College Baseball is a revenue sport is the SEC. Can it be in the AAC too?

Last year the AAC had four teams out of seven in the NCAA regional (Houston, Tulane, ECU, South Florida) with Houston hosting. The AAC was the #2 RPI baseball conference, behind only the SEC

Final Top 50 attendance for College Baseball in 2015:
# School Average Total Home Games
1. LSU 10,726 364,700 34
2. Ole Miss 8,066 225,873 28
3. Arkansas 7,928 237,865 30
4. Mississippi State 7,448 230,918 31
5. South Carolina 7,314 219,436 30
6. Texas 5,517 126,911 23
7. Texas A&M 4,742 170,745 36
8. Florida State 4,346 134,746 31
9. Clemson 4,250 119,023 28
10. Nebraska 3,956 102,872 26
11. Louisiana-Lafayette 3,908 101,626 26
12. TCU 3,817 103,082 27
13. Texas Tech 3,665 98,969 27
14. Virginia 3,522 70,454 20
15. Florida 3,502 108,563 31
16. Creighton 3,253 68,314 21
17. Hawaii 3,219 83,716 26
18. Arizona State 3,176 98,482 31
19. Wichita State 3,086 83,326 27
20. Vanderbilt 3,038 91,144 30
21. Rice 2,870 74,628 26
22. Oregon State 2,806 67,362 24
23. Auburn 2,800 95,227 34
24. Southern Miss 2,776 69,415 25
25. Alabama 2,761 71,807 26
26. Arizona 2,701 86,443 32
27. Kansas State 2,630 65,766 25
28. Miami, Fla. 2,564 79,486 31
29. Baylor 2,351 56,442 24
30. East Carolina 2,243 71,803 32
31. Indiana 2,229 49,040 22
32. Georgia 2,180 56,704 26
33. Kentucky 2,080 45,769 22
34. Tulane 2,048 59,414 29
35. Tennessee 1,889 35,909 19
36. Cal State Fullerton 1,879 41,354 22
37. Louisville 1,772 53,178 30
38. West Virginia 1,744 24,418 14
39. Houston 1,686 43,855 26
40. North Carolina 1,657 43,102 26
41. Oregon 1,609 40,240 25
42. South Alabama 1,512 40,839 27
43. Stanford 1,491 40,268 27
44. Georgia Tech 1,475 42,793 29
45. Texas State 1,442 33,166 23
46. Liberty 1,427 35,694 25
47. Fresno State 1,424 35,608 25
48. Coastal Carolina 1,400 44,808 32
49. Long Beach State 1,358
50. UCF 1,337 41,465 31

It is looking to be another good season for the AAC this year.

The two top polls, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and Coaches
http://warrennolan.com/baseball/2016/polls

CBN:

Houston #18
Tulane #19

Coaches:

Houston: #18
Tulane: #31
South Florida: #37
ECU: #53

Opening day is this Friday with three game weekend series extending into Sunday
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#18 Houston v Villanova
#19 Tulane v Illinois (2015 Big 10 Champs and Super Regional Team. 50 win team.)
Cincy @ #7 LSU (2015 SEC Champs and College World Series Team. 54 win team.)
Memphis @ Tennesee (~60 RPI team in 2015)
Uconn @ UTSA (~60 RPI team in 2015)
USF v Liberty (~60 RPI team in 2015)
ECU v Longwood


Thoughts?

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2016 AAC Baseball Standings


Pre-season:
........................Conf.....Win %...Overall..Win%....RPI....vs Top 25..vs RPI 1-50
1 Cincinnati........0-0.....0.000.....0-0.....0.000.....150.....0-0..........0-0
1 Connecticut......0-0.....0.000.....0-0.....0.000.....150.....0-0..........0-0
1 East Carolina....0-0.....0.000.....0-0.....0.000.....150.....0-0..........0-0
1 #18 Houston.....0-0.....0.000.....0-0.....0.000.....150.....0-0..........0-0
1 Memphis.........0-0.....0.000.....0-0.....0.000.....150.....0-0..........0-0
1 South Florida....0-0.....0.000.....0-0.....0.000.....150.....0-0..........0-0
1 #19 Tulane....0-0.....0.000.....0-0.....0.000....150.....0-0...........0-0
1 UCF..............0-0.....0.000.....0-0.....0.000.....150.....0-0..........0-0

Week 1 highlights:

(02-22-2016 01:01 AM)Kronke Wrote:  

Week 1:
........................Conf.....Win %..Overall..Win%....RPI....vs Top 25..vs RPI 1-50
1 East Carolina....0-0.....0.000.....3-0.....1.000.....67.....0-0..........0-0
1 #16/#9 Houston.....0-0.....0.000.....3-0.....1.000.....67.....0-0..........0-0
1 UCF...............0-0.....0.000.....3-0.....1.000.....67.....0-0..........0-0
1 South Florida....0-0.....0.000.....2-1.....0.667.....139.....0-0..........0-0
1 #20 Tulane....0-0.....0.000.....2-1.....0.667.....139.....0-0.........0-0
1 Connecticut......0-0.....0.000.....1-2.....0.333.....174.....0-0..........0-0
1 Memphis.........0-0.....0.000.....1-2.....0.333.....174.....0-0..........0-0
1 Cincinnati........0-0.....0.000.....0-3.....0.000.....234.....0-3..........0-0

Week 2:
........................Conf.....Win %...Overall..Win%....RPI....vs Top 25..vs RPI 1-50
1 #25 East Carolina....0-0.....0.000.....6-1.....8.57.....21.....2-1..........2-1
1 UCF......................0-0.....0.000.....6-2.....0.750.....136...0-0..........0-1
1 Connecticut.............0-0.....0.000.....4-2.....0.667.....16.....1-0.........2-2
1 Memphis................0-0.....0.000.....4-2.....0.667.....100.....0-0.........1-2
1 South Florida..........0-0.....0.000.....4-3.....0.571.....103.....0-0.........0-0
1 Houston.................0-0.....0.000.....4-3.....0.571.....130.....0-2.........0-0
1 Tulane....................0-0.....0.000.....4-3....0.571.....144.....1-0.........0-1
1 Cincinnati..............0-0.....0.000.....0-6.....0.000.....206.....0-3..........0-1

Week 3:
........................Conf.....Win %...Overall..Win%....RPI....vs Top 25..vs RPI 1-50
1 East Carolina....0-0.....0.000.....8-3......0.727.....15.....2-1..........3-0
1 Tulane............0-0......0.000.....7-4.....0.636.....97......1-0..........1-1
1 Connecticut.........0-0.....0.000.....5-4.....0.556.....33.....1-0..........2-4
1 South Florida........0-0.....0.000.....6-5.....0.545.....137.....0-0..........2-1
1 Houston.............0-0.....0.000.....6-5.....0.545.....153.....0-2..........0-1
1 UCF..................0-0.....0.000.....7-6.....0.538.....164...0-2..........0-3
1 Memphis.............0-0.....0.000.....5-5.....0.500.....150.....0-1..........0-1
1 Cincinnati...........0-0.....0.000.....1-10.....0.091.....173.....0-4..........0-2

Week 4:
........................Conf.....Win %...Overall..Win%......RPI....vs Top 25..vs RPI 1-50
1 East Carolina.........0-0.....0.000.....11-5.....0.688.....36.....2-1..........1-2
1 Tulane................0-0.....0.000....11-5.......0.688.....40.....1-0.........1-1
1 UCF...................0-0.....0.000.....10-7.....0.588.....140....0-2..........1-5
1 Connecticut..........0-0.....0.000.....8-6.....0.556......47......1-0..........1-2
1 Houston..............0-0.....0.000.....8-6.....0.571......92......2-3..........0-1
1 South Florida........0-0.....0.000.....9-7.....0.562......185.....0-1..........2-2
1 Memphis.............0-0.....0.000.....5-10.....0.333......173.....0-4..........0-1
1 Cincinnati...........0-0.....0.000.....5-11.....0.312......168.....0-4..........0-4
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