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I agree with his premise that some of the mid week games like BC and Bryant will be bigger RPI games than Gtown and Nova. But at this point if it ain’t broke you don’t fix weekend rotation.

Cooke should get the mid week look and hope you can piece together an inning here and there from several folks but goal should be he can give you five or six mid week. Brendan O’Donnell returns that should give you another pen option not at your disposal first two weekends
 
huskymedic said:
You confused me… why would we change the current Friday/Saturday/Sunday starting rotation when Conference games begin?

Conference weekends are back to 3 games…
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Obviously nothing wrong with how the weekend rotation is currently panning out. To me having Cooke as the midweek starter in March is more a prep move in case something happens such as a possible injury. I just want him to be ready if a move is needed.

I'm also thinking Cooke very well might be a weekend starter next season, so it might be good to get him some experience starting college games.
 
dbmill said:
Obviously nothing wrong with how the weekend rotation is currently panning out. To me having Cooke as the midweek starter in March is more a prep move in case something happens such as a possible injury. I just want him to be ready if a move is needed.

I'm also thinking Cooke very well might be a weekend starter next season, so it might be good to get him some experience starting college games.
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Oh… I agree that Cooke may be/should be a mid-week starter, I was just confused when you said the mid-week starter could become the weekend starter in April for conference games.
 
huskymedic said:
Oh… I agree that Cooke may be/should be a mid-week starter, I was just confused when you said the mid-week starter could become the weekend starter in April for conference games.
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UConn also has several midweek games against quality teams, which would be another reason to use Cooke in the midweek starting role.
 
I still think Garrett Coe will be in the mid week mix.
 
hardcorehusky said:
I still think Garrett Coe will be in the mid week mix.
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It would not surprise meat at all to see Garrett Coe get some midweek starts. The way the schedule is laid out, UConn will need two midweek starters four times. Plus, should Ian Cooke end up as one of the midweek starters, there is always a chance he might get pulled into the weekend starting rotation if there is an injury to one of the weekend starters. It seems to be a rare thing for all three weekend starters to actually make all their starts.

Also during last season, Chris Jones said during game broadcast that thought Coe might end up seeing time as a midweek starter in 2022.
 
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tayjlaw said:
May try to sneak up on Tuesday afternoon. I’m trying to remember, is this the actual Grand Opening of Elliot to the public? I know there were some games at the end of last season but I seem to remember them not being fully open to all fans.
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I doubt this would be regarded as the grand opening. According to the UConn Game Notes for this games against FIU this weekend, UConn baseball had crowds of 1,094, 1,131, and 1,445 last May in games against Seton Hall.
 
This California trip will be huge for our profile. Play well, win our series and word will be out. If not, then it goes back to winning the Big East.
 
huskymedic said:
Not yet… D1Baseball Top 25 Poll (3/7/22)
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Ditto for Baseball America Top 25 Poll (3/7/22)

“Four new teams join the Top 25 this week. Gonzaga enters at No. 19 after beating Oklahoma State twice in Stillwater. North Carolina and Clemson follow at Nos. 20 and 21 after sweeping Coastal Carolina and South Carolina, respectively. Tulane enters at No. 23 and makes its first appearance in the Top 25 since the final ranking of 2016.

Dropping out of the Top 25 are Long Beach State, Miami, Mississippi State and Sacramento State.”
 
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d1baseball.com

The Dean's List: Teams That Aced Week Three • D1Baseball

Cam Schlittler and Northeastern picked up a massive road series sweep over NC State and headlines teams who aced their week.
d1baseball.com d1baseball.com

Couple of notes…

That H/H on the books later in the year can be a big boost: “Northeastern: The Huskies were the preseason favorites in the Colonial Athletic Association, so perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised by this. But they went on the road this past weekend and made a massive statement, sweeping No. 8 NC State and outscoring them 20-6 in three games. In addition to the series win, Mike Glavine’s Huskies silenced hard-hitting Tommy White. The slugger went just 1-for-10 for the weekend with … yep, no home runs.”

“Connecticut: It should never come as a surprise when the Huskies get rolling early in the season. Josh MacDonald’s pitching staff is rocking and rolling right now, and they allowed just three runs in three games against FIU on the road this past weekend. On the flip side, the offense was clicking on all cylinders, too, scoring 28 runs in the series sweep. UConn is now 8-1.”
 
27 on this one, which no one has heard of but is a poll rather than an arbitrary ranking
 

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We moved from 47 to 49 on College Baseball Nation's ranking lol. We really need to just keep up the winning ways, and make a strong push in California.
 
Pondering who may get the start on the mound in what looks like will be a staff day when UConn plays its home opener against Hartford tomorrow. Coach Penders sounds like he wants to give a bunch of innings to guys that didn't see the mound this past weekend, or just haven't seen much or any mound action in general. Here is my out of the blue guess which very well could be wrong, but my pick would be Hector Alejandro. According to the preseason interviews, he was trained as a starter in the preseason, so he would be a good a candidate as any to start off the proceedings tomorrow.
 
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Looking at this USA Today Coaches' Poll over, we come in about 34th place. Everything past 25th isn't ranked, but since the rankings are based purely on a poll count & they list further votes, I think it's fair to say this is our ranking.

NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports

Weekly results from the USA TODAY Sports NCAA Baseball coaches poll, conducted weekly using a panel of head coaches at Division I schools.
www.usatoday.com

So College Baseball Nation has us ranked 49th, USA Today Coaches' Poll has us 34th, Collegiate Baseball has us 27th (which is honestly very charitable and imo a bit too much at this stage), while Baseball America and D1 Baseball (who both, to my knowledge does not list anything past 25) don't have us ranked. - EDIT, NCBWA says we got at least a vote, though past their Top 30 they don't say the total amount of votes received, so can't say anything conclusive. For where we are, we're on the radar.

Texas (11-1) tops NCBWA Division I Poll

Vanderbilt rises to No. 3; ACC boasts national-best 9 ranked clubs
www.sportswriters.net www.sportswriters.net

I think that gives us a good idea of where we stand. I do think we're better than 49th, 34 could be quite fair, and 27 feels just like overselling us. All that said, this is still the nebulous early stages of the season - can't really say anything too conclusive yet.
 
Rocko52 said:
Looking at this USA Today Coaches' Poll over, we come in about 34th place. Everything past 25th isn't ranked, but since the rankings are based purely on a poll count & they list further votes, I think it's fair to say this is our ranking.

NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports

Weekly results from the USA TODAY Sports NCAA Baseball coaches poll, conducted weekly using a panel of head coaches at Division I schools.
www.usatoday.com

So College Baseball Nation has us ranked 49th, USA Today Coaches' Poll has us 34th, Collegiate Baseball has us 27th (which is honestly very charitable and imo a bit too much at this stage), while Baseball America and D1 Baseball (who both, to my knowledge does not list anything past 25) don't have us ranked. - EDIT, NCBWA says we got at least a vote, though past their Top 30 they don't say the total amount of votes received, so can't say anything conclusive. For where we are, we're on the radar.

Texas (11-1) tops NCBWA Division I Poll

Vanderbilt rises to No. 3; ACC boasts national-best 9 ranked clubs
www.sportswriters.net www.sportswriters.net

I think that gives us a good idea of where we stand. I do think we're better than 49th, 34 could be quite fair, and 27 feels just like overselling us. All that said, this is still the nebulous early stages of the season - can't really say anything too conclusive yet.
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From what I've seen over the last several years, the various college baseball polls are usually all over the map, so to speak. A team can be fairly highly ranked in one, and barely registering in another poll. I think that is because of the nature of college baseball, as opposed to other college sports. It isn't all that unusual for a good team to lose a game to a lesser team in baseball, and it certainly happens more often in baseball than in other college sports.
 
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College Baseball Nation has us at No. 45! I will say though, they are in my view, less credible than the likes of D1 and Baseball America.


 
huskymedic said:
UConn didn’t break into either the D1Baseball/NCAA’s Top 25 or Baseball America’s Top 25 this week but USC enters the BA poll @ #25. Nice opportunity for Tuesday night’s game!
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From the weekly D1Baseball Top 25 Chat Transcript:

“Jordan: When will UConn get some top 25 love?

Kendall Rogers: Jordan — We actually discussed UCONN at length for our Top 25 this week. The Huskies are right on the cusp and definitely on our radar. I’ve been really impressed with their pitching staff without Reggie Crawford. Pat Gallagher and Austin Peterson both threw really well over the weekend. It makes me wonder what the ceiling for this team would be WITH Reggie. Still, Jim Penders is doing Jim Penders things with this club right now. “
 
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