CAJUNS VS ULM

[lcitsh]

So Troy winning would make it?

#1 Troy
#2 USA
#3 UL

Correct. Troy beats South AL, 6-3.

[CajunDreDog]

	R	H	E
Troy	6	8	0
South Alabama	3	11	1
FINAL

[GoneGolfin]

Correct. Troy beats South AL, 6-3.

I was listening to the game ... some real tension at the end of this one after Troy won ... celebrating on South Alabama's field. Tempers were flaring.

This should be a good Sun Belt Tournament.

Brian

[Jacob81]

Correct. Troy beats South AL, 6-3.

Explain the tie breaker please. I thought it was record against 3rd place. Then 4th, so on and so on. That would mean USA is champ. USA beat us 2 out of 3 troy only 1 out of 3.

[marine dude]

Explain the tie breaker please. I thought it was record against 3rd place. Then 4th, so on and so on. That would mean USA is champ. USA beat us 2 out of 3 troy only 1 out of 3.

I caught jay referencing something along these lines in the broadcast, but wasn't sure exactly.

[CajunAlum10]

Explain the tie breaker please. I thought it was record against 3rd place. Then 4th, so on and so on. That would mean USA is champ. USA beat us 2 out of 3 troy only 1 out of 3.

I read on the Conference boards that technically since us and FAU finished tied, that they compare their full record vs. both us and FAU. They don't just go by the tournament seed of us being the 3 seed. Since both us and FAU have the same record, they don't take into account our tiebreaker over FAU... they just look at it as being tied for sake of records against.

Therefore... Troy is 3-3 against both UL and FAU... while South Alabama is 2-4 vs. both teams. Therefore Troy wins the tiebreak.

[marine dude]

What's so difficult about simply using a head to head as the tiebreaker??

[CajunAlum10]

What's so difficult about simply using a head to head as the tiebreaker??

Because this is Troy and South Alabama's second series this season.... and they tied at 3-3 overall. So the next tiebreak is record against the 3rd Place team. While in this scenario... there's a tie for 3rd with UL and FAU, which is why it's their record against both teams.

[lcitsh]

2013 SUN BELT BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SEED
ING AND TIE-BREAKING PROCEDURES
The seeds for the Championship shall be determined based on each team's regular-season conference
finish. In the event of a tie for a particular seed, the seed will be determined as follows:

If one team has defeated the other team a greater
number of times, that team shall be awarded
the higher seeded position.

If the tied teams tied split games, the higher position will be awarded to the
team that has the best
won-loss record against the highest seeded team not involved in the tie.

If each team has the same record against the highest seeded team not involved in the tie, then
the won-loss records against the next highest seeded team not involved in the tie would be
considered and so on down the line until the tie is broken.

If the records are the same against all teams, then the seeded position would be determined by a
toss of the coin by the Sun
Belt Conference Commissioner.
THREE OR MORE TEAMS

In the event of a three-way tie, the won-loss record of the tied teams against each other is first
considered.

If the teams are still tied, the team's records against the highest seeded team is considered. Then
the next highest seeded team and so forth until the tie is broken.

If there is still a tie, the seeded position of the teams will be determined by a draw conducted by
the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner.

For multiple ties larger than a three-way tie,
the same procedure will be applied as used to break
a three-way tie.

For all multiple ties, the tie is broken by first deciding the highest-seeded team involved in the tie
before deciding other seeding positions. Once
the highest seeded team is determined, the
remaining tied teams will revert back to
the beginning of the applicable tiebreaker.

[J-Town Cajun]

According to warrennolan our RPI moved us up to #24. Maybe Brian can give us his ranking tonight or tomorrow?

Anyway I do think we are pretty safely in a regional and another win would be a lock. Today I think we are a 2 seed but I think if we go 0-2 in the SBC tournament we may fall to a #3 seed.