Louisiana Softball Makes BR Regional

[basinbear]

My Boomerese is not on point this morning. Someone. Help?

Sorry.....I don't start drinking hard liquor until noon....

[ragin50]

If they want to still call us ULL or Louisiana Lafayette, or UL Lafayette, we call them State instead of LSU to get them riled up.

I think A&M BR would be better

[anhil8tor]

They can call us whatever the hell they want as long as we beat them.... winning and time will help us.

[UncleCajun]

Interesting interview with head of Softball Selection Committee:

http://www.justinsworldofsoftball.co...-natalie-shock

[CajunEXPRESS]

Winning a regional would be impressive with the hitting limitations the squad deals with. However, from a national perspective NIT basketball (even when dwarfed by the NCAA) will always gets more attention than any softball game. Simply a factor of of the northern portion of the country not paying attention to a female diamond sport. I understand that may not be the view of some of our softball supporters due to the passion with which they support their favorite program. My point is not to disrespect those positions or the accomplishments of the female athletes which represent us with class. It is simply to point out how things are viewed nationally.

Not sure what you’re trying to say Mike? Men’s NIT or women’s.

Softball is one of the fastest growing sports period. No women’s sports create a blip on macro level, but you’d be wrong to dismiss softball. It’s growing in all areas. Naturally it’s not going to be big in cities like NY because of land use. But it’s big in red counties who way outnumber blue counties.

[Cajunrunner]

Not sure what you’re trying to say Mike? Men’s NIT or women’s.

Softball is one of the fastest growing sports period. No women’s sports create a blip on macro level, but you’d be wrong to dismiss softball. It’s growing in all areas. Naturally it’s not going to be big in cities like NY because of land use. But it’s big in red counties who way outnumber blue counties.

Yeah...I’ve got to be honest, and I know basketball, even the NIT, likely moves the needle more than Softball Regionals.

But I’d sure as hell get more excited about our girls pulling an upset and going to a Super Regional, which is reserved for only 16 teams in the country, than any win we’d get in the NIT, which means we were left out of the Top 64.

[Cajunrunner]

........So still waiting for a rebuttal of sorts when we are called ull, Lafayette, UL laf, etc, that coach refers to them as state......example...”well we have had some great matchups in basketball and softball and won 2 this year in baseball. It is sure to be a fun thing when the Louisiana Cajuns and state match up. Tough playing state in BR.” Can you imagine the tiger poo poo postings???

Who gives a ____? How we compete on the field is what I want.

[zephyr]

If they want to still call us ULL or Louisiana Lafayette, or UL Lafayette, we call them State instead of LSU to get them riled up.

Got it. I must say, if there are two souls we can rely upon to play the name game fight, its you and Boomer! LOL

[ragin50]

Interesting interview with head of Softball Selection Committee:

http://www.justinsworldofsoftball.co...-natalie-shock

Interesting but very predictable interview. Too many "softball" questions and typical answers avoiding some issues. I wish he would have asked how anyone can justify the SEC hosting 9 regionals. She said they don't look at the fact that all SEC teams got in. BS.

[UncleCajun]

Interesting but very predictable interview. Too many "softball" questions and typical answers avoiding some issues. I wish he would have asked how anyone can justify the SEC hosting 9 regionals. She said they don't look at the fact that all SEC teams got in. BS.

Chairman says they do not pay attention to conferences, but to body of work, bad losses, RPI as starting element. - Chairman lost credibility to me when she said they did not consider Conferences, but strength of schedule, when we all know Strength of Schedule is artificially built into being on a SEC schedule. Agree on BS.

[Reality Check]

Winning a regional would be impressive with the hitting limitations the squad deals with. However, from a national perspective NIT basketball (even when dwarfed by the NCAA) will always gets more attention than any softball game. Simply a factor of of the northern portion of the country not paying attention to a female diamond sport. I understand that may not be the view of some of our softball supporters due to the passion with which they support their favorite program. My point is not to disrespect those positions or the accomplishments of the female athletes which represent us with class. It is simply to point out how things are viewed nationally.

I would like to see the most current tv numbers for NCAA Softball vs. men's NIT.

[Reality Check]

Interesting but very predictable interview. Too many "softball" questions and typical answers avoiding some issues. I wish he would have asked how anyone can justify the SEC hosting 9 regionals. She said they don't look at the fact that all SEC teams got in. BS.

The fact of the matter is that the SEC teams had higher RPI's, higher SOS, and more quality wins than teams in other conferences. If one looks strictly at the numbers, it was a no brainer that 9 SEC hosted regionals.