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Men Wins Needed for a 2025 At Large Bid

Bats were on fire yesterday. We have now won 15 of last 16 games. Couple of notes below.

(1) we currently have the lowest RPI ( 38th) in the Big East.

(2) we have the most Q1 wins (5) in the Big East

(3) yesterday the first 5 batters in our lineup , were 11 for 23 with 5 Home Runs!!!

As we all keep saying, the only thing we can do is keep on winning!!

Go Huskies!!!

current record........... season goal
9 - 10/ .474% ........ 12 - 7 / .631% - National
7 - 4/ .636........ 10 - 5 / .667 - Northeast
12 - 4 / .750....... 15 - 6 / .714 - Big East regular season
0 - 0 / .000 ......... 2 - 2 / .500 - Big East tournament

Post season Criteria
(1) 28 - 18/ .609..... 39 - 20 / .661
(2) 38...... < 50 RPI
(3) 11…….. < 10 Conf RPI
(4) 1st…… Top 2 BE
 
What can you say about our hitting, except it’s been amazing. Hopefully get the game in tomorrow.

Go Huskies!!!!


current record........... season goal
9 - 10/ .474% ........ 12 - 7 / .631% - National
7 - 4/ .636........ 10 - 5 / .667 - Northeast
13 - 4 / .765....... 15 - 6 / .714 - Big East regular season
0 - 0 / .000 ......... 2 - 2 / .500 - Big East tournament

Post season Criteria
(1) 29 - 18/ .617..... 39 - 20 / .661
(2) 37...... < 50 RPI
(3) 11…….. < 10 Conf RPI
(4) 1st…… Top 2 BE
 
Last year Ole Miss at 36 and Northeastern at 39 did not make the tournament. Ole Miss was under .500 with a record of 27-29. Northeastern ( I believe) had 39 wins but a strength of schedule of 111.
Our RPI of 34 bodes well, with our strength of schedule at 63. But again as we have all said, we need to keep winning. We have a thin margin of error.

Go Huskies
 
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FfldCntyFan said:
In all candor, even if we were to win every remaining game until the conference tournament, fall short there but perform as well as logically possible without winning the tournament, I'm not sure someone would be able to convince me that we warrant an at large bid.

We need to win as many games as we can for seeding in the BE tournament, then take home that trophy.
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If following the "at large bid" details correctly, win every game rest of regular season would be 41-18 for regular season and win 24 of 25 to end season. RPI in low 30's, no quad 4 loses and winning record in quad 2 (more quad 1 wins than 8 teams ranked ahead of UConn). Seems pretty solid to me, but then I'm a pretty casual baseball fan and pretty easy to convince myself when want something to be true.
 
UConn's next games are at home against Butler, which currently has the worst RPI among Big East teams.
 
Fourth straight weekend with a Big East sweep. Have now won 17 of last 18. Very impressed with how we have turned this season around.

Go Huskies!!!

current record........... season goal
9 - 10/ .474% ........ 12 - 7 / .631% - National
7 - 4/ .636........ 10 - 5 / .667 - Northeast
14 - 4 / .778 ...... 15 - 6 / .714 - Big East regular season
0 - 0 / .000 ......... 2 - 2 / .500 - Big East tournament

Post season Criteria
(1) 30 - 18/ .625..... 39 - 20 / .661
(2) 36...... < 50 RPI
(3) 11…….. < 10 Conf RPI
(4) 1st…… Top 2 BE
 
Husky68 said:
If following the "at large bid" details correctly, win every game rest of regular season would be 41-18 for regular season and win 24 of 25 to end season. RPI in low 30's, no quad 4 loses and winning record in quad 2 (more quad 1 wins than 8 teams ranked ahead of UConn). Seems pretty solid to me, but then I'm a pretty casual baseball fan and pretty easy to convince myself when want something to be true.
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I think if they win out the regular season they will be in the NCAAs. Frankly, I think one more loss and they’re still probably o.k., but I won’t be comfortable if they go 0-2 in the Big East Tourney. The last seven games are all at home, and six are against very poor teams. Doesn’t mean they can’t lose one of those — it’s baseball — but if they keep playing well they’re in good shape.
 
RitzLuce1 said:
Any chance with no week games this week, and manageable home series vs Butler/Maine left, that we line some of our best pitching up to be able to face Northeastern? That win can get us in.
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I'm guessing they will use Cooke against Butler, but limit the pitch count hopefully using him Friday or Saturday so they can start him against Northeastern
 
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businesslawyer said:
I think if they win out the regular season they will be in the NCAAs. Frankly, I think one more loss and they’re still probably o.k., but I won’t be comfortable if they go 0-2 in the Big East Tourney. The last seven games are all at home, and six are against very poor teams. Doesn’t mean they can’t lose one of those — it’s baseball — but if they keep playing well they’re in good shape.
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Wins over Vanderbilt, UNC and 2 against Miami will weigh heavily in our favor.
 
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PASTE04038! said:
I'm guessing they will use Cooke against Butler, but limit the pitch count hopefully using him Friday or Saturday so they can start him against Northeastern
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It would be nice if Cooke can be the starting pitcher against Northeastern, but we will have to see how things go in the series against Butler. Of course, Butler is a contender for being the worst baseball team in the Big East, but whether or not Cooke gets to start against Northeastern will depend on how the series against Butler goes and whether the coaching staff find they need to use him in order to win those games.

With the way UConn has been playing and winning so many games of late, I'm thinking UConn has a pretty good chance of making the NCAA Tournament assuming they keep on winning much more than they lose.
 
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-> Phil: Creighton wins the Big East tournament. Who would get the At large bids Xavier or UConn? Any chance they’d let 3 BE teams in?

Kendall Rogers: If Creighton won the auto bid, my feeling as of today is that UConn and Creighton make the field and Xavier would be on the outside looking in. WTS — XU could greatly improve its chances by winning the Creighton and Penn State series on the road. Win those two and it would be tough, I think, to keep Billy OC’s club out of the tourney. <-
 
huskymedic said:
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2025 D1Baseball Field Of 64 Projections: May 6 • D1Baseball

Another wild weekend of action means there are new top eight and top 16 seeds in our latest projections.
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CORVALLIS, ORE.
1Oregon State (14)
2Oklahoma
3Connecticut*
4Nevada*

Just keep winning…
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As for the Big East, Xavier also makes it into the Tournament, Creighton does not in this particular projection. We'll see what happens this weekend when Xavier and Creighton have a 3 game series with each other.
 
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dbmill said:
It would be nice if Cooke can be the starting pitcher against Northeastern, but we will have to see how things go in the series against Butler. Of course, Butler is a contender for being the worst baseball team in the Big East, but whether or not Cooke gets to start against Northeastern will depend on how the series against Butler goes and whether the coaching staff find they need to use him in order to win those games.

With the way UConn has been playing and winning so many games of late, I'm thinking UConn has a pretty good chance of making the NCAA Tournament assuming they keep on winning much more than they lose.
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Depends what Cooke you get. The staff is playing to win that specific midweek. Whatever it takes.
 
HookCfan said:
Depends what Cooke you get. The staff is playing to win that specific midweek. Whatever it takes.
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Obviously they want to beat Northeastern, but if you had to lose 1 game out of these last 7 that is the one that would do the least damage to their RPI.
 
PASTE04038! said:
Obviously they want to beat Northeastern, but if you had to lose 1 game out of these last 7 that is the one that would do the least damage to their RPI.
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From an RPI standpoint, I don’t think it matters. I think if you go 6-1 against a particular schedule, it doesn’t matter where the one loss is. Beating Northeastern would be a boost helping us to overcome a loss to Butler or Maine, while losing to Northeastern won’t have a terrible effect but then we get nothing positive from the other 6 wins. But if I’m wrong someone can correct me.

Whether the Committee cares more about a strong win or a horrible loss, who knows.
 
businesslawyer said:
From an RPI standpoint, I don’t think it matters. I think if you go 6-1 against a particular schedule, it doesn’t matter where the one loss is. Beating Northeastern would be a boost helping us to overcome a loss to Butler or Maine, while losing to Northeastern won’t have a terrible effect but then we get nothing positive from the other 6 wins. But if I’m wrong someone can correct me.

Whether the Committee cares more about a strong win or a horrible loss, who knows.
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I do think a NE win could have weight when seeding comes. It strengthens our resume.
 
huskymedic said:
d1baseball.com

2025 D1Baseball Field Of 64 Projections: May 6 • D1Baseball

Another wild weekend of action means there are new top eight and top 16 seeds in our latest projections.
d1baseball.com d1baseball.com

CORVALLIS, ORE.
1Oregon State (14)
2Oklahoma
3Connecticut*
4Nevada*

Just keep winning…
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www.baseballamerica.com

2025 NCAA Baseball Tournament Bracket: Projected Field Of 64 (May 7)

With Selection Monday just a few weeks away, Baseball America presents the latest update to our Field of 64 NCAA Tournament bracket projections.
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Conway, S.C.
1. (12) Coastal Carolina^* (Sun Belt)
2. Alabama (SEC)
3. Connecticut* (Big East)
4. High Point* (Big South)

* Xavier as the #3 in the Clemson S.C Regional*
 
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