La Tech and Marshall impact

[CajunVic]

I'm pretty sure the SWAC variable was known. Need less of this and more high RPI road games

Yea, you knew Southern would beat LSU this year. I got it.

[zephyr]

Yea, you knew Southern would beat LSU this year. I got it.

Umm. No, that's not what he's saying. lol

[Cajunsmike]

Can you logically think of any other reason under those circumstances that we would not host?

With an RPI still in the 50's, I am still more concerned about making a regional at this stage than hosting. It is possible we win the regular season, don't win the conference tournament and still have an RPI in the 50's. I would be sweating come Memorial Day in that scenario.

[sportsfanatic21]

With an RPI still in the 50's, I am still more concerned about making a regional at this stage than hosting. It is possible we win the regular season, don't win the conference tournament and still have an RPI in the 50's. I would be sweating come Memorial Day in that scenario.

Winning the regular season title will require some good “RPI wins”

There’s very little chance of hosting.

[cajundiehard]

With an RPI still in the 50's, I am still more concerned about making a regional at this stage than hosting. It is possible we win the regular season, don't win the conference tournament and still have an RPI in the 50's. I would be sweating come Memorial Day in that scenario.

Win the conference regular season. We're in (implies we win SOME more games). No matter what happens in the conference tournament. No need to sweat.

[Jacob81]

Other than texas A&M I don’t see any other hosts in Texas, LA, and miss. If we get to 40 wins I think we would be the top of the list to host in the south central.

Texas,TCU, lsu, miss st, ole miss, usm. All a little down. I think we’re in a better position to host them all of them.

PS it’s way to early to tell who will host but it’s also too early to rule the Cajuns out!!

[cajundiehard]

Agree. But we need another big win streak. OR - win all remaining series... That should get our RPI into the Top 30, I would think. And would need a good showing in the conference tournament as well. Remote. But it's OK to dream!

[cajundiehard]

Tech just gave up 6 runs in the bottom of the 9th to lose their 2nd game of a 3 game series at Arizona. Final was 5-6. They just choked on another opportunity for a Q1 road win. Bates blew the save. AZ managed to string together several legit hits Bot 9 w/o the help of Tech errors. Expecting AZ sweep in this series.

[GoneGolfin]

Yes, the softball RPI recommendations were actually 12 years ago. But only one of the recommendations was adopted ... the recommendation to remove RPI bonuses for conference opponents (which did help ... and was a significant unfair advantage to the elite conferences). They were too reticent to rock the boat by making any further changes at that time. There were no further requests for information in subsequent years. In the 2014 season, the Cajuns finished with the #6 RPI ranking (selection time) ... but would have been #12 under the old system. The Cajuns hosted both regionals and super-regionals enroute to the WCWS.

Incidentally, I was curious to see where the Cajuns RPI ranking would be if the prior Softball RPI formula was in place (2012 season and prior). While the difference was significantly different in prior years (post 2012 formula changes), due to the Cajuns acquiring some extra RPI bonus this season that would have been awarded for top conference wins, the Cajuns would presently drop from #11 to #14 in the RPI rankings. Texas State would drop from #20 to #22. That said, there would be a substantial gap between where the Cajuns are and the #8 spot ... unlike in the formula being used today.

Brian