(05-31-2016 10:15 AM)jumpinmullet Wrote:  

(05-31-2016 08:53 AM)Seahawkhoops Wrote:  

(05-31-2016 08:27 AM)jumpinmullet Wrote:  

(05-30-2016 10:40 PM)Seahawk Nation 08 Wrote:  

(05-30-2016 10:13 PM)solohawks Wrote:  W&M non conference record was awful. They just got to .500 overall by winning the title

2 early season tournaments in California and 16 total games against the RPI top 100 had something to do with that.

Bottom line they went 14-9 in CAA play then went 4-1 in the conference tournament. How can anyone possibly argue they didn't deserve a spot after that?

The way the system is set up they do deserve a spot but are they a top 64 team or even a top 150? I think the system needs to be more rewarding to teams that play well over a period of time and not just win a few games in a conference tourney and not a good conference by any means. I don't know how you do that and I have nothing against W&M but they are not a very good team.
Not to mention the fact that a ump blows a call to give them a game.
A easy way to eliminate teams like this would be to take the regular season champion and not have a conference tournament format for the NCAA baseball season. Basketball is just so different in nature that it is not a fair comparison. Baseball is a marathon of sorts and just winning 4 games in 3 or 4 days is not reflective of what type of team you are. Just a thought and I will pull for W&M to lose out quickly.

You really shouldn't talk, when you have no clue what you are talking about! First, CAA was in the top half of leagues in RPI, SEC, no. But not sisters of the poor either. Second, W n M came in SECOND in the league. Them winning the tourney is not out of the realm of possibility. And your Baseball to hoops comparison is complete BS! in fact, it could be argued quite the opposite. A conference tourney in hoops with a 1 and done scenario plays into a "bad team" getting hot much more than baseball where good teams have a second chance to pull out of a losers bracket. It's tougher to do, clearly.

Pretty much every conference after the SEC and ACC can say the same thing but trying to make a case for the CAA in baseball is stupid. I went to UNCW games all year and saw some very bad teams there. If UNCW loses both games to UNC this year they would be at home while W&M plays. UNC in no way deserved to be in the NCAA but they are light years better than a W&M. In basketball the best team wins 95% of the time but baseball is a different bird all together.
UNCW is legit and could make a huge run in the NCAA but W&M will not win a game unless they get lucky as hell. I just don't like the way it is set up for a team like them to even have a chance to beat a UNCW and get the bid. It also cost UNCW a better seed and a chance to save a pitcher or two for the next game.

95% of the time? Perhaps, but in baseball it's not one and done. So good teams get another chance to beat the teams you are calling "fakers" meaning they have to get "lucky" on more than one occasion.