SB Final: Louisiana 0, Troy 3

[Turbine]

TU 03
LA 00

Final

[MountainDew]

Well that solidifies the 2 seed in Baton Rouge.

[BabbForHeisman]

That was a whole lot of meh.

Looking forward to crushing them in the next two.

[RaginScotsman]

Well that solidifies the 2 seed in Baton Rouge.

God I hope not. Not that we can’t beat them again. Just hate it there.

We were trending up in terms of hosting, but gave ourselves no margin for error from our poor start. This was that error, it seems.

At this point, maybe it’s a good thing not to be in position and get the typical treatment from that committee.

Who knows. Bama and FSU lost too.

[ragin50]

God I hope not. Not that we can’t beat them again. Just hate it there.

We were trending up in terms of hosting, but gave ourselves no margin for error from our poor start. This was that error, it seems.

At this point, maybe it’s a good thing not to be in position and get the typical treatment from that committee.

Who knows. Bama and FSU lost too.

Very surprised by the uninspired, poor effort and lack of emotion. I thought we would come out ready to play. Probably eliminates any chance of hosting.

[DieHard 1280]

Didn’t realize we were playing today but wow, this is a disappointment to say the least. Shut out by Troy? Really?

[UL_Cajuns]

Oddly enough that now gives Troy a 46 RPI in the top 50 so technically if we beat them next 2 games hopefully then that gives UL 2 more quad one wins. lol. Can’t lose anymore games however.

[BabbForHeisman]

Oddly enough that now gives Troy a 46 RPI in the top 50 so technically if we beat them next 2 games hopefully then that gives UL 2 more quad one wins. lol. Can’t lose anymore games however.

Conspiracy theory: we lost last night on purpose, hahahahaha

[Cajun90]

Conspiracy theory: we lost last night on purpose, hahahahaha

Gonegolfin to Coach prior to game last night. Listen coach all I'm sayin is that if there was ever a time to have a really uninspiring pregame talk tonight might be the night.

[GoneGolfin]

Gonegolfin to Coach prior to game last night. Listen coach all I'm sayin is that if there was ever a time to have a really uninspiring pregame talk tonight might be the night.

It is ok folks . they did not lose a national seed last night. It is going to be ok. Go win the series.

Brian

[bbhstiger5]

They got caught sleeping. Is it a coincidence that it happened right after being declared conference champs? Can’t put these games on the back burner!

[RaginScotsman]

They got caught sleeping. Is it a coincidence that it happened right after being declared conference champs? Can’t put these games on the back burner!

You can tell Glasco was not happy in his interviews with Foote. Really put it on the hitting, as he should have. Then the missed double play that would have gotten us out the inning with Landry still in the circle.

Said he was told the hitters were ready and they flat out were not. Said they scout every pitcher, so mixing up the rotation should not have been a huge factor.

It was just a poor effort at the plate. Let's move on and win the series. However, another bad performance and we lose the streak on the last dang weekend of conference play at home? That will be just a turd sandwich.

[CajunRed]

You can tell Glasco was not happy in his interviews with Foote. Really put it on the hitting, as he should have. Then the missed double play that would have gotten us out the inning with Landry still in the circle.

Said he was told the hitters were ready and they flat out were not. Said they scout every pitcher, so mixing up the rotation should not have been a huge factor.

It was just a poor effort at the plate. Let's move on and win the series. However, another bad performance and we lose the streak on the last dang weekend of conference play at home? That will be just a turd sandwich.

Yep. I'd say it was the hitting. since NO games are with ZERO runs.

[ragin50]

You can tell Glasco was not happy in his interviews with Foote. Really put it on the hitting, as he should have. Then the missed double play that would have gotten us out the inning with Landry still in the circle.

Said he was told the hitters were ready and they flat out were not. Said they scout every pitcher, so mixing up the rotation should not have been a huge factor.

It was just a poor effort at the plate. Let's move on and win the series. However, another bad performance and we lose the streak on the last dang weekend of conference play at home? That will be just a turd sandwich.

Regardless of what happens the rest of the way, I have no reason to believe the committee will treat us fairly. Considering their past history in awarding regionals, I have no faith that they will do the right thing.

[GoneGolfin]

Softball RPI through games of 5/2

#7 Tennessee .66849

-- .00437 gap

#8 UCLA .66412
#9 Missouri .66335
-- .00287 gap
#10 Oklahoma State .66048
#11 Florida State .65897
#12 Texas A&M .65863
#13 Arkansas .65593
#14 Louisiana .65496
#15 Alabama .65418
#16 Florida .65252


-- .01550 gap


#17 Virginia Tech .63702

You can see that there is a substantial gap between where the Cajuns are at #14 and the #17 and beyond teams. The gap between #14 Louisiana and #17 Virginia Tech is more than the gap between #7 Tennessee and #14 Louisiana. Much would need to happen for the Cajuns to fall out of the RPI TOP 16. Could it happen? Sure. But if the Cajuns do not tank, they will be ok in this regard. The best thing they can do now is grab some more Top 50 wins and Top 25 wins (Texas State). The rest will take care of itself.

Another way to look at this is the differentials with Louisiana at the epic-center .

#14 Louisiana .65496

#13 .00097 (on top of the Cajuns)
#12 .00367 (close to the Cajuns)
#11 .00401 (close to the Cajuns)
#10 .00552 (easy striking distance)
#9 .00839 (possible)
#8 .00924 (possible)
#7 .01353 (not likely, but possible)

#15 .00078 (on top of the Cajuns)
#16 .00244 (close to the Cajuns)
#17 .01794 (presently in a neighboring zip code)

The above tightness around the Cajuns is why rankings shift, even though your team does not play a game. Those that do not comprehend this and question it on their podcast must understand that this is purely mathematical and the Cajuns' RPI can change simply through connectivity with their opponents that do play a game that day . as well as how the teams around them have their RPI change (resulting in rankings changes). Some folks are too accustomed to the behavior of human polls, giving them pause.

Brian