Super Regional Host

[AlanDawg]

So not to get ahead of ourselves....but if MSU wins its regional and Ole Miss wins their regional then both schools place a bid to the committee to see who will host the super regional?
I had always thought that the super regional host always went to the higher seed but apparently that is incorrect. I have been seeing where lots of people just automatically assume that Ole Miss will host the super regional if we win.

So we could still host a super regional even if Ole Miss wins its regional. I am not familiar with the rules of who hosts super regionals at all but from what I read from google this sounds correct.

If we win the regional Scott Stricklin better bid the entire DWS expansion for us to host the super.

However I see this as very unlikely, the selection committee will award the host to Ole Miss, since they have already traveled to Starkville once this year for a series.

Again I realize we still have to win our regional(and ole miss theirs) for this to play out. I am just trying to figure out the format.

 

[drt7891]

If ole miss wins and someone other than ULL wins in Lafayette, Ole Miss hosts the super.

 

[HD6]

No, you're incorrect. If Ole Miss wins and anybody except ULL wins, Ole Miss will host the Super Regional.

 

[QuaoarsKing]

The Super is always hosted by the higher seed unless they for some reason decline it (like Oregon State did in one of their national championship runs).

The only time the NCAA looks at bids is if both 2 seeds, or both 3 seeds, etc., win. And I feel pretty sure that the NCAA would select us over Washington if that scenario played out.

 

[BiscuitEater]

Copy and agree ... But who hosts 'if' State wins ...

No, you're incorrect. If Ole Miss wins and anybody except ULL wins, Ole Miss will host the Super Regional.

AND either Ga Tech, Washington or Jax St win in Oxford?

 

[dawgstudent]

Teams have to put in a bid to host the super regional and then it's up to the committee but you have to think State would host.

 

[maroonmania]

No, you're incorrect. If Ole Miss wins and anybody except ULL wins, Ole Miss will host the Super Regional.

Yes, and if MSU wins and anybody except OM wins then you can pretty much write it down that MSU will host the Super Regional.

 

[Rebels7]

Teams have to put in a bid to host the super regional and then it's up to the committee but you have to think State would host.

Can you explain that process? Because the way I've always understood it, makes it sound like an over the counter bribe. What does the "bid" entail?

 

[patdog]

I'm not sure there really is a process for who hosts a super regional if neither #1 seed advances. It just doesn't happen often. Back in 2007, MSU and Clemson had roughly equal RPIs with Clemson's slightly higher and MSU hosted. I suspect if there was a significant difference, they'd probably let the higher ranked #2 host but if they're close, they'd go with the higher bid. Still, it's a better system overall than in the old days when the bid was really all that mattered. We once hosted an old 6-team regional as the #3 seed. I think we were done in 3 games in that one.

 

[Rebels7]

I was just curious, I've always heard that term, and it seems shady. What are schools bidding? Money? Or a plan to ensure X number of people will buy tickets? Better craft services for the administrations at the games? I'm just not close enough to it to completely understand.

 

[patdog]

My understanding is that the NCAA gets a certain percentage cut of the money a regional generates. The bid is basically a minimum guarantee of what the NCAA will get. Back in the 1980s, the NCAA really only cared about the guarantee and not about rewarding the better teams. They did a complete 180 when they expanded the tournament to 64 teams back in the late 90s. It would actually be better for MSU and UM if they went back to the old system because we could both host just about any time we made the tournament. But the current system is much fairer.

 

[Rebels7]

So... it is a bribe. Nice.

 

[dawgstudent]

That it is. They don't go to the "bidding" process unless both #1's lose from the regionals.

 

[BiscuitEater]

So, ...

The Super is always hosted by the higher seed unless they for some reason decline it (like Oregon State did in one of their national championship runs).

The only time the NCAA looks at bids is if both 2 seeds, or both 3 seeds, etc., win. And I feel pretty sure that the NCAA would select us over Washington if that scenario played out.

Is State a 'higher rated" #2 than Washington? And, who decides?