Final Week of Sun Belt Play

[JayWalker]

That is well put. Really wacky year with all the guys who came back with the free year of eligibility. Overall the conference has gone down the past few years. At one time we were up in the top 7-8 conferences but it hasnt been that way the past few years.

And, change in membership has had something to do with that. App State was horrible when they entered the league. Georgia State has been horrible the last few years. I personally think UTA and Texas State should be better than they are. Coastal is having an uncharacteristically down season.

When Tom Walter was at UNO and Chris Finwood at WKU and the Florida schools were in the league this was a really good league.

[JayWalker]

One thing we haven't mentioned. We have a strong chance of more rain even into Thursday. We HAVE to get the game in on Thursday.

The goal this weekend: One more win than UTA (at Georgia Southern) and the same number of wins as LR (at Georgia State). That makes us the #1 seed in the West.

[Dad04]

I've never understood what "who wants it more" means.

Maybe more precise terminology might be formulating and executing a game plan resulting in a series of victories leading to a Sunbelt Championship.

[Turbine]

I've never understood what "who wants it more" means.

One batter stands there and watches strike 3 fly by, and sits down.

Another guy fouls off a half dozen pitches and eventually gets a hit.

Who wanted it more?

[Dad04]

Sunbelt strength of schedule is now 11th of 31 leagues per Boyd's World. in 2003-2004 it in the 5-6 range.

http://www.boydsworld.com/baseball/isr/confisr.html

[CajunVic]

I believe the moons are aligning and we got this. Sunbelt Tournament Champs.

[wcd35]

Pitching decisions should be made on a must-win mindset at the tournament. Dont have the "luxury" of losing one and coming back like in double elimination, because a single loss could very well end your chances mathematically. Nut cutting time

[MelRock]

The reason it is so important to be the number 1 or number 2 seed is, you could literally lose your second game and advance.

Here an example as the number 1 or 2 seed.
Team A is the number 6 seed in the West, Team B is the number 4 seed in the East, and Team C is the number 1 seed in the West.
Team A plays Team B on Tuesday and Team A wins.
Team A plays Team C on Wednesday, if Team C Wins then the worst they can finish is 1-1 in pool play.
Team C's game on Thursday is for nothing, they could pitch the backup catcher. Even if they lose the game, they will still advance because all teams will have a 1-1 record. For this to happen, the higher-seeded team would want the team they are playing first to be the winner of the first game in their pool.

The same situation for the number 2 seed in each division, but they would play on different days.

As stated several times, we need to keep pace with Little Rock on wins this weekend and win one more game than UTA. Both of those situations are very doable.

[CrazyCajun]

Maybe listen to Deggs interview with Scott....or read the article? He isn’t planning on turning things upside down he just talks about the scenarios.

[Jacob81]

Warrennolan has the sunbelt ranked 10. Not great but miles ahead of basketball!!