Weather looks perfect. Nothing worse than the tourney getting all out of sorts cause of the weather.

Or going single elimination (amirite Coastal?).

(05-18-2019 06:11 PM)_x_ Wrote:  Weather looks perfect. Nothing worse than the tourney getting all out of sorts cause of the weather.

Or going single elimination (amirite Coastal?).

And...App. State is not going away quietly! The game is 9-6 in the top of the 9th with the Mountaineers' tying run at the plate. Oh boy...

Boo ya! Chants win. We wrap up the 5 seed and play at a TBD time on Wednesday now...

Coastal hangs on:

Single elimination first round on Tuesday:
3pm EST:
#7 USA vs. #10 ULM
6:30pm EST:
#8 Louisiana vs. #9 App State

Double elimination quarterfinals on Wednesday:
Start times of 9am, 12:30pm, 4pm, and 7:30pm all EST. I think who plays when is decided later as Coastal may be able to pick when they play Wednesday.
Matchups:
#1 TXST vs. lowest seeded 1st round winner
#4 UTA vs. #5 Coastal
Other side:
#2 GS vs. highest seeded 1st round winner
#3 Little Rock vs. #6 Troy

Good luck everyone. See yall Tuesday.

Never thought I would see USA and ULL in the play in game. What a season this has been.

Unless one of us win the national championship, GSU will be the only team in the league to end the season on a win as they beat GS 15-7 in the final Sun Belt game of the regular season.

How's that for a silver lining Panther fans?

CCU will play in the 4:00 game Wednesday

We ended the season 2-2 against Kenesaw and Georgia State. Doesn’t inspire confidence heading into the tourney.

(05-19-2019 12:45 AM)eagleskins Wrote:  We ended the season 2-2 against Kenesaw and Georgia State. Doesn’t inspire confidence heading into the tourney.

. . . and we ended it 5-5, hardly our best ball. . .. As to confidence going into the Tourney, think of it as the "playoffs." The best team doesn't always win. Typically, these things go to whichever team can get "hot" and go on a run at just the right time.
In that scenario, this thing's pretty wide open . . . with the exception of maybe a couple of participants, anyone could win this thing.

As of today, the regular season no longer matters. Everyone's 0-0. It's a whole new season, and hope springs eternal.

I just pray that the Baseball God's are looking a little more kindly upon Bobcats than the rest of y'all . . .

Yeah this thing is wide open. I think it'll be tough for any of the 7-10 seeds to win simply due to having to play an extra game, but USA's been hot lately.
Any of the top 6 seeds have as good a shot as any other probably. There just hasn't been those 1 or 2 teams that are just better than everyone else in the league this year. Yeah, we won the regular season, but we aren't head and shoulders above the rest of the league like Coastal or UL have been at times over the past 5-6 years.

Should be an interesting tournament and really wouldn't surprise me if anyone wins it other than maybe App or ULM.

(05-19-2019 09:33 AM)_x_ Wrote:  Yeah this thing is wide open. I think it'll be tough for any of the 7-10 seeds to win simply due to having to play an extra game, but USA's been hot lately.
Any of the top 6 seeds have as good a shot as any other probably. There just hasn't been those 1 or 2 teams that are just better than everyone else in the league this year. Yeah, we won the regular season, but we aren't head and shoulders above the rest of the league like Coastal or UL have been at times over the past 5-6 years.

Should be an interesting tournament and really wouldn't surprise me if anyone wins it other than maybe App or ULM.

If we had a top 6 seed I would really like our chances. Our Friday night starter was lost for the season several weeks ago, so us playing an extra game really hurts our chances. With that said, we managed sweeps against Little Rock and App without him (we missed him in the Troy series) so don’t count us out!

This is TXST's first mens regular season championship in a major sport since joining the SBC.

(05-19-2019 01:27 PM)SkullyMaroo Wrote:  

(05-19-2019 09:33 AM)_x_ Wrote:  Yeah this thing is wide open. I think it'll be tough for any of the 7-10 seeds to win simply due to having to play an extra game, but USA's been hot lately.
Any of the top 6 seeds have as good a shot as any other probably. There just hasn't been those 1 or 2 teams that are just better than everyone else in the league this year. Yeah, we won the regular season, but we aren't head and shoulders above the rest of the league like Coastal or UL have been at times over the past 5-6 years.

Should be an interesting tournament and really wouldn't surprise me if anyone wins it other than maybe App or ULM.

If we had a top 6 seed I would really like our chances. Our Friday night starter was lost for the season several weeks ago, so us playing an extra game really hurts our chances. With that said, we managed sweeps against Little Rock and App without him (we missed him in the Troy series) so don’t count us out!

At least you had a Friday night starter

It's official, UTA Baseball Coach Thomas was not fired. He was given a four year extension! Meh.
https://utamavs.com/news/2019/6/16/thoma...h=baseball

(06-18-2019 08:52 PM)wewererebels Wrote:  It's official, UTA Baseball Coach Thomas was not fired. He was given a four year extension! Meh.
https://utamavs.com/news/2019/6/16/thoma...h=baseball

uuuhhhh, Congratulations on “locking him up.” I know how much he means to the fans and the program. . . . Meh.

Could be worse, y’all could have that guy that Southern fans are always complaining about. . . .

Rumors trickling out today that Harrington may be retiring at TXST.

(06-19-2019 12:53 PM)_x_ Wrote:  Rumors trickling out today that Harrington may be retiring at TXST.

I’m guessing we won’t be replacing him with that guy from UTA . . .