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.
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
RE: 2016 AAC Baseball Thread: College Baseball is here. Can it be an AAC revenue sport?
Absolutely. This country still pretty well likes baseball, and there are quite a few fantastic baseball programs in the conference. TV coverage of college baseball grows a bit each year. Will it be a huge chunk of the pie, no, but it'll help.
RE: 2016 AAC Baseball Thread: Can baseball be an AAC revenue sport?
(02-16-2016 10:45 AM)CincyBro Wrote:
(02-16-2016 10:38 AM)bearcatfan1211 Wrote:
(02-16-2016 10:31 AM)Enviro5609 Wrote:
(02-16-2016 10:23 AM)Bearcats#1 Wrote: who cares
About the 15-41 (6-18) 2015 Cincy Bearcats....? With the 200+ RPI....? No one.
Truth.
Should top 20 wins this year though
Played with mostly freshman and sophomores last year, should be better.
Hope so. Would be better for the conference if you guys were more consistent this year. Also, anyone who plays against LSU is a of mine. Please beat them. I'll be able to hear the wailing and nashing of teeth all the way down the river.
RE: 2016 AAC Baseball Thread: Can baseball be an AAC revenue sport?
(02-16-2016 10:49 AM)Enviro5609 Wrote:
(02-16-2016 10:43 AM)CincyBro Wrote:
(02-16-2016 10:31 AM)Enviro5609 Wrote:
(02-16-2016 10:23 AM)Bearcats#1 Wrote: who cares
About the 15-41 (6-18) 2015 Cincy Bearcats....? With the 200+ RPI....? No one.
Question: Do you think Tulane resides in a baseball town ?
I think the attendance numbers speak for themselves....
And that was a down year coming off the end of an ailing coaches career with a few years of no post-season.
So you avg. 2000 a game and you consider yourself a baseball town. Seriously. The Reds draw more than 59000 for a couple of games ( your whole seasons worth ), that's a baseball town, plus those who watch UC play.
(This post was last modified: 02-16-2016 10:59 AM by CincyBro.)
RE: 2016 AAC Baseball Thread: Can baseball be an AAC revenue sport?
I think its great that Houston is on that list, very hard in a pro town to avg. high numbers. Notice there is very, very few pro towns on that list. Good for UH.
RE: 2016 AAC Baseball Thread: Can baseball be an AAC revenue sport?
(02-16-2016 11:03 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:
(02-16-2016 10:38 AM)The T-Shirt Wrote:
(02-16-2016 10:31 AM)Enviro5609 Wrote:
(02-16-2016 10:23 AM)Bearcats#1 Wrote: who cares
About the 15-41 (6-18) 2015 Cincy Bearcats....? With the 200+ RPI....? No one.
Let me guess at B1s next comment
"It's college baseball in this crap conference< who cares."
Now I remember why I quit coming over here. Its not sports talk anymore, its just who can be the biggest douchenozzle. Yay.
Exactly, Best I can tell, this board is no longer moderated.
You are right. I've been caught up on the trolling at times and reacted negatively. I stop by every now and then to see if there are any serious threads but they are extremely rare. And if one is started it usually gets derailed and turns in to arguing and bashing.
I am looking forward to baseball but I sure hope UC improves. It's going to be tough with their schedule and playing in this league.
They were in fact the youngest team in div 1 last year - it was well documented. Hopefully that year of playing experience will help them.
(This post was last modified: 02-16-2016 11:12 AM by bearcatfan.)
RE: 2016 AAC Baseball Thread: Can baseball be an AAC revenue sport?
College baseball's problem will always be that it's not the best players competing at their level. With the minor league MLB taking the majority of the cream out of high school, people just don't have the same interest.
Now, college baseball can still be a positive, but people will always gravitate towards the best, and the best players at the level are in the minors.
RE: 2016 AAC Baseball Thread: Can baseball be an AAC revenue sport?
(02-16-2016 11:13 AM)stxrunner Wrote: College baseball's problem will always be that it's not the best players competing at their level. With the minor league MLB taking the majority of the cream out of high school, people just don't have the same interest.
Now, college baseball can still be a positive, but people will always gravitate towards the best, and the best players at the level are in the minors.
Thats not true on the whole. A ton of players choose college over the minor leagues every year coming out of high school.
RE: 2016 AAC Baseball Thread: Can baseball be an AAC revenue sport?
(02-16-2016 10:20 AM)Enviro5609 Wrote: The two top polls, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and Coaches
"Top 2" polls? I wasn't aware there was such a thing.
Baseball America has us at #12. How about instead of claiming which are and aren't "top polls", we just make it a habit of going with the highest ranking for each of our teams?
(This post was last modified: 02-16-2016 11:19 AM by Kronke.)
RE: 2016 AAC Baseball Thread: Can baseball be an AAC revenue sport?
(02-16-2016 11:14 AM)NBPirate Wrote:
(02-16-2016 11:13 AM)stxrunner Wrote: College baseball's problem will always be that it's not the best players competing at their level. With the minor league MLB taking the majority of the cream out of high school, people just don't have the same interest.
Now, college baseball can still be a positive, but people will always gravitate towards the best, and the best players at the level are in the minors.
Thats not true on the whole. A ton of players choose college over the minor leagues every year coming out of high school.
Yes it absolutely is true on the whole. SOME players choose college over the minor leagues, but the best players usually choose the minor leagues so they can prep for a career in baseball.
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2016 AAC Baseball Season Thread: Tulane wins AAC, Conf. Tournament week
of mine. Please beat them. I'll be able to hear the wailing and nashing of teeth all the way down the river.
