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CubsFanBudMan
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re: How to expand the field past 64?
Posted by CubsFanBudMan on 5/27/24 at 1:16 pm
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A local sports radio guy has been suggesting a play-in like the basketball tournament has. Four teams at a neutral location, winner gets that last spot.[/quote]
How about this? After the last regular season game prior to the conference tournament, identify a group of bubble teams, maybe ...
re: Unc baseball stadium
Posted by CubsFanBudMan on 5/27/24 at 12:37 pm
[quote]Just looks like trees in the OF[/quote]
And a little soccer field thingy. Image from google maps in case you want to know where the sun will rise and set.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/hbwbHp9.jpeg[/img]...
re: 11 AM first pitch friday ESPNU (central) pasted/link of all times
Posted by CubsFanBudMan on 5/27/24 at 12:28 pm
[quote]The SECN, ACCN and the ESPN channels have already picked their friday games and of course the will have their national coverage on ESPN+ as well as on the network for bases loaded throughout the whole tournament.[/quote]
Does the ACCN have an ACCN+? The difference between SECN+ and ESPN+ i...
re: How to expand the field past 64?
Posted by CubsFanBudMan on 5/27/24 at 12:24 pm
Well, they guy on the right of KP said to expand it to 72 with 32 host sites. KP then said something like, oh make the first weekend best 2/3. But the math wouldn't work out unless you had 16 teams play for 8 spots, then pick up the current format. Not sure how you expand to 32 regionals unless you ...
PSA: Hold The Rope on @ 1:00 Central
Posted by CubsFanBudMan on 5/27/24 at 12:07 pm
ESPN News...
re: Six Louisiana teams selected.
Posted by CubsFanBudMan on 5/27/24 at 12:02 pm
Being lazy, how does that compare against other states? Obviously Texas is usually well represented...
re: 11 AM first pitch friday ESPNU (central) pasted/link of all times
Posted by CubsFanBudMan on 5/27/24 at 12:01 pm
I see the UNC game is on ESPN+. Does that mean no ACC network for this regional? We will either be on one of the ESPN/2/U or have to subscribe to +? Worst part about not hosting for a fan is not have SECN or SECN+ available for the site....
How to expand the field past 64?
Posted by CubsFanBudMan on 5/27/24 at 11:57 am
Expanding from 48 (6 teams in 8 regionals) to 64 was easy. How do you expand beyond 64 without adding an extra weekend? bringing back the 6 team bracket for the regional would make it 96 teams. I think that's too far. Maybe bring in a 4v5 single elimination game on Thursday. That would add 16 teams ...
re: Can lsu get a top 16 regional host???
Posted by CubsFanBudMan on 5/23/24 at 10:49 pm
I'll repeat, I don't think winning out will get LSU a host site, but I enjoy debating what I would consider weak arguments. The weakest being that the committee isn't going to just ignore the other 50 games. LSU is one of the hottest teams going 16-5 over the last 21, and a tourney win would put the...
re: Can lsu get a top 16 regional host???
Posted by CubsFanBudMan on 5/23/24 at 10:26 pm
To devalue LSU's wins vs UGA and UK because they didn't start a weekend guy is devaluing LSU's pitching against the regular weekend hitting lineups. LSU scored the most runs and gave up the fewest runs amongst the Tuesday Wednesday games winning by a combined margin of 20-1. You should argue that i...
re: Can lsu get a top 16 regional host???
Posted by CubsFanBudMan on 5/23/24 at 10:17 pm
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What about their batters? I would normally call them hitters, but UGA scored 1 run and UK got 1 hit.
I’d look at it the other way. Why in the hell would you start a guy who pitched Thursday Friday or Saturday on Wednesday the following week? Keep them on schedule. Like lsu did ...
re: Can lsu get a top 16 regional host???
Posted by CubsFanBudMan on 5/23/24 at 10:10 pm
[quote]UGA and UK were not throwing their weekend starters to start either game, that should tell you everything you need to know. It doesnt mean they cant win the game, but it does mean they arent putting their best forward to win the game, otherwise why not throw those guys?[/quote]
What about ...
re: Can lsu get a top 16 regional host???
Posted by CubsFanBudMan on 5/23/24 at 10:02 pm
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because we beat 3 or 4 teams who didnt even care about the outcome of the game.
O stfu. You don’t think they care about winning? Cmon man. Tell us you never played sports without telling us you never did.[/quote]
UGA: Lock to host regional, fighting for a top 8 seed to host ...
re: Can lsu get a top 16 regional host???
Posted by CubsFanBudMan on 5/23/24 at 9:51 pm
[quote]The committee does not forget the other 50 plus games[/quote]
How many teams have started 16-2 and finished 18-5 with an SEC conference tourney win and not hosted? ...
re: RPI up to 21, KPI up to 15
Posted by CubsFanBudMan on 5/23/24 at 9:42 pm
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re: Can lsu get a top 16 regional host???
Posted by CubsFanBudMan on 5/23/24 at 9:40 pm
[quote]The committee does not forget the other 50+ games and LSU being crap for a lot of it.[/quote]
Were they crap during the 16-2 start or the current 17-5 streak? Yes, they started the SEC weekends slow, which included road sweeps against a couple of top RPI teams.
I agree that past history...
re: Age of avg. vehicle in U.S. hits 12.6 yrs.
Posted by CubsFanBudMan on 5/22/24 at 4:36 pm
I guess my Tacoma is better than average. It's 12.4 years old. Plan on giving it to my 12.33 year old kid when it's time.
I'd love to see a percentage of cars owned by age. Newer cars get totaled so easily now, between the electronics of newer technology (resetting/replacing driver assist, lane ...
re: Per Baseball America regarding Tommy Tanks place in homerun history
Posted by CubsFanBudMan on 5/22/24 at 4:17 pm
[quote]This is worded kind of odd. He's 5 behind Furniss' career (80), but not as an LSU player. Tommy has 48 as a Tiger so far, but 27 before he came to LSU.[/quote]
I'm not sure why you are getting the DV. I thought the same thing. It's not like if TT hits 6 more, which is very possible, he wil...
re: What is the difference between a 2 and 3 seed in a regional?
Posted by CubsFanBudMan on 5/22/24 at 4:10 pm
Also, baseball is a lot different than basketball where 8/9, 4/5, and 2/3 are a lot closer. #2 seed represents ranks from 17-32 and #3 seed represents 33-48. So as a 3 seed, you could be playing a team that was snubbed from hosting. As a 2 seed, you could be playing lower level at-large team, or a c...
re: What is the difference between a 2 and 3 seed in a regional?
Posted by CubsFanBudMan on 5/22/24 at 3:58 pm
[quote]We’ve done well as visitors these first 2 games, [/quote]
Based on June weather in the south, you'd rather your pitcher complete the top of the inning when the rain delay comes in the middle of the inning....
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