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Men NCAA Baseball “Road to Omaha” Selection Show (5/30/22 @ Noon on ESPN2)

I like this….they should have used the pinstriped Hook C jersey though.

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Rutgers was snubbed. A lesson learned for UConn….a weak Big 10 combined with a weak OOC schedule can be an issue with the committee. We can never count on the BE being a two bid league. Very unlikely that UConn would have been in w/out the tourney win.
 
Peeved that I am driving in Vermont with 2 appointments and won't be able to watch Friday. Not enamored with the regional but will take it. Annoyed that if we win that, we get Stanford as a 2 seed.
 
UConnRock said:
Rutgers was snubbed. A lesson learned for UConn….a weak Big 10 combined with a weak OOC schedule can be an issue with the committee. We can never count on the BE being a two bid league. Very unlikely that UConn would have been in w/out the tourney win.
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If we’re being honest, based on stolen bids and the criteria the committee showed, seems like our chances at an at-large this year would’ve been approaching 0%. Thrilled that it doesn’t matter for this year, but certainly instructive for future years.
 
CtBaseball said:
If we’re being honest, based on stolen bids and the criteria the committee showed, seems like our chances at an at-large this year would’ve been approaching 0%. Thrilled that it doesn’t matter for this year, but certainly instructive for future years.
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How Grand Canyon got in ahead of multiple other teams baffles me
 
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(Losers)

Maryland

The Terrapins are in as a host for the first time, but it was a real shock to see them all the way down as the 15th host, suggesting that they were closer to not hosting than they were to being a top-eight seed, which for much of last week seemed like a foregone conclusion, especially as Maryland’s RPI at one point soared to No. 3 in the country. Getting Wake Forest and Connecticut in that regional also did the Terrapins no favors. Both have the talent to be an upset winner in College Park.
 
huskymedic said:
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If the American was a one-bid league, how is ECU the 8th best team in the field? If they didn't win their tornament they'd miss Omaha? That makes no sense.
 
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UConnRock said:
How Grand Canyon got in ahead of multiple other teams baffles me
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Grand Canyon beat Stanford and Oregon State in non conference, took 2 of 3 in their season series against Arizona, and swept Texas Tech. Also ended up going 12-6 against teams that ended up in the field. Not saying they were shoe-in but I don’t think many teams that didn’t get in can be mad at Grand Canyon
 
CtBaseball said:
If we’re being honest, based on stolen bids and the criteria the committee showed, seems like our chances at an at-large this year would’ve been approaching 0%. Thrilled that it doesn’t matter for this year, but certainly instructive for future years.
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Yep. It’s unfortunate that what looks like a moderately aggressive non-con, one that any other year might have served us well, turned out to only really have one good team on it.

The harder truth is that it looks like we need to be more than moderately aggressive. Not sure whether that means Dallas Baptist levels of aggressive, but I think it definitely means that we can’t really afford to play 2-3 game sets against the New England teams anymore. And maybe not all of them we might want to.
 
In past years, I remember the committee looking at UConn's non-conference SOS and giving it leeway because there just aren't any good teams -- and only a small number of decent teams -- close enough to play weekday non-conference games against. Rutgers has the same problem we do. There is a lot we can do with our pre-conference weekend trips, but little we can do about the strength of opponents within 100 miles of Storrs.
 
businesslawyer said:
In past years, I remember the committee looking at UConn's non-conference SOS and giving it leeway because there just aren't any good teams -- and only a small number of decent teams -- close enough to play weekday non-conference games against. Rutgers has the same problem we do. There is a lot we can do with our pre-conference weekend trips, but little we can do about the strength of opponents within 100 miles of Storrs.
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Rutgers seems like a natural choice. It would help us both
 
businesslawyer said:
In past years, I remember the committee looking at UConn's non-conference SOS and giving it leeway because there just aren't any good teams -- and only a small number of decent teams -- close enough to play weekday non-conference games against. Rutgers has the same problem we do. There is a lot we can do with our pre-conference weekend trips, but little we can do about the strength of opponents within 100 miles of Storrs.
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CL82 said:
Rutgers seems like a natural choice. It would help us both
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Chris Jones said during game broadcasts this season that UConn and Rutgers will be playing each other in the future. I think he said that next season they are currently scheduled to play a weekend series in Storrs.
 
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dbmill said:
Chris Jones said during game broadcasts this season that UConn and Rutgers will be playing each other in the future. I think he said that next season they are currently scheduled to play a weekend series in Storrs.
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One (minor) positive to the new BE set up is we only have 8 conference weekends so we have one or two extra for OOC matchups vs other conferences with more in conference weekends.
 
HookC22 said:
One (minor) positive to the new BE set up is we only have 8 conference weekends so we have one or two extra for OOC matchups vs other conferences with more in conference weekends.
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Actually, UConn plays only 7 weekends of conference games during the regular season in Big East baseball.
 
HCCForever said:
Details of Shipley. Its playing surface is FieldTurf (dirt mound) and the dimensions are 320 down the left field line, 385 to center and 325 down the right field line.

Maryland is number 2 in team home runs with 121. Wake is number 7 with 108.
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The dimensions really concern me. Seems to be similar to that of Georgetown's park. Both Maryland and Wake are HR hitting teams. Pitching is going to have to be on like they were against Xavier in BE tourney. Going to be some long balls. Also, we tend to get big eyes in smaller ball parks and swing for fences. Hope they can refrain from doing that and keep the pop ups down.
 
ATLDYKA said:
The dimensions really concern me. Seems to be similar to that of Georgetown's park. Both Maryland and Wake are HR hitting teams. Pitching is going to have to be on like they were against Xavier in BE tourney. Going to be some long balls. Also, we tend to get big eyes in smaller ball parks and swing for fences. Hope they can refrain from doing that and keep the pop ups down.
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I totally agree. Hopefully, the team learned some lessons at Georgetown that can be applied this weekend.
 
ATLDYKA said:
The dimensions really concern me. Seems to be similar to that of Georgetown's park. Both Maryland and Wake are HR hitting teams. Pitching is going to have to be on like they were against Xavier in BE tourney. Going to be some long balls. Also, we tend to get big eyes in smaller ball parks and swing for fences. Hope they can refrain from doing that and keep the pop ups down.
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The Maryland field is not an absolute joke like the G'town field. Although 320 and 325 directly down the lines it goes quickly out to 360+ well before the traditional "power alleys" It is just as deep or even deeper to right center and left center than it is to centerfield. So there is a bit of a power hitter advantage directly down the lines and to straight away centerfield. The Georgetown field was maybe 350 to left and right center and the 375 to centerfield seemed like a bit of an exaggeration.
 
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ATLDYKA said:
The dimensions really concern me. Seems to be similar to that of Georgetown's park. Both Maryland and Wake are HR hitting teams. Pitching is going to have to be on like they were against Xavier in BE tourney. Going to be some long balls. Also, we tend to get big eyes in smaller ball parks and swing for fences. Hope they can refrain from doing that and keep the pop ups down.
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I can’t really tell the wind, feels like it’s blowing in from left or left to right but yes the field is playing small. Stock and Huber had no issue putting balls over the batters eye during batting practice today.
 
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