Men Wins Needed for a 2024 At Large bid

[huskymedic]

 

[businesslawyer]

Got through a week with no upside without hurting ourselves, and kept us two games up in the loss column for a conference championship. Four days off and then a Seton Hall club comparable to ‘Nova, but at least playing on the road won’t be such huge RPI killers.

 

[huskymedic]

Of note:

 

[businesslawyer]

Of note:

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This is interesting because in hoops, of course, they all swear that conference records and standings are totally irrelevant -- it's about total schedule treating all games equally. Now, baseball doesn't have to award at large bids on the same criteria as hoops, but the less visiability into what the criteria, is, the more room for favoritism.

 

[freescooter]

This is interesting because in hoops, of course, they all swear that conference records and standings are totally irrelevant -- it's about total schedule treating all games equally. Now, baseball doesn't have to award at large bids on the same criteria as hoops, but the less visiability into what the criteria, is, the more room for favoritism.

But that is a little misleading relative to conferences. In basketball pretty much everyone plays 20 league games which is 2/3 of your schedule. And since leagues are somewhat hierarchical, eg the ACC is better than the A-10, the league record is fairly important, especially for the high mid-majors. Kind of the same thing here but in this case we are in a baseball equivalent of the basketball A-10. In a league where there is at best 1 at-large, it is going to the best team in the league.

 

[billybud]

When the Top 25 includes 9 SEC teams (counting Oklahoma) and the ACC 7…. Conference does play in. IMHO

 

[huskymedic]

New week - new projections:

2024 NCAA Baseball Tournament Bracket: Projected Field Of 64 (May 1) — College Baseball, MLB Draft, Prospects - Baseball America

Ted Cahill's latest projected 2024 NCAA Baseball Tournament Bracket features four changes on the host line this week.

www.baseballamerica.com

Fayetteville, Ark.

1. (2) Arkansas^

2. UConn*

3. Louisiana Tech*

4. Arkansas-Little Rock*

 

[huskymedic]

New week - new projections:

2024 NCAA Baseball Tournament Bracket: Projected Field Of 64 (May 1) — College Baseball, MLB Draft, Prospects - Baseball America

Ted Cahill's latest projected 2024 NCAA Baseball Tournament Bracket features four changes on the host line this week.

www.baseballamerica.com

Fayetteville, Ark.

1. (2) Arkansas^

2. UConn*

3. Louisiana Tech*

4. Arkansas-Little Rock*

2024 D1Baseball Field of 64 Projections: May 1 • D1Baseball

The latest D1Baseball Field of 64 projections are out with one new top eight seed, while there are two brand new hosts this week.

d1baseball.com