Since no one else...Wr. St gm 3
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Miami it is.
I love the matchup if our pitching stays on point..
I love the matchup if our pitching stays on point..
I was cheering for Miami to win so Louisville could host I hope that doesn’t bite me in the ax.
Definitely happy to be wrong in this case! I was initially reacting to what Duke did when they knew the 1 seed was eliminated in their bracket. They submitted a proposal before they knew Murray would win their bracket.
Even before Southern Miss lost, the ticket office sent out a lottery request for season ticket holders to secure your seats. If USM had won, U of L would refund your money.............
It was better that an 80% chance that it was going to be the Cards & Canes. This as soon as the Cards and Canes won their first 2 games. Cards took care of ETSU and Vandy, Canes beat Bama and Columbia. 80% of the Teams that go 2-0 win their regional. So, on the fast-track. As soon as that happened feel certain UL was in motion to make sure that the NCAA knew the logistics, of hosting were in place if needed! Cards took care in 3 games. Canes had way too much Drama last night!! Love our chances in a 3-game set!
True statement. I received that email yesterday. I was cheering hard for UALR to upset L$U as well - Trojans came up short.
If nothing else, this recent "first round" should serve as notice to the NCAA as to just how flawed the system is, at least in terms of selection and seeding. On several levels the process is manipulated by the influence that one conference (SEC) and one media outlet (ESPN) have conspired (Yes, its coordinated) to perpetuate this "mutual admiration society".
The SEC is admittedly one of the perennial powers in college baseball, no denying their performance over the last decade, particularly with the recent expansion that added Texas and Oklahoma. However, the selection of 13 SEC teams, of which 8 of the 16 host positions were handed to SEC member institutions. I believe this was intentionally orchestrated as a way to provide maximum exposure and advantage to one conference at the expense of so many other schools who were ignored.
Fortunately this has not escaped the attention of Baseball America, but evidenced by the "cheerleading" we heard from ESPN TV analyst covering most of these games, some refuse to acknowledge the injustice from an obvious bias favoring the SEC. I only saw firsthand the size of the crowds at the SEC venues in Oxford, Baton Rouge and Knoxville, as well as one of the ACC hosts (Clemson) where the overflow of attendance serves as a tribute to each of the respective schools; something that I suspect explains in large part of their being selected in the first place. The advantage of hosting, despite the under-performances by Texas, Vandy, UGA and Ole Miss, is huge and deserves far more objective consideration before discounting the rest of the country. Makes me wonder how many more UTSA, ALR, Murray St and Wright State-type schools were deprived of any consideration.
The SEC is admittedly one of the perennial powers in college baseball, no denying their performance over the last decade, particularly with the recent expansion that added Texas and Oklahoma. However, the selection of 13 SEC teams, of which 8 of the 16 host positions were handed to SEC member institutions. I believe this was intentionally orchestrated as a way to provide maximum exposure and advantage to one conference at the expense of so many other schools who were ignored.
Fortunately this has not escaped the attention of Baseball America, but evidenced by the "cheerleading" we heard from ESPN TV analyst covering most of these games, some refuse to acknowledge the injustice from an obvious bias favoring the SEC. I only saw firsthand the size of the crowds at the SEC venues in Oxford, Baton Rouge and Knoxville, as well as one of the ACC hosts (Clemson) where the overflow of attendance serves as a tribute to each of the respective schools; something that I suspect explains in large part of their being selected in the first place. The advantage of hosting, despite the under-performances by Texas, Vandy, UGA and Ole Miss, is huge and deserves far more objective consideration before discounting the rest of the country. Makes me wonder how many more UTSA, ALR, Murray St and Wright State-type schools were deprived of any consideration.
Just a quick note on the Murray State Ole Miss game. Couldn't help but notice that Isaac Humphrey went down looking in the bottom of the 9th last night for the Rebs. Ended up batting 280 for Ole Miss and played in all 64 games. Went 3-14 against the Raiders.
On a related note, I don't know how many of you guys remember Will Vierling, a catcher who came in with Klein, is now playing at Murray St after transferring this season.
Will went 4 for 5 in that same game. Him and Klein were kinda neck and neck last season.
ESPN and the sec are in cahoots with each other?
Gosh. 😳
I’d have never figured that out. 😉😇🤣🤣
Gosh. 😳
I’d have never figured that out. 😉😇🤣🤣
Great post … I tend to think the NCAA’s more than happy with the way it is currently. As far as the at large bids and hosting bigs are concerned, they prefer to err on the side of how can we sell the most tickets and get the most eyeballs watching our games?
And in baseball, ticket sales are more important than eyeballs, so by those criteria, having extra SEC teams at the expense of the Murray States is perfectly acceptable.
I think your sarcasm may have missed the more subtle point of my post; it was not about “figuring it out”; its is about Baseball America acknowledging it, something that I had not seen previously.
As Pushup pointed out in his reply, the economics easily explain the motivation for ESPN and the SEC, but “those eyeballs who figured it out” have little if any chance of influencing any change in the status quo. Conversely, I think there is at least some chance that Baseball America’s editorial may be successful in attracting others to influence pressure to interrupt the injustice that ESPN and the SEC are perpetuating.
I actually totally agree with everything you said in your post. My sarcasm was more just playing along with Rollem ..
The ACC is a damn good conference in baseball, but their top tier teams are a step below the SEC. The SEC has more legit arms than most teams. It keeps them in games and eventually in the late innings they start hitting the secondary arms. That is why you see some crazy comebacks.
Baseball is a weird sport in that bats disappear or can explode on any given game or weekend series. The regional format is a killer if you lose a game. It can led to some weird results. Murray State gets red hot with their bats. Vandy’s goes dormant. The better teams end up coming back because they eventually get to the weaker arms. This is similar to the early rounds of March Madness.
Supers are usually won because of pitching and key/timely hits. They are lower scoring affairs because staffs don’t have to go too deep. The odds are Murray State isn’t going to stay red hot.
No conference is 13 deep though. Kentucky and Mississippi St shouldn’t have been in the tournament. Conference play has to matter. A requirement should be a winning record in the conference. Give the lower leagues the opportunity for having a great season, like UConn.
Baseball is a weird sport in that bats disappear or can explode on any given game or weekend series. The regional format is a killer if you lose a game. It can led to some weird results. Murray State gets red hot with their bats. Vandy’s goes dormant. The better teams end up coming back because they eventually get to the weaker arms. This is similar to the early rounds of March Madness.
Supers are usually won because of pitching and key/timely hits. They are lower scoring affairs because staffs don’t have to go too deep. The odds are Murray State isn’t going to stay red hot.
No conference is 13 deep though. Kentucky and Mississippi St shouldn’t have been in the tournament. Conference play has to matter. A requirement should be a winning record in the conference. Give the lower leagues the opportunity for having a great season, like UConn.
No conference is 13 deep though. Kentucky and Mississippi St shouldn’t have been in the tournament.
Thank you for stating the above!!!
Thank you for stating the above!!!
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