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re: For the SEC tournament is important crowd…
Posted on 6/6/23 at 10:07 am to BilJ
Posted on 6/6/23 at 10:07 am to BilJ
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fans were likely wanting their own insecurities about the team calmed more than anything
There are a lot of causal baseball fans that don't really pay attention until later in the season. Johnny's come lately only understand wins and losses. Baseball is a very strategic sport.
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Posted on 6/6/23 at 10:10 am to Sir Fury
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I would rather the SEC tourney be a 4-team setup, similar to the Regional format as opposed to what we have now. Put the top 4 teams in the Conference in and get it done in 3 days. If not that, then just the top two teams playing a best-of-3. The current format is too grueling and is actually a detriment to the teams that last longer in the tourney.
Or just run it like the ACC runs their tournament.
Posted on 6/6/23 at 10:10 am to BilJ
At the time of year when a lot of pitchers could use some rest, going deep in SEC tournament could be a liability. Pig ace Hagen Smith went 1.0 inning Sunday against TCU and gave up 8 ER taking his ERA from 2.69 to 3.71. He fared better on Monday giving up 1 ER in 3.2 to get ERA to 3.64. The Arkansas staff yielded 32 runs in 2 games to TCU; 31 ER in 17 innings for a staff ERA of 16.41. Ouch!
Posted on 6/6/23 at 10:48 am to ell_13
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This thread got so many downvotes.
I started a similar thread but didn't get as many downvotes. hehe
its nice to win the SEC tournament but least important part of the season
Posted on 6/6/23 at 10:55 am to tigersbh
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That’s a small data set. You need to go back at least 5 years to draw conclusions, imo.
exactly. LSU has the most national championships in the sec and has the most sec baseball tournament championships
Posted on 6/6/23 at 10:55 am to BilJ
There is no hard evidence one way or the other. Sometimes that's just the way it plays out.
Posted on 6/6/23 at 11:56 am to BilJ
I like to use it as a way to get some guys some post-season type reps that don't have many and tinkering with some minor lineup changes and if they win you a couple games, that's lagniappe.
Posted on 6/6/23 at 12:07 pm to CatfishJohn
Agreed. Also a good way to see how pitchers perform under high stress environments and/or short rest.
I agree it is overrated unless you need to win for seeding. But I also think it is an opportunity for players to work out a few things.
Feels like Crews came out of his slump in the tournament. Perhaps it allowed him to relax a bit as not much was on the line or us?
I agree it is overrated unless you need to win for seeding. But I also think it is an opportunity for players to work out a few things.
Feels like Crews came out of his slump in the tournament. Perhaps it allowed him to relax a bit as not much was on the line or us?
Posted on 6/6/23 at 12:30 pm to Broski
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The results over the last 20 years bare that out.
"Bear"
Posted on 6/6/23 at 12:41 pm to Broski
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I'll take it a step further and say making a deep run actually hurts the team in the longrun than helps.
The results over the last 20 years bare that out.
I mean...the last time LSU won the SEC tournament, they made the CWS finals.
I get the whole pitching and rest angle, but personally I refuse to believe that winning baseball games now hurts your ability to win baseball games in the future.
Posted on 6/6/23 at 1:03 pm to McMahonnequin
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I get the whole pitching and rest angle, but personally I refuse to believe that winning baseball games now hurts your ability to win baseball games in the future.
Yea, I think the most that can be said is that there appears to be very little upside in a team making its SEC tournament pitching decisions with an eye towards winning the tournament. To the extent you can rest who you want and still win, great.
I think the correct takeaway here is that the SEC has a lot of teams with similar talent levels, and a series of single game matchups where the teams aren't really trying is not the best way to determine which of those teams is the most likely to win a different tournament format where everyone is trying really hard.
Posted on 6/6/23 at 1:13 pm to The Truth 34
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Just like the SEC Basketball tournament. Meaningless.
And soon, the CCGs in football. With the big tournaments in both baseball & basketball… and CFP expanding to 12… there’s an argument to be made that conferences at all is barely necessary at this point.
Posted on 6/6/23 at 1:14 pm to BilJ
I’m glad this is being said.
In basketball, everyone says, “It’s meaningless,” but in baseball, posters treat Hoover like Omaha.
If one is meaningless, then both are meaningless.
In basketball, everyone says, “It’s meaningless,” but in baseball, posters treat Hoover like Omaha.
If one is meaningless, then both are meaningless.
Posted on 6/6/23 at 1:15 pm to McMahonnequin
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I mean...the last time LSU won the SEC tournament, they made the CWS finals.
I get the whole pitching and rest angle, but personally I refuse to believe that winning baseball games now hurts your ability to win baseball games in the future.
Look beyond LSU.
Posted on 6/6/23 at 10:13 pm to Hold That Tiger 10
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Or just run it like the ACC runs their tournament.
How do they run it? I haven’t watch their tourney.
Posted on 6/7/23 at 6:24 am to BilJ
It’s only irrelevant if you still live in Louisiana.
If you live somewhere else in SEC country, it’s more important than a natty.
If you live somewhere else in SEC country, it’s more important than a natty.
Posted on 6/7/23 at 6:34 am to BilJ
I think most people were concerned about the team’s play over the last 3-4 weeks of the regular season, not necessarily the SEC tournament.
Posted on 6/7/23 at 8:12 am to Sir Fury
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How do they run it? I haven’t watch their tourney.
They have 4 three-team pods with the 4 pod winners moving into a single elimination semifinal and final. Everyone is guaranteed two games. No one plays more than 4. It just gets a little wonky if a pod ends up with three 1-1 teams and they have to use tiebreakers to decide who advances.
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