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Hosting a Regional at the Box...
Posted on 5/21/14 at 7:39 am
Posted on 5/21/14 at 7:39 am
Please explain the logic I've been hearing that LSU must advance to the weekend rounds of the SECtourney in order to host a regional.
LSU has 40 wins, the #3 seed in the tourney, and ranked as high as #8 in USA today poll. How are they not a top 16 regional host site, especially with the attendance/$$ factor?
LSU has 40 wins, the #3 seed in the tourney, and ranked as high as #8 in USA today poll. How are they not a top 16 regional host site, especially with the attendance/$$ factor?
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Posted on 5/21/14 at 7:42 am to LSUTIGERTAILG8ER
Hosting is all about out of conference strength of schedule these days.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 7:44 am to LSUTIGERTAILG8ER
There are a lot of teams with hosting resumes. You hit the highlights of LSU's resume but they're #17 in RPI and 4-8 against rpi top 25. None of the teams on the bubble have flawless resumes so if they stumble in hoover they most certainly wont host.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 7:44 am to LSUTIGERTAILG8ER
It's really about comparing our resume against those we are competing with to host. RPI is borderline and our
OOC SOS is in the 70s/80s, among other things.
OOC SOS is in the 70s/80s, among other things.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 7:46 am to LSUTIGERTAILG8ER
quote:Many teams do, and they have much better SOS as us.
LSU has 40 wins
quote:This is our strongest case. But even last year, the 3 seed didn't host (Arkansas).
the #3 seed in the tourney
quote:Don't mean shite.
ranked as high as #8
quote:Doesn't exist anymore.
the attendance/$$ factor
Posted on 5/21/14 at 7:49 am to LSUTIGERTAILG8ER
First of all, there are about 4-5 college baseball polls, and LSU is around #14 in most of those. They did finish as the #3 seed for the SEC tournament, but only by a half game. The NCAA doesn't only look at SEC games. The rest of our schedule is full of the suck, while other teams played a few quality opponents. The RPI, which takes into account strength of schedule, has consistently had LSU around #15-#18 in the last two weeks. With 16 host sites, that would put LSU squarely on the bubble.
Also, for some reason baseball is the only sport in which the NCAA doesn't make a money grab and they would rather give a regional to some unknown team like Cal-Poly than a traditional power like LSU.
Also, for some reason baseball is the only sport in which the NCAA doesn't make a money grab and they would rather give a regional to some unknown team like Cal-Poly than a traditional power like LSU.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 7:51 am to ell_13
i really hate rpi... lol
16 yesterday.. didn't play.. 17 today
vandy won..which should make our 2 losses to them look better
tenn loss which i guess makes our 2 wins look worse..
bama lost so our 1 win against them takes a hit...
state won..which should make sweeping them look better..
uga lost so that makes our 2 1/2 winds there look worse
arky won..which should make the 2 wins there look better
aggies lost .. so that makes the 2 losses there look worse..
seems like we would just stay 16..
but wtf do i know?
16 yesterday.. didn't play.. 17 today
vandy won..which should make our 2 losses to them look better
tenn loss which i guess makes our 2 wins look worse..
bama lost so our 1 win against them takes a hit...
state won..which should make sweeping them look better..
uga lost so that makes our 2 1/2 winds there look worse
arky won..which should make the 2 wins there look better
aggies lost .. so that makes the 2 losses there look worse..
seems like we would just stay 16..
but wtf do i know?
Posted on 5/21/14 at 7:53 am to LSUTygerFan
well our percentage rating can stay the same but someone behind us could have had all of their opponents have a good day. plus maybe they played and won.
i dont know who jumped us though. didnt pay too close attention to it yesterday.
i dont know who jumped us though. didnt pay too close attention to it yesterday.
This post was edited on 5/21/14 at 7:54 am
Posted on 5/21/14 at 7:53 am to LSUTygerFan
quote:
but wtf do i know?
Judging by your posts, not much.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 7:54 am to Choupique19
quote:
Judging by your posts, not much.
apparently
Posted on 5/21/14 at 7:54 am to LSUTygerFan
also its opponents opponents as well, not just opponents
Posted on 5/21/14 at 7:54 am to Choupique19
Lulz.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 7:55 am to LSUTygerFan
Posted on 5/21/14 at 7:55 am to bbap
Cal Poly jumped us... they're not playing this weekend. They jumped because the teams they've played are winning.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 7:56 am to ell_13
quote:
They jumped us #BCPM.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 7:56 am to LSUTygerFan
The idea of swarming ULL with LSU fans is exhilarating to me, but hosting at The Box would obviously be better. Team is hot right now, so I see them making a another deep run in the SEC tournament and therefore hosting a regional.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 7:56 am to ell_13
im sure we'll jump them right back and maybe even up to 15 once we dismantle Vandy.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 7:57 am to ell_13
quote:
Cal Poly jumped us... they're not playing this weekend. They jumped because the teams they've played are winning.
That's worse than the BCS.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 7:57 am to bbap
This game is an elimination game for a regional host site
Posted on 5/21/14 at 7:58 am to nicholastiger
quote:
This game is an elimination game for a regional host site
well that's wrong
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