Per Baseball America..

[57stratdawg]

Mississippi State #7 National Seed.

 

[57stratdawg]

On second glance, that would be a pretty tough draw.

#7 - Starkville, MS
1) MSU
4) Oral Roberts

2) Texas
3) La Tech

Paired against

Hattiesburg, MS Regional

1) USM
4) Jacksonville

2) Auburn
3) Indiana

 

[patdog]

I'd take that draw in a heartbeat. And be damn glad to get it.

 

[engie]

Would love a weaker 4 IMO.

 

[8dog]

Cant wait to see if cann is willing to sit pilk against a weak 4

 

[RightOfCenter]

I think it would be cool to play USM with something on the line. Worst case scenario, we lose and only have to hear snack from 10 people.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

Eh. Oral Roberts makes sense - they'd be the 6th weakest 4-seed if we go strictly by RPI (using Warren Nolan's Nitty Gritty report: Link). The only other likely 4-seeds that are closer are Jackson State and Tennessee Tech.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

9. I'm a fan of both schools. **

 

[57stratdawg]

Our head to head matchups against those teams so far aren't great:

L - La Tech (Starkville)
L - USM (Jackson)
W - Auburn (Starkville)
L - Auburn (Starkville)
L - Auburn (Starkville)

 

[AusTexDawg]

Any idea how much relative weight the committee gives to distance (saving $$ with bus trips where possible) vs. protecting the 1 seeds (national seeds and hosts)? Seems like BA doesn't take the former into account when they do their projections, especially compared to D1 Baseball's projections. Otherwise, why wouldn't they send Jackson State to either Hattiesburg or Starkville and have Oral Roberts go to Fort Worth? Those 4 seeds from the Northeast, like Bryant, Rhode Island or Binghampton, are going to fly to any site except maybe Charlottesville, so wouldn't if make more financial sense for the NCAA to make sure the 4 seeds in the southeast travel by bus to any of the sites nearby? Is the committee also trying to avoid having the same regional rematches every year?

 

[MSUDC11]

I think they account for travel when they can, but other times it can't be helped.

For instance, Cal State Fullerton was our 2 seed last year. The West had exactly zero host sites so that was a necessity.

We haven't gotten shipped very far away in a long time. 2001 and 1999 in Columbus, OH are the two most recent that come to mind. Miami wasn't exactly close in 2005 but at least that's still in the Southeast.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

Yeah, this year there could be four west hosts (Oregon State, Stanford, Long Beach, and Arizona) but the Pac-12 schools can't meet up in the Super Regionals if they are all 1-seeds as they are projected. I wouldn't be surprised if Stanford and Arizona are matched up with national seeds from the ACC.

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

Let me be the first to say 17 Texas

 

[DAWG61]

Jackson State

Yea this is who I want to play after their coach threw shade on us the same year we gave them free equipment

 

[bulldognation]

Oh the stars at niiiight
Are big and... STUPID!

 

[KurtRambis4]

While you're right

that our record against those teams isn't great, at the same time, I don't put a whole lot of weight of our mid-week games.

 

[Arthur2478]

I think it would be cool to play USM with something on the line. Worst case scenario, we lose and only have to hear snack from 10 people.

Their fans are the worst winners on Earth. I'd rather lose to JSU.