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Could it be that it pads the win column for the head coach?
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Timely hits.....11 LOB yesterday, 2 more so far today.
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If you're trying to win the tournament... pitchers that go today are available Sat and/or Sun. Granted... this game's outcome is not important for that. Pitchers that go on Friday (v FSU) would most likely be done for the tournament. Also UVA is not a lock to host... winning 3 or 4 this week would lock them in, I think.
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Of course, it COULD be.... it could be a bunch of things... and some would vindicate Hall on this particular issue... but we'll never know.
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I've not seen or heard anything that would lead me to believe that CFDH is scheduling to pad his win totals. Nor do I think he is ignorant on the topic. My gut feel on the scheduling issue is that it is one of the following (listed in order of probability in my mind):
1) Hall wants to "help out" those programs from up north that need scheduling partners.
2) With a mostly new roster Hall wanted to give them a chance to gel before conference play started.
3) To get the prime RPI opponents to come to your place you have to dangle some cash in front of them, and we haven't done that (I could be totally wrong, I don't know if this is even a thing, but wouldn't surprise me).
1) Hall wants to "help out" those programs from up north that need scheduling partners.
2) With a mostly new roster Hall wanted to give them a chance to gel before conference play started.
3) To get the prime RPI opponents to come to your place you have to dangle some cash in front of them, and we haven't done that (I could be totally wrong, I don't know if this is even a thing, but wouldn't surprise me).
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Looks like we are putting it in the committee's hands
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Yep... so far this week... this is the worst-case scenario. Not good. I was bullish on the outcome in the ACCT not really mattering... but this kind of showing might be hard to ignore (in the way bad way).
Assuming there is no miracle here... we're hoping Pitt or Miami don't win it all AND the committee cares very little about what Ga Tech has done in this tournament.
Assuming there is no miracle here... we're hoping Pitt or Miami don't win it all AND the committee cares very little about what Ga Tech has done in this tournament.
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Updating my table with today's results....
Root for (or against):
East Carolina in AAC tournament <-- East Carolina won their opener
Indiana St in Missouri Valley tournament <-- Starts tomorrow
San Diego over Portland in West Coast tournament <-- Starts Thursday
Lamar in Southland tournament <-- Starts tomorrow......
Awww, nevermind, it no longer matters.
Root for (or against):
East Carolina in AAC tournament <-- East Carolina won their opener
Indiana St in Missouri Valley tournament <-- Starts tomorrow
San Diego over Portland in West Coast tournament <-- Starts Thursday
Lamar in Southland tournament <-- Starts tomorrow......
Awww, nevermind, it no longer matters.
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He certainly didn't become the active wins leader through conference play.
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Ole Miss is 16-9 OOC with a 30th ranked OOC SOS. We are 16-6 OOC with a 215th ranked OOC SOS. They have a 0.353 winning percentage against Q1 opponents, we are 0.391. Against all other teams, they are 0.681 and we are 0.710. Pretty comparable. Against common opponents (Auburn and UGA), they went 3-3 and we went 0-4. And they played all of those games on the road. The last team we whined about RPI was Auburn, and they swept us. RPI was right on the money.
Can we give it a break?
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No promises... but I'm willing to negotiate what gets a break if RPI is on the table v other exhausting topics.
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Not just Hall but all of them. They don't want to lose their situations.
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I know you said "give it a break", so forgive me, but this is really interesting to me....
Ole Miss' #30 OOC RPI, guess who they played on non-conference weekends...
Hawaii, High Point, Iowa, and Morehead St.
As we said about another team over the weekend, not exactly a murderer's row. None even close to UGa. None in the conversation for making the NCAA tournament as an at-large. BUT, none even close to our three sub 200 RPI foes.
TL;DR, Schedule building really is a science. It's not about scheduling all the top teams, but rather scheduling teams that are slightly outside the NCAA tournament cutoff point, teams that a NCAA tourney team should still beat, and avoid scheduling any really bad teams.
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Does getting blown out in our final game impact selection committee?
Are we >25% of making the tourney? I'm not confident in us winning a regional, but I would still love to see us play a couple more games.
Are we >25% of making the tourney? I'm not confident in us winning a regional, but I would still love to see us play a couple more games.
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Joking aside (and our performance today did cause me to lose a little motivation), I'm planning to look at it again tonight and see where I think things stand. My guess is that we are around 25% chance of making the tourney, but that is just a guess right now.
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Even if we make the tourney, look for CDH to celebrate it as a successful season even if we get bounced in the Regionals in two games
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I mean, credit where credit is due. Hall had a very good first 15 years, an OK second 15 years and significantly improved our facilities. However, the program just seems to have become very stale.