Softball Conference Tournaments of RPI Interest

[Jacob81]

I know that VObserver and GoneGolfin are looking at what these games are doing to enhance our rpi ranking. I'm looking at it more from what the committee will actually do. There are three teams I want to be paired with in Super Regionals that I feel will give us the best avenue to the World Series, with LSU being at the top of that list. This win puts LSU in a position to get away from us. It will, of course, significantly enhance our rpi score, but at this point, it's too early to see what seed it will give us.

I hate to even think it, but if LSU can at least get to the finals of the sec tourney(gross) maybe they could get to 5 and Cajuns can get to 12 for a super there that we can win!!! Or they lose their regional and we host a super.

[lcitsh]

Miami, Ohio comes back to defeat Toledo, 5-4. Still alive in the MAC.

McNeese needs to wake up. Down 6-0 to Incarnate Word in the third.

[ZoomZoom]

Solo bomb in the bottom of the 12th ends it.

Lucy yanks the football on the Hoax. No wild pitch in the 5th, they probably would have advanced. ULMost made it. ULMost.

[GoneGolfin]

Louisiana Tech fell back out of the Base RPI Top 75 (to 77, now back up to 76), costing the Cajuns .0013 bonus points. Some Cajun opponents also dinged the Cajuns' RPI . so now the Cajuns are stacked right on top of Oklahoma State and UCLA at #11 again. Stanford separated a little after the Cal win. #6 Georgia is certainly within reach.

#5 Stanford .6709
#6 Georgia .6650
#7 Tennessee .6649
#8 Missouri .6643
#9 Oklahoma State .6593
#10 UCLA .6593
#11 Louisiana .6593
#12 Florida .6580
#13 Florida State .6509
#14 Arkansas .6492
#15 Alabama .6440
#16 Texas A&M .6424
#17 Virginia Tech .6350
#18 Baylor .63310
#19 Texas State .63310

A mere .0013 separates #9 -> #12. .0007 separates #6 -> #8. The Cajuns are only .0057 from #6.

Brian

[GoneGolfin]

Louisiana Tech fell back out of the Base RPI Top 75 (to 77, now back up to 76), costing the Cajuns .0013 bonus points. Some Cajun opponents also dinged the Cajuns' RPI . so now the Cajuns are stacked right on top of Oklahoma State and UCLA at #11 again. Stanford separated a little after the Cal win. #6 Georgia is certainly within reach.

#5 Stanford .6709
#6 Georgia .6650
#7 Tennessee .6649
#8 Missouri .6643
#9 Oklahoma State .6593
#10 UCLA .6593
#11 Louisiana .6593
#12 Florida .6580
#13 Florida State .6509
#14 Arkansas .6492
#15 Alabama .6440
#16 Texas A&M .6424
#17 Virginia Tech .6350
#18 Baylor .63310
#19 Texas State .63310

A mere .0013 separates #9 -> #12. .0007 separates #6 -> #8. The Cajuns are only .0057 from #6.

. and now Tech is back at #75 (.5464) . a mere .0001 ahead of #76 Northern Iowa (.5463) and .0009 ahead of #77 Oregon State (.5455).

So Louisiana is back at #9 with an Adjusted RPI of .6606. For now.

Brian

[Cajun90]

McNeese down to UIW 8-3 in bottom of the 7th. They score 4 but come up short. They are eliminated from the SLC tournament.

[lcitsh]

McNeese down to UIW 8-3 in bottom of the 7th. They score 4 but come up short. They are eliminated from the SLC tournament.

I don't like their resume, despite the top 50 rpi ranking. They are likely out of the at large picture.

[VObserver]

Yesterday's Scores

Louisiana 8 JMU 0
LSU 3 Tennessee 2
Oklahoma 10 Kansas 0
Cal 2 Stanford 4
Texas 13 Texas Tech 4
UCA 3 N Florida 6
LaTech 6 WKU 10
Liberty 3 NMSU 11
Liberty 13 UTEP 10
Miami 5 Toledo 4
Colorado State 1 Nevada 2
Chattanooga 10 Mercer 1
Troy 16 CCU 0
ULM 1 USA 2
Baylor 3 UCF 2
McNeese 4 Nicholls 3
McNeese 7 Incarnate Word 8
Tx St vs Marshall Postponed

Other games of interest

Missouri vs Arkansas Postponed
Georgia vs Florida Postponed
UCLA 6 Arizona St. 0
Notre Dame 0 FSU 2
Ga Tech 6 Va Tech 2
South Carolina vs TX A&M
Arizona 11 Washington 3
Clemson 8 UVA 1
BYU 7 Oklahoma State 2
Indiana 4 Northwestern 3
Utah 7 Oregon 4

Teams we wanted to win are in bold print

[Grantvb]

Yesterday's Scores

Louisiana 8 JMU 0
LSU 3 Tennessee 2
Oklahoma 10 Kansas 0
Cal 2 Stanford 4
Texas 13 Texas Tech 4
UCA 3 N Florida 6
LaTech 6 WKU 10
Liberty 3 NMSU 11
Liberty 13 UTEP 10
Miami 5 Toledo 4
Colorado State 1 Nevada 2
Chattanooga 10 Mercer 1
Troy 16 CCU 0
ULM 1 USA 2
Baylor 3 UCF 2
McNeese 4 Nicholls 3
McNeese 7 Incarnate Word 8
Tx St vs Marshall Postponed

Other games of interest

Missouri vs Arkansas Postponed
Georgia vs Florida Postponed
UCLA 6 Arizona St. 0
Notre Dame 0 FSU 2
Ga Tech 6 Va Tech 2
South Carolina vs TX A&M
Arizona 11 Washington 3
Clemson 8 UVA 1
BYU 7 Oklahoma State 2
Indiana 4 Northwestern 3
Utah 7 Oregon 4

Teams we wanted to win are in bold print

Thanks VO

[VObserver]

Today's Games of Interest

Louisiana vs Troy
LSU vs Arkansas/Missouri
Oklahoma vs BYU
Utah vs Stanford
Texas vs Baylor
UCA vs N Alabama
Liberty vs LaTech
Miami vs Ohio
Chattanooga vs UNC Greensboro
USA vs Marshall or
USA vs Texas State
Tx St vs Marshall

Other games of interest

Missouri vs Arkansas
Georgia vs Florida
Ga Tech vs FSU
South Carolina vs TX A&M
Arizona vs UCLA
Clemson vs Duke

Teams we wanted to win are in bold print

[Grantvb]

VO, are the matchups NOT bolded pretty much a toss-up?

[VObserver]

VO, are the matchups NOT bolded pretty much a toss-up?

It's just that whichever one wins, we are helped in one way and hurt in another. I couldn't decide which would help more and hurt less. I guess in a way they are toss-ups.

[VObserver]

Missouri leading Arkansas 3-1 bottom 7. Looks like those folks who wanted Arkansas to lose asap might get their wish.

[CajunVic]

Missouri wins

Now all you folks here can pull for LSU

[GoneGolfin]

#5 Stanford .67044
#6 Tennessee .66510
#7 Georgia .66470
#8 Missouri .66459
#9 Louisiana .65936
#10 Oklahoma State .65909
#11 UCLA .65810
#12 Florida .65802
#13 Florida State .65067

The Cajuns did hold the #9 spot, despite losing the Louisiana Tech .0013 RPI bonus again. Louisiana Tech is at a Base RPI ranking of 77 with a Base RPI of .54544, a mere .00096 away from #75 Northern Iowa.

Brian