re: Deep dive into baseball postseason (what is best for LSU)

Yea, I have no doubts we are in now.

Agreed. Got the two wins I think we needed. Awesome game.

Clemson eliminates Miami.

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Clemson eliminates Miami.

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And likely ends Jim Morris' coaching career

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And likely ends Jim Morris' coaching career

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Just realized that Miami has had two coaches since 1963. Talk about some long tenures.

Some teams go through two coaches in one year, so that is pretty impressive.

Big 10/12 tourney games could have affected the RPI's of OU, Okie St, Ohio State, etc. if USC played Clemson, they might have gotten a bump there.

Does anyone know who advances in the ACC tourney if a pod is a 3-way tie at 1-1? Asking for the UVA/NC State/FSU pod.

Thanks for your work on this, oOoLsUtIgErSoOo! This thread makes it way easier to view all these permutations of bubbledom at a glance.

Hopefully the SCAR win was enough to stamp our ticket. Beating a Top 5 team next with few pitching options left is quite a hill to climb but if they do that, it'll be a lock.

Alright guys, everything is now updated as of games that finished yesterday.

Not to put anybody in panic mode, but there are a lot of bubble teams making a strong case for themselves. There are also some conference tournaments that are looking strong for having a team steal a bid. Looking back at it now, winning the game last night for LSU was HUGE. I am pretty certain that they are safely in at this point, but when this is all said and done LSU still may be one of the last couple of teams that make it in.

Here are some conference tournaments that seem like a bid steal is possible.

ACC - Clemson and Duke/Louisville will be in the semi-final round. That's a good thing. NC State has a chance to make it into the semi-final round also, but FSU and Virginia also have a chance. Pitt is already in. So, possibly half of the teams in the semi-finals could be bid stealing teams.

Big 12 - Nothing about this tournament is going good, as far as bubble teams are concerned. Baylor (a bubble team) is 2-0. TCU (not even a bubble team, but a straight bid stealer) is also 2-0. Texas is gone. It's all up to Oklahoma and Texas Tech to try to come back and take this tournament. Each of those teams are facing bid stealers as well in WVU and Kansas.

Colonial - Northeastern is a possible at-large, if they do not win. Nobody else in this conference is even close. Northeastern lost its first game, and is havng to battle through the losers bracket.

Southland - Sam Houston is a possible at-large, but not very likely. They are no threat to LSU for sure. However, someone may steal a bid here with Sam Houston dropping a game early. It's also possible that the Southland is a 1 bid league.

Big East, Atlantic Sun, CUSA, Sunbelt, Big 10 - all have some bubble teams still making a case for themselves. The clear favorites are doing well in these tournaments so far though. Stolen bids are possible, but not likely.

Pac-12 is not playing in a tournament, but the bubble teams are doing well so far. Washington and Arizona both won last night, with Washington's win coming over Stanford.

I don't know either.

Seems that just sending the highest seed is pretty weak, but maybe they set it up that way to protect their bubble teams and fringe national seeds.