re: *2023 ARKANSAS RAZORBACK SEC CHAMPION BASEBALL THREAD - End Season 43-18*

If UNC makes it out of Indiana State’s regional, that might make for an interesting Super at Baum considering we went to their place last year and knocked them out when they were a national seed

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If all chalk holds (probably won’t), our side of the bracket in Omaha would be

#2 Florida
#7 Virginia

#3 Arkansas
#6 Vandy

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I'd welcome this. I just don't want an LSU team with their ace on the bump. No way we beat him 3 times.

If we lose to Iowa in a home super regional we deserve to be out of the tournament

That thread from the @statsowar guy is getting a lot of traction but I guess I’m just not seeing it. A lot of people think Arizona shouldn’t have even gotten in the field. Finished 12-18 in a pretty weak Pac 12 this year. And TCU also finished very middle of the road in the Big 12. Got hot and won the conference tournament but that tournament was loaded with upsets so they only played 1 NCAA tournament team the entire conference tournament and it was in the champ game when everyone is out of pitching.

I dunno, maybe I’ll eat my words and we’ll get worked in our own regional. I’m just having a hard time seeing it right now.

Arizona got hot late but were trash for 80% of the season. Timing thing though and they're playing their best ball.


Fitt:

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My biggest gripe, though, was Arizona getting in over Southern California and UC Irvine. The Wildcats sure looked like a regional team this week in their run to the Pac-12 title game, and that performance surely made an impression on the committee. Arizona played its way from well off the bubble to right on the bubble over the last three weeks, going 2-2 against Stanford, winning a series from USC, taking a midweek road game from Irvine, and beating Arizona State. That strong late performance certainly earned the Wildcats strong at-large consideration, but we don’t believe it should have been enough to offset a 12-18 showing in regular season (making Arizona the team with the worst conference record to get an at-large bid since 2009).

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My only guess is that Santa Clara is a relatively tough 4 seed

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Seems to be the case but it doesn’t look like it’s due to having a bonafide ace which would be more concerning.

I watched TCU play OSU in the B12 championship game and was impressed with their depth of pitching considering the circumstances. They’re a solid 2 but they’re not the only solid 2.

I think it’s a tough regional but we have one huge advantage that can’t be discounted. We are playing in Fayetteville.

We are 30-4 at home.

Swept a hosting Auburn
Won a Bama series who is also hosting
Swept a strong 2 seed in Tenn
Won a USCe series who is hosting
We did not a lose a series at home.

Baum

I’ve always looked at the 3 seed as the equivalent of an 11 seed in basketball. Good enough to beat you if they play great and you don’t, but you should beat them the vast majority of time.

All time series updates after this season games factored in.

Alabama
Alabama leads 53-48
Auburn
Arkansas leads 54-49
Georgia
Arkansas leads 37-28
LSU
LSU leads 77-40
Mississippi State
Series tied 57-57
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State leads 26-21
Ole Miss
Arkansas leads 59-53
South Carolina
Arkansas leads 46-36
Tennessee
Arkansas leads 42-28
TCU
Arkansas leads 48-20
Texas
Texas leads 56-34
Texas A&M
Arkansas leads 50-47
Vanderbilt
Arkansas leads 35-33

All Time records vs. Regional Teams

Arizona
Arizona leads 4-3
TCU
Arkansas leads 48-20
Santa Clara
Arkansas leads 1-0

If it were me I'd use smith in game one and Hollan in game 2(or vice versa). Not both in a single game. Can't overlook game 1 to save arms for game 2 and we don't have enough depth to use them both up in the same game in my opinion.