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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
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 3:27 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.
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