They Face Exclusive Houston in Round 1 (Rice)

The other 2 teams are fundamentalist Houston (Houston Baptist) and Normal Houston (Houston)


Side Note, but potential SBC Expansion Target Missouri State is the #8 National Seed, will host all the way to Omaha if they can get there.

While there are no easy regionals, I like this draw a lot. We beat houston earlier this year and rice has been inconsistent. If Leger can rebound from the tourney and get us off to a good start, I like our chances.

I'm pleased with Houston as well. I'm guessing Tulane got sent to the Red Shaft. Their fans were hoping for College Station.

Don't count on Missouri State in Omaha. The MVCs RPI is been absurdly high all season and they will get exposed.

(05-25-2015 12:27 PM)Louisiana99 Wrote:  While there are no easy regionals, I like this draw a lot. We beat houston earlier this year and rice has been inconsistent. If Leger can rebound from the tourney and get us off to a good start, I like our chances.

Houston Baptist is a tricky 4 seed, they have very, very good pitching, but not much offense. They'll give Houston problems.

Rice will be a challenge. Big question for you guys is whether Leger can turn around and throw again Friday on 4 days rest, or do you go to one of your other starters.

(05-25-2015 01:20 PM)EigenEagle Wrote:  Don't count on Missouri State in Omaha. The MVCs RPI is been absurdly high all season and they will get exposed.

I don't know, they've got a very good draw for a Regional, and are very tough at home. We played them earlier this year, it's a solid team all around.

(05-25-2015 12:44 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  I'm pleased with Houston as well. I'm guessing Tulane got sent to the Red Shaft. Their fans were hoping for College Station.

Then their fans have no clue how the process works. No way was Tulane going to College Station … and they could not be sent to Houston. Only bus trip for them was Baton Rouge … and they were only one of two #3 seeds that could bus to Baton Rouge … the other being the Cajuns, which was not going to happen with the need in Texas. Thus, if Tulane made the field (which looked quite likely), it was going to be Tulane in Baton Rouge and Louisiana in Houston (most likely) or College Station (outside shot at Dallas).

Brian

(05-25-2015 01:49 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(05-25-2015 12:27 PM)Louisiana99 Wrote:  While there are no easy regionals, I like this draw a lot. We beat houston earlier this year and rice has been inconsistent. If Leger can rebound from the tourney and get us off to a good start, I like our chances.

Houston Baptist is a tricky 4 seed, they have very, very good pitching, but not much offense. They'll give Houston problems.

Rice will be a challenge. Big question for you guys is whether Leger can turn around and throw again Friday on 4 days rest, or do you go to one of your other starters.

Houston Baptist already has given Houston problems … beating them 2-1 at Cougar Field earlier this season.

I do not expect Leger to go Friday vs. Rice after throwing 102 pitches Sunday and 92 pitches last Wednesday. But him going Friday is certainly not out of the realm of possibility. Jordan Stephens will be tough, though he has struggled in his last two starts (both against FIU).

Brian

(05-25-2015 01:20 PM)EigenEagle Wrote:  Don't count on Missouri State in Omaha. The MVCs RPI is been absurdly high all season and they will get exposed.

Case in point: Bradley. A 35-19 record counting 5 non Div 1 games (one rained out) with 2 signature P5 wins against Iowa. Yet, an at large with the #19 RPI.

Good luck ULL. Rep the SBC well.

(05-25-2015 04:39 PM)gonegolfin Wrote:  

(05-25-2015 01:49 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(05-25-2015 12:27 PM)Louisiana99 Wrote:  While there are no easy regionals, I like this draw a lot. We beat houston earlier this year and rice has been inconsistent. If Leger can rebound from the tourney and get us off to a good start, I like our chances.

Houston Baptist is a tricky 4 seed, they have very, very good pitching, but not much offense. They'll give Houston problems.

Rice will be a challenge. Big question for you guys is whether Leger can turn around and throw again Friday on 4 days rest, or do you go to one of your other starters.

Houston Baptist already has given Houston problems … beating them 2-1 at Cougar Field earlier this season.

I do not expect Leger to go Friday vs. Rice after throwing 102 pitches Sunday and 92 pitches last Wednesday. But him going Friday is certainly not out of the realm of possibility. Jordan Stephens will be tough, though he has struggled in his last two starts (both against FIU).

Brian

Back when we were really good early this year, before we got snowed and rained into oblivion, we went down to HBU and swept them in a 3 game set. Game 1 finished 3-2, and Game 3 finished 2-1. There was a 14-0 blowout in game stuck in between.

They won back to back games in the SLC Tourney 2-1 and 1-0 against UCA to get to the final.

We beat Houston this year already, just of anyone was wondering. We outplayed them pretty well actually

Good luck Cajuns

(05-25-2015 08:23 PM)Louisiana99 Wrote:  We beat Houston this year already, just of anyone was wondering. We outplayed them pretty well actually

I think Rice could be the team to beat. Coach Graham usually has a good pitching staff that comes on strong in the Post-Season. It doesn't look like they have the big power hitters but hitters that get on base and they are good at manufacturing runs.

Every team should have a big following in Houston, including the Cajuns who have alot of fans in the Houston area and besides New Orleans, Cajun fans like traveling to Houston.

(05-25-2015 04:33 PM)gonegolfin Wrote:  

(05-25-2015 12:44 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  I'm pleased with Houston as well. I'm guessing Tulane got sent to the Red Shaft. Their fans were hoping for College Station.

Then their fans have no clue how the process works. No way was Tulane going to College Station … and they could not be sent to Houston. Only bus trip for them was Baton Rouge … and they were only one of two #3 seeds that could bus to Baton Rouge … the other being the Cajuns, which was not going to happen with the need in Texas. Thus, if Tulane made the field (which looked quite likely), it was going to be Tulane in Baton Rouge and Louisiana in Houston (most likely) or College Station (outside shot at Dallas).

Brian

Very well said Brian. You would think with the baseball success Tulane has historically had, that their fans would know better. But there has been a somewhat extended postseason drought for them, so maybe they are a bit rusty.

(05-25-2015 09:10 PM)CajunFan3406 Wrote:  

(05-25-2015 04:33 PM)gonegolfin Wrote:  

(05-25-2015 12:44 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  I'm pleased with Houston as well. I'm guessing Tulane got sent to the Red Shaft. Their fans were hoping for College Station.

Then their fans have no clue how the process works. No way was Tulane going to College Station … and they could not be sent to Houston. Only bus trip for them was Baton Rouge … and they were only one of two #3 seeds that could bus to Baton Rouge … the other being the Cajuns, which was not going to happen with the need in Texas. Thus, if Tulane made the field (which looked quite likely), it was going to be Tulane in Baton Rouge and Louisiana in Houston (most likely) or College Station (outside shot at Dallas).

Brian

Very well said Brian. You would think with the baseball success Tulane has historically had, that their fans would know better. But there has been a somewhat extended postseason drought for them, so maybe they are a bit rusty.

To be fair to Tulane...the bus rule isn't going to make a ton of sense when they see Coastal Carolina playing in Texas. Basically, if neither of you were going to be sent West, which depends on need, and the need was teams for Texas, than you could only bus, leaving the 400 mile rule in effect.

You guys have been in the tourney a ton, and by now know the rules and policies that the selection committe follows. A team with little postseason history isn't going to sit and study that stuff because they normally never have any need too.

(05-25-2015 09:40 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(05-25-2015 09:10 PM)CajunFan3406 Wrote:  

(05-25-2015 04:33 PM)gonegolfin Wrote:  

(05-25-2015 12:44 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  I'm pleased with Houston as well. I'm guessing Tulane got sent to the Red Shaft. Their fans were hoping for College Station.

Then their fans have no clue how the process works. No way was Tulane going to College Station … and they could not be sent to Houston. Only bus trip for them was Baton Rouge … and they were only one of two #3 seeds that could bus to Baton Rouge … the other being the Cajuns, which was not going to happen with the need in Texas. Thus, if Tulane made the field (which looked quite likely), it was going to be Tulane in Baton Rouge and Louisiana in Houston (most likely) or College Station (outside shot at Dallas).

Brian

Very well said Brian. You would think with the baseball success Tulane has historically had, that their fans would know better. But there has been a somewhat extended postseason drought for them, so maybe they are a bit rusty.

To be fair to Tulane...the bus rule isn't going to make a ton of sense when they see Coastal Carolina playing in Texas. Basically, if neither of you were going to be sent West, which depends on need, and the need was teams for Texas, than you could only bus, leaving the 400 mile rule in effect.

You guys have been in the tourney a ton, and by now know the rules and policies that the selection committe follows. A team with little postseason history isn't going to sit and study that stuff because they normally never have any need too.

I was surprised to see both Ole Miss and Maryland being sent out west to the UCLA Regional as the 2 and 3 seeds. I'm just glad we didn't get sent to the west coast.

I thought Ole Miss might have been sent to Missouri St, Arkansas to Dallas Baptist, and Texas to Houston, all as 2 seeds. I went to Grad school at Ole Miss which has a big baseball following and they aren't very happy about being sent to UCLA.

I guess Oregon was sent to Missouri St because there were too many other Pac 12 teams staying out west and since 2 teams from the same conference can't be in the same Regional then Oregon and Oregon St were both sent east.

(05-25-2015 10:10 PM)IdahoCajun Wrote:  

(05-25-2015 09:40 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(05-25-2015 09:10 PM)CajunFan3406 Wrote:  

(05-25-2015 04:33 PM)gonegolfin Wrote:  

(05-25-2015 12:44 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  I'm pleased with Houston as well. I'm guessing Tulane got sent to the Red Shaft. Their fans were hoping for College Station.

Then their fans have no clue how the process works. No way was Tulane going to College Station … and they could not be sent to Houston. Only bus trip for them was Baton Rouge … and they were only one of two #3 seeds that could bus to Baton Rouge … the other being the Cajuns, which was not going to happen with the need in Texas. Thus, if Tulane made the field (which looked quite likely), it was going to be Tulane in Baton Rouge and Louisiana in Houston (most likely) or College Station (outside shot at Dallas).

Brian

Very well said Brian. You would think with the baseball success Tulane has historically had, that their fans would know better. But there has been a somewhat extended postseason drought for them, so maybe they are a bit rusty.

To be fair to Tulane...the bus rule isn't going to make a ton of sense when they see Coastal Carolina playing in Texas. Basically, if neither of you were going to be sent West, which depends on need, and the need was teams for Texas, than you could only bus, leaving the 400 mile rule in effect.

You guys have been in the tourney a ton, and by now know the rules and policies that the selection committe follows. A team with little postseason history isn't going to sit and study that stuff because they normally never have any need too.

I was surprised to see both Ole Miss and Maryland being sent out west to the UCLA Regional as the 2 and 3 seeds. I'm just glad we didn't get sent to the west coast.

I thought Ole Miss might have been sent to Missouri St, Arkansas to Dallas Baptist, and Texas to Houston, all as 2 seeds. I went to Grad school at Ole Miss which has a big baseball following and they aren't very happy about being sent to UCLA.

I guess Oregon was sent to Missouri St because there were too many other Pac 12 teams staying out west and since 2 teams from the same conference can't be in the same Regional then Oregon and Oregon St were both sent east.

I always thought Arkansas was destined to play at Springfield. Ole Miss is 600 miles from Missouri State, and out of the bus rule range.

As it is, Arkansas went to Stillwater, which I'm pretty sure happened because the NCAA wants 2 potential Super Regional Hosts in that foursome with it coming out that Missouri State might not be able to host Supers because the Springfield Cardinals are in town that weekend.

(05-25-2015 09:10 PM)CajunFan3406 Wrote:  

(05-25-2015 04:33 PM)gonegolfin Wrote:  

(05-25-2015 12:44 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  I'm pleased with Houston as well. I'm guessing Tulane got sent to the Red Shaft. Their fans were hoping for College Station.

Then their fans have no clue how the process works. No way was Tulane going to College Station … and they could not be sent to Houston. Only bus trip for them was Baton Rouge … and they were only one of two #3 seeds that could bus to Baton Rouge … the other being the Cajuns, which was not going to happen with the need in Texas. Thus, if Tulane made the field (which looked quite likely), it was going to be Tulane in Baton Rouge and Louisiana in Houston (most likely) or College Station (outside shot at Dallas).

Brian

Very well said Brian. You would think with the baseball success Tulane has historically had, that their fans would know better. But there has been a somewhat extended postseason drought for them, so maybe they are a bit rusty.

Yea but Tulane hasn't had success since 2008...the last time they made a regional.

(05-25-2015 10:36 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(05-25-2015 10:10 PM)IdahoCajun Wrote:  

(05-25-2015 09:40 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(05-25-2015 09:10 PM)CajunFan3406 Wrote:  

(05-25-2015 04:33 PM)gonegolfin Wrote:  Then their fans have no clue how the process works. No way was Tulane going to College Station … and they could not be sent to Houston. Only bus trip for them was Baton Rouge … and they were only one of two #3 seeds that could bus to Baton Rouge … the other being the Cajuns, which was not going to happen with the need in Texas. Thus, if Tulane made the field (which looked quite likely), it was going to be Tulane in Baton Rouge and Louisiana in Houston (most likely) or College Station (outside shot at Dallas).

Brian

Very well said Brian. You would think with the baseball success Tulane has historically had, that their fans would know better. But there has been a somewhat extended postseason drought for them, so maybe they are a bit rusty.

To be fair to Tulane...the bus rule isn't going to make a ton of sense when they see Coastal Carolina playing in Texas. Basically, if neither of you were going to be sent West, which depends on need, and the need was teams for Texas, than you could only bus, leaving the 400 mile rule in effect.

You guys have been in the tourney a ton, and by now know the rules and policies that the selection committe follows. A team with little postseason history isn't going to sit and study that stuff because they normally never have any need too.

I was surprised to see both Ole Miss and Maryland being sent out west to the UCLA Regional as the 2 and 3 seeds. I'm just glad we didn't get sent to the west coast.

I thought Ole Miss might have been sent to Missouri St, Arkansas to Dallas Baptist, and Texas to Houston, all as 2 seeds. I went to Grad school at Ole Miss which has a big baseball following and they aren't very happy about being sent to UCLA.

I guess Oregon was sent to Missouri St because there were too many other Pac 12 teams staying out west and since 2 teams from the same conference can't be in the same Regional then Oregon and Oregon St were both sent east.

I always thought Arkansas was destined to play at Springfield. Ole Miss is 600 miles from Missouri State, and out of the bus rule range.

As it is, Arkansas went to Stillwater, which I'm pretty sure happened because the NCAA wants 2 potential Super Regional Hosts in that foursome with it coming out that Missouri State might not be able to host Supers because the Springfield Cardinals are in town that weekend.

Actually Ole Miss is only 370 miles from Missouri St, passing through Jonesboro. Ole Miss or Oxford, MS is only 150 miles from Jonesboro.