NCAA Selection Show
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Hottest? Easy to be hot when your competition sucks. The haven't played a good team in quite a while.
They've played some good teams. NCAA at large teams.
But they haven't played a Top 16 quality team in a very long time, and that will probably be a problem.
USM is solid no question, just not an overall 9 seed. And would've taken the two seed in Hattiesburg before the brackets were announced.
It makes sense geography wise.
I'm happy. We could've gotten a worse draw at 4 for sure.
This. I mean in context I don't think anyone can say "overall" that USM is better than A&M, which were a few seeds worse
Yes, hottest. They’ve beaten the teams in front of them. You can make fun of the competition if you want, but when they’ve played good teams, they’ve won most of those games too. Guess the question is, how would you feel if we were in their bracket?
Is AI now picking the brackets? Very little storyline matchups. Going just by the numbers it appears.
Back handed we are so much better than you we weren’t competing for host spot. Nice.
As it should be. They definitely go with geography when they can.
Still some good setups. 3 former PAC teams in Oregon and in state rivals.
USC at TAMU could be fun.
There are a lot of bordering state teams paired up in regionals even if they aren't traditional conference rivals.
No, that’s not what I meant at all. I believed our host profile was objectively better, and the committee agreed. I also always thought State was a safe host at somewhere between 12-14. If State and USM played a 3 game series, I’m not sure who would win. Maybe 60/40 State.
UGA is a lock. They could pitch underhanded to us and would run rule us in athens, leaving all that extra time to go street racing.
Our bracket has a one seed that was nearly a 2 seed, and a 3 seed that was nearly a 2 seed. Lots of “pretty good” in our bracket.
Nothing about the first 4 games says that's true.
But I'm all for the reverse jinx effort.
If McPherson rounds into shape I think we have a puncher’s chance
USM #9 is a joke. I’ve got no problem with them hosting but they should be in the 13-16 range.
they never even played the 2nd best team in their mediocre conference.
If we couldn’t host, I’d feel pretty good about going to Hattiesburg, Oregon, or Lincoln.
No, but that wasn't their fault. Coastal couldn't even get to them in the conference tourney. They kept losing to the 3 seed in our regional.
I don't understand when you say stuff like this. If a team is an at large in the NCAA tournament they are clearly a good college baseball team considering how many teams play in D1.
Teams in the Top 16 are elite or very good, and then there are plenty of good teams who can occasionally beat the Top 16 teams.
Well they don’t suck for sure. But I don’t think they’d finish in top 10 of the sec.
Probably not.
I sure hope we don't get the very good version of Lafayette or Cincinnati this weekend.
I feel good about TV vs either Saturday. Not sure I feel good about Stone vs anybody Sunday. But we should hopefully have a lot of arms available to bullpen it.
I really hope Oak holds TV. Be interesting to see his moves this weekend. I expect to like them better than the most recent MSU HC.
He’s done it at least twice recently at Virginia. And I can’t imagine a situation where it’s more needed to hold your #1 starter than this regional. I’ll be shocked if TV starts Friday. And extremely disappointed.
Don’t forget patdog’s from Jones County
There’s a lot of longtime awareness of Southern Miss — and maybe a little disparagement — going on which I understand quite well since I also grew up with quite a few Southern Miss fans as well as Ole Miss fans who loved to be sidewalk Eagles…
It’s very much a Pine Belt thing
I’m a State fan first but I’ve become more friendlier to the Eagles since Southern Miss offers the degree in my profession…
USM has played 1 game against a top 30 RPI team since March 24th (Ole Miss on 4/14)
USM is a good baseball and should probably host, but they would be 13-15 if their AD was not on the committee.
Truth be told - we probably would not be hosting if Strickin & Alford weren't on the committee.
For the most part, but Oregon at 11 is the WTF of the century. They at least got the Top 16 teams correct, even if the order was q bit off.
I think they kinda benefitted from Coastal getting underseeded last year. Coastal went out and proved they should've been about an 8 last season.
I really don't mind a Mississippi school possibly getting over seeded. We take enough **** nationally as it is. And they absolutely performed against the good teams they played out of conference. 2-2 against us and OM. Run ruled Alabama before anybody knew how good Bama was. 2 of 3 vs UCSB. Beat Oregon State.
They are playing Sunbelt teams as well as any Sunbelt team in the country right now.
Why? GT may be better but we are 0-4 against UGA. MSU lost to them at home and at a neutral site so going to their place doesn't give me any warm and fuzzy feeling.
All 4 games were close. One big swing or better pitch and we split with them.
GT is much scarier to me.