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UConn baseball 2018 tentative schedule

huskymedic said:
In the Northeast - the schedule is always tentative!
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Tentative is right. Anyway, this postponement makes for a newly revised tentative home opener in Storrs, which would be March 29 against Hartford.
 
Bummer, but with 1 less New England game, that's 1 less opportunity for an RPI-killing loss.
 
uconnbaseball said:
Bummer, but with 1 less New England game, that's 1 less opportunity for an RPI-killing loss.
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Shawn McGrath w/ the homework:

Shawn McGrath‏ @ShawnMMcGrath 56m 56 minutes ago
.@UConnBSB against Fairfield cancelled with no make-up date. The Huskies are currently at 54 games, with one open date (April 11). Should the Huskies want a full 56, they’ll be playing on a Monday or a Thursday, with Monday the more likely option

Shawn McGrath‏ @ShawnMMcGrath
April 11 also isn’t overly likely due to crazy amounts of travel in that time. Double-headers are also a possibility. Northeastern (May 9, 1 p.m.) is an option due to an insanely high RPI (13th) and it is after finals, so classes aren’t a worry. Same with URI (May 13, 3:30 p.m.)
 
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Given the forecast for tomorrow, I would think the game against Quinnipiac is also in danger of not being played.

uconnbaseball said:
Bummer, but with 1 less New England game, that's 1 less opportunity for an RPI-killing loss.
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It also gives pitchers like Dunlop and Simeone one less chance to get on the mound against a non conference opponent and possibly show some development in their game. That to me is the real value in some of these midweek games.

huskymedic said:
Shawn McGrath w/ the homework:

Shawn McGrath‏ @ShawnMMcGrath 56m 56 minutes ago
.@UConnBSB against Fairfield cancelled with no make-up date. The Huskies are currently at 54 games, with one open date (April 11). Should the Huskies want a full 56, they’ll be playing on a Monday or a Thursday, with Monday the more likely option

Shawn McGrath‏ @ShawnMMcGrath
April 11 also isn’t overly likely due to crazy amounts of travel in that time. Double-headers are also a possibility. Northeastern (May 9, 1 p.m.) is an option due to an insanely high RPI (13th) and it is after finals, so classes aren’t a worry. Same with URI (May 13, 3:30 p.m.)
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Midweek doubleheaders against New England clubs are fairly rare, but on occasion they do get scheduled. However, I would think the doubleheader option against Northeastern would be unlikely as that would have UConn playing three midweek games in that particular week.

I don't recall UConn ever reschedule New England games for a Monday or Thursday during conference play. I would consider it to be pretty unlikely that his would happen.
 
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huskymedic said:
Another one gone...
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Due to our annual women's basketball final four trip and these rainouts, it's now been a bit over a week since I've been able to listen to Chris Jones and UConn baseball. I think I may be going through withdrawal.
 
“Tentative”: unsure; uncertain; not definite or positive; hesitant.

 
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huskymedic said:


UMass RPI @ #240
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Given how crowded the UConn baseball schedule is, it seems unlikely that this game will be made up, unless UConn suddenly decides to start playing non conference games on the day before or after a weekend AAC series, something I don't ever recall happening before. Given all the current injuries to UConn pitchers, the still healthy hurlers could use this rest.
 
HawkHusky said:
I hope it rains everyday we are scheduled to play a 200+ RPI team.
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If it weren't for all the injuries, I'd definitely want to have the games played, no matter what the RPI. These midweek games are the time when you want to give innings to the young talented unproven pitchers and have them experience some success before throwing them into the pressure cauldron of the weekend AAC conference games.
 
Ha... this is addition by substraction. Rain out helps (or doesn’t hurt) our RPI... we could have pitched a perfect game and won by 20 and would have dropped in the polls.
Also, our P staff could use the rest with all the injuries.
 
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How many games have we lost this year to weather? Has the selection committee ever had to evaluate teams that played so many fewer games than the teams they are competing with?
 
I count 5 postponements thus far.

To answer your second question...I am actually not sure. During Rice's heyday they never missed more than 1-2 games a year, and UConn only had 1 postponement the year we hosted as a 2.

Oregon State was a regional host last year with 4 rainouts to their name, but that's probably a bad example; they were arguably the best team in the country.
 
It's not like we're missing games against top 50 competition that present chances for quality wins. The optimist in me thinks the committee will see that, realize it's a more than likely we would've won them all, and doesn't penalize our schedule. Plus, not playing those teams at all keeps the RPI high.
 
Amazing will be the split this year between home and road games when it is all said and done.
 
Any thoughts on what happens if Friday night's game is rained out? Will they play the doubleheader on Saturday in Hartford or move it to play 2 on Sunday in Storrs?
 
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Marbles90 said:
Any thoughts on what happens if Friday night's game is rained out? Will they play the doubleheader on Saturday in Hartford or move it to play 2 on Sunday in Storrs?
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If there was a Friday rainout, I would think they would try to make it up on Saturday if the weather is good that day. On Sunday you could run into possible travel curfews depending on what time is Tulane's flight going home.
 
Did anyone else see this.....

That’s embarrassing!!!
 
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