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Jackets get the dub, and the four teams beneath us take the L. Insurance for the tournament berth.

If we're playing for the conference tourney, let's look at what needs to happen. We have to finish above two teams, and there are four likely candidates. Here's how it stands and who plays whom. GT (10-14) - @Duke, vs UVA NCSU (10-14) - @UNC, vs Pitt (already lost game 1 @ UNC. They had one...

I'm not entirely sure I agree with this. I don't think this game had a lot to do with our postseason hopes either way. Like @FredJacket said, it's about conference games. We have two high-RPI series coming up, that can put us where we need to be. If we get to .500 in conference play (big if)...

I think this is true...so long as they have a path the the championship. Eventually, if the big 2 separate formally, they could be persuaded.

Duke has a good body of work, but it's pretty recent they got over .500. Sweeping Lville and beating UVA have propped them up. Neither of those teams are as great as we thought. UVA, on the other hand, started strong by isn't looking like world beaters. Again, favored but beatable. I'm not...

I only caught the first couple innings today. Can someone who watched explain what happened with the ejections?

Pitt is ahead of us in the standings because they had 2/3 cancelled against UNC. I think we're the better team (can't say that a lot this year) and we're at home. This should be 2 wins, but 3 would go a long way towards extending our postseason hope, however dire it may currently be.

Yeah Duke has gotten hot, winning series against VT and UVA, among others. If our season is to be extended at all, we should be at Pitt. 2-1, we've effectively held serve. Stayed alive for another day. 3-0, I'm letting myself get optimistic. Lose the series and the season is over. Then we...

I'm mentioning this because it wasn't quite clear to me - RPI points are not the same as RPI positions. It looks like the 26 RPI points equates to about 2 spots up.

While we're dreaming... 8-1 gets us a winning record. 7-2 gets us right at .500 in conference. A couple weeks ago I said we had 6 losses to give over the final 5 series. We proceeded to lose 5 straight conference games. While I like to think Pitt and Duke are beatable, at this point who knows.

Double header tomorrow. First game at 11.

I had the game on last night, sort of passively watching. Pretty sure Compton had an AB last night too?

You're not wrong, but also keep in mind they've achieved that record with the #5 SOS in the country. Our's is #50. Again, I agree with you, but all records are not created equally.

The problem is you're looking at relative rankings, not absolutes. Sure, 16 to 30-something seems bad, but if 20-40 are all really closely packed, that's not necessarily unreasonable or poor reflection of reality.

I'm all about supporting our student athletes, but can you elaborate on the Diamant thing? He faced 4 batters and gave up 4 hits, all in 17 pitches...

RPI may be a challenge for us this year, but this sort of confirms the target, IMO. Finish with a winning conference record, and we're likely in. But that won't be easy. Currently at 7-8, need 9-6 to finish on the right side of the line. Assuming all games are played, we have 6 losses to give...

One thing that seems to offset a weakish RPI is the loud, marquee wins. We need a series win over UVa, or Miami, to hang our hat on at the end of the season. That can put a resume over the top. We almost had it at Lville. We have a few more chances.

Way to make it complicated :) Honestly, heck of a game. I wish we had closed it out when we had the chance, but where's the fun in that? And we owed them one.

D1 baseball shows Auburn AND Georgia State this Tuesday, and Auburn again next Tuesday. Our athletics website says Auburn this Tuesday and Georgia State next week. I think we only play Auburn one more time. Looks like an error by D1.

It is doable, but winning on the road is tough in the ACC. We need to win the series in Blacksburg to offset the UNC series loss at home. We did not look competitive for most of game 1/game 2. Lack of timely hitting, and pitching just didn't have an answer. They're a good team, but this wasn't...