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Has any team, baseball or softball, had a tougher road to the WS than Bama softball?
Posted on 5/16/17 at 10:39 am
Posted on 5/16/17 at 10:39 am
Final polls just released. Bama has Minnesota this weekend in the regional and at Florida for a Super Regional if they advance. Florida and Minnesota are a combined 101-8 on the season.
Bama board thread but it's the toughest draw I've ever seen.
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Posted on 5/16/17 at 10:43 am to AHM21
Yea... it was already not our year but uh, it's really really not our year now
roll tide
roll tide
Posted on 5/16/17 at 10:43 am to AHM21
Minnesota is 2-2 against RPI top 25 teams. They'll probably win the Tuscaloosa regional, but still aren't as good as a handful of teams in the SEC
Posted on 5/16/17 at 10:46 am to AHM21
I think the committee was clearly torn between putting Bama or Minnesota at #16 or #17. So they ended up putting them in the same regional, but gave the edge to Bama.
It could be worse. You could be #17, not hosting a regional, and headed to face the Gophers up in Minnesota this weekend with the hope of winning that regional and making it to Gainesville.
Yes, Minnesota.
It could be worse. You could be #17, not hosting a regional, and headed to face the Gophers up in Minnesota this weekend with the hope of winning that regional and making it to Gainesville.
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Has any team, baseball or softball, had a tougher road to the WS than Bama softball?
Yes, Minnesota.
Posted on 5/16/17 at 10:50 am to BHMKyle
Minnesota is having their best year ever. The crowd at Alabama might rattle them because none of them have played in front of 4500 people, but Minnesota will be fired up. And honestly this Bama team hasn't clicked all year. Osorio has carried them to this point.
Posted on 5/16/17 at 10:56 am to Riseupfromtherubble
Minnesota SOS is 114. The 16 host teams have SOS's ranging from 1 to 36.
Posted on 5/16/17 at 10:57 am to AHM21
i dont follow softball but why is the #1 seed on the road? and then matched with the #2?
Posted on 5/16/17 at 10:59 am to ALA2262
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Minnesota SOS is 114. The 16 host teams have SOS's ranging from 1 to 36.
This needs to be emphasized.
Posted on 5/16/17 at 11:03 am to StopRobot
The Big Ten is a glorified FCS conference this season in softball. Just plain bad. That being said, Minnesota is very good.
Posted on 5/16/17 at 11:06 am to AHM21
Yes.
Posted on 5/16/17 at 11:37 am to CarolinaGamecock99
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why is the #1 seed on the road?
I'm not sure I follow.
eta: That is one like five softball polls. They're not nationally seeded in the tournament. They've only lost 3 times and their RPI is still outside the top 10.
This post was edited on 5/16/17 at 11:38 am
Posted on 5/16/17 at 1:27 pm to AHM21
Yeah I'm going to say Bama's baseball team has a tougher road.
That was easy
That was easy
Posted on 5/16/17 at 2:04 pm to CarolinaGamecock99
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i dont follow softball but why is the #1 seed on the road? and then matched with the #2?
They are not the #1 seed. They are the #17 seed which is why they are on the road at the #16 seed. 17 is at 16, 18 is at 15, 19 is at 14, etc.
This post was edited on 5/16/17 at 2:06 pm
Posted on 5/16/17 at 2:52 pm to AHM21
Patrick Murphy is that you?
Posted on 5/16/17 at 3:04 pm to REV-S
I don't care who Minnesota has played or hasn't ...they are 52-3 on the year and have an All-American pitcher. They will be a tough out.
I think it's a joke that Florida (overall #1 seed) gets stuck with possibly playing them.
I think it's a joke that Florida (overall #1 seed) gets stuck with possibly playing them.
Posted on 5/16/17 at 3:08 pm to REV-S
they may not be the number one seed, but it is absolutely ridiculous that the can be ranked number one in a legit poll and still be in the bracket with the number one seed. Bad for them, but also not very fair for the number one seed. The number one seed has to get past the number one team in the nation, or a team that is seeded higher than the number one team in the nation. That is just screwed up. Big time. And just wrong.
Also, they have what many consider the number one pitcher in the nation and POY candidate. There is no circumstance where this is a legitimate bracket.
So, the committee found a way to give the best chance to ultimately screw both Florida AND Alabama.
Meanwhile ACC bully Florida State (most overrated team in the tournament) gets to play a Georgia team that cant win a game, and possibly an LSU team that is hot or cold. I really hope the SEC puts them out immediately.
Also, they have what many consider the number one pitcher in the nation and POY candidate. There is no circumstance where this is a legitimate bracket.
So, the committee found a way to give the best chance to ultimately screw both Florida AND Alabama.
Meanwhile ACC bully Florida State (most overrated team in the tournament) gets to play a Georgia team that cant win a game, and possibly an LSU team that is hot or cold. I really hope the SEC puts them out immediately.
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Posted on 5/16/17 at 3:14 pm to TheRaid
Well said.
Posted on 5/16/17 at 3:20 pm to CarolinaGamecock99
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CarolinaGamecock99
Who do we play? On a side note, it was cool of Dawn Staley to hang out with our softball team when the seeding was announced. Glad it was her and not Holbrook...we'd have been left out fo'sho just from his stank arse being nearby.
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