SB: UL vs Mississippi State

[ZoomZoom]

Unacceptable according to UL softball standards.

ISWYDT…

[Cajun Bullet]

Have to learn from this game, work on the weaknesses, and get better!

[VObserver]

Apparently the whole conference took the night off last night. Auburn crushed Troy, McNeese beat South Alabama 8-2 and TSAB run ruled ULM. The only bright spot was USM beat a pretty good Southeastern Louisiana team 6-2.

[Louisiana84]

Apparently the whole conference took the night off last night. Auburn crushed Troy, McNeese beat South Alabama 8-2 and TSAB run ruled ULM. The only bright spot was USM beat a pretty good Southeastern Louisiana team 6-2.

So, we suck?

[ragin50]

So, we suck?

We definitely did last night in all aspects.

[VObserver]

So, we suck?

Not saying that, 84. There have also been days when we over-performed as a conference and/or as individual teams. Just all had a bad night at the same time this time. Even then, that USM [RPI 88] win over SLU [RPI 56] was a quality win.

[RaginScotsman]

Just in for a weird journey this year given the situation. New coach, different style of play, lost so many key contributors and outright stars, injuries impacting depth and talent on the field. They'll still lose some games they usually don't lose (Ole Miss and Moo State are usually sent to our regionals as a 3 seed.) It'll be a struggle at times. But, when they do get some big wins, celebrate them. There's been a couple already.

Anyway, last night was super frustrating either way. Hate that feeling when it looks like Softball doesn't belong. Just need to take it into context and recognize that it's likely temporary.

[VObserver]

Current SBC RPI [through games of 3/5/25]

28 Coastal Carolina
44 Louisiana
51 Texas St.
54 ULM
75 Southern Miss.
80 Troy
81 James Madison
106 Ga. Southern
110 South Alabama
151 Georgia St.
157 App State
182 Marshall

Hard to believe, but we went from 46 to 44 in RPI based on last night's games. ULM went from 60 to 54 for losing to TSAB. USM went from 88 to 75 with their win over SLU, who went from 56 to 67. USA went from 105 to 110 by losing to McNeese, who jumped from 74 to 72.

The conference is very close to having 4 top 50 RPI teams, and 3 more top 75. Both thresholds are important for RPI bonuses.

[Louisiana84]

Charlie, I'm just hoping we can compete for the conference championship. We seem to be in a tough spot. Love our coach, though. Hope she is getting the support she needs to win here.

[VObserver]

Charlie, I'm just hoping we can compete for the conference championship. We seem to be in a tough spot. Love our coach, though. Hope she is getting the support she needs to win here.

I want to compete for the championship as well, but long term it is more important that our conference mates have stepped up their game to strengthen the conference. We now have 9 of our 12 softball members committed to taking their programs seriously. All 9 are capable of fielding top 75 teams so long as they continue to fund and schedule properly.

Now the conference can challenge us, rather than being an RPI anchor.