I know they've won a baseball NC, but every time I think of Coastal, my mind goes immediately to this legend.
Part of the conversation with them is that their Friday and Saturday starters have missed most of the season with injury. Not necessarily saying that should matter for seeding purposes, but might explain why folks are higher on them than their past performance indicates.
Their RPI is #22. No way they're a national 8 seed. But if NCAA is taking into account starting pitchers missing games due to injury, we should be a rock solid lock for a national 8 seed.
Great point. I believe one of their starters is back now, which could theoretically be used as a justification to give them some leeway. IF the committee does that, we should get the same treatment.
For what it's worth, I don't think the committee should take injuries into account. For us or anyone else. That's a never ending rabbit hole of what ifs and assumptions you could go down.
In general, I agree with you. Where I put in a slight caveat is that if you don't take into account returning players at all, there is an opportunity to screw a team over that's a higher seed. For instance, let's say we had dropped another couple of games by now, but McPherson is back and ready to start Game 2 of the Regional. If we were a 2-seed at say, UNC, they would be crying foul.
