The Sun Belt is stacked

(03-05-2023 08:40 PM)Soaring Eagle Wrote:  The Sun Belt is stacked

yes, it is … as much as I love our ability to schedule quality OOC in baseball, we also won’t see a drop-off once conference play begins…

@winWin

Hooray

And JMU will play like the '27 Yankees when ODU comes to town - LOL.

(03-05-2023 10:52 PM)ODU BBALL Wrote:  And JMU will play like the '27 Yankees when ODU comes to town - LOL.

LOL. Probably.

(03-05-2023 06:50 PM)SMTTT2020 Wrote:  

(03-05-2023 05:15 PM)FairwayEagle Wrote:  

(03-05-2023 04:32 PM)Soaring Eagle Wrote:  We sweep Dallas Baptist
4-3 attendance 5257
2-1 attendance 5292
7-2 attendance 5275

Play at Ole Miss Tuesday night hopefully no tarp issues. Our record is currently 8-3.

Just another sweep of a CUSA team.

I went over to the CUSA message board to see what they had posted about our sweep over DBU and they had no baseball posts yesterday and only 2 today in their ongoing season thread.

clt says that’s sad

(03-05-2023 11:24 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(03-05-2023 06:50 PM)SMTTT2020 Wrote:  

(03-05-2023 05:15 PM)FairwayEagle Wrote:  

(03-05-2023 04:32 PM)Soaring Eagle Wrote:  We sweep Dallas Baptist
4-3 attendance 5257
2-1 attendance 5292
7-2 attendance 5275

Play at Ole Miss Tuesday night hopefully no tarp issues. Our record is currently 8-3.

Just another sweep of a CUSA team.

I went over to the CUSA message board to see what they had posted about our sweep over DBU and they had no baseball posts yesterday and only 2 today in their ongoing season thread.

clt says that’s sad

Clt says who knew the lowly Sun Belt had baseball..


But gdunn says if 10 people show up to a Charlotte event, is it a sporting event or a Good Charlotte concert?

Too early or not too early rankings (adding GSU in for the head-scratching forfeiture)

8. Troy
0-0 0.000 - 11-0 1.000 8 3-0 10-0 11 Wins

9. Georgia Southern
0-0 0.000 - 7-4 0.636 9 2-1 6-4 2 Wins

16. Southern Miss
0-0 0.000 - 8-3 0.727 16 1-2 7-3 3 Wins

51. Appalachian State
0-0 0.000 - 8-2 0.800 51 0-0 8-2 1 Loss

55. Louisiana
0-0 0.000 - 7-4 0.636 55 0-0 6-4 1 Win

58. Old Dominion
0-0 0.000 - 11-1 0.917 58 3-1 10-0 11 Wins

88. Marshall
0-0 0.000 - 5-4 0.556 88 1-2 5-5 1 Loss

96. Coastal Carolina
0-0 0.000 - 7-4 0.636 96 2-3 6-4 3 Wins

168. *Georgia State*
0-0 0.000 - 8-3 0.727 168 0-0 7-3 2 Wins

(03-05-2023 05:13 PM)MarshallHerdFanz Wrote:  Marshall goes undefeated on the weekend against 3 Blue and Yellow teams this weekend (Morehead, Kent, and Pitt). 16-3 on the season. Best start in history

16-3? That’s gotta be a softball record, right? Congrats on the good start btw.

(03-06-2023 09:06 AM)Johnnychimpo Wrote:  Too early or not too early rankings (adding GSU in for the head-scratching forfeiture)

8. Troy
0-0 0.000 - 11-0 1.000 8 3-0 10-0 11 Wins

9. Georgia Southern
0-0 0.000 - 7-4 0.636 9 2-1 6-4 2 Wins

16. Southern Miss
0-0 0.000 - 8-3 0.727 16 1-2 7-3 3 Wins

51. Appalachian State
0-0 0.000 - 8-2 0.800 51 0-0 8-2 1 Loss

55. Louisiana
0-0 0.000 - 7-4 0.636 55 0-0 6-4 1 Win

58. Old Dominion
0-0 0.000 - 11-1 0.917 58 3-1 10-0 11 Wins

88. Marshall
0-0 0.000 - 5-4 0.556 88 1-2 5-5 1 Loss

96. Coastal Carolina
0-0 0.000 - 7-4 0.636 96 2-3 6-4 3 Wins

168. *Georgia State*
0-0 0.000 - 8-3 0.727 168 0-0 7-3 2 Wins

Data is still a little noisy at about 20% of the season done, but trends are starting to form.

The entire conference slate is going to be a dogfight.

I'm just glad that the national metrics seem to be giving the Sun Belt the credit it deserves. As recently as a few years ago, this was a league with at least three regional-caliber teams, but was only getting the autobid.

Not only are our new friends bringing plenty of extra talent to the party, but most reputable national outlets now have the SBC as a top-5 conference at worst.

I get that there are better conferences and worse conferences and that SoS is something that should be taken into account, but I was getting pretty sick and tired of seeing 35+ win Sun Belt teams not even being considered as fringe candidates for at-large bids while 95% of the SEC and ACC had 1.5 feet in the door of a regional bid on opening night of the season.

(03-06-2023 01:03 PM)CC Eagle Wrote:  The entire conference slate is going to be a dogfight.

I'm just glad that the national metrics seem to be giving the Sun Belt the credit it deserves. As recently as a few years ago, this was a league with at least three regional-caliber teams, but was only getting the autobid.

Not only are our new friends bringing plenty of extra talent to the party, but most reputable national outlets now have the SBC as a top-5 conference at worst.

I get that there are better conferences and worse conferences and that SoS is something that should be taken into account, but I was getting pretty sick and tired of seeing 35+ win Sun Belt teams not even being considered as fringe candidates for at-large bids while 95% of the SEC and ACC had 1.5 feet in the door of a regional bid on opening night of the season.

They'll still snub you. ODU last year:


41-17
3rd place in the 5th best (RPI) conference.
RPI - 46
8-7 Q-1, 11-8 Q2, 3-0 Q3, 19-2 Q4

(03-06-2023 01:37 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(03-06-2023 01:03 PM)CC Eagle Wrote:  The entire conference slate is going to be a dogfight.

I'm just glad that the national metrics seem to be giving the Sun Belt the credit it deserves. As recently as a few years ago, this was a league with at least three regional-caliber teams, but was only getting the autobid.

Not only are our new friends bringing plenty of extra talent to the party, but most reputable national outlets now have the SBC as a top-5 conference at worst.

I get that there are better conferences and worse conferences and that SoS is something that should be taken into account, but I was getting pretty sick and tired of seeing 35+ win Sun Belt teams not even being considered as fringe candidates for at-large bids while 95% of the SEC and ACC had 1.5 feet in the door of a regional bid on opening night of the season.

They'll still snub you. ODU last year:


41-17
3rd place in the 5th best (RPI) conference.
RPI - 46
8-7 Q-1, 11-8 Q2, 3-0 Q3, 19-2 Q4

Gotta finish in the Top 30 range of RPI to feel good about getting an At Large.