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re: NCAA baseball bracketology

Posted by SummerOfGeorge on 4/30/25 at 3:25 pm
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I was under the impression that some venues don’t meet some kind of qualifications to host. I’m inclined to believe ours possibly doesn’t for one reason or another.


That is true - but generally if there is any chance you might host schools line up substitute venues and submit their bid for a regional. I'd guess if Kansas does that they'd line up a stadium in Kansas City or somewhere. But it's also possible they just don't bid on it and therefore won't host regardless.

Edit - looks like they can host

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“We are more than capable of hosting,” Fitzgerald said Monday, the day before the win at Nebraska. “I have spent zero time thinking about it, because our administration is so buttoned up and on top of that stuff and we have people — that’s what their job is and they’re phenomenal at it so there’s really nothing for me to do other than try to win every game so that it becomes a reality.”
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re: NCAA baseball bracketology

Posted by SummerOfGeorge on 4/30/25 at 3:18 pm
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We are higher in RPI than I thought.

We have a series finale in Morgantown. If we win our last 3 series including that one, would we possibly host?


If Kansas finished winning 7 of 9 vs Cincy, BYU and WVU and beat Mizzou in the last mid week game that would put them at 22-8 in the BXII and 44-12 overall. I'd guess their RPI would get to 14 or 15 and they'd likely host.
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re: NCAA baseball bracketology

Posted by SummerOfGeorge on 4/30/25 at 3:09 pm
If you went by RPI

#1 (1) - Texas , #2 (32) - Southern Miss

#1 (2) - Georgia , #2 (31) - Cal Poly

#1 (3) - Vanderbilt , #2 (30) - Xavier

#1 (4) - Auburn , #2 (29) - Oregon

#1 (5) - LSU , #2 (28) - NC State

#1 (6) - North Carolina , #2 (27) - Kentucky

#1 (7) - Arkansas , #2 (26) - UTSA

#1 (8) - Florida State , #2 (25) - Arizona

#1 (9) - Tennessee, #2 (24) - Wake Forest

#1 (10) - Clemson, #2 (23) - Dallas Baptist

#1 (11) - UC Irvine , #2 (22) - Louisville

#1 (12) - Coastal Carolina, #2 (21) - Oklahoma

#1 (13) - Alabama , #2 (20) - Kansas

#1 (14) - Oregon State , #2 (19) - Florida

#1 (15) - West Virginia , #2 (18) - Ole Miss

#1 (16) - UCLA , #2 (17) - TCU



Super Regionals

#1 Texas vs #16 UCLA

#2 Georgia vs #15 West Virginia

#3 Vanderbilt vs #14 Oregon State

#4 Auburn vs #13 Alabama

#5 LSU vs #12 Coastal Carolina

#6 North Carolina vs #11 UC Irvine

#7 Arkansas vs #10 Clemson

#8 Florida State vs #9 Tennessee
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re: Will Selection Committee Adjust For Missouri "SEC" Wins?

Posted by SummerOfGeorge on 4/30/25 at 8:23 am
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It's already factored in to the RPI.


Correct - Alabama swept Mizzou and their RPI dropped 5 spots.
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re: Portal Moser with 4th big “get”. Bama, tell me about Derrion Reid

Posted by SummerOfGeorge on 4/29/25 at 9:23 am
I certainly that a full offseason of health and confidence in year 2 he'd be a really solid player. But then it became pretty clear his people wanted a bag, likely misread the market and so he was gone.
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re: Portal Moser with 4th big “get”. Bama, tell me about Derrion Reid

Posted by SummerOfGeorge on 4/29/25 at 8:57 am
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Yeah it sounds like it.


:lol:

I mean he seems like a good kid, it's just an odd decision and the way his camp played things down the stretch last year was not great. Still hope he does well.
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re: Portal Moser with 4th big “get”. Bama, tell me about Derrion Reid

Posted by SummerOfGeorge on 4/29/25 at 8:35 am
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I defer to your knowledge on this, but when I saw him play, I saw teams daring him to shoot from outside.

A 45-26-58 shooting split is not great, but he is athletic and strong.


He never played enough consistently to get completely comfortable and in sync. The first month of the year when he was healthy he was probably our best on ball defender and a great finisher. His shot never fully synced up, but that happens a lot with freshmen coming into our system until it kind of clicks (Sherrell is a good example of this).

He's got everything to be a very good player, but the behind the scene stuff late in the year was certainly a red flag and I question a guy with his skillset leaving a program built to showcase guys like him for a place where there isn't a set system and the coach is on his last leg. But I wish him the best.
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re: Portal Moser with 4th big “get”. Bama, tell me about Derrion Reid

Posted by SummerOfGeorge on 4/29/25 at 8:30 am
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Reid was a huge disappointment. Went from being a projected one-and-done first rounder to needing to stay in school. His problem is he can’t shoot.


His problem was he had nagging injuries all year and then had outside influences pushing him to not rush it back at the end of the year.
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re: Bama since the Fall…..

Posted by SummerOfGeorge on 4/29/25 at 8:26 am
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Basketball - good start 1/2 season only to bust in the tourney back to back seasons


Elite 8, #6 final AP Poll

Prior season Final 4, #3 final AP Poll

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Baseball - best start as a program in many years but have fell apart in April.


Currently 35-10 (12-9), #14 in RPI and Top 20 in most polls


quote:
Above defines the current and future of state of Bama athletics



Seems alright then I guess, thanks Stephen.
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re: Bama Fans, get in here

Posted by SummerOfGeorge on 4/28/25 at 6:39 pm
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Great. Can you remind ESPN and the entire recruiting world for when we get new commitments.


The LANK guy just got drafted, so obviously it's still going to be on ESPN during that process.

It will fade as those guys, specifically Milroe, are gone.
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re: Bama Fans, get in here

Posted by SummerOfGeorge on 4/28/25 at 5:34 pm
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I for one want all of this LANK BS go


Well, it's gone, so you can move on.
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re: Alabama Baseball 35-10 (12-9) 2024-25

Posted by SummerOfGeorge on 4/28/25 at 5:30 pm
Huge 10 game stretch for Alabama. Probably need to go 6-4 or 7-3 to host.

Currently

35-10 (12-9) (3-4 in SEC series)
#14 RPI
#12 ELO
10-7 vs Q1 RPI
25-3 vs Q2-4 RPI

Remaining schedule

@ #15 Vanderbilt
@ #15 Vanderbilt
@ #15 Vanderbilt
@ #22 Troy
#7 Georgia
#7 Georgia
#7 Georgia
@ Florida
@ Florida
@ Florida

If we get to 40 overall wins and are 18-12 in the SEC with a Top 10 RPI I'm not sure how we don't get inside the Top 16, but in reality there are a limited number of SEC host spots and we're battling with the last 2-3 (Ole Miss, Vandy, Oklahoma) in that group right now.
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re: SEC Baseball Rankings - 04/28/25

Posted by SummerOfGeorge on 4/28/25 at 5:26 pm
Huge 10 game stretch for Alabama. Probably need to go 6-4 or 7-3 to host.

Currently

35-10 (12-9) (3-4 in SEC series)
#14 RPI
#12 ELO
10-7 vs Q1 RPI
25-3 vs Q2-4 RPI

Remaining schedule

@ #15 Vanderbilt
@ #15 Vanderbilt
@ #15 Vanderbilt
@ #22 Troy
#7 Georgia
#7 Georgia
#7 Georgia
@ Florida
@ Florida
@ Florida

If we get to 40 overall wins and are 17-13/18-12 in the SEC with a Top 10 RPI I'm not sure how we don't get inside the Top 16, but in reality there are a limited number of SEC host spots and we're battling with the last 2-3 (Ole Miss, Vandy, Oklahoma) in that group right now.
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re: Can we stop calling baseball a sport?

Posted by SummerOfGeorge on 4/28/25 at 5:20 pm
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Can we stop calling baseball a sport?


Guess we can remove that self acclaimed "Baseball Capitol of the World" title from St Louis, hu?
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re: Texas leads in SEC All-Sports Trophy

Posted by SummerOfGeorge on 4/28/25 at 5:18 pm
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Look at Alabama waaaay down there.


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re: Wednesday SEC Baseball

Posted by SummerOfGeorge on 4/23/25 at 10:17 am
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D1 Baseball's latest field of 64.


The S-Curve for this once again absolutely hosing Alabama, who has a Top 10 RPI and ELO and has 30+ wins and a .500 record in the toughest conference in the country. A top 10 RPI and you are slotted behind roughly 25 teams below you and sent as the #2 seed to the region with the #2 overall seed? GTFOH Kendall.

RPI in parentheses (Bama record vs)

#12 Coastal Carolina (13) (1-0, neutral)
#13 Arizona (18)
#14 West Virginia (15)
#15 UCLA (20)
#16 TCU (17)
#17 Texas A&M (40) (3-0, road)
#18 Cal Poly (21)
#19 Oklahoma (27) (2-1, home)
#20 UC Irvine (14)
#21 Ole Miss (16)
#22 NC State (31) (1-0, neutral)
#23 Georgia Tech (29)
#24 Kentucky (26)
#25 Louisville (22)
#26 Oregon (53)
#27 Troy (37) (1-0, home)
#28 Virginia Tech (32)
#29 Wake Forest (24)
#30 Kansas (25)
#31 Alabama (10)


I mean that's absurd. Not to mention Alabama is 8-1 against the teams on that list.

Alabama is 3-6 vs the RPI Top 12 and 29-4 vs everyone else (including 8-1 vs teams seeded #12-30). And Kendall has them barely hanging on as a #2 seed. That's just a joke.
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re: Jon Rothstein Preseason Top 45

Posted by SummerOfGeorge on 4/22/25 at 2:14 pm
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Is this guy stupid? The best conference in college basketball doesn't have 1 top 9 team? Lol ok


I'd probably have a few in the Top 10 but we'll definitely all be doing a bit of a reset next year. Still will be a really good league, but probably not quite as elite at the top.
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re: Jon Rothstein Preseason Top 45

Posted by SummerOfGeorge on 4/22/25 at 1:45 pm
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Alabama has several extremely highly ranked freshman coming in. My prediction for them will be based on how they look non-con. If the young guys are mature like Tahaad - bama can be really good. If not, it will be Nate’s worst year on campus. (Unless they get a portal stud)


We have some nice players coming in but it's not as talented a class as last year's was. I really don't expect a ton from any of them. Still waiting to hear on the Washington State kid - adding him would be pretty big, but we have to beat Duke and the NBA draft, so it's far from a sure thing. I'd expect that we grab another point guard from the portal once Philon 100% confirms he's in the draft officially.

I think the floor is going to be pretty high - a bunch of good shooters and tons of athletic length. I expect Bethea will be very good for us and I think Bol Bowen can be very efficient on both ends for us. Sherrell is going to take a big leap and getting Wrightsell back is encouraging (though also TBD given his injury history). The Bucknell kid is very wait and see.

We should be pretty good defensively and our offensive floor is always pretty high. We certainly won't be as bad as Nate's first year and likely won't be as bad as 2022.

Ceiling is #2-3 seed, floor is probably #7-8 seed.
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re: SEC Softball Standings - with 2 weekends remaining

Posted by SummerOfGeorge on 4/22/25 at 1:42 pm
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Bama has been much better in the 2nd half of the season.


Alabama finally figuring out how to put together an effective 1-9 lineup in the same year that they have their worst team pitching in a decade is chef's kiss level stuff.
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re: SEC Baseball Rankings - April 21, 2025 - Updated

Posted by SummerOfGeorge on 4/21/25 at 3:57 pm
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You have lost 4 of 6 SEC series..


Lost 4 SEC series, 3 of which were @ #3 LSU, vs #7 Tennessee and @ #12 Auburn (none of which were sweeps). Also took 2 of 3 from #16 Oklahoma and swept Texas A&M.

We shouldn't be ranked in the Top 5 or anything but #25 is a joke. But we aren't a respected program and that's what happens.
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