2014 BB: Louisiana vs McNeese

[Frenchie35]

Like I said yesterday.....mid-week you need the bats to come alive. Your week end starters can hold the rope until our bats break out.......

[jumboragncajun]

Yes. I agree. Relieves Jay of having to fill airtime with update after update of scores from around the league. Schneider compliments him well.

Yes. Compliments him well with relevant discussion.
GOOD JOB JEFF...Now go post the box score and update the stats page ASAP!

[Dad04]

Brian...the Sunbelt is having a tough year. I don't know what to think. We get GA Southern next year, a good program, but we also get Appy State which sport a 165 RPI.

[Dad04]

Jace has been unconscious. I kinda expected big things from him though. Didn't know Leonards would add so much to the team. I knew he was a solid ball player, but he's impressed the ____ outta me.

I guess hitting is contagious.

[ZoomZoom]

Ah, even giving up way too many runs, beating the broke backs is just soooo sweet. Now follow up with 3 beat downs this weekend.

[CajunStros]

Glad to get back in the win column. Another midweek loss would def hurt.

I think the big story here though is getting quality innings from Milhourn against a pretty good hitting team.

[RaginScotsman]

Glad to get back in the win column. Another midweek loss would def hurt.

I think the big story here though is getting quality innings from Milhourn against a pretty good hitting team.

It's good to have him back. He really took the pressure off. You have to like our bull pen, but they have been hit up 3 out of the past 4 games. They are still big reason why we are where we are today.

[aBuckfromLuck]

#11 RPI after tonight's win. #13 prior.. sweep UALR and we might be back in top 10.

[CrazyCajun]

Beginning of the year we had Aut, baranik and milhorn eating up 21-24 of the 36-45 of innings in a given week. This week they have eaten up 8 of 45 innings. We are just having to rely on our pen too much right now, we are lucky to have gotten through this stretch as good as we have. Hopefully Aut and milhorn getting some rest, the pen logging innings will work out for the best in the long run. I wouldn't mind a scenario where we could give baranik a week off. Of hopefully the bats can get him a huge early lead in one of these upcoming games and let him sit a little early.

[GoneGolfin]

#11 RPI after tonight's win. #13 prior.. sweep UALR and we might be back in top 10.

Do not count on it. I have not run the numbers yet, but given a sweep of UALR just by itself would result in a modest drop in the Cajuns' RPI (currently at .6026). The Cajuns would need help from their opponents to tread water ... and considerable help to log an RPI gain.

That said, the teams around the Cajuns are packed rather tightly. If those teams do not perform adequately, the Cajuns could possibly move up in RPI ranking ... despite their RPI dropping. But the teams from the elite conferences can lose games at this time of year (conference play) and still hold their RPI.

#1 South Carolina .6348
#2 Houston .6197
#3 Florida State .6131
#4 Florida .6125
#5 Kentucky .6102
#6 Vanderbilt .6089
#7 Indiana .6074
#8 Ole Miss .6064
#9 Texas .6059
#10 Virginia .6031
#11 Louisiana .6026
#12 UNLV .6019
#13 Rice .5915

#3 -> #9 are packed rather snugly
#10 -> #12 are packed very tightly

Something to think about ... If the game vs. UNO had not been played, the Cajuns would have the #3 RPI in the country, putting pressure on Houston at #2.

Unfortunately, the remaining schedule does not look good for the Cajuns. UALR and UTA will hurt (6 games) ... as will ULM (3 games). South Alabama will be neutral at best (3 games). SLU (2 games) and McNeese State (1 game) are probably the best games remaining RPI-wise ... followed by Arkansas State (3 games) and Texas State (3 games). The remaining OWP contribution for the Cajuns is a less than stellar .5029 (21 games) ... a drop from their current OWP.

Brian