Lady Cajuns Sweep #14 Lady Bears in Midweek Doubleheader

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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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[DaddyCajun]

I am sure the Baylor series will improve our RPI, but will the Texas-Arlington series drop it back down?

[cajundiehard]

Sounds like a rain dance is in order!

[lcitsh]

I am sure the Baylor series will improve our RPI, but will the Texas-Arlington series drop it back down?

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.

[lcitsh]

Sounds like a rain dance is in order!

60% chance of rain on Sunday.

[CajunEXPRESS]

I am sure the Baylor series will improve our RPI, but will the Texas-Arlington series drop it back down?

At this point the most important thing is beating powerful high ranked teams, and not losing to bad teams. Just face the RPI music.

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.

[GoneGolfin]

At this point the most important thing is beating powerful high ranked teams, and not losing to bad teams. Just face the RPI music.

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.

Brian

[CajunEXPRESS]

Ha, she only counted the Baylor errors that hurt their team and not ours. Sounds like a coach.

[lcitsh]

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.

[GoneGolfin]

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.

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.

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.

Add to that, we get bonus points for top 75 non-conference wins and we come out way ahead.

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.

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

[DaddyCajun]

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.

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.

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

Awesome, thanks as always Brian!!!

[ulXrunner]

Way to Geaux ladies! Great wins.