College Baseball 2022

Beer & Queso
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Texas will always host if it is close because crowds show up here.

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My understanding was that the decisions were made before the conclusion of the B12 championship game

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It’s also a bit weird to frame it as “Texas hosts and OU doesn’t.” Probably could have made the same observation for all the hosts from Okie State on down.

I think it’s also hard to argue that Texas isn’t a top 16 seed.

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Two words: Who fucking cares?

Two more: Fuck the stupid fucking Sooners and their dipshit fans.

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Forget it. He’s rolling.

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I don’t know what the final results were, but their RPI system is relied upon heavily from what I read. UT fared well in that department.

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I have two more: OU Sucks!

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Some of the other teams heading to the tournament plus other notes…

  • The SEC and ACC each have 9 teams heading to the postseason while the PAC 12 has 5.

  • Tennessee – not exactly a shocker they have the #1 overall seed after winning the SEC regular season title by a record 6 games and then winning the conference tourney by a combined 35-10 score over Vandy, LSU, Kentucky and Florida. Finished at 53-7 and winners of 8 in a row and 12 of their last 13. Led the SEC in hits, runs, doubles, triples, homers, walks, batting average and on base percentage while on the pitching side they topped the league in runs allowed, ERA, opponent’s batting average and strikeouts. The Vols are the first program since 1996 to rank in the top five nationally in runs scored and in pitching ERA in the same season. The 141 dingers they hit this season topped the nation and was 13 more than any other program.

  • ECU – the AAC champ (both regular season and conference tournament) got a top 8 national seed and enter the postseason on an 18 game winning streak. Never would have guessed they’ve been to the tournament 32 times. Even more notable is in none of those 32 appearances have they ever advanced to the CWS.

  • Texas State – finished at 45-12 and heads to the Stanford regional. If they want to advance to a super regional, they’ll have to get past the host team which has the #2 overall seed.

  • Stanford – and speaking of the PAC 12 champ (regular season and conference tourney), they’re streaking having won 16 straight games and entered postseason play with a 41-14 record.

  • Oregon State – the PAC 12 runner-up finished with a 44-15 record and copped the #3 overall seed.

  • Virginia Tech – finished 41-12 and won the ACC Coastal Division regular season title with a 19-9 record. Those accomplishments plus a top 5 RPI ranking resulted in a #4 overall seed.

  • Miami – the Canes went 39-18 and finished just behind the Hokies in the ACC Coastal Division. They’re the #5 overall seed.

  • Texas A&M – the #6 overall seed finished the season at 37-18 and went 19-11 to take the SEC West title. They start their regional on Friday against Oral Roberts but a potential weekend matchup against TCU would feature Kirk Saarloos going up against former boss Jim Schlossnagle.

  • Florida State – has been to the tournament a record 44 straight years.

  • DBU – heads to Austin with a relatively mediocre 34-22-1 record but that does include an impressive 10-1 win versus OU on May 3 as well as an 8-7 win on May 10 versus #7 overall seed OSU. It’s their 8th straight NCAA tourney appearance.

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I like the Big XII team in every regional they’re in.

Tech has a good chance against Notre Dame and the two other teams in their regional. Texas stands a great chance against AF, La. Tech and DBU. I think A&M is overrated and TCU has a great chance at an upset in that regional. Oklahoma is very underrated and has an opportunity to beat Florida, Jerry Falwell U., and the Chips. Oklahoma State is easily the favorite at home, but need to watch out for Grand Canyon U.

I don’t like Tech in a hypothetical Super-Regional vs Tennessee, but the other Big XII teams look pretty good in their hypothetical SRs. It could be a very good tournament for the Big XII with possibly more than one team making it to the CWS.

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If UT advances, I will be very surprised.

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I just don’t see how UT’s pitching can make it through. They’ve really only got two reliable starters, and the bullpen isn’t reliable at all. Maybe a couple of guys will step up and bail them out.

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“Make it through” in the regional or all the way through a potential Omaha run?

I don’t think this regional’s make-up is any tougher than what they faced in Arlington last week. It’s vital that they win their first two again though so that they have some margin for error after Hansen-Gordon.

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Through the regional. If they win the first two, they may be able to cobble together a win in the third snd make their way to the super. If they have to play more than three games, I think their chances drop substantially, but maybe the other teams have their own issues.

If they get to the super regional, anything could happen.

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You are right, they have an opportunity. But I would not over look Florida.
Florida has had a very good last month of the season. They are a team who has gotten hot at the right time. Since April 17th through the SEC tourney, they are 18-8 and 4 of the losses during that time were to Tenn. Tenn scored double digit runs in 26 of their 53 wins this season. They didn’t do that in any of the 4 games against Florida. I will be surprised if they get beat at home in a double elimination tourney.

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Grand Canyon letting me down.

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I’m sure yall know this, but this the best gameday-type way to follow the games if you can’t watch on tv:

https://www.statbroadcast.com/events/index.php

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Air Force is having an inauspicious 1st inning in the field.

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They seem a little nervous.

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They brought F-35s to an F-22 fight.

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