The Field of 64 and The Bubble

[Big Buds]

RPI in the 60s range. Nicholls was a few spots ahead of them. Most of the SLC doesn’t buy into baseball. SBC has enough buying in to pull the dead weight.

But the SLC is a decent enough baseball league. I just feel teams like Charleston and Lamar were overlooked simply because of elitism or ignorance. Florida making the cut is laughable.

Does Florida put fear into the eyes of their opponents more than Lamar and Charleston? Yes. But don’t inject them with life and a fresh start when more deserving teams are available.

[Jacob81]

I felt TCU should have been in before Florida and Texas. Actually figured they’d be in Texas’s spot. Ironically I’m more afraid of Texas than TCU even though I think TCU should be there.

[Jacob81]

Lamar was 3-1 in Q1 with a sweep of Oklahoma. They were 4-5 in Q1 and 2 combined. 29-5 against Q4. Sorry, gotta schedule better or win your bad conference.

Also they were 12-9 on the road 24-4 at home. I’ve herd it’s tough to beat them in Beaumont, wink wink

[Dad04]

Gonna need quite a few guys to have great weekends to win this regional

We will need to have a complete team effort and show up hot at the line up exchange.

[GoneGolfin]

I felt TCU should have been in before Florida and Texas. Actually figured they’d be in Texas’s spot. Ironically I’m more afraid of Texas than TCU even though I think TCU should be there.

No way TCU evaluates higher than Texas. It is not close. Texas was on the bubble for a #2 seed.

Brian

[CajunVic]

pretty much every team in a regional will need to get hot to advance

once it gets to this level, every team can win and each team who advances is pushed beyond their respective depths

[Jacob81]

No way TCU evaluates higher than Texas. It is not close. Texas was on the bubble for a #2 seed.

Brian

Ok. Won’t question you on it. Haha. What about TCU compared to coastal and JMU?

[Turbine]

pretty much every team in a regional will need to get hot to advance

once it gets to this level, every team can win and each team who advances is pushed beyond their respective depths

True.

Some will have to stay hot, and some will have to get hot.

[Cajuns78]

For anyone who has attended our regionals in College Station in the past, how hard was it to get tickets to the games against A&M and other teams in the regional? Is it better to buy the session pass or is it easy to get single game tickets? We had no trouble getting tickets last year in Miami, but it sounds like this will be different.

[GoneGolfin]

Ok. Won’t question you on it. Haha. What about TCU compared to coastal and JMU?

I felt TCU evaluated better than Kansas State, Coastal Carolina, James Madison, and Indiana, to name a few. I do not think Indiana should have been in the field. This was a conference bid.

Meanwhile, Kansas State making it in ahead of TCU was just not right. Kansas State did finish one game ahead in the conference regular season. But Kansas State lost 3/4 to TCU ... including being eliminated by TCU in the conference tournament. In all conference games, Kansas State finished 16-17 while TCU was 16-18. TCU had an RPI rank 6 spots higher, TCU had a 5-8 Q1 while Kansas State was 7-15. TCU had one Q4 loss while Kansas State had 2. SOS and NC SOS were similar.

But Kansas State and Indiana has representatives on the ten team selection committee. I felt Kansas State should have been in, but not in front of TCU.

In fact, Florida State (getting a Top 8 national seed), East Carolina (getting a national seed), Indiana (making the field), Kansas State (making the field, especially in front of TCU), Florida (making the field), and Coastal Carolina (making the field) all had representation on the selection committee. If fact, I am quite sure the chairman of the committee (Hogue - Coastal Carolina AD) played a part in JMU making the field.

Brian

[Jacob81]

I felt TCU evaluated better than Kansas State, Coastal Carolina, James Madison, and Indiana, to name a few. I do not think Indiana should have been in the field. This was a conference bid.

Meanwhile, Kansas State making it in ahead of TCU was just not right. Kansas State did finish one game ahead in the conference regular season. But Kansas State lost 3/4 to TCU ... including being eliminated by TCU in the conference tournament. In all conference games, Kansas State finished 16-17 while TCU was 16-18. TCU had an RPI rank 6 spots higher, TCU had a 5-8 Q1 while Kansas State was 7-15. TCU had one Q4 loss while Kansas State had 2. SOS and NC SOS were similar.

But Kansas State and Indiana has representatives on the ten team selection committee. I felt Kansas State should have been in, but not in front of TCU.

In fact, Florida State (getting a Top 8 national seed), East Carolina (getting a national seed), Indiana (making the field), Kansas State (making the field, especially in front of TCU), Florida (making the field), and Coastal Carolina (making the field) all had representation on the selection committee. If fact, I am quite sure the chairman of the committee (Hogue - Coastal Carolina AD) played a part in JMU making the field.

Brian

Yeah when they interview hogue on tv they did end with that tough question about all the committee member teams fairing so well, so to speak. Answer was a lot of coach speak.

[GoneGolfin]

For anyone who has attended our regionals in College Station in the past, how hard was it to get tickets to the games against A&M and other teams in the regional? Is it better to buy the session pass or is it easy to get single game tickets? We had no trouble getting tickets last year in Miami, but it sounds like this will be different.

With the attendance and following of Texas A&M, Louisiana, and Texas, I think any tickets in the main structure will be a challenge (at face value). If you are fortunate enough to find All-Session passes, I would grab them. There are not any available to the public. They were gobbled up via donor pre-sales.

What may be available ...

A limited number of Section 12 GA/SRO tickets. These are tickets that are not part of the main stadium, accessed from the third-base side between the stadium and student rec center. The seating available in Section 12 is behind the RF wall, LCF wall, along with designated standing areas.

Brian