College Baseball Daily released their initial

[KurtRambis4]

Regional projections.

It looks as if they confused us with OM....

 

[11thEagleFan]

Yeah that's head scratching. They project 3 Mississippi regional sites. Interesting. I'd give my left one if USM drew a regional and those teams in Hattiesburg.

 

[KurtRambis4]

They were even called on

it on Twitter, and their response to giving OM a national seed over State was that their RPI was higher.........

 

[11thEagleFan]

A lot of times the regional hosts align VERY closely with the top 16 in RPI. I will say this, I fully expect that Ole Miss may have a higher RPI and maybe even more wins than State. With that said, State should still get the national seed based on their overall body of work. Very impressive thus far.

 

[KurtRambis4]

State will

have a top 10 RPI when all is said and done.

We are 8-3 vs teams that they have as regional hosts. If we take care of business this weekend, we'll be 10-4.

 

[11thEagleFan]

I had it figured as 7-5 against current projected regional hosts? Either way, it's very impressive. I expect it to be 9-6 after this weekend. Committee would have to be blind to overlook that.

 

[RocketDawg]

Be optimistic. 11-3.

 

[KurtRambis4]

Nope, we are 8-3.

W: USA, USM, Vandy (2), OM (2), UF (2)
L: Vandy, OM, UF

 

[11thEagleFan]

You're right. I had mistakenly attributed two losses to USA, when actually those losses belonged to USM. Damn. Very impressive. USM 0-4 against other projected hosts so far, but 5-1 against other projected 2 and 3 seeds.

 

[msugolf]

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Brian Foley is a douche. This isn't the first time he's poor mouthed state. He's never really thought high of our program for some reason and if I recall even made an *** of himself in 2013 during our run.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

So OM is praised for taking one on the road from State, who is **** because of all that other garbage he spews. I get the two midweek losses hurting us, but to hang his hat on that one win against a team he then goes on to lambast is non sequitur.

 

[dawgatUSM]

Ha. I didn't even know who this site was before 5 minutes ago. But now I certainly know not to pay any attention to them.

 

[patdog]

We're a difficult team to project right now. No team has as many really good wins as we do, but nobody in the national seed discussion has as many bad losses either. Right now, Warren Nolan projects UM will wind up with the #6 RPI and us at #23. I think he is wrong on both counts, but I can understand why we're both projected where we are right now.

 

[Philly Dawg]

Not to mention those series wins on the road versus Vandy and Florida. Like, literally, not to mention those.

 

[WayboDawg]

I think you hit the nail on the head with this:

"We're a difficult team to project right now. No team has as many really good wins as we do, but nobody in the national seed discussion has as many bad losses either."

The home losses to Eastern Kentucky and Oral Roberts are absolutely killing us in perception and RPI. Also, despite winning all three games, having played Mississippi Valley and UT Martin (which have some of the worst records and RPI in the country) is hurting us just as badly. Ole Miss, although they have fewer marquee wins on their resume, has been much more consistent. All that said, if we win the SEC West, I believe we will slip into a #7 or #8 national seed spot.

 

[thekimmer]

Utterly meaningless....

Regional projections.

It looks as if they confused us with OM....

Six weeks left in season and conference tourneys.

He is full of beans in his logic though. He craps all over our resume then uses UM's lone victory over us as justification for putting them in a national seed. He busts us for losing a game to UGA but does not give us credit for taking the series. Same with UM. Never mentions our wins against #1 and #2 ON THE ROAD.

 

[Cousin Jeffrey]

It looks like their projected national seeds follow the RPI for the most part.

As of now, warrennolan.com shows we are #15 in RPI. Had we not blown the Eastern Kentucky game, we'd be #8. So that game is currently the difference between us just hosting a regional and being a national seed. The longer the season goes, though, the less effect that one game will have. And if we continue to win, that will take care of itself.

 

[BiscuitEater]

Looking at the bigger picture ..

The home losses to Eastern Kentucky and Oral Roberts are absolutely killing us in perception and RPI.

Can't disagree with what you posted and we should have beaten Eastern Ky with the lead we had BUT, consider this .. Cohen knows that he is going to face Vandy on Friday and needed to get his bullpen ready. In the Tue game, Pilkington went 4 strong innings followed by Kale Breaux, Ethan Small, Vance Tatum and Blake Smith. In the Oral Roberts game, Cohen used Keegan James, Ryan Cyr, Zac Houston, Noah Hughes, Jared Padgett, Paul Young, Ryan Rigby, Reid Humphreys.

To me, Cohen had to find out 'who' he could count on against #2 Vandy .. at their place to start the SEC season. Blake Smith, Kale Breaux and Ryan Rigby came in to relieve Dakota Hudson after 9 brilliant innings. Rigby gets the win in an extra inning game that set the tone for the entire series.

Game 2, Austin Sexton goes 6 in a close game BUT in the final 3 innings, it is Kale Breaux for the win and Noah Hughes with 2 innings and the save that clinches the series in a come from behind 5-4 win.

Now .. Cohen seems to have found his Sunday starter in Konnor Pilkington and the bullpen seems to be gaining confidence and getting stronger each week. Rigby's 5 innings at UF in game 2 on Sat and Zac Houston and Reid Humphreys for the win and save in Game 3 on Sunday were all gutsy performances.