Do the fans of this conference not like to follow softball? I haven't been able to find a thread discussing how the AAC softball season is going.

We’re busy following baseball.

I'm sorry lmao, ya'll do deserve a team though.

If it makes you feel better, we put $8 million towards a soccer last summer facility that should be finishing in April. Now we're having trouble finding $20 million to break ground on our basketball/volleyball facility, which is our biggest need after a new basketball arena.

We don't have mens soccer.

ECU is 3-2 with 2 losses to #11 VT.

I enjoy following Tulsa softball. We've had an excellent program over the years. The coach responsible for most of the success left to become the pitching coach at Oklahoma State. Our old administration would not give him the support needed to be competitive from what I've heard.

We've had a couple of down years since then, and our current coach is starting her 3rd season as HC. So to me this year will be a deciding factor on if she can cut it or not. The new administration seems to be committed to winning so it will be interesting to see how things shake out.

I know UCF has a good program, but who are the other contenders for the AAC title this season?

The only unanimous consensus among the seven coaches is that Memphis should finish dead last this season.

Here’s the rest of the story:

Quote:IRVING, Texas – Defending American Athletic Conference regular season and tournament champion UCF was selected as the favorite to win the 2023 American Athletic Conference softball title in voting that was done by the league’s head coaches, the conference announced Tuesday, January 17.

The Knights earned four first-place votes and 34 points in the preseason rankings, as voted on by the conference's seven head coaches. UCF won their second American softball championship a season ago, winning the tournament as the conference's top seed (16-2 conference record) following an 11-0 win over South Florida on May 14, 2022 at the Max R. Joyner Family Stadium in Greenville, N.C. The Knights advanced the NCAA Super Regionals for the first time in program history, finishing the season with a 49-14 (.778) overall record.

Wichita State came in at second place in the preseason poll with 33 points and three first-place votes after finishing the 2022 season in second place in the regular season with a 14-4 (.778) conference record and 34-18 (.654) overall record. The Shockers reached their sixth NCAA Regional in program history. The Shockers return All-American and 2022 American Athletic Conference Player of the Year Addison Barnard.

South Florida (12-5 conference record in 2022) was picked to finish third with 24 points following a season that saw their 17th NCAA Regional appearance, including five of the past six NCAA tournaments. Houston (8-9 conference record in 2022) was one point behind the Bulls in fourth with 23 points, followed by Tulsa (7-9 conference record in 2022) in fifth with 14 points. East Carolina (2-16 conference record in 2022) and Memphis (2-16 conference record in 2022) rounded out the preseason poll in sixth and seventh, respectively.

2023 American Athletic Conference Preseason Softball Coaches Poll
1. UCF (4) 34
2. Wichita State (3) 33
3. South Florida 24
4. Houston 23
5. Tulsa 14
6. East Carolina 12
7. Memphis 7
(#) denotes first place votes

It’s also ok to mention any notable softball teams headed to the AAC next year, I hear there may be one or two decent ones…

In Mens Basketball we call these the Reinforcements™!!!

(02-15-2023 07:28 AM)owl at the moon Wrote:  The only unanimous consensus among the seven coaches is that Memphis should finish dead last this season.

Here’s the rest of the story:

Quote:IRVING, Texas – Defending American Athletic Conference regular season and tournament champion UCF was selected as the favorite to win the 2023 American Athletic Conference softball title in voting that was done by the league’s head coaches, the conference announced Tuesday, January 17.

The Knights earned four first-place votes and 34 points in the preseason rankings, as voted on by the conference's seven head coaches. UCF won their second American softball championship a season ago, winning the tournament as the conference's top seed (16-2 conference record) following an 11-0 win over South Florida on May 14, 2022 at the Max R. Joyner Family Stadium in Greenville, N.C. The Knights advanced the NCAA Super Regionals for the first time in program history, finishing the season with a 49-14 (.778) overall record.

Wichita State came in at second place in the preseason poll with 33 points and three first-place votes after finishing the 2022 season in second place in the regular season with a 14-4 (.778) conference record and 34-18 (.654) overall record. The Shockers reached their sixth NCAA Regional in program history. The Shockers return All-American and 2022 American Athletic Conference Player of the Year Addison Barnard.

South Florida (12-5 conference record in 2022) was picked to finish third with 24 points following a season that saw their 17th NCAA Regional appearance, including five of the past six NCAA tournaments. Houston (8-9 conference record in 2022) was one point behind the Bulls in fourth with 23 points, followed by Tulsa (7-9 conference record in 2022) in fifth with 14 points. East Carolina (2-16 conference record in 2022) and Memphis (2-16 conference record in 2022) rounded out the preseason poll in sixth and seventh, respectively.

2023 American Athletic Conference Preseason Softball Coaches Poll
1. UCF (4) 34
2. Wichita State (3) 33
3. South Florida 24
4. Houston 23
5. Tulsa 14
6. East Carolina 12
7. Memphis 7
(#) denotes first place votes

UNT will host Wichita State in two games at the North Texas Invitational the weekend of Feb 25th. It will be interesting to see how the Mean Green stack up against one of the better AAC teams.

ECU now 7-2

USF isn’t that good this year, we lost our ace to graduation and have a young team.

Temple Softball: Club Level

Varsity: Men's Crew
Varsity: Women's Fencing
Varsity: Women's Field Hockey (Big East Conference)

We have softball?

(02-13-2023 09:46 PM)Side.Show.Joe Wrote:  Do the fans of this conference not like to follow softball? I haven't been able to find a thread discussing how the AAC softball season is going.

Pickle Ball is all the rage on all college campuses.

2023 American Athletic Conference Preseason Softball Coaches Poll
1. UCF (4) 34
2. Wichita State (3) 33
3. South Florida 24
4. Houston 23
5. Tulsa 14
6. East Carolina 12
7. Memphis 7
(#) denotes first place

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UNT will host Wichita State in two games at the North Texas Invitational the weekend of Feb 25th. It will be interesting to see how the Mean Green stack up against one of the better AAC teams.
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Yes, this should be a somewhat revealing early season matchup between a 2024 add to the AAC and 2023 CUSA #1 pick UNT and WSU a hopeful '23 AAC contender. WSU seemed a little sluggish out of the gate last week overall, but seemed to be warming up more after getting several games under their belt all on the road as always to start the season. We'll be hoping we can take at least one of two games with UNT, but should be good games in any event.

(02-22-2023 07:04 PM)ghostofclt! Wrote:  

Notice the American is NOT a mid major

(02-22-2023 10:02 PM)Cubanbull1 Wrote:  

(02-22-2023 07:04 PM)ghostofclt! Wrote:  

Notice the American is NOT a mid major

clt says Charlotte and unt will be nice additions to the AAC

SMU and UNT

Why do they not have baseball? It makes no sense. TCU and DBU both have had solid baseball programs. The sport is getting more and more popular every year. Has there been any discussions to add baseball to either of these schools?

(02-23-2023 01:08 AM)NoQuarterBrigade Wrote:  SMU and UNT

Why do they not have baseball? It makes no sense. TCU and DBU both have had solid baseball programs. The sport is getting more and more popular every year. Has there been any discussions to add baseball to either of these schools?

Title 19 is almost always the answer to why there is a female version of a sport at a university but not the male version.