Hall is being nice. There is a massive difference between the first three and bottom three teams. The top 3 lost a total 23 ACC games (about 740 winning %) and the bottom 3 lost 48 games and were below 500. What this tournament shows is that the round robin format favors the fortunate. I like the double elimination more, but didn't we have to go to this format due to time constraints? Either this or reduce the field to 6 or so to start......
What is ironic is that we swept Duke during the regular season. That's why I thought we would have trouble with them. We are not that much better than Duke, but we are usually better. But I don't see it as a crime for Duke to go if they win. They will have won 2 of 3 just like us. I blame the format. But I don't think Duke will win. Duke is Duke and seems to choke in football and baseball; this is their first ACC tourney I heard since 1999.
{Note, Boyd's World updated the RPI at 0730 this morning, Duke is now 82nd. We are still 34th. And Miami is 16th. Miami needs the win to be assured of keeping the #1 seed. A win by Miami probably won't improve Miami's RPI much but a loss would sure hurt. I think Miami would regardless of the game today, but I sure wouldn't want to tempt the fates. I just looked at the relative contributions of win's/losses at Boyd's and a loss would definitely put Miami to 17th after Texas Tech while a win would probably move them ahead of Cal Poly to 15th.}
I'm not surprised that we are here looking at going to the ACCCG. We play good baseball, not the best overall, but good enough to be in any series with any team. While I can't say I expect it, I would not be surprised if we make the CWS.
