RPI Watch

[GoneGolfin]

A 4 national seed? Oh man. Now you're going to hold that football in place. I believe yoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think Florida, Oregon State, and Virginia are seeded ahead of the Cajuns ... as is likely Florida State (but not a sure thing). Next, I think Indiana may be seeded ahead of the Cajuns ... but possibly behind the Cajuns ... especially if they lose to Nebraska. So, best case is #4 ... but #6 would seem to be more likely.

Brian

[Bandwagon King]

If we're having to do this much nitt picking at the end of a 59 game season to determine RPI & therefore seeding, then at some point common sense should dictate that record is as valuable as RPI. If we're going to the fourth digit behind the decimal to determine who the better team is then sooner or later commons sense dictates that the eyeball test must carry some weight.

[jllanclos]

If we're having to do this much nitt picking at the end of a 59 game season to determine RPI & therefore seeding, then at some point common sense should dictate that record is as valuable as RPI. If we're going to the fourth digit behind the decimal to determine who the better team is then sooner or later commons sense dictates that the eyeball test must carry some weight.

No. Common sense dictates that University-Name sucks worse than the worst team in the SEC, by sheer virtue of the fact that they're the SEC.

How are those 11 teams they got doing in softball? Oh.

Rant over. Damn I wish it was Monday at noon. I know some people call this part "fun." This isn't the part I call "fun."

Could be worse, though. I know my name's going to be called, and my boys will be sleeping in their own beds next weekend.

[GoneGolfin]

Both Virginia and Florida State will be national seeds.

There is a good chance that Florida will be the #1 National Seed.

Unfortunately, Southern Miss is about to lose ... and Rice will face UTSA in the CUSA Championship game.

Meanwhile, there is real risk that #24 Alabama .5671 may be surpassed by #25 Maryland .5665 (vs. Georgia Tech tomorrow), #26 UNLV .5664 (must be beaten twice by San Diego State), and .5654 Nebraska (vs. Indiana tomorrow). #23 Indiana State, also .5671, is just in front of Alabama. The Sycamores are done until the NCAA Tournament.

Brian

Washington losing again Saturday night will help Alabama stay in the RPI Top 25. I do not think Washington is likely to recover to surpass Alabama at this point. They are also in the process of losing a host regional (having lost the first two games of the series to a 25-29 UCLA team).

#20 Kentucky .5755 (cannot be caught by anyone below)
#21 Indiana State .5671 (finished play)
#22 Alabama .5669 (finished play)
#23 Maryland .5665 (will pass Alabama with a win over Georgia Tech)
#24 Oregon .5665 (will pass Alabama with a win over California)
#25 Nebraska .5650 (will pass Alabama with a win over Indiana)
#26 Washington .5643 (not likely to pass Alabama with a win over UCLA)
#27 UNLV .5633 (can possibly pass Alabama with a win over San Diego State)
#28 Dallas Baptist (finished play, Alabama out of reach)

Brian

[LifeTimeCajun]

If we're having to do this much nitt picking at the end of a 59 game season to determine RPI & therefore seeding, then at some point common sense should dictate that record is as valuable as RPI. If we're going to the fourth digit behind the decimal to determine who the better team is then sooner or later commons sense dictates that the eyeball test must carry some weight.

Through all this...this right here might of summed all this RPI crap up. Well said. Sooner or later the eyeball test has to factor in. Take all the computers out of it, all the formulas, and make a descision based on what u see and your gut

[Turbine]

Listen to all the silly nonsensical commentary in the media and you will quickly find out what the eyeball test will get you.

Not much.

[lcitsh]

http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/weekly...14MBArpi1.html

2014 NCAA Men's Baseball RPI
Through Games of May 24, 2014
Generated: Sunday 05/25/14 06:05 AM
------- Division I Only --------
Rank Prev Rank Name Conf W-L-T Road Neut Home Non-Div I
1 1 Virginia Atlantic Coast 44-13-0 13-7-0 2-3-0 29-3-0 0-0-0
2 2 Florida Southeastern 40-20-0 12-8-0 5-1-0 23-11-0 0-0-0
3 4 Florida St. Atlantic Coast 43-15-0 16-6-0 2-2-0 25-7-0 0-0-0
4 3 Indiana Big Ten 41-13-0 18-8-0 5-2-0 18-3-0 0-0-0
5 5 Oregon St. Pac-12 42-11-0 14-5-0 7-2-0 21-4-0 0-0-0
6 6 Louisiana Sun Belt 52-7-0 22-2-0 3-0-0 27-5-0 0-0-0
7 9 Vanderbilt Southeastern 41-18-0 13-7-0 2-2-0 26-9-0 0-0-0
8 8 Rice Conference USA 40-18-0 16-7-0 4-4-0 20-7-0 0-0-0
9 7 Texas Big 12 38-18-0 12-6-0 5-2-0 21-10-0 0-0-0
10 13 LSU Southeastern 43-14-1 10-9-0 4-0-0 29-5-1 0-0-0
11 10 Houston AAC 43-15-0 14-4-0 4-3-0 25-8-0 0-0-0
12 11 TCU Big 12 41-15-0 12-6-0 7-2-0 22-7-0 0-0-0
13 12 South Carolina Southeastern 42-16-0 9-9-0 1-2-0 32-5-0 0-0-0
14 14 Ole Miss Southeastern 41-18-0 15-7-0 1-4-0 25-7-0 0-0-0
15 16 Miami (FL) Atlantic Coast 41-17-0 17-5-0 1-2-0 23-10-0 0-0-0
16 15 Cal Poly Big West 45-10-0 18-7-0 0-0-0 27-3-0 0-0-0
17 17 Texas Tech Big 12 40-18-0 7-9-0 2-5-0 31-4-0 0-0-0
18 19 Oklahoma St. Big 12 45-15-0 13-4-0 10-3-0 22-8-0 0-0-0
19 18 Kentucky Southeastern 35-23-0 10-11-0 6-2-0 19-10-0 0-0-0
20 20 Louisville AAC 45-14-0 12-6-0 4-1-0 29-7-0 0-0-0
21 23 Indiana St. Missouri Valley 35-16-0 17-10-0 3-3-0 15-3-0 0-0-0
22 26 Alabama Southeastern 34-22-0 11-10-0 2-1-0 21-11-0 0-0-0
23 22 Oregon Pac-12 42-18-0 18-10-0 0-0-0 24-8-0 0-0-0
24 24 Maryland Atlantic Coast 36-20-0 11-12-0 4-1-0 21-7-0 0-0-0
25 21 Washington Pac-12 38-15-1 15-5-0 3-4-1 20-6-0 0-0-0
26 25 UNLV Mountain West 35-22-0 11-17-0 3-2-0 21-3-0 0-0-0
27 28 Nebraska Big Ten 40-18-0 14-7-0 7-3-0 19-8-0 0-0-0
28 29 Dallas Baptist Missouri Valley 40-19-0 16-10-0 4-1-0 20-8-0 0-0-0
29 33 Long Beach St. Big West 32-24-0 13-13-0 0-0-0 19-11-0 0-0-0
30 27 Liberty Big South 41-16-0 14-7-0 5-4-0 22-5-0 0-0-0
31 31 Mississippi St. Southeastern 37-22-0 11-6-0 4-4-0 22-12-0 0-0-0
32 30 Arkansas Southeastern 38-23-0 8-10-0 5-3-0 25-10-0 0-0-0
33 35 Pepperdine West Coast 39-16-0 14-9-0 3-0-0 22-7-0 0-0-0
34 39 Columbia Ivy 29-18-0 18-15-0 2-0-0 9-3-0 0-0-0
35 34 Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast 35-25-0 6-13-0 4-1-0 25-11-0 0-0-0
36 38 Old Dominion Conference USA 36-24-0 13-9-0 4-3-0 19-12-0 0-0-0
37 36 Sam Houston St. Southland 41-17-0 14-8-0 3-3-0 24-6-0 0-0-0
38 37 West Virginia Big 12 28-26-0 12-18-0 5-4-0 11-4-0 0-0-0
39 40 Texas A&M Southeastern 33-24-0 9-11-0 0-1-0 24-12-0 0-0-0
40 32 Arizona St. Pac-12 32-22-0 9-11-0 4-0-0 19-11-0 0-0-0
41 46 North Carolina Atlantic Coast 34-25-0 8-12-0 3-2-0 23-11-0 0-0-0
42 42 Bryant Northeast 42-14-0 26-8-0 4-1-0 12-5-0 0-0-0
43 48 San Diego St. Mountain West 41-19-0 13-13-0 4-1-0 24-5-0 0-0-0
44 41 UC Irvine Big West 35-22-0 14-10-0 0-0-0 21-12-0 0-0-0
45 43 Mercer Atlantic Sun 38-17-0 14-11-0 0-2-0 24-4-0 0-0-0
46 45 Kansas Big 12 34-24-0 11-13-0 11-3-0 12-8-0 0-0-0
47 44 Stanford Pac-12 28-23-0 12-12-0 0-0-0 16-11-0 0-0-0
48 50 UCF AAC 36-23-0 11-11-0 2-1-0 23-11-0 0-0-0
49 47 Clemson Atlantic Coast 36-23-0 11-9-0 3-2-0 22-12-0 0-0-0
50 51 UC Santa Barbara Big West 34-17-1 13-11-0 2-0-0 19-6-1 0-0-0

[Bandwagon King]

Listen to all the silly nonsensical commentary in the media and you will quickly find out what the eyeball test will get you.

Not much.

The problem with those people is they have never even seen the Cajuns play. I can guarantee you, there is not another team in the country as relentless as the Cajuns are offensively. Their whole philosophy is about to change the way college baseball is played. They stole what seven bases the other night? & had passed balls good for another three bases? Some ridiculously crazy number against a good fielding team with a catcher who had nice throw out percentage. Nobody in this country can put the pressure on the opposing team's pitching & fielding the way the Cajuns can. I mean, When you look at the losses they did have this season. It is conceivable that this squad could have gone the whole season with two losses. Now, unless there is a huge difference in the RPI number, I see no way a 20 loss team should have a higher seed nationally than a seven loss team unless that twenty loss team had the Yankees, Dodgers, & Rangers on their docket for a three game series each. UL had enough of a sample size against the SEC to prove those guys aren't all that.

[NickatNite]

I'm sorry, but if a 22-2 road record doesn't carry serious weight, I don't know what does. Only other top 20 close to that is Houston at 14-4. Not to mention THE ONLY TEAM WITH SINGLE DIGIT LOSSES!!!!!!

[sportsfanatic21]

I know that the national seeds are handed out using RPI, and that the small amount of delineation usually involves conference championships, etc. But there also has to be at least a small amount of human element. As BWK said, the eyeball test has to come in at some point. And there will always be P5 conference bias. But it made me think, as far as perception goes, is there any way that the showing the softball team has had this year could have a small amount of influence if anything comes down to perception?

I know the SB-C was a pretty decent league this season, but again, we are talking perception here. And the perception is that the SB-C is a nothing conference (which, if you judge by administration tems, it absolutely is). But having our Ragin Cajun ladies on ESPN two days in a row, listening to the mediots talk up our P5 opponent, and our team just cruching their faces, could there be a little help there as far as perception of UL?

"This baseball team has a great record and all, but they play in the Sun Belt"

"Well, I heard someone say that about their softball team too, and I just watched them SPANK a mighty Arizona team. Maybe this baseball team has the same kind of potential"

I don't know. I'm just kind of thinking that if it comes down to it, any sliver of good could help us secure an "on the bubble" national seed. And it definitely cannot hurt.

Way to go ladies! And let's go guys, leave no doubt today. Bring home the title!!

GEAUX CAJUNS!!!!!!!