Baseball Rankings 2024 May 13

[GoneGolfin]

Brian,
Do you know if baseball regionals are still based on geography w/o regard to committee ranking? In other words, will they protect #1 seeds (or at least top 8)?

I would not expect an overall #1 seed getting a strong #2 just b/c that school is a 2-hr bus ride away.

Geography (minimizing flights) continues to be a consideration by the selection committee (more than 400 miles drive is a flight). But it is not the lone consideration. They also have the mandate to balance the regionals as much as possible. This is why all regional placements are not "bus" optimized as they were after 9/11 and in 2021. That is ... while they want to maximize bus travel, they will sacrifice this for balance if it makes sense. So you may have a field that could optimally result in X teams utilizing bus travel, but the committee elects to have X + 2 teams utilizing bus travel in order to achieve more balanced regionals.

Brian

[GoneGolfin]

Cajuns will be in bus range for College Station AND in “close enough” RPI range to make that the logical choice.

We will know more as we get much closer. This may certainly be the case, but you cannot look at this in a vacuum (just from a Cajuns' perspective). There may be another school on the board that is a better fit at selection time (geography and balance).

I do think that there will be several schools that are candidates for College Station as both 2's and 3's. Meanwhile, there could be some other SEC regionals that are also a good enough fit for the Cajuns, while allowing better overall geography and balance by placing them there instead of College Station. You really do not know until you have the final metrics and are attempting to put the entire field together.

Brian

[CajunSID]

We will know more as we get much closer. This may certainly be the case, but you cannot look at this in a vacuum (just from a Cajuns' perspective). There may be another school on the board that is a better fit at selection time (geography and balance).

I do think that there will be several schools that are candidates for College Station as both 2's and 3's. Meanwhile, there could be some other SEC regionals that are also a good enough fit for the Cajuns, while allowing better overall geography and balance by placing them there instead of College Station. You really do not know until you have the final metrics and are attempting to put the entire field together.

Brian

We need to get you on the payroll here.

[CajunVic]

Money is tight. Glad you are agreeing to move your payroll to GG. Sometimes people do what’s best for the university.

[babysitter]

Wait, I thought the season ended Saturday May 4th at Troy.

[Cajunrunner]

Wait, I thought the season ended Saturday May 4th at Troy.

It should have, because like some posters at that time pointed out, this team is undeserving of a Regional. They don't deserve to be in the post season. Don't know why we're even discussing it in this thread.

UNDESERVING. No fight. Sloppy baseball all around on this squad.

[CajunVic]

It should have, because like some posters at that time pointed out, this team is undeserving of a Regional. They don't deserve to be in the post season. Don't know why we're even discussing it in this thread.

UNDESERVING. No fight. Sloppy baseball all around on this squad.

white spinner bait

[Cajunmole]

It should have, because like some posters at that time pointed out, this team is undeserving of a Regional. They don't deserve to be in the post season. Don't know why we're even discussing it in this thread.

UNDESERVING. No fight. Sloppy baseball all around on this squad.

...season ended Saturday May 4th at Troy. If you read what the Goober's post during all the games this season, the Cajuns should have turned in their cleats and stopped playing baseball after the Tulane or Rice series. Cane Pole talk, there.

[Boomer]

Getting a little boost from Tulane moving back into the Top 100, hopefully they can stay hot. Usually not much movement on a Monday, but we need to be NwSt fans today as they play UNO on a Monday that could help with a small boost in RPI points. So far it is 0-0 in the bottom of the 2nd inning.

Tulane’s sweep is their World Series!...but won’t stop D-Bo’s walk off!

[Esqueleto]

Tulane’s sweep is their World Series!……..but won’t stop D-Bo’s walk off!

Remember, Tulane got hot at the end of the year last year, won the AAC tournament, and damn near won their regional. Maybe it's a repeat.

[Cajunrunner]

It’s been a fun season. Maybe frustrating at times, but overall, very fun. I’ve been enjoying it.

[Datt Meggs]

Remember, Tulane got hot at the end of the year last year, won the AAC tournament, and damn near won their regional. Maybe it's a repeat.

Tulane went 2 and Q in the lsu regional last year. Saying they damn near won it is like Maggard saying Bobby big tilapia’s win percentage is 75%