(01-04-2017 05:08 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  

(12-30-2016 08:16 AM)Collin_Ellis Wrote:  

(12-30-2016 12:02 AM)BeagleUSM Wrote:  Some notable weekend OOC series

WVU at Charlotte (2/17-2/19)
Creighton at UAB (2/17-2/19)
Rice at Texas (2/17-2/19)
SELA at Rice (2/24/-2/26)
Utah at UTSA (3/03-3/06)
UAB at Georgia (3/03/3/05)
Stanford at Rice (3/09-3/12)
Southern Miss at ULL (3/10-3/12)
Charlotte at ECU (3/10-3/12)

Tech is hosting Arkansas in a midweek 2 game "series"

I hope in the future we can get a weekend series with SELA, Tulane, or ULL. If Tech baseball can show they are for real about baseball this season then we may see something like that.

Tech's OOC schedule is a joke, and will severely impact your RPI throughout the year. I'm still scratching my head why/how people are picking Tech over Rice (or USM or FAU, for that matter). Sure, the Owls lost Duplantier and Fox, but Ricky Salinas as our most consistent starting pitcher last year, Willy Amador showed his potential against the most elite opponents (A&M, LSU) and Dane Myers, who will likely be our Friday night starter, is our most improved player. Our bullpen is loaded-- anchored by All-American Glen Otto, and bolstered by a quartet of impressive true Freshmen. This year we'll have the pitching depth we lacked last year...and Rice's offense should be the best it's been since the mid-00 glory days with Proctor, Gray, Chanlder, Warren, DiCaprio, Wunderlich and Myers all returning, and augmented with a couple JUCO transfers and several true Freshmen who impressed during the Fall.

Yes, I'm biased, but this could be the best and most complete Rice team in years.

Tech will be dangerous with the bats next season. We have some talented pitchers but only 1-2 with dominate stuff. We will have to use everyone in appropriate situation and have good fortune.

I'm not going to defend our scheduling. Our "AD" has not proven he has much of an ability to schedule in any sport. However, we were able to finish with a decent rpi last season with a similar schedule so if we win we will be fine. We aren't going to attract weekend series vs many traditional top 30 rpi programs. We have neither the tradition of Rice or the location. That is why I stated that "I hope in the future we can get a weekend series with SELA, Tulane, or ULL. If Tech baseball can show they are for real about baseball this season then we may see something like that.