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Message: [QUOTE="dbmill, post: 3158078, member: 2504"] From Eric Sorenson of D1 Baseball: [URL unfurl="true"]https://d1baseball.com/columns/off-the-top-of-my-head-the-11-days-left-edition/[/URL] >The AAC craziness is real. The American Athletic Conference could be anywhere from a one-bid to five-bid league. Just looking at some of the teams that could be on the bubble in the American Athletic Conference shows teams like fourth-place Houston, fifth-place UConn and even seventh-place UCF all within ear-shot of an NCAA at-large bid. But they are all sitting behind second-place Cincinnati (No. 103 RPI) and third-place Tulane (No. 90 RPI), which makes all of them a risk of falling into the bottom half of the conference standings. I’m keeping a keen eye on all three of them this weekend to see who ends the regular season with their head above water. Lots of at-large ramifications between Houston-UCF and UConn-Tulane this weekend.< >– CONNECTICUT (31-21, No. 30RPI) Pluses: Great opening weekend where they beat Louisville two of three. They also own series wins over the two other big bubble teams in the AAC vs. Houston and UCF, along with a tough road weekend at Texas State. As usual a large modicum of their wins have been on the road, getting 22 of them away from Storrs. The non-conference strength of schedule is better than most years at No. 25. Minuses: It’s UConn, like it or not the Huskies are used to getting some shabby treatment in the past from the selection committee. A losing record in AAC play is a no-no, and right now the Huskies are 10-11. The Huskies have gone just 6-8 since Tax Day. The selection committee only has one empathetic ear to a New England program in Northeast Conference commissioner Benjamin Shove. What they must do: By all means, beat Tulane at least twice this coming weekend, otherwise all this might be a moot point. Short of winning the AAC Tournament of course, winning a couple games or going to the title game might be a requisite. < [/QUOTE]

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