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Kendall Rogers just had this to say in the chat...

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Kendall, what does Mississippi State have to do against South Carolina to host?
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Kendall Rogers: Ron,
Need to win the South Carolina series and get on a roll in the SEC tournament. The overall resume is there, but I still think that conference record needs to get better. For the record, wins in the SEC tournament count as "conference" wins ... so that's important for State moving forward.

And if "Ron Polk" is one of you...nice work.
 
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CadaverDawg said:
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Comment From Ron Polk
Kendall, what does Mississippi State have to do against South Carolina to host?
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Kendall Rogers: Ron,
Need to win the South Carolina series and get on a roll in the SEC tournament. The overall resume is there, but I still think that conference record needs to get better. For the record, wins in the SEC tournament count as "conference" wins ... so that's important for State moving forward.

And if "Ron Polk" is one of you...nice work.
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I think if we sweep USC and beat Oral Roberts this week then we will host. That gives us a 41-15 record (SEC 17-13). If we don't sweep USC then I agree that we need wins in the SEC Tournament.
 
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Still seems like quite a hill to climb when Rogers thinks we have to win the USCe series plus take a few games in the tourney.
 
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As was I. Oh well. I think beating OR, 2/3 from USCe, and 2 wins in the tourney has to lock us in.

If we don't host, I pray to the baseball gods that South Al does and we get sent there.
 
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Looks like Bianco is hoping Kendall can give him some answers about his team too...

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What to think of this Ole Miss team? Lose to Auburn on the road one week followed by dominating 23 innings against MSU before completely blowing a 6-0 lead on Sunday with the change to sweep. Am I right to think this team could lose in the Regionals but could also make a run and get to Omaha? Is there a more up and down team in the country?
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Kendall Rogers: Mike,
That's a pretty good observation on the Rebels. I really liked this club earlier in the season when I saw them at Arkansas. However, there's no doubt that consistency across the board has been an issue the past month of the season. The hope for Ole Miss is that the Miss State series is finally the one that gets them on track for good. Ole Miss has the ability to be an Omaha team, and a team that goes 1-2 in an NCAA Regional. Lots of upside with this squad, though.
 
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DingDongDammitt said:
I think if we sweep USC and beat Oral Roberts this week then we will host. That gives us a 41-15 record (SEC 17-13). If we don't sweep USC then I agree that we need wins in the SEC Tournament.
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If there is any fairness in the world, and there rarely is when MSU is involved, then beating ORU and winning at least 2 of 3 from SC should be enough on its own to warrant a host spot given our ridiculous disadvantage in SEC scheduling this year. Just for example, our current projected 16-14 SEC record could be a projected 18-12 or even 19-11 record if we had played a Georgia or Tennessee instead of Vandy in the East even WITH still playing KY and FL. This is a year where the exact conference record for any particular SEC school compared against another means THE LEAST. Its really each individual team's resume that should count.
 
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I just don't think this teams done enough to deserve to host a regional. I know our RPI is high, but to me, a regional host eventually produces when the odds are stacked against them ( against LSU, ARK, UK, Vandy). If we beat South Carolina 2/3, it will be pretty damn close to convincing me, though.
 
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maroonmania said:
If there is any fairness in the world, and there rarely is when MSU is involved, then beating ORU and winning at least 2 of 3 from SC should be enough on its own to warrant a host spot given our ridiculous disadvantage in SEC scheduling this year. Just for example, our current projected 16-14 SEC record could be a projected 18-12 or even 19-11 record if we had played a Georgia or Tennessee instead of Vandy in the East even WITH still playing KY and FL. This is a year where the exact conference record for any particular SEC school compared against another means THE LEAST. Its really each individual team's resume that should count.
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Yea, I think it's completely unfair for Rogers to bring up SEc record when comparing Arkansas chances vs ours. We didn't get to play Mizzou, UGA or Tennessee...while Arkansas got to play Georgia AND Tennessee. Swap one of those with a trip to Vandy, and give us Tennessee...and we are likely 16-11 right now, and Ark is likely 14-12 in conference. It's bull ****.
 
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I'm not sure where the optimisim is for the USCar series.

USCar did take 2 of 3 from LSU at LSU. They got swept by Florida though. I don't know, I'm just not confident we take the series. USCar always turns it on when they have to.
 
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Nice work by whoever asked this. Glad Kendall spoke up about the committee not knowing. Someone needs to educate them before it costs us a host spot.

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How important is conference record in leagues with unbalanced schedules. People hold Miss. State's conf. record against them in hosting discussions, but they didn't play any of the SEC's 3 weeakest teams (Ga., Tenn., Mizzou). They are tied with LSU for most wins against the Western division (11), though LSU has a series left. Unless Ole Miss sweeps at LSU (won't happen), MSU will finish second to LSU in Western Division games. Ark. overall SEC record is better because they played Tenn. and Ga. (4-1 record against them) and missed Vandy and Florida.
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Kendall Rogers: Slow curve,
That's a great point on Mississippi State and its SEC record, but is it something the NCAA committee will notice and take into account? That's the big question. I think it's something that SHOULD be taken in account, but it shouldn't be assumed the committee will be well-educated on how schedules setup. I know it's something that John Cohen isn't real pleased about.
 
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One thing to remember

The first round SEC tournament game (if MSU earns the 5 seed) will be either 15-30 Missouri or 20-28 Tennessee

So yes, even if the Bulldogs win the South Carolina a series, a one-and-out SEC tournament appearance with a loss to one of those two will not be good at all
 
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if the committee is looking at strength of schedule overall it would seem reasonable to believe they would consider that within the sec schedule also and that would help msu. but i'm a cynic and i don't trust any of these "committees". i look for the sec to get screwed if at all possible in this new football playoff. in most yrs recently at least 2 sec teams should have been in any 4 team playoff, but i think they'll do their best to make sure only one gets in and will seed it as poorly as they can.
 
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CadaverDawg said:
Nice work by whoever asked this. Glad Kendall spoke up about the committee not knowing. Someone needs to educate them before it costs us a host spot.

Comment From slow curve
How important is conference record in leagues with unbalanced schedules. People hold Miss. State's conf. record against them in hosting discussions, but they didn't play any of the SEC's 3 weeakest teams (Ga., Tenn., Mizzou). They are tied with LSU for most wins against the Western division (11), though LSU has a series left. Unless Ole Miss sweeps at LSU (won't happen), MSU will finish second to LSU in Western Division games. Ark. overall SEC record is better because they played Tenn. and Ga. (4-1 record against them) and missed Vandy and Florida.
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Kendall Rogers: Slow curve,
That's a great point on Mississippi State and its SEC record, but is it something the NCAA committee will notice and take into account? That's the big question. I think it's something that SHOULD be taken in account, but it shouldn't be assumed the committee will be well-educated on how schedules setup. I know it's something that John Cohen isn't real pleased about.
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Now this notion just pisses me off. What the he!! good is the committee for if they are NOT taking WHO you've played and have NOT played into account both OUT of conference and IN conference. For Rogers to even suggest that the committee might not "notice and take that into account" either just royally pisses me off because of his complete ignorance in the matter OR the whole NCAA selection process if they could possibly be THAT incompetent at what they do, one or the other.
 
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maroonmania said:
Now this notion just pisses me off. What the he!! good is the committee for if they are NOT taking WHO you've played and have NOT played into account both OUT of conference and IN conference. For Rogers to even suggest that the committee might not "notice and take that into account" either just royally pisses me off because of his complete ignorance in the matter OR the whole NCAA selection process if they could possibly be THAT incompetent at what they do, one or the other.
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This^
 
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What the hell else could this team have done to make you think it deserves to host, even with a win over ORU and 1 of 3 vs USC plus a play-in win in the SECT? That would give us 40 wins against one of the 5 toughest schedules in the country (and the toughest SEC schedule in history). That may or may not get us a host bid, but it damn sure deserves one.
 
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CadaverDawg said:
Looks like Bianco is hoping Kendall can give him some answers about his team too...

Comment From Mike
What to think of this Ole Miss team? Lose to Auburn on the road one week followed by dominating 23 innings against MSU before completely blowing a 6-0 lead on Sunday with the change to sweep. Am I right to think this team could lose in the Regionals but could also make a run and get to Omaha? Is there a more up and down team in the country?
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Kendall Rogers: Mike,
That's a pretty good observation on the Rebels. I really liked this club earlier in the season when I saw them at Arkansas. However, there's no doubt that consistency across the board has been an issue the past month of the season. The hope for Ole Miss is that the Miss State series is finally the one that gets them on track for good. Ole Miss has the ability to be an Omaha team, and a team that goes 1-2 in an NCAA Regional. Lots of upside with this squad, though.
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Of course he thinks that they have a lot of upside. He rated just about all of their recruits 9.0-9.5's. And yet their best hitter is a guy from a JUCO.
 
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maroonmania said:
Now this notion just pisses me off. What the he!! good is the committee for if they are NOT taking WHO you've played and have NOT played into account both OUT of conference and IN conference. For Rogers to even suggest that the committee might not "notice and take that into account" either just royally pisses me off because of his complete ignorance in the matter OR the whole NCAA selection process if they could possibly be THAT incompetent at what they do, one or the other.
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He doesn't know what they are going to look at, and no one else does for that matter.

What I do know is if they give Arkansas a regional, they would probably be the lowest rated RPI team ever to host. They are barely in the top 50 as it is. Normally the selection committee rewards teams that play difficult schedules.

Also, remember that he has some fans that read his site that are Arkansas fans which = batshit crazy.
 
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think that we needed to win a big series against the top teams in the league. While the UF series was big we continued to not get it done vs the top clubs in our league (LSU, UK, Arkansas, Vanderbilt, OM). To me, a regional host would pull out one of these series. Then you've got the disaster that was the Central Arkansas weekend. We proved all year that we could be the mediocre teams in the league, but couldn't pull it out vs the top clubs. To me, a team that deserves a host site would be able to take at least ONE of these series.
 
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