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Congratulation Dawgs on your hard earned taste of some national recognition! The team certainly deserves this historic moment in time. Let’s all hope the spotlight isn’t so bright that it blinds the guys for the opportunities that lay ahead. The competition and challenges are only going to get tougher, but the rewards also get sweeter. Roll on Dawgs to first take down ULM.
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The Bulldogs are up to No. 21 in the
Top 25!
We always lose the very next game after we get ranked...
I'm not as worried about the game tomorrow night as I am the next four on the road at our Daddy's place.Quote:
Originally Posted by dawg80
Unfortunately that’s 100% true, but not this time ;).Quote:
Originally Posted by dawg80
I’m not worried per say, but we can’t look past them either. In this year’s conference play it’s going to be an all out challenge to win a series and maybe next to impossible to sweeeep anyone.Quote:
Originally Posted by PawDawg
NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll for March 22, 2021 | USA Today Sports
Coaches poll up to "T26" > last week received 1 vote, 58 this week.
First I want to congratulate your team on a great season so far. Very impressive. As for USM, well it is a strange team we have this year. Strong in pitching and pitiful in hitting. If we don't get some players to wake up and start hitting, I don't know how we win a game in our series this weekend. It looks like it is Tech's year in CUSA baseball. The statistics below show what I am talking about in our pitching vs. our hitting.
March 21
Stat Ranking - Pitching
#13 in strikeouts per 9 inning @ 11.6
#44 in hits allowed per 9 innings @ 7.52
#6 in WHIP @ 1.06
#1 in K/BB @ 5.67
#3 in walks allowed per 9 innings @ 2.05
#15 in team ERA @ 2.85
Stat Ranking - Batting
#266 in batting average @ .208
#84 in home runs per game @ .94
#235 in on base percentage @ .324
#174 in slugging percentage @ .367
Perfect Game has us at 21.
If this team wins out do you think we will get a national seed?
what are you talking about? What does “win out” mean? That doesn’t happen in baseballQuote:
Originally Posted by Gladzilla
Nobody nationwide is going to win out which unfortunately includes Tech. Realistically considering the crazy conference schedule CUSA is playing this year there are likely to be several split series and very very few if any sweeps. I think for Tech to finish anything better than 36-18 will be good. After that they need to win the CUSA tournament.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gladzilla
If the starting pitching holds up and the fact the tournament is in Ruston this year, that should be entirely possible. Man it sure feels good to be ranked in something.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bone_afide_Dawg
Not any more.Quote:
Originally Posted by PawDawg
#17 by D1Baseball Poll. #18 in the Perfect Game poll & #23 in the Baseball America poll. Coaches poll is still outstanding. Sh I understand be before lunch. Current RPI @ 8
**** should get standings before lunch ( coaches poll)
RPI Rankings are skewed for the MAAC teams which have played less than 10 games (and have only played each other). If you pull those 4 teams out, we are sitting at #4 in the RPI rankings.
http://www.warrennolan.com/baseball/2021/rpi-live
official rpi has us at 6 - DI Baseball Rankings - RPI | NCAA.com
w/ fairfield being the outlier
#19 in coaches poll today
https://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaa.../coaches-poll/
warrennolan.com is having issues right now. Predicted RPIs are still out of whack today because there are no predicted results built into the records. Only the remaining schedule factors seem to be included in those computations.Quote:
Originally Posted by sportdawg
Fairfield makes sense only because it is undefeated even though only at 4-0. Rider at 4-2 and Quinnipiac at 2-4 definitely don't belong at #3 and #4 as they are listed on warrennolan.com.
The RPI's for the 3 MAAC teams in the top 4 are rather laughable at this point, although I know things will "fix" themselves as the season progresses. http://www.warrennolan.com/baseball/2021/rpi-liveQuote:
Originally Posted by LATECH87
Take those MAAC teams out we are #4!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg Fan
Rider and Quinnipiac have to be miscalculations due to the issues on that site.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg Fan
Take a picture of that one. It's not often that Louisiana Tech is ranked ahead of LSU when both are in the national polls. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Amos Moses
ODU is receiving votes in the Coaches poll. I would have thought that FAU would be in there as well.
Our Dawgs are ranked ahead of lsooo in all polls!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by HogDawg
TECH has moved up.
Currently #16 from #17 on D1Baseball
#16 from #18 on Perfect Game
#22 from #23 on Baseball America
USA Today has Tech #19.Quote:
Originally Posted by LATECH87
"IF' wants to out rank dem dawgs, come up here and play 'emQuote:
Originally Posted by TYLERTECHSAS
[QUOTE=TYLERTECHSAS;1795119]Our Dawgs are ranked ahead of lsooo in all polls!!![/QUOTE
"IF" :banana::banana:dem pussy cats want to be ranked higher than our dawgs, come on up here and play in our back yard.
We played them. Had the game won. Coach slow hook refused to pull our pitcher.
There’s still no respect for Tech here... http://baseballnews.com/collegiate-b...1-poll-4-5-21/
Gotta earn it...we’ve been to one regional in the last 30 years
Interesting. They've got ODU ranked #30, and Tech not ranked at all. ODU has played a shit schedule (compared to Tech), and their best OOC win is one win against East Carolina. In conference, ODU has won a series 3-1 against Florida International, at home, and swept Marshall 4-0 on the road. Apparently Marshall is not very good as the Herd is already 0-8 in CUSA play.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bone_afide_Dawg
ODU is 11-5 against Top 100, we are 9-6Quote:
Originally Posted by HogDawg
Just curious... where in the top 100 their foes ranks vs. ours? If they are relatively close then I give that more weight. If our top 100 foes have been say ranked in 1-30 and theirs 70-100 it doesn’t hold as much weight.
I understand the computers probably don’t give a flip based off the code they have to calculate the rankings, but there is a difference.
Two losses to ULL this year are what annoy me to no end. It is much easier for me to take the LSU and Ark (game 1) late-game loses. Maybe it doesn’t matter in the big scheme but really wanted both of the ULL games and certainly expected to take at least one of them, but no.
So, Rhode Island, Ball State and Northeastern are all in the Top 61? And VCU is #97?Quote:
Originally Posted by sportdawg
Meanwhile we've played 5 games against SEC teams.
LaLaff is a better team than lsu. We had lsu on the ropes and let them back in.Quote:
Originally Posted by LEEDAWG
The best I know here’s how things stand after the weekend for Tech and the previously better ranked teams that didn’t have particularly good weeks...
La Tech #16, RPI #8, 24-7 overall, 77%,(4-0) for the week.
Louisville #7, RPI #37, 20-10 overall, 67%,(2-2) for the week.
TCU #10, RPI #9, 22-9 overall, 67%,(2-2) for the week.
S Carolina #11, RPI #13, 21-9 overall, 70%, (2-2) for the week.
Florida #12, RPI #35, 21-11 overall, 66%, (3-2) for the week.
Georgia Tech #15, RPI #68, 15-12 overall, 56%, (1-3) for the week.
Based on the lesser performances of the teams previously ranked higher than Tech, I think it’s fair to say that we’ll improve in the polls this week. For D1 Baseball, I think about #12 or #13 +or- would be about right.
Honestly, based on the numbers, I think Tech should be near #10, but I don’t think the powers at be would be that honest.
Hopefully Tech will get to near if not into the top 20 in all polls this week including Baseball America.
I agree that #12 or #13 in D1 Baseball is probably the best that can be expected this week. Take at least 3 of 4 again from Southern Miss, and a top 10 ranking could be coming.
Of the teams listed above, Georgia Tech was ranked on reputation only and should drop significantly.
D1 Baseball has Tech ranked #14 after the 4/11/21 slate of games.
Baseball America has Tech as #16.
The Bulldogs are holding steady at #7 in RPI. The SoMiss series should help that more than it would hurt.
On a side note, both Charlotte (21) and ODU (22) make an appearance in the D1 Baseball top 25.
Over ranked
Louisville #7, RPI #61, 20-10 overall, 67%... Plays at mediocre Virginia this week. If Louisville doesn’t sweep this series they should fall. If they lose the series or get swept, the bottom will fall out of their ranking.
Notre Dame #10, RPI #15, 15-6 overall, 71%... Plays 4 home games this week against teams with winning records. This week should at least check how legit ND is. If they’re truly top 10 they’ll win at least 3 of 4, anything less and they should fall in the polls.
We all know this weekend’s series against USM is huge. It’s pretty much for the #1 spot in CUSA and for Tech, top 10 National recognition. Tech is capable of handling USM with a healthy team and by playing the game they’re capable of playing. I’d even go so far as to say a sweep is possible if everything falls into place just right. Might as well do it!
Too bad ND had to COVID out of the weekend of games at LSU. That would have been a good game and it would have helped Tech's RPI that much more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bone_afide_Dawg
D1 Baseball as us ranked #14 from #16
Baseball America has us at #16 from #22
Perfect Game has us at #13 from #16
Collegiate Baseball has us at #22
That would have been a huge win on the resume for us.Quote:
Originally Posted by techfreak
When was the last time any Tech sport was ranked this high?
Other than #6 bowling, I suppose.
I would bet women's basketball in the early 2000'sQuote:
Originally Posted by Blue Dawg
The blown wins from the bullpen versus LSU and Arkansas are the difference in being in the T-10 right now...this team is that close and is that good.Quote:
Originally Posted by techfreak
Nobody ranked slightly better than Tech had a bad week, so I don’t think anyone is going to be dropping in the polls except for maybe #13 OkSt who lost 3 to #12 TCU.
I think the rankings will drop Tech some since USM hasn’t been getting the recognition they deserve. It’s probably anyone’s guess where we’ll end up. I’m figuring around 16-18 where we’ve gotten a fairly reasonable deal compared to the BS Collegiate Baseball poll.
Top 16 RPI is what we need along with a cooperative Governor.
D1Baseball - stay @ 14 - CLT 19, ODU 20, USM NR
The Lady Techsters were ranked 6th in the nation going into 2001 NCAA tournament. Received a #3 Seed in Midwest Region. Reached the Elite Eight (our last Elite eight) and lost to UCONN.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue Dawg
Coaches Poll / no change @ 15 NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll for April 19, 2021 | USA Today Sports
ODU 20, CLT 21, USM RV
College baseball news / were ranked 22 last but dropped out this week; 29 odu, 30 clt Collegiate Baseball Div 1 Poll (4-12-21) - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
Baseball America / dropped to 19 from 16 College Baseball Top 25 Rankings (baseballamerica.com) ODU 25
I’m surprised Tech wasn’t decapitated in the polls after their less than a BullDawg tough effort against Marshall. Hopefully the guys can catch their second wind here and finish strong. As much as anything we need everyone healthy and to somehow instill some confidence in the pitching ranks.
D1 = 14 (=)
Baseball America 18 (+1)
Coaches Poll 18 (-3)
After what we saw this past weekend, I'm thinking this is all a big waste of time.
What did you see when we lost the other 9 games we'd lost?Quote:
Originally Posted by HogDawg
Had you been paying attention, you'd have seen some of the same in all 9 losses (lack of pitching and hitting) which is normal. The loss in game 3 this weekend was just a bad day. The loss in game 4 was a total lack of effort.
The play this weekend was discouraging to say the least. Baseball is a completely different sport, though. It is rare than even a top team will win all games that they should. Saying that, we better come out with a sweep this weekend or our ranking is gone and our top spot in CUSA is gone, as well. Hoping this was just a bad weekend. The way we played, we were lucky to split.
Stay with the Dawgs BB&B...baseball is different, accept it or not. Getting a split on an off-weekend may be the wake up the team needs. In the past, this team would have lost 3 or all 4 on an off-weekend.
3 out of 4 this weekend and back in business. We do need a surprise sweep at some point this year and the final 2 game set at the end of season, at home, to Old Dom is looming large if we just take 3 out of 4 each weekend...
What do you know about baseball! ;):D:laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by OmahaDawg
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Originally Posted by PawDawg
Wrong. If you'd have been paying attention this past weekend, you'd have seen --like everyone else did-- an extremely poor effort in back to back games by the Dawgs against a far inferior opponent. AT HOME!!
As for the other Tech losses this season you mentioned, one could easily argue that all but one were against really good teams; LSU, ULL (2), Arkansas (2), and USM (3), and half were on the road. UAB was a bad loss. But we did NOT suffer back to back losses to UAB either, we still managed to win 3 of 4.
This was definitely the low point of the season. Another weekend at home like this and we'll definitely be wasting our time.
Nobody was arguing that it was not the low point of the season. That began in the top of the 7th game 2 Saturday. Pitching was our big problem this weekend, just like it was at lsu, one loss in Lafayette, 1 loss against Arkansas, and 1 loss against USM. We only have 1 more home conference home series, so the team will have to show what it can do on the road over the next two weekends and in BR.Quote:
Originally Posted by HogDawg
Then, what are you arguing? Pitching is EVERYBODY's problem. Welcome to college baseball. But in our case, it was much more problematic against an awful 6-22 team than it should have been.Quote:
Originally Posted by PawDawg
You asked, "what did you see when we lost the other 9 games?" The answer is, most of those losses were against really good teams, and about half were on the road. Also, 5 of those losses were very early in the season. But, I still saw quality play and effort in those losses, against much better teams. But this past weekend, it honestly felt like the wheels were coming off in these back to back losses to a terrible Marshall team. Burroughs needs to get his act together.
Pitching is not USMs problem. They have the best pitching in CUSA. Know who their pitching coach is? Know how many pitchers are on our roster who have not contributed this year. Pitching is our problem and it has shown up in almost every loss.Quote:
Originally Posted by HogDawg
How long have you been here?!?! :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by OmahaDawg
https://media3.giphy.com/media/lNMyVfxjfzIJO/giphy.gif
This week...
#13 Oregon went 3-2
#12 Ole Miss went 3-0 sweeping #11 S. Carolina who went 1-3
#10 Notre Dame went 4-0
#9 East Carolina went 2-2
Based on what happened to the teams ranked ahead of Tech, I see a chance for the Dawgs to move up to maybe #12.
Tech up to 18 in BA
https://www.baseballamerica.com/rank...seball-top-25/
Tech 14, so miss 20, odu 22, clt 23 in D1
https://d1baseball.com/top-25/d1base...line-climbers/
Thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by rlirette
Geez! Baseball America is quite volatile with a bunch of teams moving ~6 slots from last up or down.Quote:
Originally Posted by rlirette
https://d1baseball.com/top-25/d1base...inal-rankings/
Finished the season as #22, not too shabby!
That's funny. LA Tech beat USM head-to-head in 7 out of 11 games. And yet, there's USM right on our heels at #23. I wonder how many times we would have to beat USM to put a little distance between us? :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by rlirette