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re: Perhaps the committee placed too much importance on RPI
Posted on 6/8/25 at 2:54 pm to tigerfoot
Posted on 6/8/25 at 2:54 pm to tigerfoot
quote:23 or 24 straight in a tough conference and through regionals and supers.
they are certainly hot
If Doyle had stayed, they would be no doubt top 5. They are good enough to win it without him
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Posted on 6/8/25 at 2:55 pm to saint tiger225
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Vanderbilt and Auburn were definitely seeded too high.
You can add Georgia to that list.
Posted on 6/8/25 at 2:58 pm to LSUFanHouston
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5 of top 8 seeds gone, another one facing elimination today
Well … that’s baseball.
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Maybe the committee needs to watch games and not just look at RPI
I’m sure they watch games. RPI is intended to reduce the bias that comes when a bunch of older generation travel ballers just argue about who passes “the eye test”.
RPI wasn’t perfect this year, but it was based on data rather than feelings. Watching underdogs win has been fun.
No deserving team was left out. I would rather pull for underdogs like Coastal Carolina than some “didn’t pass the eye test” lower seeded underdog like Vandy.
Posted on 6/8/25 at 3:12 pm to Willie Stroker
What was the fewest number top 8 seeds to make it.
Posted on 6/8/25 at 3:15 pm to Tiger1988
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Coastal is one of the best teams in the nation.
Yes they are and were under seeded. They most definitely should have been a Top 8 seed. The overall seedings this year were trash.
Posted on 6/8/25 at 3:15 pm to saint tiger225
And Oregon State
Posted on 6/8/25 at 3:27 pm to LSUFanHouston
When the #6 team in the SEC gets the #4 overall seed, yes they relied far too much on RPI.
Posted on 6/8/25 at 3:27 pm to Broski
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I don't think this postseason being a bloodbath means the committee did a bad job.
You could argue that they did a better job of picking the bubble teams that made the regionals more competitive than expected..
I wouldn't argue anything except that baseball is a sport that will make a genius look like an idiot and an idiot look like a genius.
Posted on 6/8/25 at 3:37 pm to da prophet
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What was the fewest number top 8 seeds to make it.
You want to select a singular data point limited to top 8 seeding among a pool of 64 as a measure of the selection criteria’s success or failure?
Why should I give a shite about seeding if the best teams still win enough to make it?
With unlimited transfers, there is obviously more parity. As long as they get the top 64 right why bother debating the precision of the top 8 if the better teams can still win a double elimination tournament?
How about next year, start a topic about which top 8 teams will not advance to the CWS and let’s see how many get it right.
This post was edited on 6/8/25 at 4:18 pm
Posted on 6/8/25 at 4:14 pm to LSUFanHouston
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Perhaps the committee placed too much importance on RPI
If the committee did great work each year then Ole Miss would not have won the whole thing as the last team they selected that year.
Posted on 6/8/25 at 4:46 pm to LSUFanHouston
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5 of top 8 seeds gone, another one facing elimination today
Maybe the committee needs to watch games and not just look at RPI
What would it look like based on BA rankings at the time of the selection?
Posted on 6/8/25 at 7:02 pm to da prophet
Over the last 10 years, 2 in 2022.
Posted on 6/10/25 at 8:17 am to Broski
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Because these power 5 teams aren’t actually spending that much money on baseball
$2mm to $3mm on a baseball roster is alot of money.
Posted on 6/10/25 at 9:19 am to DallasTiger11
But we weren’t so…..
Posted on 6/10/25 at 9:26 am to DallasTiger11
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Yeah LSU fans running their mouths only a week after we were nearly part of one of the greatest upsets in history is rich
LSU is in the CWS. What’s really rich is “LSU fans” dickriding other sec teams who finished below us and knighting for those teams to have what they think is some “edgy, hot take” when in reality it just shows they don’t watch the games and don’t know shite about who’s good and who is overrated.
And for the last time, Little Rock certainly wasn’t playing like one of the worst teams in the field over their 9 postseason games. Cherry-picking data points is so typical of some of our “fans” to support mythical scenarios instead of looking at what has actually happened lol.
Who’s in the CWS ? There’s your RPI.
Posted on 6/10/25 at 9:37 am to Tammany Tom
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They most definitely should have been a Top 8 seed. The overall seedings this year were trash.
Disagree. Not to take away from anything they have done. But who are you placing them ahead of that was in the top 8 and why? The only good arguments based on resume was Oregon St. and they are also in Omaha.
This post was edited on 6/10/25 at 9:54 am
Posted on 6/10/25 at 9:44 am to LSUFanHouston
There is a lot of parity in college baseball right now as teams adjust to the portal era. Also, the college baseball postseason is destined from randomness due to its format. One bad game can derail your season in a regional.
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