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Message: [QUOTE="ucjoet, post: 3974789, member: 966"] The only thing I like better then winning the first 3 games of a series is winning the 4th game ( I know it's a bad joke, but glad I can use it). My wife and I went to the Hockey Arena groundbreaking ceremony, and then to Elliot Ballpark for game yesterday. What a great day for UConn sports, and Elliot is a gorgeous facility. By winning yesterday and our RPI at 23, I think we secured an At Large bid . But if we go 0 -2 in BE tourney, I would be incredibly anxious on selection day. [B][U]Some Random thoughts.[/U][/B] (1) after starting 4 - 10 (vs very tough competition) we ended season with a 26 -6 run (.813 winning %) (2) during first 16 games, we were 3 - 9 in 1 or 2 run games. Imagine our RPI if we had even only won 2 of those 9 games. (3) Besides us, no Big East team has a chance of an At Large Bid. Highest RPI is Villanova at 88. Also BE teams SOS are horrible. Creighton 250, Xavier 99 and Seton Hall 139 (4) 10 games were cancelled. If we played at the .813 winning %, that would have meant 8 more wins. Our record would have been 38 - 18 heading into BE tourney. No question we would have been in. (5) NCAA seeding thoughts after BE Tourney results Win 0 games - definitely a 4, possible 3 Win 1 games - definitely a 3, out side shot at a 2 Win 2 games - out side shot at a 3, very good chance a 2 Win BEast - a definite 2 (6) As many of you probably noticed, I don't post much besides in this thread. But I do follow everyone's posts before, during and after games. I GREATLY appreciate everyone who posts. I don't want to mention specific posters, because I know I will miss someone important. Even though we may have not ever met, I feel I know many of you. The UConn Baseball Board is a very special and tight community. (7) Last thing. It took ALL season, but our chart below of "Post Season Criteria" is that beautiful color of GREEN Go Huskies !!! [B][U]Intermediate Goals[/U][/B] [COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)]6 - 2 / 7 - 1 ( last 8)[/COLOR] 3 - 2 / 0 - 0 (BE tourney) [U][B][I][U]current record........... season goal[/U][/I][/B][/U] [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]8 - 11 / .421 ........ 9 - 10 / .473% - Out of Conference[/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)]9 - 1 / .900 ......... 8 - 2 / .800 - New England 13 - 4 / .765 ......... 12- 5 / .706 - Big East regular season[/COLOR] 0 - 0 / .000 ......... 3 - 2 / .600 - Big East tourney [U][B][I][U]Post season Criteria [/U][/I][/B][/U] [COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)](1) 30 - 16 / .652 ...... 32 - 20 / .615 (2) 23 ....... < 50 RPI (3) 1st - Top 2 Big East (4) SOS - 61[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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