Baylor tournament

[angeleast]

We gonna be ok. Sooner or later the undeafeted streak will weigh on us. Nice position to be in!!

[cajun_lannister]

We gonna be ok. Sooner or later the undeafeted streak will weigh on us. Nice position to be in!!

Having a target on your back only makes you better if your end goal is a championship

[alum81]

Can't expect to have a bullpen full of Summers. Lamb is looking real good.

[angeleast]

Having a target on your back only makes you better if your end goal is a championship

Exactly and well put Lanny.. Champions relish that role. A lose will make a fire burn hotter.

[ManAboutTown]

Lamb has been extremely impressive.

[wcd35]

Up 4-2 after 2 now

[CajunAmos]

Well ... the Cajuns won, so it will not hurt them. But I feel that Baylor will have many more losses than normal this season. One of my scheduling axioms is that you want to avoid decent/good teams playing in strong conferences (avoid the middle of the strong conferences). This is because the risk of a loss is real ... and their W/L % will get beaten up by their strong schedule. Thus, the risk/reward is not nearly as good as playing an Oklahoma or a Texas (or playing a decent team from a weak conference). If the Cajuns sweep three from Baylor this season it will be a reasonable RPI boost. If they lose one, probably more around neutral. Lose two ... not good at all.

That said, the pure RPI calculation is not 100% of the tournament selection criteria. Baylor's schedule will help them achieve a good RPI rank. So this will help the Cajuns come selection time (record vs. Top RPI XX).

There are several aspects to "smart scheduling". It is not nearly about scheduling the Top RPI teams (which is something I have tried to stress to coaches over the years ... it is not nearly this simple). Doing so does not take advantage of the mathematical flaws in the formula. You want a mix of the various axioms. But if all you do is win, by brute force you take care of the RPI. :-)

Brian

Have you spoken to Coach Glasco as about RPI?

[ManAboutTown]

Yabo Julie Rawls

[wcd35]

Boom! Rawls 3 run homer. 7-2

[RaginScotsman]

Rawls has been an awesome addition.

[LaCajunsFan]

Rawls has been an awesome addition.

Ubetcha!

[ManAboutTown]

This offense is relentless