Toughest regional?

patdog

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If you’re going to it strictly by RPI. Should at least throw out the 4-seed. But RPI is wildly wrong on some teams (like Northeastern & Coastal Carolina)).

edit: as far as tough regionals for the host to win, I think UMiss, USM & Coastal Carolina are all strong bets to lose. Auburn got a cupcake & LSU got an easy regional (what else is new?).
 
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CaptainFalcon

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It’s honestly one of the more well balanced fields I can recall. Yeah LSU got a cakewalk but otherwise the other regionals feel like they should be reasonably competitive.
 

CaptainFalcon

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If you’re going to it strictly by RPI. Should at least throw out the 4-seed. But RPI is wildly wrong on some teams (like Northeastern & Coastal Carolina)).

edit: as far as tough regionals for the host to win, I think UMiss, USM & Coastal Carolina are all strong bets to lose. Auburn got a cupcake & LSU got an easy regional (what else is new?).

NC State is a pretty strong 2 seed for Auburn and they have a coach who has taken them to Omaha three times. Not sure that will be a breeze for them, although the 3 and 4 in that regional maybe aren’t great.
 
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GloryDawg

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I am kind of curious how the super-regional shape out. How many national host teams do not end up hosting a super by getting put out. If I am not mistaken one year, we ended up at Vandy for a Super but Vandy or us were national seeds.
 

CaptainFalcon

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I am kind of curious how the super-regional shape out. How many national host teams do not end up hosting a super by getting put out. If I am not mistaken one year, we ended up at Vandy for a Super but Vandy or us were national seeds.

It’s happened to us twice. 2007 and 2018, the 2 seeds won both Regionals in our pairing.
 
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FormerBully

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Hattiesburg is going to be a blood bath. Whoever gets out deserves some type of honor.
 

8dog

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So can we ditch the idea now that low ones get high 2s? Ga tech was 17 or 18 and got shipped to 10. TCU was 17 or 18 and got sent to 8.
 
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