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OT: Hawk Baseball finishes strong in Des Moines; I went to Thursday's game and it was great; Alivo can sling it

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uihawk82

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The hawks have some really good players, Purdue hit the ball well and got off to a 6-2 lead after 4 innings but Kyle Alivo of Iowa came in and shut them down over the last 5 innings allowing only 1 run and not many baserunners.

Alivo had fastballs at 95-96, and offspeed pitches with a lot of movement at 86 (probably a slider) and low 80s (changeup?). He had the batters off balance.

Alivo just a redshirt frosh, wow.

Hawk defenders made some great plays and Nerat capped off the offense with a grand slam iirc.

Hawks finished the sweep the next two games and had a reasonable .500 Big 10 record on sort of a rebuilding year I read
 
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uihawk82 said:
The hawks have some really good players, Purdue hit the ball well and got off to a 6-2 lead after 4 innings but Kyle Alivo of Iowa came in and shut them down over the last 5 innings allowing only 1 run and not many baserunners.

Alivo had fastballs at 95-96, and offspeed pitches with a lot of movement at 86 (probably a slider) and low 80s (changeup?). He had the batters off balance.

Alivo just a redshirt frosh, wow.

Hawk defenders made some great plays and Nerat capped off the offense with a grand slam iirc.

Hawks finished the sweep the next two games and had a reasonable .500 Big 10 record on sort of a rebuilding year I read
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Great call/post! Heller doing a great job.

What I seemed to notice this year is a lack of a dominant #1 starter. Against the top teams, the hawks seemed to really struggle in game one and then go toe to toe pretty well in games 2 and 3 (ucla aside!). But I think if they can keep the staff together and not lose anyone in the portal, next year could be better.
 
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Iowa plays Illinois on BTN at 1PM in the first game of the B1G Tournament today.

The first 2 rounds are double elimination, so if they lose they’re still in. But if the Hawks want any chance at making the NCAA tournament they will have to win their first 3 games in the B1G tournament. Realistically they will probably have to win the tournament outright or at least make the final to have postseason hopes.
 
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I don't follow CBB super close - are there other post season tourney opportunities aside from main college world series tourney? Seems like this team is hitting a stride and would be great to get some post season game reps, even if they don't make the NCAA tourney.
 
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Anon1751457816 said:
I don't follow CBB super close - are there other post season tourney opportunities aside from main college world series tourney? Seems like this team is hitting a stride and would be great to get some post season game reps, even if they don't make the NCAA tourney.
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The tournament is 64 teams. It starts as 16 separate regionals, which are basically 4 team double elimination tournaments. Then the 16 regional winners go to super regionals, where 2 regional winners play a 3 game series. The 8 super regional winners go to Omaha to play in the college World Series.

Unfortunately there’s no NIT or anything like that. Good (and bad) news is that Iowa is on #1 UCLA’s side of the bracket in the B1G. They probably have to reach them in the Semis and beat them to make the postseason.
 
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MSU at 5PM on BTN.

Hawks have soared from 75 to 55 in the RPI rankings after this 4 game win streak. Need at least 10 more spots to make the tournament, probably 15. A win tonight and on Friday against USC might be just enough.
 
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I had ruled out any shot for making the NCAA tourny without taking the BIG tourny.
If they win today and get to Friday vs USC....woo hoo...got a chance!

Offense is cooking...keep it going!
 
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Asking a closer to go 6 innings (I think) isn't always the best idea. 2 plunks in the top of the 9th to give MSU lead 4-3.
 
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