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    Re: 2017 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

    I really cannot understand how a non-conference RPI of 13 does not benefit us in these discussions.
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    Re: 2017 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

    Quote Originally Posted by Tech77 View Post
    I really cannot understand how a non-conference RPI of 13 does not benefit us in these discussions.
    It does -

    Just win as many as possible regardless the opponent and it starts with the first game

    Best way to insure a game against Southern is to win game 1

    I like our chances against them in game 2
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    Re: 2017 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

    Quote Originally Posted by PawDawg View Post
    So the committee will not look at RPI on Sunday? You think 2-2 with a loss to USM will have us in the low 30s?

    I can see you have your mind made up that we MUST beat USM to get an at large. Based on emotion of course.
    That's not what I said. RPI is obviously very important.

    It's like you and DFM have your minds made up that an RPI in the 30s will get us an auto bid regardless of everything else because last year the committee gave all the host sites to 16 of the top 17 RPI teams.

    If RPI was all that mattered, there wouldn't be a selection committee; the RPI computer would make the brackets instead. That's obviously not how it's done.

    I listen to the D1Baseball podcast and Teddy Cahill from Baseball America most weeks for the last couple years. There are so many more factors that goes into at-large selection than simply RPI.

    We are only 5-6 vs. RPI Top 50 teams. Our only marquee series win is over ODU, and they are barely clinging to the Top 50 right now at #45. We finished 5th place in our conference, a couple games behind last year's 5th place record. We have 2 bad series losses in conference play, one of which we ended the season on. We got swept at home in a conference series, and that is a giant red mark on our selection sheet. And C-USA is weaker this year compared to last. Of our big midweek wins this year, only 1 didn't turn into a split (Mississippi State). Our resume is nowhere near our resume from last year that got us a 3 seed, a resume that included a Top 32 RPI (31) that would've gotten us a 2 seed using your logic, double-digit Top 50 wins (10), a Top 25 sweep to finish C-USA play, and a midweek sweep over Top 25 ULL.

    None of this is based on emotion. It's based solely on facts.

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    Re: 2017 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

    Quote Originally Posted by Tech77 View Post
    I really cannot understand how a non-conference RPI of 13 does not benefit us in these discussions.
    It does NOT matter.

    I have NEVER heard anybody ever mention OOC RPI when it comes to NCAA selection... until our coach did it this morning.

    Non-conference SOS? Yes.

    Non-conference RPI? No.
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    Re: 2017 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

    Quote Originally Posted by Dawg06 View Post
    It does NOT matter.

    I have NEVER heard anybody ever mention OOC RPI when it comes to NCAA selection... until our coach did it this morning.

    Non-conference SOS? Yes.

    Non-conference RPI? No.
    Well... why would it not? And if it is totally insignificant, why does it get listed?
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    Re: 2017 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

    Quote Originally Posted by Tech77 View Post
    Well... why would it not? And if it is totally insignificant, why does it get listed?
    OOC RPI doesn't matter because it doesn't mean anything. It's irrelevant. It's never referenced.

    Why is it listed? Probably to give the sheet balance because RPI, SOS, and OOC SOS are important.

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    Re: 2017 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

    I want to win the tournament.

    Pitch Nate in Game 1
    Hopefully he'll be ready in Game 4 for at least a few innings. (Saturday or Sunday if we win out)

    Also, he could be available in the bullpen for an inning Friday or Saturday.

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    Re: 2017 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

    Quote Originally Posted by sportdawg View Post
    I want to win the tournament.

    Pitch Nate in Game 1
    Hopefully he'll be ready in Game 4 for at least a few innings. (Saturday or Sunday if we win out)

    Also, he could be available in the bullpen for an inning Friday or Saturday.
    Exactly. Those 49ers already beat us twice, don't worry about what rpi playing USM gives us until we get past Charlotte.

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    Re: 2017 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

    Wow. Our coach just said Charlotte has a bunch of lefties and switch hitters who hit better from the left. But we don't have any LHP so we are gonna go with Nate in G1. But Nate is wearing down, but we are gonna throw Nate on short rest anyway.

    We are going into the tourney on the bubble with one of the dumbest strategies of all-time.

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    Re: 2017 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

    Quote Originally Posted by Dawg06 View Post

    We are going into the tourney on the bubble with one of the dumbest strategies of all-time.
    Your strategy is the dumb one.

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    Re: 2017 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

    Strategy should be win game one.

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    Re: 2017 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

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    Something To Gain:Louisiana Tech. The Bulldogs were the hottest team in the CUSA next to USM but then they stumbled against Middle Tennessee, dropping two of three to fall to fifth in the standings and ding their at-large hopes. Still Louisiana Tech, led by first-year head Lane Burroughs, enters the week at No. 38 in RPI, keeping it firmly in the mix for regionals. The Bulldogs will have the opportunity to shore up their resume in Biloxi and have the talent to do so. They boast the conference’s leading hitter in Raphael Gladu (.381, 63 runs, 54 RBIs) and had a team batting average of .307, second to Southern Miss. Senior lefthander Nate Harris is the team’s ace, going 9-0, 1.75 with 90 strikeouts and just 10 walks.
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    Re: 2017 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

    Quote Originally Posted by PawDawg View Post
    Your strategy is the dumb one.
    Our coach all but said Griffen would be best for Game 1 because of all Charlotte's lefties. Charlotte's never even seen him before. He also said that our RHP slider specialist is wearing down and hasn't been very sharp these last three weeks, but he's gonna start him on short rest against all the lefties in Game 1 because... "you always start your best in Game 1." That's just how it's always been done. Yet he hasn't thrown Nate in Game 1 a single series this year. He obviously has his mind made up, but I think it's a mistake.

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    Re: 2017 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

    JFW! Good LUCK DAWGS!

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    Re: 2017 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

    Quote Originally Posted by Dawg06 View Post
    Our coach all but said Griffen would be best for Game 1 because of all Charlotte's lefties. Charlotte's never even seen him before. He also said that our RHP slider specialist is wearing down and hasn't been very sharp these last three weeks, but he's gonna start him on short rest against all the lefties in Game 1 because... "you always start your best in Game 1." That's just how it's always been done. Yet he hasn't thrown Nate in Game 1 a single series this year. He obviously has his mind made up, but I think it's a mistake.
    Are you the lone ranger? This is not a conference series. Really, really need to get the first game.

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