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Comparing 5 SEC teams vying for non-national seed hosting

Posted on 5/22/23 at 9:13 am
Posted by SummerOfGeorge
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Posted on 5/22/23 at 9:13 am
This post was edited on 5/22/23 at 9:30 am
Posted by BluegrassBelle
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Posted on 5/22/23 at 9:15 am to
I can’t help but feel like our SOS and RPI gives us a leg up to host when most all other stats are close but I can also see them rationalizing sending us to somewhere in Indiana like they’ve done before because of two many “southern” hosts.
Posted by elposter
Member since Dec 2010
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Posted on 5/22/23 at 9:16 am to
Order looks like:

Kentucky
South Carolina
Auburn
Alabama
Tennessee

Auburn and Alabama are almost a coin flip.
Posted by SummerOfGeorge
Member since Jul 2013
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Posted on 5/22/23 at 9:17 am to
I think we end with

Hosts : Kentucky, Auburn (making 6 total SEC hosts - Florida, Arkansas, Vanderbilt, LSU, Kentucky, Auburn)

Alabama loses out due to pathetic OOC schedule (Bo's last knife to the stomach). With everything else pretty equal Carolina gets dinged for recent performance. Tennessee isn't even really in the discussion, I don't think. They are well behind in every metric.
This post was edited on 5/22/23 at 9:21 am
Posted by WDE24
Member since Oct 2010
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Posted on 5/22/23 at 9:18 am to
If you were just going to pick one, you could make a decent case for any of them except maybe Tennessee.
Posted by NFLSU
Screwston, Texas
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Posted on 5/22/23 at 9:22 am to
Auburn’s 17 conference wins and 5 straight series wins have earned the right to host.
Posted by Honkus
Member since Aug 2005
52017 posts
Posted on 5/22/23 at 9:23 am to
You should add either last 10 W/L or last 5 series W/L as its something the committee really values.

Of those 5, the cocks and tigers are hitting the road next week IMO
Posted by kengel2
Team Gun
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Posted on 5/22/23 at 9:32 am to
Kentucky
Auburn
SC
Bama
Tenn

Posted by TrumpedUpVol
Member since Sep 2020
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Posted on 5/22/23 at 9:53 am to
Loser of Alabama vs. Kentucky tomorrow can stop thinking about hosting.

I also think any team of these five that makes it to Saturday unscathed will find themselves in the Top 16.

Right now, assuming that they don't lose to Missouri, I think Auburn is host #5 and no one else has a real chance unless they get to the semifinals.
Posted by 3rdPart Tiger
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 5/22/23 at 10:07 am to
Listening to D1 Baseball's Nerdcast (Pre-Conference Tourney Predictions) at the moment.

They went:

1 Wake
2 Florida
3 Arkansas
4 LSU
5 Stanford
6 Clemson
7 Vandy
8 Virginia
9 Kentucky
10 Coastal
11 Miami
12 Auburn
13 Oklahoma State
14 Alabama
15 Boston College
16 Texas
This post was edited on 5/22/23 at 10:08 am
Posted by MrAUTigers
Florida
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Posted on 5/22/23 at 12:40 pm to
However it shakes out, some deserving SEC teams will get left out of a host.
Posted by skrayper
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Posted on 5/22/23 at 2:07 pm to
Kentucky has to be a shoe-in; otherwise you’re punishing teams for playing incredibly tough schedules.

Tennessee might have the roughest path in trying to convince them they deserve to be a host.
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