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Lexie Elkins had three hits and three RBI and Shelbi Redfearn had four hits, as the No. 16 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns swept No. 14 Baylor, 5-2 and 7-4 at Getterman Stadium on Tuesday.
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Lexie Elkins had three hits and three RBI and Shelbi Redfearn had four hits, as the No. 16 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns swept No. 14 Baylor, 5-2 and 7-4 at Getterman Stadium on Tuesday.
I am sure the Baylor series will improve our RPI, but will the Texas-Arlington series drop it back down?
Sounds like a rain dance is in order!
It will drop it down, but it won't counterbalance it. We have 3 wins over Baylor and they are 20 games over .500. UTA is 7 games under .500, if we sweep that is 10 games under which still gives us a +30 game differential. Add to that, we get bonus points for top 75 non-conference wins and we come out way ahead.Quote:
Originally Posted by DaddyCajun
60% chance of rain on Sunday.Quote:
Originally Posted by cajundiehard
At this point the most important thing is beating powerful high ranked teams, and not losing to bad teams. Just face the RPI music.Quote:
Originally Posted by DaddyCajun
Our illustrious AD might call some of his pals on the committee and say now that I am not on the committee I do not feel comfortable with anything but a national seed. Na, he ain't got the nada to do that.
Baylor announcers were very professional and complimentary in losing to a better team. It did take two games tonight for them to get it though.
Yes ... because in the first game the color girl thought that Baylor pitching outshone Cajun pitching ... but the hitting was about even.Quote:
Originally Posted by CajunEXPRESS
Brian
Ha, she only counted the Baylor errors that hurt their team and not ours. Sounds like a coach.
Megan Turk, a former Baylor player. This game was on the Baylor network (not national) and was picked up by Fox Sports.Quote:
Originally Posted by CajunEXPRESS
Yes ... but this is just a very rough approximation. You cannot sum win and loss differentials because that is not the way OWP is calculated. Especially when averaging a team with a high winning percentage with one under .500. You weight and sum the winning percentages.Quote:
Originally Posted by lcitsh
Baylor's OWP contribution is .78049 (32-9), while UTA will be .41861 (18-25). This comes to a combined .59955 weighted by six games (provided all three games vs. UTA are played). And certainly ... the Cajuns' OWP improves with this contribution of games.
This is big. But it is particularly big because, at present, they are RPI Top 25 wins ... much better than just Top 75 (third bonus tier of .0014). However, for bonus purposes, Baylor is not far from falling out of the Top 25 ... as they were #19 entering the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by lcitsh
If the two losses knocks Baylor out of the Top 25 ... the Cajuns will receive an RPI bonus of .0021 * 2 = .0042. If Baylor remains in the Top 25 ... the Cajuns will receive an RPI bonus of .0028 * 2 = .0056.
Entering the week, the Cajuns were .00491 behind Oregon at #5 (the RPI bonus alone closes this gap), and .01015 away from UCLA at #4 (the RPI bonus alone closes half the gap). Meanwhile, more separation from Michigan and Florida State.
Brian