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NCAA Softball Bracket set

Posted on 5/15/16 at 10:47 pm
Posted by boXerrumble
Member since Sep 2011
52279 posts
Posted on 5/15/16 at 10:47 pm


UF gets the only other 50 win team in the country in its regional

Guess they don't want the 3peat either.
Posted by Choctaw
Pumpin' Sunshine
Member since Jul 2007
77774 posts
Posted on 5/15/16 at 10:56 pm to
quote:

Guess they don't want the 3peat either.



It's softball. They probably weren't even paying attention
Posted by Dawgsontop34
Member since Jun 2014
42554 posts
Posted on 5/15/16 at 10:58 pm to
quote:

UF gets the only other 50 win team in the country in its regional


Yeah, I'm sure they're really concerned about a FAU team who ran a train through the conference USA. Couldn't have had anything to do with how close those two teams were located
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
62798 posts
Posted on 5/15/16 at 11:03 pm to
Am I supposed to be able to read that bracket?
Posted by TheJones
Member since Nov 2009
33346 posts
Posted on 5/15/16 at 11:07 pm to
quote:

UF


Not the SEC champ, nobody cares
Posted by EKG
Houston, TX
Member since Jun 2010
44025 posts
Posted on 5/15/16 at 11:16 pm to
Yuck.
Not a fan of our bracket.
Posted by Rebel Land Shark
Member since Jul 2013
30167 posts
Posted on 5/15/16 at 11:33 pm to
Posted by Uncle Gunnysack
Member since Apr 2016
5541 posts
Posted on 5/16/16 at 2:13 am to
im sure non A&M/Texas fans like it, but its really pathetic the lengths the committees go through to keep matching the two of us up in the postseason.
Posted by GoT1de
Alabama
Member since Aug 2009
5041 posts
Posted on 5/16/16 at 4:54 am to
Alabama State has some hitters...
Florida best not look past them.
Posted by cornhat
Member since Feb 2011
3393 posts
Posted on 5/16/16 at 8:00 am to
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Couldn't have had anything to do with how close those two teams were located
It's inconsistent. Georgia has Northwestern and Maine in their regional. Their placement was because of geography?

While you're pretty flippant about it, FAU has a pitcher with the 3rd lowest ERA in D1.
Posted by remaster916
Alabama
Member since Oct 2012
12226 posts
Posted on 5/16/16 at 8:01 am to
Florida won the regular season title, it's the tournament title that isn't very important. Miss St was the only team that was important too.
Posted by CapstoneGrad06
Little Rock
Member since Nov 2008
72204 posts
Posted on 5/16/16 at 8:07 am to
I'm not too happy to see a team in Alabama's regional they've already played. It is what it is.
Posted by Emanonion
Member since Dec 2012
1762 posts
Posted on 5/16/16 at 9:23 am to
I think this is the first time ole miss has ever made the tournament.
Posted by JamalSanders
On a boat
Member since Jul 2015
12135 posts
Posted on 5/16/16 at 10:09 am to
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I think this is the first time ole miss has ever made the tournament.




It is, according to the selection show last night.
Posted by TheRaid
Currently Living in South Alabama
Member since Jan 2013
1304 posts
Posted on 5/17/16 at 7:55 am to
It is pretty obvious the goal was three-fold:

1. Have the best SEC teams eliminate each other on one side of the bracket and have the best of the rest of the non-SEC teams and the SEC teams fight it out in the top half of the other. No SEC final.

The top 2 SEC seeds must face each other, and one side of the bracket is loaded with most of the SEC teams. Further, Alabama/ATM have to get through each other and Oklahoma.

2. Have a very easy path for Michigan. Michigan doesn't face any formidable opponent except perhaps LSU until it potentially faces Alabama/ATM/Oklahoma, and it is guaranteed to only have to face one of those. The only SEC teams Michigan has to face before the WCWS are potentially Missouri and LSU. Missouri should be on Florida's side and Tennessee and Kentucky should be on Michigan's side.

3. Keep Florida from a 3-peat to preserve UCLA's place in history as the only school to 3-peat. The committee has 3 UCLA alumni. This cannot be any more obvious. Remember, Florida beat Michigan 8-0 earlier in the season. Their side of the bracket is loaded with teams they have already faced and are more familiar with Florida pitching. Florida has the top 2 pitchers in the nation. At #3 is their regional opponent in FAU. Florida then has to face an SEC foe in the super regional. They then have to face another SEC foe or Florida State- a rival and a team they've faced twice and you know how hard it is to beat a team 3 times. If they get past that, they have to face Auburn or Tennessee. Florida A&M should have been in the Gainesville Regional, but they are in the Tallahassee regional. It just isn't right. And, it looks a lot like last year. Florida is NOT the real #1 in this bracket. Michigan is.

I predict Auburn v. Michigan in the final. Hopefully, Oklahoma or Alabama will upset them, but I don't think it will happen.

If Florida somehow wins it all again, it will be because they earned it above and beyond.

This post was edited on 5/17/16 at 8:13 am
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