Kendall Rogers' regional projections have...

[11thEagleFan]

State as #4 national seed, with USM the 2 seed in the Starkville regional. Ole Miss is a 2 seed in #3 national seed FSU's regional. Interestingly, Kendall's projections seem to be based on what he thinks will happen, not things as they stand. USM is 11-1 in C-USA, while Rice is 9-3, and they play in Hattiesburg this year, yet he has Rice as a projected host. Sorry, I don't know how to link on mobile.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

Here you go. Link: Here.

 

[Hump4Hoops]

C-USA has 3 really interesting potential hosts this year.

USM, Rice, and FAU. Seems that no matter where USM falls, there's a 0% chance they won't be in our regional or in/hosting the regional it's paired with.

 

[11thEagleFan]

Bump. Baseball America has State as the #2 national seed and Ole Miss as a 2 seed in the Hattiesburg regional. I'd love that. And Hump, I tend to agree with you, but damn I don't want to play State again.

 

[RocketDawg]

Bump. Baseball America has State as the #2 national seed and Ole Miss as a 2 seed in the Hattiesburg regional. I'd love that. And Hump, I tend to agree with you, but damn I don't want to play State again.

Yeah, that would be funny and cool. Any chance Ole Miss would be in the MSU regional? I'll bet they would hate that ... might not even come. They wouldn't put all three state schools in the same regional would they?

 

[11thEagleFan]

If that ever happened, attendance records would be shattered. If say, State was a 1 seed and OM and USM were the 2 and 3 seeds, it'd be nuts. I don't think it can happen though. Doesn't the NCAA try to avoid putting teams from the same conference in a regional together?

 

[rugbdawg]

Yes. Ole Miss and State can't be in the same regional. I don't actually know if it is a rule. But, it has never happened in the 4 team regional format.

 

[birdawg]

I think OM will be a 2 seed in Tallahassee while State and USM host

 

[RocketDawg]

If that ever happened, attendance records would be shattered. If say, State was a 1 seed and OM and USM were the 2 and 3 seeds, it'd be nuts. I don't think it can happen though. Doesn't the NCAA try to avoid putting teams from the same conference in a regional together?

They probably try to avoid it, but it might not be possible all the time. There are lots of really good SEC schools this year. If memory serves me correctly, we were in the Ga Tech regional, then beat Florida in the super in Gainesville to go to Omaha 3 years ago? So the same conference teams will meet each other at times. Like the ACC and the Sweet 16 in basketball this year. (I realize you said just "regional", but I got carried away).

 

[CochiseCowbell]

No. We hosted the regional, beat UVA at their Super. The one you're thinking of, we lost to UF.

 

[RocketDawg]

No. We hosted the regional, beat UVA at their Super. The one you're thinking of, we lost to UF.

OK thanks. Thought we beat UF though. Memory is fading ....

 

[o_1984Dawg]

State as #4 national seed, with USM the 2 seed in the Starkville regional. Ole Miss is a 2 seed in #3 national seed FSU's regional. Interestingly, Kendall's projections seem to be based on what he thinks will happen, not things as they stand. USM is 11-1 in C-USA, while Rice is 9-3, and they play in Hattiesburg this year, yet he has Rice as a projected host. Sorry, I don't know how to link on mobile.

Or it could've been based on the fact that USM really hadn't beaten anyone until tonight. Definitely not a host's profile.

 

[OleMissLogo]

Yeah, that would be funny and cool. Any chance Ole Miss would be in the MSU regional? I'll bet they would hate that ... might not even come. They wouldn't put all three state schools in the same regional would they?

They can't. Conference schools can't be in the same regional, or paired as 1s.

So Baseball America is thinking that the committee would pair MSU & USM with Ole Miss as the 2-seed in Hattiesburg to try to set up a Super between Ole Miss and MSU like they did in 2014 with ULL.

 

[OleMissLogo]

No D1 specifies that they are PROJECTING the season and tournament, not "if it were selected today"

 

[wpmusm]

16 top 100 wins. Only Miami has more. Granted, tonight was our first top 25 win. But we still have Rice and FAU left.

 

[o_1984Dawg]

Shows what I know.

They still didn't have a host's profile.

 

[o_1984Dawg]

Like I said, you hadn't beaten anybody. Top 100 Teams like 17-15 Northwestern State, 19-14 Samford, and 14-19 Middle Tennessee. Face it, you have wins against teams whose RPI is inflated because of exaggerated bonuses for playing on the road. I'd love it if you had a host's profile. You didn't. And you still don't.

 

[gymdawg.sixpack]

Had uf beat in their super but in the rubber gm they hit a grand slam in like the 7th or 8th and we couldn't recover

 

[Cousin Jeffrey]

Actually, in 2002, Auburn was sent to the Tuscaloosa regional. Alabama was the #1 seed (and a national seed) and Auburn was the #2 seed.

This was the first tournament following September 11, 2001. I think I remember the NCAA trying to limit travel. There were several regionals that year with two teams from the same conference.

 

[WayboDawg]

Like I said, you hadn't beaten anybody. Top 100 Teams like 17-15 Northwestern State, 19-14 Samford, and 14-19 Middle Tennessee. Face it, you have wins against teams whose RPI is inflated because of exaggerated bonuses for playing on the road. I'd love it if you had a host's profile. You didn't. And you still don't.

They still have conference series against Rice and FAU coming up, as well as mid-week games against Tulane and Louisiana-Lafayette. Go at least 4-2 against those teams, and they should get a host spot. Right now USM is on pace to win 40 games while playing (potentially winning) a conference that should have the 3rd best RPI in the country after this weekend. You have to give them a host spot if those numbers hold up.