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re: College Baseball Landscape: National Seeds/Regional Hosts and More
Posted on 5/8/16 at 6:45 pm to Diamondawg
Posted on 5/8/16 at 6:45 pm to Diamondawg
quote:He's thinking about host sites--those are announced on Sunday, but the national seeds are not announced until the full field is released.quote:??
I'd take that bet, but I'd be cheating because National seeds are announced before SEC Tournament is finished.
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Posted on 5/9/16 at 10:16 am to twk
According to a show I heard early Sunday morning on satellite radio, there has been a lot of discussion in Omaha the last couple years of the intentional effort to configure it for the best chance of having a diversity of conferences and regions represented in Omaha.
Expect the committee to allow no more than 4 host national seeds from the SEC or ACC, and possibly fewer than most people think.
And, expect them to try match particular SEC teams in super-regionals so that no more than 4 SEC teams can make it to Omaha, and attempts to make it so that no more than 2 top teams from each conference make it to Omaha including matching SEC teams in first round brackets.
What does this look like?
You will see super-regionals setup to eliminate really good teams early in Omaha or in the super-regionals. For example, we will see a bracket matching ATM and Florida, or MSU and Florida, and South Carolina with Vanderbilt, Ole Miss with LSU or MSU, or the latter two etc, and Virginia with Louisville or either with FSU/NC State, and maybe even Miami and FSU early in Omaha.
Meanwhile, they will put the best non-host non-major conference teams to try to upset key SEC and ACC teams like they did last year, and send middle SEC teams to the West Coast- though that might be a good thing for the SEC this year.
They will separate the best teams of the other major conferences to provide a path for them to have the best chance at spoiling an SEC or ACC tournament and even an SEC vs ACC tournament in Omaha.
That means easier paths for TCU, Oregon State, Michigan, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Cal etc, and Creighton, Coastal, BYU, Southern Miss, FAU, Alabama State, East Carolina in SEC and ACC brackets.
We will also see fewer than expected SEC top seeds in softball and a similar strategy. Expect to see the softball committee protect the best non-SEC team, Michigan, all the way to the finals as much as possible and a more difficult road for Florida to try to avoid a rematch. The best SEC teams will be loaded on one side with Florida. Michigan's side will see one or two SEC teams.
Expect the committee to allow no more than 4 host national seeds from the SEC or ACC, and possibly fewer than most people think.
And, expect them to try match particular SEC teams in super-regionals so that no more than 4 SEC teams can make it to Omaha, and attempts to make it so that no more than 2 top teams from each conference make it to Omaha including matching SEC teams in first round brackets.
What does this look like?
You will see super-regionals setup to eliminate really good teams early in Omaha or in the super-regionals. For example, we will see a bracket matching ATM and Florida, or MSU and Florida, and South Carolina with Vanderbilt, Ole Miss with LSU or MSU, or the latter two etc, and Virginia with Louisville or either with FSU/NC State, and maybe even Miami and FSU early in Omaha.
Meanwhile, they will put the best non-host non-major conference teams to try to upset key SEC and ACC teams like they did last year, and send middle SEC teams to the West Coast- though that might be a good thing for the SEC this year.
They will separate the best teams of the other major conferences to provide a path for them to have the best chance at spoiling an SEC or ACC tournament and even an SEC vs ACC tournament in Omaha.
That means easier paths for TCU, Oregon State, Michigan, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Cal etc, and Creighton, Coastal, BYU, Southern Miss, FAU, Alabama State, East Carolina in SEC and ACC brackets.
We will also see fewer than expected SEC top seeds in softball and a similar strategy. Expect to see the softball committee protect the best non-SEC team, Michigan, all the way to the finals as much as possible and a more difficult road for Florida to try to avoid a rematch. The best SEC teams will be loaded on one side with Florida. Michigan's side will see one or two SEC teams.
This post was edited on 5/9/16 at 1:51 pm
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