UL Projected to Travel for In-State SB Regional

[ragin50]

Why do they think LSU will host? At this point they have lost more than a third of their games. They are 4-7 against SEC teams. They are the only team in the top 30 with 10 or more losses. Maybe it's because of their strength of schedule. I guess I just answered my own question. But, what happens if they finish below .500 in the SEC and lose 20 games? Will they still host?

Because the SEC has controlled the NCAA for many years, especially in softball. The selection process has never been fair.

[GoneGolfin]

Also keep in mind these teams only playing conference games and some of the big teams not playing as many total games, and starting later in the season. How will all that affect seeding? That why coach Glasco has said just getting games played is very important.

The significant RPI advantage traditionally benefiting teams in the elite conferences is steeped in their respective OOC schedules. That is, every team benefits playing its respective conference members due to heavy positive W/L % contribution to their own OWP. With either the absence of non-conference games or the reduction of non-conference games, this advantage will be commensurately limited.

As an extreme example, the worst thing a conference like the SEC could do is only play conference games. In this case, you likely would see all teams grouped in the middle tiers (some higher, some lower due to W/L %) of the RPI rankings as OWP's would hover around .500. Imagine the howls and confusion when the SEC winner finishes with an RPI ranking of 91 (in this contrived example).

As important (if not more) as the Cajuns getting games scheduled ... the Cajuns need conference opponents to schedule games (non-conference) ... and perform well.

Brian