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How many games do people think we are gong to win? I was under last time predicting 2, but for Peurifoy's drop would have been there! So in honor of close games, I'm doing half game predictions. If it goes to extra innings like against NC State, it's a half game.
Q: Who was the happiest person we made the NCAA field?
A: Ryan Peurifoy. The ape on his back got lighter.
We have next to no chance to win. Florida has lost 4 games all year at home, with #1 RPI. With L'Ville, Miami and A&M at the top 4 in RPI there is a lot of separation between those four and the next 296 teams. So Fl is elite and playing at home.
D1 talked about the region. They have Florida winning on Sunday (e.g. no losses). And UConn coming in second since they noted we only have one pitcher and fall apart by Sunday. They said that Florida has to love this bracket with a weak #2, #3 and #4 seed.
One good note from D1 is that we have all right handed hitters and this park favors RH hitters. So we may be able to bludgeon our way to a win. I don't care how really as long as we put enough together between offense, defense and pitching to win.
GT and UConn have weak pitching and Florida is massively deep. For GT and UConn to pitch their best against each other plays very much to Florida's favor.
@65Jacket is usually right about things which are not in print and he said that Hall is going with Gold ..... so I have to assume Gold is going to start. But for UConn, Anthony Kay is their stud .... 2.46 ERA but 113.1 IP and 16 appearances (9-2). http://www.d1baseball.com/player-rankings/connecticut/ But he pitched some more on Sunday so his time may be limited. UConn's two other starters, Montgomerie and Cate, look pretty solid too with 2.57 and 2.71 ERAs. I don't want to sound condescending, but UConn is #51 in the RPI and played the 124th strongest SOS. So UConn pitchers ERA would be a lot higher playing our 11th SOS. {Asinine if we start Gold against UConn in my opinion. For more see https://gtswarm.com/threads/who-would-you-start-on-friday-vs-uconn.9704/ }
I think we win one game if we start with Gold. Scenarios:
Q: Who was the happiest person we made the NCAA field?
A: Ryan Peurifoy. The ape on his back got lighter.
We have next to no chance to win. Florida has lost 4 games all year at home, with #1 RPI. With L'Ville, Miami and A&M at the top 4 in RPI there is a lot of separation between those four and the next 296 teams. So Fl is elite and playing at home.
D1 talked about the region. They have Florida winning on Sunday (e.g. no losses). And UConn coming in second since they noted we only have one pitcher and fall apart by Sunday. They said that Florida has to love this bracket with a weak #2, #3 and #4 seed.
One good note from D1 is that we have all right handed hitters and this park favors RH hitters. So we may be able to bludgeon our way to a win. I don't care how really as long as we put enough together between offense, defense and pitching to win.
GT and UConn have weak pitching and Florida is massively deep. For GT and UConn to pitch their best against each other plays very much to Florida's favor.
@65Jacket is usually right about things which are not in print and he said that Hall is going with Gold ..... so I have to assume Gold is going to start. But for UConn, Anthony Kay is their stud .... 2.46 ERA but 113.1 IP and 16 appearances (9-2). http://www.d1baseball.com/player-rankings/connecticut/ But he pitched some more on Sunday so his time may be limited. UConn's two other starters, Montgomerie and Cate, look pretty solid too with 2.57 and 2.71 ERAs. I don't want to sound condescending, but UConn is #51 in the RPI and played the 124th strongest SOS. So UConn pitchers ERA would be a lot higher playing our 11th SOS. {Asinine if we start Gold against UConn in my opinion. For more see https://gtswarm.com/threads/who-would-you-start-on-friday-vs-uconn.9704/ }
I think we win one game if we start with Gold. Scenarios:
- Pitch Gold UConn (W); pitch Dunlaney Fl (L); pitch Parr Fl (L)
- My favorite: Pitch Dulaney/Parr UConn (W); Pitch Gold FL extra innings (.5); Pitch Parr/Dulaney Fl (L). I'm making the poll changeable until Friday morning. Win 1.5.
- Lose to UConn, but then beat Bethane but then lose to Fl. So still one game.
