2024 Baseball Schedule

[GeauxCajuns]

Last year’s RPIs:

Wright 80
Northwestern State 146
Rice 167
Tulane 158
Southern 272
McNeese 128
Grambling 259
Nicholls 108
PV A&M 290
Louisiana Tech 131
Southeastern LA 137
Houston Christian 256
Jackson State 261

I sure hope there is a lot of improvement from those teams because if not, that leaves very little margin for error for the good guys.

are you saying we shouldnt schedule rice and tulane? or just that no matter what, you wont be happy unless its home series against lsu, texas a&m, ole miss, and arkansas?

[CajunVic]

are you saying we shouldnt schedule rice and tulane? or just that no matter what, you wont be happy unless its home series against lsu, texas a&m, ole miss, and arkansas?

. . . well both, this is RP . . .

[zeppelincajun]

Last year is exactly that, last year. SWAC teams play at LSU and other programs in the SEC. Guess what, they play here for Softball as well. We play CC, Troy, Texas St, Vanderbilt, Houston, LSU (twice) all on the road. The RPI games are there and we have to win a few.

SWAC teams play at SEC programs because SEC programs are playing almost exclusively Top 25 RPI teams when they enter conference play. We are not doing that. Robe understood the importance of getting these programs off the schedule, and there were years we didn’t play any. Last year was 3 and this year is 4. If we think it’s wise to have 4 guaranteed sub 250 home games on the schedule plus another likely, we’ll have to live with that.

Last year is last year which is why I said I sure hope those teams improve this year. Rice was awful yet again and Tulane was even worse, aside from the miracle they pulled off in their conference tournament.

[zeppelincajun]

are you saying we shouldnt schedule rice and tulane? or just that no matter what, you wont be happy unless its home series against lsu, texas a&m, ole miss, and arkansas?

So not being happy with 4 SWAC games equates to only being happy with SEC programs on the home schedule? That’s some solid logic there.

[Turbine]

Is it? ... Tulane & Rice have both been down.

Those are games of interest for most Louisiana fans so down or not it is a plus having them on the schedule.

[Cajunsmike]

What I wonder is if playing only 19 true road games will be a negative for the RPI.

[Turbine]

What I wonder is if playing only 19 true road games will be a negative for the RPI.

If you lose at home will it will hurt.

[zeppelincajun]

Those are games of interest for most Louisiana fans so down or not it is a plus having them on the schedule.

It depends on what your end goal is in making the schedule. Do you wanna give your fans a few games against schools they know or give your team the best chance of making the postseason? If it’s the latter, those 2 are toss ups on if they help you. The SWAC games (the guaranteed negatives) are the biggest issue.

[CajunVic]

. . . do you really think Rice and Tulane were down or expected to be down when we scheduled them . . .

Then you have these single weekday games

Louisiana will host 10 midweek games during the 2024 season – Northwestern State (Feb. 21), Southern (March 19), McNeese (March 20), Grambling (March 26), Nicholls (April 2), Prairie View (April 9), Louisiana Tech (April 10), SLU (April 17), Houston Christian (April 24) and Jackson State (May 7).

. . . who else are you going to get that can drive in, play a game and drive back home for a weekday game . . .

[zeppelincajun]

Considering Rice hasn’t had a winning season since 2017, that’s a pretty safe bet.