Arizona State vs Arizona and Cal State Fullerton vs Long Beach State. It would help us in hosting if ASU and LBS win. Both are up early.
Two games to keep up with tonight
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Personally, I would be a #2 in Purdue's Regional than to host and have to potentially face FSU in the Supers. Give me a #2 opposite of Oregon all day long.
With our pitching i feel we can take both Purdue and Oregon... BUT. FSU is pretty good at choking in baseball. I personally don't care where we play.. gotta have the "anyone, anywhere, anytime" attitude and come to win games
Miami is in the ACC tourney title game and has a high RPI, but other than that, their resume is not too dissimilar to ours. Their only non-con wins against teams who'll definitely be in the NCAA tourney are against Bethune-Cookman (swept them in a three-game series) and UCF (split two games this season, won on the road & lost at home). They did sweep UNC in conference but 12 of their 16 conference wins came against the teams who finished in the bottom half of the overall standings. And they needed wins in their last two conference series to finish over .500 in conference (like us, finished tied for fifth with a 16-14 record). And though they're 9-3 in their last 12 and in the tourney title game, it's hard to see that being enough to make a leap into a hosting slot. <div>
</div><div>A&M may have had two bad losses in the Big 12 tourney, and the Big 12 isn't as strong this year as it has been in most years, but it's hard to see them getting pushed out of a host spot by Miami or anyone else. Before they lost back-to-back to Mizzou and Kansas in the B12 tourney, they'd gone 14-2 in their previous 16 games. Overall, they've been winning pretty consistently all season - their only blips were a five-game losing streak that preceded the 14-2 run and that two tourney losses that ended that run. There aren't a lot of standout wins on their resume, but there's not a lot of bad on it overall. 42-16 overall record, finished 2nd in a quality conference with a 16-8 mark, lost only two three-game series all season long (lost two of three - both by one run - at home to Fullerton, got swept by Baylor, with the losses in that series by 2, 1, and 2). Two losses shouldn't push them out of a host slot, even if they came against two of their conference's poorer teams.</div>
</div><div>A&M may have had two bad losses in the Big 12 tourney, and the Big 12 isn't as strong this year as it has been in most years, but it's hard to see them getting pushed out of a host spot by Miami or anyone else. Before they lost back-to-back to Mizzou and Kansas in the B12 tourney, they'd gone 14-2 in their previous 16 games. Overall, they've been winning pretty consistently all season - their only blips were a five-game losing streak that preceded the 14-2 run and that two tourney losses that ended that run. There aren't a lot of standout wins on their resume, but there's not a lot of bad on it overall. 42-16 overall record, finished 2nd in a quality conference with a 16-8 mark, lost only two three-game series all season long (lost two of three - both by one run - at home to Fullerton, got swept by Baylor, with the losses in that series by 2, 1, and 2). Two losses shouldn't push them out of a host slot, even if they came against two of their conference's poorer teams.</div>
Mississippi State? The same team that got shut out by Central Arkansas? Got swept by Southeastern Louisiana? They played a bunch of patsies out of conference. Lost to Washington State and Mercer, too. Yeah, they're hot right now, but they finished seventh in the SEC regular season. No way they should host over us.<div>
</div><div>While I would love nothing more than to host, it probably won't happen. If it does, it will probably be due to Dudy Noble crowds being too much for the NCAAs to turn down. And I'll take that in a heartbeat, but I don't think we have much argument over especially Miami (their RPI is 10 on Warren Nolan and ours is 20). </div>
</div><div>While I would love nothing more than to host, it probably won't happen. If it does, it will probably be due to Dudy Noble crowds being too much for the NCAAs to turn down. And I'll take that in a heartbeat, but I don't think we have much argument over especially Miami (their RPI is 10 on Warren Nolan and ours is 20). </div>