Week 4 softball rpi

[RaginScotsman]

Game against Southeastern this week won't help. 171. Woof.

App state and Coastal series aren't terrible as they are in the top 100.

Should we pray for rain for ULM and GState or is it better just to amass as many wins as possible and hopefully a gaudy record helps us?

[lcitsh]

Although it's the last home series, might help to get a couple of games rained out vs. GA State.

...and Monroe.

I don't think our rpi ranking will matter when the committee makes their decision. I'm expecting them to send us to Austin, Oxford or Baton Rouge.

[lcitsh]

Game against Southeastern this week won't help. 171. Woof.

App state and Coastal series aren't terrible as they are in the top 100.

Should we pray for rain for ULM and GState or is it better just to amass as many wins as possible and hopefully a gaudy record helps us?

22-15 record. It's a 60% winning percentage, which is higher than our current OWP average. I'm ok with playing them.

I'm a sports fan, so I enjoy watching the Cajuns win. I doubt rpi ranking will help or hinder when the committee decides where they send us. If I felt rpi would play a factor in getting us a high enough ranking to host, then bring on the rain.

[RaginScotsman]

...and Monroe.

I don't think our rpi ranking will matter when the committee makes their decision. I'm expecting them to send us to Austin, Oxford or Baton Rouge.

If they seed based on the current RPI rankings, Oxford, Auburn or Austin would not be bad places to go. Really just want to avoid refineryville until at least a super regional. They are playing well in what was supposed to be a down-ish year based on what SEC softball fans were prognosticating.

[lcitsh]

If they seed based on the current RPI rankings, Oxford, Auburn or Austin would not be bad places to go. Really just want to avoid refineryville until at least a super regional. They are playing well in what was supposed to be a down-ish year based on what SEC softball fans were prognosticating.

I agree with Baton Rouge for supers. I listed the 3 I did because they are all within the 400 mile radius and they are all in the top 16 of the rpi. Auburn is almost 500 miles from Lafayette so it's unlikely we go there for regionals.

[RaginScotsman]

I agree with Baton Rouge for supers. I listed the 3 I did because they are all within the 400 mile radius and they are all in the top 16 of the rpi. Auburn is almost 500 miles from Lafayette so it's unlikely we go there for regionals.

I was just thinking Auburn as it would be matched with Red Stick for a super if the committee used current RPI for seeding. I thought Auburn was closer.

Going to Texas and beating a top 8 seed would be sweet.

I still want us to host although I think it's just a pipe dream in spite of our record. Just hoping something changes in the RPI pileup in front of us or we do something crazy like finish the season with only 4-5 losses and the committee views that very favorably.

[GeauxLouisiana]

If we host, it's as a 15 or 16 seed, which means a match up with #1 or #2 on the road. Even then, 1-1 against the top won't get you a host site when you are this close to the top 16.

I'll take the chances of being put in a regional where the national seed is between #5 (like Texas) and #12 (Alabama and Auburn) so that the super regional pairing is more beneficial for us.

[DieHard1280]

...and Monroe.

I don't think our rpi ranking will matter when the committee makes their decision. I'm expecting them to send us to Austin, Oxford or Baton Rouge.

So what ARE they basing seedings on? Standings in the SEC/Big 12/Pac 12?

[CajunRage]

So what ARE they basing seedings on? Standings in the SEC/Big 12/Pac 12?

It depends on what they can use to justify putting P5 teams in.... one year it's record vs top 50, next is RPI, another is bad losses... have to wait until the end of the season and see where the stats point

[Cajun90]

So what ARE they basing seedings on? Standings in the SEC/Big 12/Pac 12?

RPI definitely gets weighed heavy in the seedings but the schedule has "historically" played a part as well. As of now we have two games played against the Top 50 and are 1-1. Just not enough data there to put up against teams in front of us. I think there is only one team in front of us that hasn't played at least a dozen games against teams in the top 50.