Harding has been quite impressive

[tenureplan]

nm

 

[G-Dawg]

So has Crystal Springs boy Preston Johnson. Same HS as Hunter Renfroe. Grew up with his mother.

 

[tenureplan]

17 of the 24 outs have been Ks

 

[tenureplan]

Make that 20 K's on the night

 

[MSUDC11]

You do have to attribute a chunk of this to USM being brutally bad at the plate (they hit below .200 as a team so far), but we obviously have incredible pitching depth. 20 K’s as a staff without really using any of our normal top arms is special.

 

[wsjmsu75]

You do have to attribute a chunk of this to USM being brutally bad at the plate (they hit below .200 as a team so far), but we obviously have incredible pitching depth. 20 K’s as a staff without really using any of our normal top arms is special.

Our fielding needs a lot of improvement, but Southern's was absolutely atrocious.

 

[MSUDC11]

Our fielding needs a lot of improvement, but Southern's was absolutely atrocious.

I know they’re young but they didn’t look like anything remotely resembling a Regional team tonight. Berry has his work cut out for him.

 

[wpmusm]

This feels like a team that is bubble in May or that has to win the tourney to get in. And they're playing the tourney outside of Mississippi (Ruston) for the first time in many years, so that ain't going to be a walk in the park like it often is. We just took 2/3 from a good UConn team, but we were a break or 2 from losing the series or being swept.

Coming into the year, I felt we'd be a strong #2 seed somewhere. Thought our pitching staff would be really good and that we would hit enough. But to this point all we look to have is a good ace and a couple nice relievers (which is big, because quality bullpen depth is a chronic problem for us). The offense is going to improve, but definitely won't be a strength. In years past, we'd get down 5-0 or 6-1 early and not have it be fatal because we could slug our way out of holes. That isn't really there for this team.

 

[johnson86-1]

This feels like a team that is bubble in May or that has to win the tourney to get in. And they're playing the tourney outside of Mississippi (Ruston) for the first time in many years, so that ain't going to be a walk in the park like it often is. We just took 2/3 from a good UConn team, but we were a break or 2 from losing the series or being swept.

Coming into the year, I felt we'd be a strong #2 seed somewhere. Thought our pitching staff would be really good and that we would hit enough. But to this point all we look to have is a good ace and a couple nice relievers (which is big, because quality bullpen depth is a chronic problem for us). The offense is going to improve, but definitely won't be a strength. In years past, we'd get down 5-0 or 6-1 early and not have it be fatal because we could slug our way out of holes. That isn't really there for this team.

Rusom seems like a ridiculously awful place to have a baseball tournament. How the hell does it end up there and not Biloxi or a minor league stadium pretty much anywhere within the CUSA footprint? Do they need it on campus because it doesn't bring enough money to have it somewhere else?

 

[wpmusm]

LaTech renovated their stadium after the tornado there. Same field but it looks nothing like the old place. It's nice --- certainly so for C-USA. It's the league doing a solid for them after what they've been through.

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Personally, I prefer the tourney to be on campuses. Less of a corporate feel than when it's at MGM or Trustmark. It's back in Hattiesburg in 2022 and then Rice in 2023.