BB 2016: Hosting or Not?

[CharlieK]

This thread is hilarious. Thanks!

[ManAboutTown]

Historically the committee has followed the rpi pretty closely from 1-12. Obviously there have been exceptions. It has typically been a lot more fluid further down the list.

As of now 12-18 consist of Texas Tech, Virginia, Coastal Carolina, North Carolina, Florida State, TCU, & UL. RPI ranges from .5928 - .5818. (all numbers per WarrenNolan) Pretty tight cluster and doesn't include the teams below us.

Personally I think we need to win the tournament and get some help. In particular from Coastal and Florida State. Most of the time when the committee takes someone outside the top 16 rpi for hosting its meant bringing someone up from one of the higher rated rpi conferences. SBC is ranked 9th which isn't bad but not enough to help in this instance.

Geography certainly doesn't play in our favor. The lack of West Coast teams with a high rpi is troublesome. UC-Santa Barbara is one spot behind us at #19. Assuming they have submitted a bid it might be hard to pass them up as a host even as a #2 (update - they did not submit a bid). I just can't see the NCAA not having a single regional out West so we might still end up with a #2 hosting.

If we can't sneak our way into the top 16 I think we are done. Even if we are in the top 16 I think it is a stretch.

Oh so you think you're smarter than D1baseball and Baseball America, aye smart guy?!?! I guess you're full of yourself too! /sarcasm

Good post, and logical reasoning.

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[CajunT]

#21 only by D1Baseball, which apparently makes ridiculous assumptions about teams.

Outside of Brian Benton on this board, no one knows more or has more connections in college baseball then Kendall Rogers at D1Baseball.

[Rebel02]

Outside of Brian Benton on this board, no one knows more or has more connections in college baseball then Kendall Rogers at D1Baseball.

Follow along with the posts to understand the context of the comment.

[CajunT]

Follow along with the posts to understand the context of the comment.

I did, just letting people know and tied it to your post.

[CajunAlum10]

Oh so you think you're smarter than D1baseball and Baseball America, aye smart guy?!?! I guess you're full of yourself too! /sarcasm

Good post, and logical reasoning.

Don't forget to tell your friends about me..

The difference in his posts and yours are that he comes across intelligent with well thought out reasonings behind everything. Your posts are over the top proclamations and you constantly make snide remarks that tries to put others down and beneath you, as if to imply that you are the know-it-all.

Cajun90 has my respect from years of good posts. You on the other hand, do not.

[Rebel02]

Kendall is one of the best in the business, no doubt about it. He even gives us some respect and pub, and that makes me like him even more. But he still misses on these. Just like everyone else. He missed on College of Charleston and Fullerton last season. (Both teams were in a similar situation as we are this season).

Clarification as this comes off as though he missed on both them of being regional host sites:

He missed on CofC as they ended up not hosting despite a #16 RPI ranking at the time of the selections. It didn't help that they came out of the #14 RPI conference.

He missed on Fullerton as they ended up hosting despite a #25 RPI ranking at the time of the selections. It helped that they won the #9 RPI rated conference and are from the west coast where a regional is generally needed.

[CajunAlum10]

Personally I think we need to win the tournament and get some help. In particular from Coastal and Florida State. Most of the time when the committee takes someone outside the top 16 rpi for hosting its meant bringing someone up from one of the higher rated rpi conferences. SBC is ranked 9th which isn't bad but not enough to help in this instance.

I tend to agree with this statement. However, I think what helps is that so many hosts are coming from only 2 conferences. They will be looking for another conference to host and even though we are the #9 conference, I believe if we win SBC tourney, it will look good that the Cajuns are the reg season champs AS WELL AS tourney champs and we'd be holding a #16 RPI or close to that. I think we'd look attractive to the committee on the surface. It really boils down to what Tulane does. If Tulane also wins their conference tourny, that's when it gets dicey from my view.

[CajunFan3406]

Highly unlikely that UCSB gets a host spot after finishing 3rd in the Big West, despite the high RPI ranking.

FYI, see my post in the other thread. The Big West has another weekend of regular season of baseball to play. UCSB could still conceivably finish 2nd there. But Cajun90 said they didn't submit a bid. And apparently Long Beach State didn't either, per your post. So I guess you hope for LBS to win the Big West. So then, what, Arizona to host as a #2?

[ManAboutTown]

FYI, see my post in the other thread. The Big West has another weekend of regular season of baseball to play. UCSB could still conceivably finish 2nd there. But Cajun90 said they didn't submit a bid. And apparently Long Beach State didn't either, per your post. So I guess you hope for LBS to win the Big West. So then, what, Arizona to host as a #2?

I heard this morning on Sirius that this is a possibility. (CBS show I think)