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Men Wins Needed for a 2025 At Large Bid

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Viet Vet said:
As much as it hurts, the committee is right. Plus we lost 2 of 2 to Northeastern, split with BC, lost to Rutgers. Our run against the dregs of the Big East was irrelevant. Had we done better against the only other BE teams worth a damn ( Creighton and Xavier; can we all acknowledge the rest of BE baseball is crap) we might have prevailed. Our early season wins against Miami (x2), Vanderbilt and UNC were more than offset by a woeful strength-of-schedule and bad losses.

One win against Creighton in the BE final might would have pushed us over the top. We failed………and suffered the consequences.
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The committee is crooked. The selection was rigged. Stolen from UConn and/or Xavier. In addition, all this talk of RPI is clearly meaningless when lower ranked teams get in.
 
No margin for error. That’s the way it is. We had plenty of error.
 
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After thinking about this years snub and reading the comments of those who follow baseball year-round and those that chime in for the NCAA tournament, I have come to the following conclusion:
We(and Xavier) should have been in the tournament. The bottom of the Big East is a consistent anchor toward RPI. However, we did not take care of business when necessary. The Rutgers loss, the first game against Xavier, are 2 examples of blown leads. This team was flawed, and injuries hurt the pitching staff and depth. If UConn's BAD year is first 4 out with the way the baseball committee does its work, then we are pretty good and as fans, should enjoy the ride. Yes it was a frustrating year when opportunity slipped away. But, the future is bright, and Penders and his staff know how to build and rebuild.
Let's support them with NIL money, attend games and root hard. I have a feeling UConn will make some damage next year in this tournament.
 
Viet Vet said:
Do we play the likes of Vanderbilt, Georgia.
Texas, Florida, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Mississippi State…… North Carolina, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Clemson, Wake Forest?

No, we don’t, (albeit
through no fault of our own, since we are in a lousy baseball conference). So………we cannot lose to the likes of Rutgers, BC, Northeastern (twice), Xavier (four times), Creighton (three times), and expect a lousy out-of-conference schedule to be ignored.

We can gripe all day about P4 bias, but we must negotiate the landscape as it is, not how we’d like it to be.
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Northeastern is a very good team. I’d be surprised if they didn’t make it to the super regional. I will certainly be watching and rooting them on. As far as the other teams you mentioned, only BC had a bad year. The others had good years and were rated well in the RPI. UConn deserved a bid and for fans of the university to think otherwise is just wrong and a bit puzzling. There may be some hate for UConn because of our success in basketball. That’s the only reason I could see for the powers that be wanting to screw us. It just makes me want another Natty or two in hoops even more. The heck with them…we are UConn! Otherwise, it’s hard for me to understand how you leave out a team that plays their first 20 or so games every year on the road and still manages to win 38 games. Come on. We got screwed. End of story. Just my opinion, of course. I don’t really care who agrees or disagrees with it.
 
Viet Vet said:
Do we play the likes of Vanderbilt, Georgia.
Texas, Florida, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Mississippi State…… North Carolina, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Clemson, Wake Forest?

No, we don’t, (albeit
through no fault of our own, since we are in a lousy baseball conference). So………we cannot lose to the likes of Rutgers, BC, Northeastern (twice), Xavier (four times), Creighton (three times), and expect a lousy out-of-conference schedule to be ignored.

We can gripe all day about P4 bias, but we must negotiate the landscape as it is, not how we’d like it to be.
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More an indication that the BE is a one sport conference and sadly that may not last long...
 
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Need the answer to how many bid busters there were this year versus last year to see how bad we got screwed. I thought we got a break last year going 0-2 in BET. I know Nebraska and ECU stole bids and there were 3? others. And yes, the conference makeup of the last 4 out versus the last 4 in is glaring this year.
 
Rdkid said:
Need the answer to how many bid busters there were this year versus last year to see how bad we got screwed. I thought we got a break last year going 0-2 in BET. I know Nebraska and ECU stole bids and there were 3? others. And yes, the conference makeup of the last 4 out versus the last 4 in is glaring this year.
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As it has played out, the BE has not gotten in the way of our baseball program thriving. Apples to apples in terms of competition against other cold weather schools. Resources and coaching now place us at the top each year. UVA didn’t make the tourney this year and they have been NC caliber over the last 10 years. Look at all the historically excellent ACC and SEC programs staying home. I’d love to see UConn in the B12 or ACC for baseball just for competition’s sake, but to crap on the BE as our current home is not supported by the number of at-large bids we’ve gotten since returning. What the future holds is based upon NIL and what a P4 power grab may look like. Baseball (and the whole UConn AD) needs your $ post-House, that’s for sure. AD Dave ain’t lying.
 
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HookCfan said:
Never thought cal poly with 30 rpi and 40 wins was a bubble
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WKU was right behind us at 42 w/ record of 42-12. I can live with that. Nebraska and ECU were the real thieves. So be it - these conference tourneys have to be worth something for someone.
 
UConnRock said:
Of the at large bids, Ok St. irritates me the most. 28-23 (played only 51 games with 5 cancellations). Of 5 games cancelled, two were against the West Virginia, the top team in the Big 12. Only 17 away games (5-12).
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The NCAA is corrupt. The selection commitee was rigged. places were stolen from UConn and Xavier. Need more transparency in the selection committee action. Maybe selections should be done by AI.
 
greenday61892 said:
Xavier, UConn NCAA Tournament Snubs Create Confusion For Mid-Majors

Y'know, fair play to BA, I just mentioned their hate-on for us but they actually did give us some coverage now recognizing we were snubbed.
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It may be, however, it appears that it's also concluded that we are stuck in a "Mid-Major" conference. I guess that is all the BE is.
IMO, the BE is a "one-sport" conference and will soon fade into oblivion. We need an "all hands on deck" effort to get the hell out ASAP!
 
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UConnRock said:
Of the at large bids, Ok St. irritates me the most. 28-23 (played only 51 games with 5 cancellations). Of 5 games cancelled, two were against the West Virginia, the top team in the Big 12. Only 17 away games (5-12).
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And how few home games we had, it's absurd.
 
buddy said:
The NCAA is corrupt. The selection commitee was rigged. places were stolen from UConn and Xavier. Need more transparency in the selection committee action. Maybe selections should be done by AI.
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I am not surprised. The NCAA will only continue to survive if it keeps the P-2 and, to a lesser extent, the other P conferences happy.
At any moment, the P conferences could gut the NCAA by doing in BB what was done in FB. The NCAA only stays in existence by the good graces of the P conferences. Expect more of this favoritism going forward.
 
greenday61892 said:
And how few home games we had, it's absurd.
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Not to beat the stats to death, but here are the numbers:

OK St - 24 home games out of 51 played (47%)
UConn - 20 home games out of 59 played (34%)

Its not just the home games, but it is the rest that the pitching staff gets by playing 8 less games. Less scrambling to find arms for mid week games.
 
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Sea Goat said:
It may be, however, it appears that it's also concluded that we are stuck in a "Mid-Major" conference. I guess that is all the BE is.
IMO, the BE is a "one-sport" conference and will soon fade into oblivion. We need an "all hands on deck" effort to get the hell out ASAP!
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To be fair, as a baseball conference the BE has been a mid-major since we returned.
 
greenday61892 said:
Dammit, I can't seem to get my usual ways to read these articles to work.
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Sample comment from D1 Eric Sorenson (aka @Stitch_Head):

“They Got Snubbed: UConn. Last year it was Northeastern, sitting at No. 35 and not hearing their name called by Matt Schick on the Selection Show. This year, it’s the No. 41-ranked Huskies. It is extremely difficult to build an RPI that good when you are playing in the Northeast, where you are one of the few programs who really care about college baseball. I saw the Huskies beat No. 1 Vanderbilt earlier this season, so maybe I am a little biased on this one. But a team in the Snow Belt having an RPI that good should be rewarded. (I s’pose this goes for No. 39 Xavier as well).”
 
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