15 games played for DBU). Can't belive LSU's bottom schedule was that bad. Miami had the #1 RPI and lost their 4 toughest series.
 
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#71
#71
Houston and Rice are into the 20th...tomorrow will suck,,,
 
#73
#73
Per twitter activity, the administration at LSU is PISSED by the NCAA decision to play their next game at noon today rather than start it at 10:30 pm last night as what was seemingly previously agreed.

Moving it to the next day takes away the "competitive advantage"

Agreed BUT don't get on twitter and sound like a jackarse doing it. You're the #1 or #2 team in the nation playing at home in the most hostile stadium in America - even at noon on a Monday.
You'll pull through, suck it up. Be a good host. It's no the NCAA or your opponents' faults your weather sucked.
 
#75
#75
Late on this board but the Bases Loaded show has been excellent. I've been glued to it all weekend and I may have to stream it at work today.

I'm cheering for College of Charleston to continue their run. They need to beat Florida St. twice to continue on but they barely lost to them the first time. I live near Charleston so I've been to a few of their games. The last game I went to they hosted UNCW who won the conference tournament over CofC so it's interesting to see them continue as well but I think LSU will end it for them.
 
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