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Take out Griffen's MTSU game, and he would have an ERA of 3.18 (12 ER in 34.0 innings), which would be good enough for #6 best ERA in C-USA if he pitched enough innings to qualify.

Rice has A LOT more going for them than just a good coach.

BTW USM coach's stupid decision not to walk the guy who hit the game winner to set up the double play was, well, really stupid.

Wait, we do have a Top 50 series win now... on the road over the C-USA Tourney champs! :laugh: But they probably just killed any hopes we had. :(

I don't assume we would've lost to UNCC with Griffen on the mound. Griffen gave up ZERO earned runs in 4.0 IP vs. USM on only 59 pitches. He was awesome in every game except for the bad matchup at...

The selection committee will have a very interesting case if USM beats Rice.

If that happens, C-USA looks like a 1-bid league with 4 teams just on the wrong side of the bubble: Tech, ODU, UNCC,...

ODU won their opening tourney game vs. FIU.

McNeese State won their tourney opener vs. Lamar.

Yes, I would've felt better if he tried.

IIRC: ULL, McNeese, and Arkansas were a few I found with openings on a quick search back then. I'm sure there were many more Top 50 to Top 100 teams...

Y'all think Burroughs regrets not pursuing 2 additional midweek games down the stretch to replace our cancellations?

:icon_mad:

We also dug big deficits early on in both games, which likely affected our approach at the plate.

I think Griffen in G1 and Harris in G2 would have produced better results.

I don't think he nor most of our fans thought he was taking a risk by starting Nate in G1. I think the "gotta start your ace in G1" folks thought that was the conservative move.

Yep. Which is why I kept harping that we needed to rest Nate for the biggest game of our season in Game 2.

We are #41 entering today.

A win today vs. Southern Miss would boost us by about +.0038 to about a 3-way tie for #35.

A loss today vs. Southern Miss would drop us by about -.0010 to about #44.

We are #39 entering today.

A win today vs. Charlotte would boost us by ~.0021 to ~#35.

A loss today vs. Charlotte would drop us by ~.0027 to ~#42.

Griffen has been really good in pretty much every outing except the last one. He had a really bad matchup against an MTSU lineup loaded with hot-hitting righties in a hitters' park.

If we advance far enough for our opening game starter to be available for a second appearance, I think we would've already won enough to clinch the at-large bid.

After that 1-7 start, winning 2 of 3 was never gonna get us where we needed to be. We ended up winning 2/3 of our games over those last 3 series (6-3) like you wanted, but we ended up in 5th place...

What's the difference between getting in the loser's bracket after Game 1 vs. after Game 2? None. You are at a big disadvantage either way and would have to win the same number of games to win that...

That looks like what I posted for yesterday's game.

It's now 38. Basically 38-40 have the same RPI.

We would've held at 33 if we had won today.

Our RPI is down 6 sports to #39 in the immediate aftermath, essentially tied with #40 UConn.

Ya think Burroughs wishes he added a couple good midweek games down the stretch to replace our cancelled games? :icon_mad:

RPI is calculated as a percentage. Then everyone's percentage is ranked. We are .0043 from moving up 1 spot to 32. But we are only .0042 from dropping down all the way to 41. Basically the spacing...

RPI is now #33, but our rating is closer to #41 than #32.

Dawgs up to 35 rn ;)

In isolation, a win today would move us up to 36, and a loss would drop us to 39. Of course, that will fluctuate relative to what everybody else does tonight.

Dawgs dropped from 33 down to 40 after tonight's loss. It will probably fluctuate a little as more results go final later tonight.