Baseball Projections
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LSU - the two-seed in Hattiesburg?
Not surprised MSU isn't in there yet. Still have some work to do though I'd have thought the Bulldogs would be first four out-- maybe now they are since those projections were posted Monday.
Not surprised MSU isn't in there yet. Still have some work to do though I'd have thought the Bulldogs would be first four out-- maybe now they are since those projections were posted Monday.
D1 should release their projections this morning. Don’t know if we’re in yet but I feel like we’re very close.
A&M is very beatable for us at home. Bama is terrible, even though that’s a road series. Have to win both of these next two series, and a sweep would help tremendously.
A&M is very beatable for us at home. Bama is terrible, even though that’s a road series. Have to win both of these next two series, and a sweep would help tremendously.
What? We are 37th in RPI and LSU is 52nd! You mean the one time we actually have RPI in our favor it isn't the end all be all for post season seedings?? This is an outrage!
Dude, you can't question RPI! I've read that many times on this board so it has to be true.***
In all seriousness though, we have seen NCAA selection committees put more value on good wins than bad losses. We saw that with our basketball team this past season who had little to no bad losses but not a lot of high quality wins.
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I think your team is still really good this year. Your RPI is not high enough because some of the teams you were counting on helping your RPI have ended up not being as good as expected. Tulane, ULALA, UNO, Rice... etc. Us and South Alabama are average. You also lost too many mid week/ non conference games to host. I think you need to basically win out as well. Either way, you will be a scary two seed for someone.
First Four Out in Baseball America's projections
https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/projected-field-of-64-4252017/
https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/projected-field-of-64-4252017/
Granted we have no excuse for some of our bad losses but some of them have been midweek games which are a crap shoot at best given you are normally throwing your 4th or possibly 5th man in the rotation. That's another reason why in baseball the committee should put that much stock in so called bad losses.
2016 north carolina is the precedent for a really strong rpi not being enough
https://www.google.com/amp/s/247spo...Cs-RPI-Not-Enough-for-NCAAT-Bid--74987866/Amp
https://www.google.com/amp/s/247spo...Cs-RPI-Not-Enough-for-NCAAT-Bid--74987866/Amp
2017 South Carolina is as well.
eta: and to wpmusm's point-- the baseball committee is highly political and subjective. It's a sport that flies under the national radar and they take no heat over their ridiculous decisions whatsoever.
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