Baseball America Stock report for NCAA field

[Guest baseball25]

Southland Conference (2 bids)

SAFELY IN: Texas State

ON THE BUBBLE (IN): Southeastern Louisiana

ON THE BUBBLE (OUT): None

Southeastern Louisiana moves into our field of 64 after winning its second straight conference series. The Lions have a decent RPI (No. 49) and a 10-5 mark against the top 100 (including four wins against the top 50). That compares favorably with the resumes of other bubble dwellers, like College of Charleston


http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/2011/04/stock-report-week-eight/

[ForeverADog]

Would be really nice for the Southland to win a regional. Texas State could do it.

[Guest baseball25]

just think if Lamar would schedule some tougher non conference weekend series games and bring in tougher teams for there tourney because  there rpi would be just like South eastern la right now because that NORTH DAKOTA ST series is killing them right now with RPI rating

[AshlyHasBeen]

They've played 15 games against Top 100 teams but are only 7-8 against them including conference series losses to Texas State and SLU (Both top 50 RPI teams). That is actually what hurts when looking at bubble teams not 4 wins against North Dakota State. They've played Rice, UH, Baylor and Mississippi State in non-conference. That's pretty legit, LU is #64 in RPI this week with 5 wins against the top 50.

[Guest baseball25]

lol playing teams that are ranked 275 in the RPI is a RPI killer just plain and simple and playing teams with 175 and etc, played teams that are in the top 100 then gurantee ur RPI goes down 10-15 spots with the record they have right now!!! and if you are a big college baseball guy and know your stuff then you know mid-week games are overated its good to beat those teams but the committee knows that its a mid-week game, FSU won the series against Florida 3-1 this yr all in mid-week games if that was on the weekend its a totally different series win!!

[puddin tane]

[quote name="basketball25" post="997355" timestamp="1302802820"]
just think if Lamar would schedule some tougher non conference weekend series games and bring in tougher teams for there tourney because  there rpi would be just like South eastern la right now because that NORTH DAKOTA ST series is killing them right now with RPI rating
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or just win the games on their schedule, win conference and the tourney...

[badndn]

[quote name="puddin tane" post="997464" timestamp="1302816792"]
[quote author=basketball25 link=topic=83139.msg997355#msg997355 date=1302802820]
just think if Lamar would schedule some tougher non conference weekend series games and bring in tougher teams for there tourney because  there rpi would be just like South eastern la right now because that NORTH DAKOTA ST series is killing them right now with RPI rating
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or just win the games on their schedule, win conference and the tourney...
[/quote]Now theres a novel concept!

[AshlyHasBeen]

[quote name="basketball25" post="997461" timestamp="1302816101"]
lol playing teams that are ranked 275 in the RPI is a RPI killer just plain and simple and playing teams with 175 and etc, played teams that are in the top 100 then gurantee ur RPI goes down 10-15 spots with the record they have right now!!! and if you are a big college baseball guy and know your stuff then you know mid-week games are overated its good to beat those teams but the committee knows that its a mid-week game, FSU won the series against Florida 3-1 this yr all in mid-week games if that was on the weekend its a totally different series win!!
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I believe I have a little bit of knowledge when it comes to the NCAA process of selecting teams and also actually making a schedule (which is a lot harder than people think) I have covered multiple regionals in the past decade. Lamar's schedule is much tougher than last year. Going to the Mississippi State tournament was a good despite the poor results. And adding the game with Baylor was good as well since they've lost the traditional game with A&M. Those plus playing Rice twice and UH twice shows the effort being made to play quality teams. LU's record against top 100 teams is hurting them. But for them to make a regional they will need to win the SLC Tournament anyway.

[geezer]

Tx State has the best starting pitching in conference but has very little depth.  Just like last year if they loose an early game in the conference tourney they will have trouble getting to the final game.  Not sure about SELA pitching.  Lamar with the injuries also has the depth at pitching issue.  I still doubt the SLC will get more than one team in even if SELA would win the tourney and TS take second.