Final Regular Season RPI

[raginsaints]

I may not get much sleep tonight. I'm on the edge of my seat waiting for Brian's projections.

[GoneGolfin]

_ I may not get much sleep tonight. I'm on the edge of my seat waiting for Brian's projections. _

OK, I am close. Double-checking now and typing up soon (on Ragin' Pagin).

I have the Cajuns as the 5th to last team in ... but the resumes between the last seven or eight teams in are not far apart from the first team out.

Brian

[raginsaints]

That doesn't comfort me much.

[raginsaints]

I noticed rivals and baseball america have the Cajuns and neither list them on their last teams in list.

[GoneGolfin]

_ Spoke with a guy at Baseball America today. He said the Cajuns are in. He doesn't make the final decision - the selection committee does - but I think the Cajuns are in, too. Brian has pointed out why they should be in.

Otherwise, thank you for your updates, Brian. My apologies for the other day. It was a long weekend, and I didn't help that situation with my original reaction.

Thanks again.

No need to apologize. I should have waited to respond. If we end up traveling to a regional, let's get a beer ... and make Jay buy.

Brian

[GoneGolfin]

_ These RPI's are as of tonight? _

Yes ... this the final version the committee uses for its selections (through the regular season). Hopefully they already slotted the Cajuns Sunday morning when they had an RPI rank of 42.

Brian

[GoneGolfin]

_ It was pretty close a few years ago in 2007 when the cajus were a possible #1 seed. We were a RPI #14 and got sent to Tex A&M as a 2 seed. _

Yes, A&M was a #1 seed and host because of the Big XII Tournament (they were in the finals and then subsequently won) and an RPI of 7.

My beef was with awarding Wichita State a #1 seed over the Cajuns. It seems they wanted a regional up north and claimed geography as the reasoning. Meanwhile, they sent Arizona and New Orleans to Wichita.

Brian

[GoneGolfin]

_ I noticed rivals and baseball america have the Cajuns and neither list them on their last teams in list. _

The Last Ten and the Next two or three are reasonably close ... but there is differentiation.

Brian