Topic: NCAA Baseball Postseason Thread: (Read 1753 times)

thedrUNKenLoper · « **on:** May 24, 2009, 08:54:45 PM »

I'll just make a thread with all the important info since tomorrow is the day. But here are the regional sites announced.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=4202816

• Atlanta/Georgia Tech
• Austin, Texas/Texas
• Baton Rouge, La./LSU
• Chapel Hill, N.C./UNC
• Clemson, S.C./Clemson
• Fort Worth, Texas/TCU
• Fullerton, Calif./Cal State Fullerton
• Gainesville, Fla./Florida
• Greenville, N.C./East Carolina
• Houston/Rice
• Irvine, Calif./UC Irvine
• Louisville, Ky./Louisville
• Norman, Okla./Oklahoma
• Oxford, Miss./Mississippi
• Tallahassee, Fla./Florida State
• Tempe, Ariz./Arizona State

SoonerNation#1 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 24, 2009, 09:57:29 PM »

Wow Oklahoma gets to host a regional. That's good!

thedrUNKenLoper · « **Reply #2 on:** May 24, 2009, 10:04:26 PM »

Sites Broken Down by Conference:

4- ACC (Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, North Carolina)
3- SEC (Florida, LSU, Ole Miss)
2- Big XII (Oklahoma, Texa$)
2- Big West (Cal State Fullerton, UC Irvine)
2- CUSA (East Carolina, Rice)
1- Pac 10 (Arizona State)
1- MtW (TCU)
1- Big East (Louisville)

thedrUNKenLoper · « **Reply #3 on:** May 25, 2009, 04:34:20 PM »

Top 8 National Seeds:
1. Texas Longhorns (Big XII)
2. Cal St Fullerton (Big West)
3. LSU (SEC)
4. North Carolina (ACC)
5. Arizone State (Pac10)
6. UC Irvine (Big West)
7. Oklahoma (Big XII)
8. Florida (SEC)

thedrUNKenLoper · « **Reply #4 on:** May 25, 2009, 04:52:33 PM »

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ncaa/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/09-MCWS-64-team-bracket.pdf

thedrUNKenLoper · « **Reply #5 on:** May 25, 2009, 07:00:08 PM »

Austin Regional:
1 Texa$ (41-13-1)*
Army (34-19)
Boston College (33-24)
Texas State (41-15)

Fort Worth Regional:
TCU (36-16)*
Wright State (33-28)
Oregon State (35-17)
Texas A&M (36-22)

Atlanta Regional:
Georgia Tech (35-17-1)*
Georgia State (39-20)
Southern Miss (35-23)
Elon (40-16)

Gainesville Regional:
8 Florida (39-20)*
Beth.-Cookman (32-26)
Jacksonville (36-20)
Miami (Fla.) (36-20)

Tempe Regional:
5 Arizona State (44-12)*
Kent State (42-15)
Cal Poly (37-19)
Oral Roberts (31-13)

Clemson Regional:
Clemson (40-19)*
Tenn. Tech (30-22-1)
Oklahoma State (32-22)
Alabama (37-19)

Greenville Regional:
East Carolina (42-17)*
Binghamton (29-20)
George Mason (42-12)
South Carolina (38-21)

Chapel Hill Regional:
4 UNC (42-16)*
Dartmouth (27-16)
Kansas (37-22)
Coastal Carolina (46-14)

Fullerton Regional:
2 CS Fullerton (42-14)*
Utah (26-29)
Gonzaga (35-16)
Ga. Southern (42-15)

Louisville Regional:
Louisville (44-15)*
Indiana (32-25)
Vanderbilt (34-25)
Middle Tenn. (43-16)

Tallahassee Regional:
Florida State (42-16)*
Marist (31-26)
Ohio State (40-17)
Georgia (37-22)

Norman Regional:
7 Oklahoma (41-18)*
Wichita State (30-25)
Washington St. (31-23)
Arkansas (34-22)

Irvine Regional:
6 UC Irvine (43-13)*
Fresno State (32-28)
San Diego State (40-21)
Virginia (43-12-1)

Oxford Regional:
Mississippi (40-17)*
Monmouth (32-23)
W. Kentucky (39-18)
Missouri (34-25)

Houston Regional:
Rice (39-15)*
S. Houston St. (36-22)
Xavier (38-19)
Kansas State (41-16-1)

Baton Rouge Regional:
3 LSU (46-16)*
Southern (30-15)
Baylor (29-24)
Minnesota (38-17)

SoonerNation#1 · « **Reply #6 on:** May 25, 2009, 09:58:26 PM »

Man I'm am very happy that OU gets another shot at Arkansas this year. And it's out our place this time!

thedrUNKenLoper · « **Reply #7 on:** May 25, 2009, 10:00:21 PM »

Is it just me or does it always seem like they lump Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Wichita State and Arkansas in the same group depending on the year?

Tetonhawk · « **Reply #8 on:** May 25, 2009, 10:03:41 PM »

I believe 8 schools is a conference record.

thedrUNKenLoper · « **Reply #9 on:** May 25, 2009, 11:20:12 PM »

http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=3742909

It is a record, now the conference has to have a good showing as I feel the SEC does also

Crescent City Tiger · « **Reply #10 on:** May 26, 2009, 12:30:43 AM »

Quote from: thedrUNKenLoper on May 25, 2009, 11:20:12 PM

http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=3742909

It is a record, now the conference has to have a good showing as I feel the SEC does also

That's nothing. The record to go for is the number of conference teams in the CWS.

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well, the record is 4, done by the SEC a couple of times and the ACC once.

I'd like to see 5 SEC teams though....that would be sweet. 99.9% chance that 7 will never happen
-WikiTiger

http://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/messagetopic.asp?p=13549182

Crescent City Tiger · « **Reply #11 on:** May 26, 2009, 03:37:22 AM »

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Hey, Mike, wanna go out on a limb and tell us who the NCAA thought was the best team and which conference they thought was best?

That's easy, it's the one that gets the most teams to the CWS... the SEC had two there last year BTW...and the team that wins it all is the best.

thedrUNKenLoper · « **Reply #12 on:** May 26, 2009, 04:19:43 AM »

Yeah what did the SEC send 8 teams last year? Granted one was the runner-up but that team also had a 1-0 lead that couldn't get the deal done. Again the Big XII & SEC need to prove the bids were worth it.

Cynical Puppet · « **Reply #13 on:** May 26, 2009, 06:17:25 AM »

Quote from: Texas on May 26, 2009, 04:45:08 AM

Well Mike. let me enlighten you about exactly who has game in college baseball. Texas has 6 National Championships, a record 32 trips to the CWS and a record 53 entries in the tournament.

I know LSU is good also, but Texas has bought property in Omaha. So go tossing history at me.

Hook Lem Horns!

lol, I can argue a lot of things about UT*, just from a blind homer POV. But even I have to admit that UT is elite when it comes to baseball.

I gotta go throw up now. $:-\$

Crescent City Tiger · « **Reply #14 on:** May 26, 2009, 06:29:11 AM »

Quote from: Texas on May 26, 2009, 04:45:08 AM

Well Mike. let me enlighten you about exactly who has game in college baseball. Texas has 6 National Championships, a record 32 trips to the CWS and a record 53 entries in the tournament.

I know LSU is good also, but Texas has bought property in Omaha. So go tossing history at me.

Hook Lem Horns!

History? We were just there last year. In our coaches second year at the helm. This year, we'll win it all, for our sixth championship. And by far the best winning percentage of any program in the modern era. LSU doesn't just go to Omaha to buy property.

We go to win.

Crescent City Tiger · « **Reply #15 on:** May 26, 2009, 05:07:48 PM »

I don't fear any team, anywhere. Not after we used five different winning pitchers and four different closers in the SEC tournament. Yes, you read that right. Five different pitchers earned victories for LSU, one of them a complete game shutout. And every team we beat is in the tournament.

It's our year.

Crescent City Tiger · « **Reply #16 on:** May 26, 2009, 05:49:38 PM »

The facts are there, for anyone to see. LSU is second in hitting, and first in ERA and fielding pct. in the SEC. We're the most well-rounded and deepest team going into the tournament IMO.

thedrUNKenLoper · « **Reply #17 on:** May 26, 2009, 06:27:06 PM »

Oregon State and not Oregon are potential Super Regional match-ups buddy sorry for getting in the middle just thought I'd put that out there. Back to the banter and National Titles this decade favor Texa$ I believe back to the sideline.

Crescent City Tiger · « **Reply #18 on:** May 26, 2009, 07:25:15 PM »

What's the dimensions on your field. It's called Disch-Falk, correct? I posted LSU's Alex Box Field dimensions before:

Playing Field Distances
- Foul Lines: 330 ft.
- Power Alleys: 365 ft.
- Center: 405 ft.
Height of Fence: 10 ft.
Playing Surface: natural grass

And the stats you posted are only through the 17th. Here's the current ones for the SEC:

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Team                   AVG   G   AB   R   H  2B  3B  HR RBI   TB  SLG%  BB HBP  SO GDP   OB%  SF  SH  SB-ATT   PO   A   E  FLD% 

Alabama.............  .331  56 2018 501 668 136  14 107 467 1153  .571 241  72 423  35  .416  29  21  60-80  1475 505  59  .971 
Ole Miss............  .315  57 1971 434 620 110  12  52 387  910  .462 262  50 368  42  .404  24  32  85-110 1511 559  60  .972 
LSU.................  .313  62 2077 484 650 116  16  89 450 1065  .513 301  44 408  33  .405  37  21 104-141 1627 545  58  .974 
Vanderbilt..........  .308  59 2002 418 616 121   7  50 369  901  .450 243  63 365  52  .394  30  33  87-119 1536 525  61  .971 
South Carolina......  .305  59 2048 441 624 124  11  99 415 1067  .521 254  55 419  28  .392  26  31  43-70  1561 584  58  .974 
Florida.............  .304  59 2048 441 623  86  17  61 385  926  .452 244  58 414  33  .389  26  38  66-103 1561 631  79  .965 
Mississippi State...  .298  54 1812 356 540 103  11  61 338  848  .468 250  67 461  26  .398  25  46  72-93  1397 524  64  .968 
Kentucky............  .297  54 1860 372 553  80   7  56 336  815  .438 206  71 377  41  .385  20  51  71-87  1425 552  70  .966 
Georgia.............  .290  59 2055 421 595 119   9  98 387 1026  .499 256  48 503  31  .379  14  14  67-90  1563 613  75  .967 
Auburn..............  .286  56 1906 391 546 102  13 103 371  983  .516 239  63 484  30  .381  20  32  40-55  1492 528  65  .969 
Tennessee...........  .286  55 1935 384 554  99  11  87 354  936  .484 228  67 411  23  .378  19  29  39-50  1455 515  56  .972 
Arkansas............  .267  56 1871 338 500  92  11  66 304  812  .434 245  51 440  28  .365  11  40  59-83  1488 612  71  .967 

Totals..............  .300    23603    7089     139    4563       .485     709     402       281     793-1081    6693     .970 
                           686     4981    1288     929    11442      2969    5073      .391     388        18091     776

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Team                   ERA   W-L     G  CG SHO/CBO SV    IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  2B  3B  HR   AB B/Avg   WP HBP  BK  SFA SHA

LSU.................  4.12  46-16   62   3   4/2   20 542.1 534 274 248 159 576  93   7  60 2067  .258   29  38   3   15  48
Ole Miss............  4.16  40-17   57   3   3/2   16 503.2 533 284 233 173 544 100   9  41 1967  .271   35  29   2   17  26
Florida.............  4.17  39-20   59   0   1/1   13 520.1 567 313 241 175 387  88  10  64 2028  .280   45  52  11   22  45
Arkansas............  4.65  34-22   56   1   3/2   15 496.0 500 312 256 210 437  95   7  54 1893  .264   38  56   4   15  36
Georgia.............  4.79  37-22   59   0   4/4   12 521.0 553 336 277 240 466  84   9  58 2040  .271   56  49   9   22  28
Vanderbilt..........  4.85  34-25   59   4   4/3   16 512.0 547 312 276 196 558 110   9  65 1998  .274   43  47   7   18  32
Alabama.............  5.02  37-19   56   4   2/2   11 491.2 529 320 274 174 472  84  14  50 1926  .275   33  44  12   19  27
South Carolina......  5.03  38-21   59   5   6/6    8 520.1 507 326 291 250 476  65   6  63 1976  .257   28  70   9   20  32
Kentucky............  5.55  28-26   54   4   2/2    9 475.0 540 349 293 202 523  87   4  52 1899  .284   65  60  10   18  27
Auburn..............  6.12  31-25   56   0   0/0   12 497.1 648 387 338 228 411 130  12  59 2018  .321   41  49   4   31  32
Tennessee...........  6.24  26-29   55   1   0/0    8 485.0 557 374 336 215 494 127  11  77 1920  .290   45  52   5   18  32
Mississippi State...  6.59  25-29   54   5   1/1   12 465.2 566 387 341 246 365  85   7  66 1857  .305   52  63   7   21  23

Totals..............  5.08         686      30/25    6030.1    3974    2468    1148     709       .279      609      236
                           415-271      30        152      6581    3404    5709     105    23589        510      83      388

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 Team                     C   PO   A   E   FLD%  DPs  SBA CSB   SBA%   PB  CI  

 LSU.................  2230 1627 545  58   .974   32   40  23   .635    5   0  
 South Carolina......  2203 1561 584  58   .974   45   52  27   .658    6   0  
 Tennessee...........  2026 1455 515  56   .972   37   48  18   .727    6   1  
 Ole Miss............  2130 1511 559  60   .972   42   49  17   .742    9   1  
 Vanderbilt..........  2122 1536 525  61   .971   41   77  15   .837   21   2  
 Alabama.............  2039 1475 505  59   .971   35   79  22   .782    6   3  
 Auburn..............  2085 1492 528  65   .969   55   42  28   .600    5   0  
 Mississippi State...  1985 1397 524  64   .968   56   58  20   .744   11   3  
 Arkansas............  2171 1488 612  71   .967   48   44  30   .595   14   1  
 Georgia.............  2251 1563 613  75   .967   43   56  20   .737   15   1  
 Kentucky............  2047 1425 552  70   .966   41   56  16   .778   14   0  
 Florida.............  2271 1561 631  79   .965   54   31  26   .544   13   1  

 Totals.............. 25560     6693       .970       632       .707       13
                           18091     776         529      262         125

thedrUNKenLoper · « **Reply #19 on:** May 26, 2009, 07:44:55 PM »

w0w those ERA's are high for all those SEC teams, good thing offense wins regionals, super regionals and CWS's. I'd take K-State if they made the super regional against LSU due to the pitching staff the Wildcasts boast. But I know the CCT rebuttle will be LSU doesn't lose at new Alex Box Field because they boxed out all the LSU "Magic" and opened it at the new stadium.

Crescent City Tiger · « **Reply #20 on:** May 26, 2009, 07:57:45 PM »

Here's the dimensions for the site of the SEC championship tourney:

Regions Park - Hoover, Ala.
Capacity: 10,800 (Grandstand Seating)
Seating Diagram

Field Dimensions
Foul Lines: 340
Power Alleys: 385
Center: 405
Playing Surface: Natural Grass

I'd appreciate the same info on the Big XII's site.

Crescent City Tiger · « **Reply #21 on:** May 26, 2009, 08:39:58 PM »

Quote from: thedrUNKenLoper on May 26, 2009, 07:44:55 PM

w0w those ERA's are high for all those SEC teams, good thing offense wins regionals, super regionals and CWS's. I'd take K-State if they made the super regional against LSU due to the pitching staff the Wildcasts boast. But I know the CCT rebuttle will be LSU doesn't lose at new Alex Box Field because they boxed out all the LSU "Magic" and opened it at the new stadium.

The ERA's are high because most SEC fields are small. That's why the batting avg's are higher for the SEC vs. the Big XII. LSU, for example, has a .313 avg to .289 for Texas.

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TEAM BATTING           G   Avg   AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   BB   SO  SB-ATT 
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Oklahoma............  59  .322 2024  491  652  122   19   87  263  470  65-91  
Kansas State........  58  .319 1988  431  635  114   21   53  214  372 146-189 
Oklahoma State......  54  .304 1850  390  562  112   21   73  197  393  45-60  
Baylor..............  53  .301 1833  381  552  104    8   70  190  433  37-53  
Kansas..............  59  .301 2042  427  614  119   17   54  253  424  41-55  
Texas Tech..........  57  .299 1948  349  582  100   12   40  215  379  45-66  
Texas A&M...........  58  .298 1952  404  581   94   18   80  236  435  74-106 
Texas...............  55  .289 1775  332  513   99   12   33  224  295  66-87  
Nebraska............  54  .282 1879  351  529  107   15   48  197  370  51-72  
Missouri............  59  .270 1933  391  522  104   19   38  285  430  45-69  
Totals.............. 283  .299 19224 3947 5742 1075  162  576 2274 4001 615-848

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Team                   AVG   G   AB   R   H  2B  3B  HR RBI   TB  SLG%  BB HBP  SO GDP   OB%  SF  SH  SB-ATT   PO   A   E  FLD% 

Alabama.............  .331  56 2018 501 668 136  14 107 467 1153  .571 241  72 423  35  .416  29  21  60-80  1475 505  59  .971 
Ole Miss............  .315  57 1971 434 620 110  12  52 387  910  .462 262  50 368  42  .404  24  32  85-110 1511 559  60  .972 
LSU.................  .313  62 2077 484 650 116  16  89 450 1065  .513 301  44 408  33  .405  37  21 104-141 1627 545  58  .974 
Vanderbilt..........  .308  59 2002 418 616 121   7  50 369  901  .450 243  63 365  52  .394  30  33  87-119 1536 525  61  .971 
South Carolina......  .305  59 2048 441 624 124  11  99 415 1067  .521 254  55 419  28  .392  26  31  43-70  1561 584  58  .974 
Florida.............  .304  59 2048 441 623  86  17  61 385  926  .452 244  58 414  33  .389  26  38  66-103 1561 631  79  .965 
Mississippi State...  .298  54 1812 356 540 103  11  61 338  848  .468 250  67 461  26  .398  25  46  72-93  1397 524  64  .968 
Kentucky............  .297  54 1860 372 553  80   7  56 336  815  .438 206  71 377  41  .385  20  51  71-87  1425 552  70  .966 
Georgia.............  .290  59 2055 421 595 119   9  98 387 1026  .499 256  48 503  31  .379  14  14  67-90  1563 613  75  .967 
Auburn..............  .286  56 1906 391 546 102  13 103 371  983  .516 239  63 484  30  .381  20  32  40-55  1492 528  65  .969 
Tennessee...........  .286  55 1935 384 554  99  11  87 354  936  .484 228  67 411  23  .378  19  29  39-50  1455 515  56  .972 
Arkansas............  .267  56 1871 338 500  92  11  66 304  812  .434 245  51 440  28  .365  11  40  59-83  1488 612  71  .967 

Totals..............  .300    23603    7089     139    4563       .485     709     402       281     793-1081    6693     .970 
                           686     4981    1288     929    11442      2969    5073      .391     388        18091     776

thedrUNKenLoper · « **Reply #22 on:** May 26, 2009, 08:42:14 PM »

Your sure big on ball park demensions CCT not that is isn't a factor but ive seen nothing but bandboxes, kind of my point that SEC schools try to win with offense. LSU and guerilla ball in the '90s helped them win four titles but here in 2000s they haven't won in eight years the teams with pitching and defense have done much better at least after '01 Miami.

Crescent City Tiger · « **Reply #23 on:** May 26, 2009, 09:23:31 PM »

LSU hasn't won in eight years because Skip Bertman's succesor, Smoke Laval, was a disaster at head coach.

New coach Paul Mainieri, formerly at Notre Dame, had the Tigers in Omaha in only his second season in Baton Rouge.

Also, this year LSU is getting used to a new ballpark...a hitter's eye was installed after the first few games to help out the batter's. To further complicate matters, LSU has both new pitching and hitting coaches in 2009. LSU's pitching coach last year, Terry Rooney, was named head coach at UCF and took the hitting coach with him.

Again, I would point you to the results of the SEC tournament. Five wins by five different pitchers, all who went at least five innings, and four different closers. One of the pitchers, Bradshaw, pitched a complete game shutout over Georgia. The staff ERA for the six games LSU played in the SEC tournament was 2.34. That's six games in five days, mind you.

Not bad for a for first-year pitching coach David Grewe, who was a GA last year.

http://www.2theadvocate.com/sports/lsu/45970742.html

I would also point out that LSU got to Omaha last year, and played deep into the CWS, with a much worse pitching staff than it currently has.

Crescent City Tiger · « **Reply #24 on:** May 26, 2009, 09:38:22 PM »

Yeah, sometimes the hog gets picked for the championship game based solely on seeding. The rest of us have to win our way there.

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