Week 8 softball rpi

[GoneGolfin]

I keep on trying to fool myself into believing that the committee will all of the sudden change their traditional M.O. and give the 18 team a host spot. There were a lot of circumstances that the Cajuns couldn't control in scheduling, etc.

Maybe our with a great RPI, a conference and regular season championship, we may bet lucky or at least get a good draw. Then again, history is not on our side and we've been let down before.

Schools that are awarded a national seed outside of the Top 16 RPI are awarded such because they have other significant factors in their favor ... particular a proven record against that peer group. Not only have the Cajuns not performed against this group, they have not played against this group. And it will not matter one bit that the Cajuns had a series canceled against Florida State, a game lost vs. Oklahoma due to weather, Baylor is down, etc., etc.. Those are just excuses. It simply did not work out for the Cajuns this year ... it happens often with the non-power elite softball schools. And knowing Glasco, he will be extremely aggressive in trying to give the Cajuns more wiggle room in the future.

Personally, I like the idea of walking into someone else's backyard as a #2 seed and giving everyone a big s__tburger to eat.

Brian

[GreatestStory]

Personally, I like the idea of walking into someone else's backyard as a #2 seed and giving everyone a big s__tburger to eat.

Brian

That's what I'm talking about!

GEAUX CAJUNS!

[DieHard1280]

Schools that are awarded a national seed outside of the Top 16 RPI are awarded such because they have other significant factors in their favor ... particular a proven record against that peer group. Not only have the Cajuns not performed against this group, they have not played against this group. And it will not matter one bit that the Cajuns had a series canceled against Florida State, a game lost vs. Oklahoma due to weather, Baylor is down, etc., etc.. Those are just excuses. It simply did not work out for the Cajuns this year ... it happens often with the non-power elite softball schools. And knowing Glasco, he will be extremely aggressive in trying to give the Cajuns more wiggle room in the future.

Personally, I like the idea of walking into someone else's backyard as a #2 seed and giving everyone a big s__tburger to eat.

Brian

I agree Brian! We know how it feels being on the other end.

[LaCajunsFan]

Personally, I like the idea of walking into someone else's backyard as a #2 seed and giving everyone a big s__tburger to eat.

Brian

So, are you thinking that its likely that the backyard we will be going to is ~50 miles to our east, where all those refineries are located?

[GoneGolfin]

So, are you thinking that its likely that the backyard we will be going to is ~50 miles to our east, where all those refineries are located?

Much of how it all plays out depends on whom makes the field of 64 ... thus setting up the geographical aspect of the regional selections. The SEC always needs a number of non-SEC schools given the number of teams it places in postseason play. Baton Rouge is certainly a possibility (always), but so is Oxford. It could come down to #2 seeds in the area and the best place for them to go. Austin is also a possibility.

Brian

[GoneGolfin]

Let us also not forget that the Cajuns have nothing in their resume that makes the case for a national seed/host spot. They still do not have a Top 16 RPI ... and at #18 there is a large gap between them and Michigan at #17. #16 -> #12 is reasonably close.

I was looking at the 4/28 team sheets. But the story for the 5/5 sheets is mostly the same ... except Ole Miss is at #17. A bit of a gap between #18 and #17.

Brian

[DieHard1280]

Much of how it all plays out depends on whom makes the field of 64 ... thus setting up the geographical aspect of the regional selections. The SEC always needs a number of non-SEC schools given the number of teams it places in postseason play. Baton Rouge is certainly a possibility (always), but so is Oxford. It could come down to #2 seeds in the area and the best place for them to go. Austin is also a possibility.

Brian

Austin, please!

[lcitsh]

Team Sheets: https://extra.ncaa.org/solutions/rpi...u%205.5.19.pdf

Nitty Gritty: https://extra.ncaa.org/solutions/rpi...u%205.5.19.pdf

League Rankings: https://extra.ncaa.org/solutions/rpi...u%205.5.19.pdf

[alum81]

Glasco said anyone who knows anything about softball knows that we are one of the top 16 teams in the country.

I think that this year the RPI has actually ranked us fairly according to our record.

If the OK and Oregon St. games hadn't been canceled and we had won those, we would probably be hosting.

Where ever we go the host should be nervous.

[CajunVic]

Where the RPI falls short as a measuring stick is that it has no ability to gage the ceiling or upside of a team like the Cajuns that play a schedule as the Cajuns do.

[GoneGolfin]

Glasco said anyone who knows anything about softball knows that we are one of the top 16 teams in the country.

I think that this year the RPI has actually ranked us fairly according to our record.

If the OK and Oregon St. games hadn't been canceled and we had won those, we would probably be hosting.

Where ever we go the host should be nervous.

My feeling is that we would not be hosting with additional wins over Oklahoma and Oregon State. That would be one win vs. the RPI Top 25 and only two games played. Not even close to the standards set by the committee.

And yes, wherever the Cajuns go, the host should be nervous.

Brian