Men UConn v. Creighton Bluejays @ Elliott Ballpark (Fri. 5/10/24 @6:05p, Sat. 5/11/24 @1:05p & Sun. 5/12/24 @12:35a) Games on FloSports

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[dbmill]

Cinnella and Carrea were warming up in the 5th inning.

 

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Nice play by Quigley:

 

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[dbmill]

Ellisen pitching in the top of the 8th.

 

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Minick feeling it.

 

[uconnbaseball]

Minick is beginning to inspire confidence as a 9 hole hitter.

 

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[uconnbaseball]

Creighton’s BE record is a bit shocking, given their OOC results.

 

[LIUCHusky]

Creighton’s BE record is a bit shocking, given their OOC results.

Strange.

 

[dbmill]

Ellisen looked okay against the 2 batters he faced and got out. I was a little surprised when he was taken out of the game, but the UConn coaching staff this season has been big on having lefty pitchers facing lefty batters late in games.

It would not surprise me if we see Ellisen on the mound again before the end of the regular season.

 

[hardcorehusky]

Home from the game, here are my thoughts:
1) Have a day, Tyler Minnick. Great time for him to get hot, and hopefully, he can carry it through the rest of the season.
2) Broadhurst has become a beast. He can carry the offense as long as there are ducks on the pond.
3) Tammaro isn't finding holes right now. He seems to be a click off.
4) Dalena is maturing in front of our eyes. He and Minnick can be key players from the infield corner positions next year.
5) I wish Padilla could hit more line drives, he would be so much more effective.
6) Quigs was ok, thought Cinella and Carrea were good. Ellison had some pop and if he can build off this, between he and Sullivan, that will be immense.
7) Good Quinn today. He has good stuff and it showed well. In my estimation, he needs to be our PJ lPoulin in the BET and hopefully Regional.
8) let's get that sweep tomorrow on Mother's Day!

 

[Viet Vet]

At large bid remains problematic. If we don’t win BE tourney, Northeastern better win its, since otherwise they will likely be the sole New England at large bid.

 

[Viet Vet]

Realtime RPI has Xavier at 29, UConn at 40. Huh?

 

[Viet Vet]

Realtime RPI has Xavier at 29, UConn at 40. Huh?

Correction. Xavier at 24………….?

 

[huskymedic]

Realtime RPI has Xavier at 29, UConn at 40. Huh?

Correction. Xavier at 24………….?

One component is Xavier’s strength of schedule is @14
HookC SOS is @39

 

[huskymedic]

HookC Clinches Series vs. Creighton, 10-5 - University of Connecticut Athletics

STORRS, Conn . - The UConn baseball team (29-20, 14-3 BIG EAST) secured its 13 th -straight BIG EAST series with a 10-5 victory against Creighton (31-16, 4-1...

uconnhuskies.com

 

[Omahabound]

At large bid remains problematic. If we don’t win BE tourney, Northeastern better win its, since otherwise they will likely be the sole New England at large bid.

I believe if they run the table, they’ll get in. Another loss anywhere and I think the at-large bid is gone. They really should go 5-0. Cincy on the road could be an issue but Creighton/Butler need to be wins. They’re peaking. My only question is will all facets of this team peaking be enough come tournament time to continue this good play against top competition. I think they’ll get an opportunity to answer that.

 

[Omahabound]

Cincinnati has really given Uconn a bigtime win opportunity at the most important time. This could have easily been a 100-150 RPI game at this point. Win today, then beat them in a true road game come Tuesday.

 

[ucjoet]

I may be 100% wrong in my thinking. But I believe we are in if we win BE regular season and get to championship game of BE tourney. That gets us to 33-35 wins, and our RPI should be in the high 30’s to low 40’s. Also that means we would have won 23-24 of our last 30 games.

I do agree that I’m not sure how we would do in NCAA. But this is baseball and anything can happen. We still have much work to do and obviously need to keep winning. I’m just happy we are in this position, because a month ago it seemed like we had no chance for an At Large Bid.

Happy Mother’s Day to all Mothers on the Boneyard.

Go Huskies!!!

 

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[Omahabound]

Any chance we see Cooke Quinn Afthim Sully and Schild all back in Storrs next season? There’s a few other arms as well making for an experienced and talented core returning on the mound if that happens.

 

[Rdkid]

Any chance we see Cooke Quinn Afthim Sully and Schild all back in Storrs next season? There’s a few other arms as well making for an experienced and talented core returning on the mound if that happens.

NIL could come into play on late draftees like Cooke and Afthim or maybe Quinn. Get them a few bucks to pay for their last year.

 

[Omahabound]

NIL could come into play on late draftees like Cooke and Afthim or maybe Quinn. Get them a few bucks to pay for their last year.

I’m more worried about an SEC or P5 moving on Quinn regardless of NIL. But I think ur right it will play a role in some facet regarding those guys.