Can someone splain me what happened to our once-poud baseball program?

[CajunRage]

I think more regionals is the preferred model, also. Tros hit a granny in extra innings to win the tourney and get to the Houston Regional. We played very well in Houston. We finished with RPI of 40 in 2015, so an at large was not certain.

That's right, our conference tourney run was the, for lack of better word, fluke to get us in. I do remember being in Houston that regional weekend. The weather made it so that anyone could have won that regional.

[ConfusedFan]

Not one thing you quote me on here substantiates your position or is contrary to the position I have taken all along. It’s funny that you have spent all this time searching for posts that establish my position, thanks. You fail to realize that this is your bias and your bias alone.

Yall should fight

[CajunVic]

Yall should fight

Ragin Pagin Live, again 🤔

[ManAboutTown]

Yall should fight

Not gunna lie, I’m kinda jealous.

[CajunVic]

Not gunna lie, I'm kinda jealous.

You and I have not had a spat in so long I think it's going to rain tomorrow.

[zephyr]

You and I have not had a spat in so long I think it's going to rain tomorrow.

Well get to it

[CajunVic]

Well get to it

Going for the rain.

[CajunAmos]

This is some very interesting data. While Southern Miss has been unable to make it through a regional as many times as we have, they have had the opportunity to on a more consistent basis. Fresno State was mentioned earlier and they are the reason I am of the belief that getting in the tourney is the most important measuring stick. You can't win it all if you aren't in to begin with. 9 vs 13 seems very similar but our trajectory is much more of a roller coaster. The biggest difference to note since 2002 is that the only lull in Southern Miss's postseason berths was during a coaching transition. On the other hand, as someone has posted in the past, we have endured the peaks and valleys with the same head coach. Anyone can build up tony using this data just as easy as anyone can tear him down. All I can say is I'd prefer to have the consistency of Southern Miss at this point.

I'm wondering what percentage (if any) the conference they play in helps them with those appearances in post season.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Probably not. Minimum wins needed 41 and a solid RPI. Any time we get those we’re usually in.

[Dad04]

I'm wondering what percentage (if any) the conference they play in helps them with those appearances in post season.

There seems to be no correlation between conference RPI and our relative regional appearances. For example, UL strength of schedule (SOS) is ranked 62, RPI 123. USM SOS is 95. RPI is 61. I went back 8 years and the results were similar. CUSA and Sunbelt are similar baseball leagues.

D1 baseball projects USM a 2 seed this year.