Comments on: Wednesday Roundup: Mini Stock Report

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 28 May 2011 04:27:16 +0000

Gabriel, no way they put SC vs. Clemson in the Supers. Best Rivalry in College Baseball. It would be a great series, but SC already beat the Tigers 2 of 3 this year. The CWS and ESPN need SC & Clemson in the CWS and they'll be sure to put them in the same bracket. Likewise they are unlikely to put SC vs NC in the Supers (Been There / Done That many times, much to the demise of the Tar Heels)

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 28 May 2011 04:20:32 +0000

Gamecocks will be fine. They just fell to 5th or 6th national seed, but Ray Tanner puts zero emphasis on the SEC tourney. Too much effort to win it which burns you out prior to Regionals. They'll got Regionals & Super-Regionals @ home w 8,500 fans. They'll be fine. Don't think they'll repeat as National Champions (although I hope they do as a SC grad). CWS most likely. Note they were not even a national seed last year. They had to travel to Coastal Carolina (Myrtle Beach). Wow, how good was Coastal. SC beat them by ONE run both games in the Supers. They might have been the 2nd best team last year. Clemson is coming on strong. They just need to pray they are on the other side of the CWS bracket (than SC) if they can get there (see 2002 & 2010). SEC is incredible. 5 consecutive National Championships in Football, 2 straight in Baseball and with SC, Vandy, & Florida all headed to Omaha…… great chance for the 3-peat.
Props to the ACC though. Although still much better than SEC in Basketball, they have struggled to be a great conference in ANY sport. This is the one year I feel like the ACC is about even with the SEC in baseball. SEC is better at the very top, but the ACC is better 6/7 deep. SEC better top to bottom.
My top 8 seeds: 1) Vanday, 2) Texas, 3) Virgina, 4) Florida, 5) South Carolina, 6) Florida State, 7) Fullerton, and 8) Arizona State / North Carolina

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 27 May 2011 16:19:29 +0000

How can you seed Vanderbilt or Florida higher than South Carolina when South Carolina beat both of them 2 of 3 in the regular season. Now that Vandy has beat them in the tourney I think they should be seeded higher but you cannot seed SC lower than three even if they don't win the sec tourney…they do have last years title and wins over more than 5 top 25 teams during the season…not to mention the only team in the country to ever win more than 40 games 12 years in a row. South Carolina right now is playing without Jackie Bradley Jr., Adam Matthews (he is ph), Brady Thomas, and a few more starters…and are still winning games. Virginia should be first if they win ACC, Vandy or SC should be second if one or the other win SEC, SC will see Vandy again and it won't be pretty for Vandy, SC plays best under pressure. So far the SEC tourney is looking kinda like last years CWS. ; ) you'll see!

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Thu, 26 May 2011 20:08:44 +0000

This is what the seeding would look like…..UNC wouldn't be seeded, and Oregon State seeded (which should win the PAC-10 this weekend)

1 Florida (esp if win SEC)                                 v. UNC/Miami
2 Virginia (esp if win ACC)                                v. TCU/Oklahoma
3 Vanderbilt                                                       v. S. Miss/Ga Tech
4 Fullerton                                                           v. Arizona State
5 South Carolina                                              v. Clemson
6 Oregon State                                                 v. TCU
7 Texas (or A&M)                                           v. Arkansas
8 FSU                                                                    v. Texas A&M (or UT)

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 26 May 2011 19:14:34 +0000

Alex….you have lost your mind….the Gamecocks seeded 5th….maybe if they lose next 2 games…..but right now they are #1.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 26 May 2011 15:59:46 +0000

If seeding the tourney today (heavily based on RPI and geography), here's a thought/scenario with lots of intriguing potential supers (S Carolina-Clemson, Rice-Texas, potential Oklahoma-UVa rematch) not to mention UF v FSU and UNC v S Carolina in round one at Omaha (seeds never all get there but a man can dream…).
Where to put Arkansas (or TCU or Oklahoma) is the biggest catch and depends on other 2 seeds out West, but maybe something like…

1 Florida (esp if win SEC)                                 v. UCF/Miami
2 Virginia (esp if win ACC)                                v. TCU/Oklahoma
3 Vanderbilt                                                       v. S. Miss/Ga Tech
4 UNC                                                           v. Oregon State/Arkansas
5 South Carolina                                              v. Clemson
6 Arizona State                                                v. Fullerton
7 Texas (or A&M)                                           v. Rice
8 FSU                                                                    v. Texas A&M (or UT)

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 26 May 2011 15:23:27 +0000

Regarding Kent State and Coastal's pecking order, you left out the most important piece of information: head-to head. Please see Kent State's shut out victory at Coastal on Mar 11 — that puts Kent State "right ahead" of Coastal for at large consideration.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 26 May 2011 15:21:19 +0000

Especially with Stetson losing, and Miami 6th in the ACC, does Central Florida (16th in Boyd's RPI) have the facilities to host and give the state of Florida a third regional, maybe instead of the Lone Star state's 4th?

Lots of Florida teams won't have to move out of state if that happens…

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 26 May 2011 15:16:44 +0000

Aaron,
Don't look now but I think Clemson just passed Georgia Tech to be the 4th ACC host (leaving Yellow Jackets to fight with Arkansas, Southern Miss etc.)

Despite their inferior conference record, Clemson has better overall record (40-17 v. 39-18), higher RPI (7 v 9), beat 'em yesterday h2h and in the seasons series (3-1 overall).
I know we all emphasize conference records, but we also know the committee doesn't. Still 2-3 days to play but….look out Yellow Jackets.