2017 NCAA Softball Tournament Selection Show-9 pm ESPN 2

[GoneGolfin]

Not seeing how they were on the bubble, an 8 seems they had plenty of leeway

Ahem ... on the bubble for a Top 8 national seed ... which yields the right to host a super regional if you advance from the regional round.

Brian

[BeauCajun]

Not seeing how they were on the bubble, an 8 seems they had plenty of leeway

Seeds 1 - 8 are National Seeds. 8 would be a bubble National. They host a Super if they win their regional.

Seeds 9 - 16 are seeds. They only host a Super if the National Seed loses at Regional and they win their Regional.

[McNeese72]

Coachspeak??? I looked at the schedules yesterday and I don't thing this statement is exactly true.

"You look at common opponents we have played. ... McNeese has done better against common opponents than we have."

Doc

[Cajun90]

McNeese is no pushover. LSU beat them 4-3 early in the season at Baton Rouge. The return trip to McNeese was rained out.

IF we get by McNeese on day one and beat LSU on Saturday it could make for an interesting rematch between McNeese and LSU in the losers bracket.

[CajunEXPRESS]

The bid amounts are irrelevant as long as the minimum bid requirements are met.

Brian

So is there any reason or anyone who bids more than the minimum?

[GoneGolfin]

So is there any reason or anyone who bids more than the minimum?

This "minimum bid" is a financial guarantee. Not sure if it is the same for softball as in baseball (need to review the championship manuals) ... but baseball super regionals have a minimum financial guarantee of $35,000 and 75% of the estimated net receipts submitted on the hosting proposal. The actual amount owed the NCAA (at settlement) depends on the actual net receipts.

Brian

[31Ragin97]

This "minimum bid" is a financial guarantee. Not sure if it is the same for softball as in baseball (need to review the championship manuals) ... but baseball super regionals have a minimum financial guarantee of $35,000 and 75% of the estimated net receipts submitted on the hosting proposal. The actual amount owed the NCAA (at settlement) depends on the actual net receipts.

Brian

So it is a deal, not a bid ... I thought used to be bid was evaluated on various criteria.. I still dont understand why regardless ( and even the old bids) were so hush hush and not published

[31Ragin97]

Ahem ... on the bubble for a Top 8 national seed ... which yields the right to host a super regional if you advance from the regional round.

Brian

I think you are mixing baseball and softball in use of the term national seed... And their bubble didnt burst too badly considering the worst possible tourny outcome. So how were they really on the bubble?

[GoneGolfin]

I think you are mixing baseball and softball in use of the term national seed... And their bubble didnt burst too badly considering the worst possible tourny outcome. So how were they really on the bubble?

Are you for real? Surely all of the above is a joke.

Brian

[31Ragin97]

You said they were on bubble before tourny, they went winless and didnt even lose to the champs, im just sayin if they were on the bubble the bubble certainly did not burst, please show how they were in fact on alleged bubble?

[31Ragin97]

Why not publish the bids, when cities bid formthe cfp the bids were new. I even recall fiesta bowl was charged with corruption, but them winning the bid wasnt affected oddly enough. Cheating pays i guess with ncaa??

[CajunEXPRESS]

So everyone has the same bids, only the net outcome will be based on the success of the bidders?