I really cannot understand how a non-conference RPI of 13 does not benefit us in these discussions.
I really cannot understand how a non-conference RPI of 13 does not benefit us in these discussions.
Good old Memorial Gym
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.
Last edited by Dawg06; 05-22-2017 at 11:00 AM.
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.
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.
Strategy should be win game one.
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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.
JFW! Good LUCK DAWGS!