LSU outlook for hosting a regional

I would love to be talking about what LSU has to do to get a national seed in this year's installment, but that's not the case. Hosting a regional is still a possibility though, so we will compare LSU against the rest of the field.


Locks to host a regional

I think these teams are going to be national seeds/have a host spot already locked up, so I'm not going to bother breaking down their resume.

1. Vandy
2. UCLA
3. Arkansas
4. Mississippi St
5. Georgia
6. ECU
7. Louisville
8. Texas Tech
9. Stanford
10. Georgia Tech
11. Oklahoma St.

Legit Hosting Opportunities

If my above projections are correct, that leaves 5 host spots up for grabs.

LSU
36-23
17-13
RPI- 21
SOS- 6
Quad 1- 20-15
Quad 2- 5-5
Quad 3- 4-2
Quad 4- 7-1

W vs SC, L vs Miss St, W vs Auburn, Fri vs MSU


Miami
39-17
18-12
RPI- 16
SOS- 30
Quad 1- 13-13
Quad 2- 7-2
Quad 3- 3-0
Quad 4- 16-2

Thur vs Virginia, Fri vs UNC
Miami vs UNC winner advances to semis

Oregon St
35-17-1
20-7
RPI- 14
SOS- 17
Quad 1- 16-9
Quad 2- 10-5-1
Quad 3- 0-2
Quad 4- 9-1
1-1 vs Stanford last weekend (2nd game was rained out) Thur-Sat vs USC- down 0-1

UC Santa Barbara
44-8
18-4
RPI- 15
SOS- 160
Quad 1- 3-0
Quad 2- 11-2
Quad 3- 6-4
Quad 4- 24-2

3 game set vs Cal Poly Thu-Sat - Drops game 1. Down 0-1

UNC
39-17
17-13
RPI- 19
SOS- 33
Quad 1- 11-11
Quad 2- 11-3
Quad 3- 8-1
Quad 4- 9-2
W vs Virginia, Fri vs Miami

West Virginia
36-18
13-11
RPI- 11
SOS- 27
Quad 1- 8-9
Quad 2- 15-8
Quad 3- 3-0
Quad 4- 10-1
W vs Kansas, W vs Texas Tech, Fri vs Texas Tech/Kansas winner

NC State -
42-15
18-12
RPI - 18
SOS- 52
Quad 1- 9-6
Quad 2- 11-7
Quad 3- 7-2
Quad 4- 15-0

Thur vs Wake, Fri vs FSU - NC State advances to semis

Texas A&M
37-21-1
16-13-1
RPI- 17
SOS- 8
Quad 1- 17-16-1
Quad 2- 8-3
Quad 3- 4-1
Quad 4- 8-1
W vs UF, L vs UGA, L vs Ole Miss 1-2 ELIMINATED


Ole Miss
35-24
16-14
RPI- 25
SOS- 12
Quad 1- 18-19
Quad 2- 5-3
Quad 3- 5-0
Quad 4- 7-2
W vs Mizzou, L vs Arkansas, W vs aTm, Fri vs Arky

Creighton
36-11
14-4
RPI- 22
SOS- 109
Quad 1- 5-1
Quad 2- 13-8
Quad 3- 2-1
Quad 4- 16-1
W vs Seton Hall, Fri vs St. John






So, as you can see by stacking LSU up against everybody else, all of these teams have some things that are also holding them down. As always, it comes down to what the committee favors over other things. If they put heavy emphasis on SOS and Q1 wins, LSU is a lock already. If RPI weighs heavily, LSU is squarely on the bubble and needs another win or two. Overall record also has LSU lagging behind. So, unless LSU makes a super deep run we won't really know for sure until next Monday if they are a lock to host.


I'll keep up with what everybody on this list is doing as they play during the week.