Time for the Beavers to sack up, bow their necks, spit some juice, and breath some fire!
May 13, 2021 16:31:20 GMT -8
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Post by chinmusic on May 13, 2021 16:31:20 GMT -8
Opportunity ? We have an opportunity on consecutive weekends to take down the #8 Regional seed, Arizona and the #9 Regional seed, Stanford.
As it now sits, Arizona is line to host a Regional and Super Regional, but if they were swept in Corvallis . . . probably not. Losing 2 of 3 at Stanford and being swept at OSU would burst their bubble to host a "Super".
Stanford is on the bubble at number 9. They will host a Regional but need to move up a peg to host a "Super". An OSU sweep of Arizona might settle that for them. On the other hand, an OSU sweep of Stanford would move the Beavers into the picture of hosting a Regional. Winning 9 or 10 of our final 10 games might lock that up. I think 40-16 with our RPI is worthy of hostng a Regional.
The real question becomes - is that possible from this 2021 team? This Beaver team is capable, but at times it has been inconsistent when their effort has been timid and defensive. The baseball writers acknowledged before the season, Oregon State was talented with a deep pitching staff and solid defense. Offense was the question mark but we have shown flashes of some scoring punch late in the season. The writers also acknowledged "we were a team built for close games". Sweeping the Wildcats and Cardinal - difficult yes, but not out the question.
A recap:
SECURE TEAMS: The eight national seeds (Arkansas, Vanderbilt, Texas, Mississippi State, TCU, Tennessee, Notre Dame, Arizona.
OUTSIDE LOOKING IN: Stanford, Texas Tech, Oregon, Florida, East Carolina
ON THE BUBBLE TO HOST (IN): Louisiana Tech, Pittsburgh, Florida State
ON THE BUBBLE TO HOST (OUT): Louisville, Charlotte, Gonzaga, UCLA, Southern Miss, Georgia Tech, UC Irvine, South Carolina, OREGON STATE.
On Friday, the Division I Baseball Committee will name a pool of 20 potential sites for the 16 regionals, which will be narrowed to the final 16 on Memorial Day weekend. We will need to be included in that pool of 20.
As it now sits, Arizona is line to host a Regional and Super Regional, but if they were swept in Corvallis . . . probably not. Losing 2 of 3 at Stanford and being swept at OSU would burst their bubble to host a "Super".
Stanford is on the bubble at number 9. They will host a Regional but need to move up a peg to host a "Super". An OSU sweep of Arizona might settle that for them. On the other hand, an OSU sweep of Stanford would move the Beavers into the picture of hosting a Regional. Winning 9 or 10 of our final 10 games might lock that up. I think 40-16 with our RPI is worthy of hostng a Regional.
The real question becomes - is that possible from this 2021 team? This Beaver team is capable, but at times it has been inconsistent when their effort has been timid and defensive. The baseball writers acknowledged before the season, Oregon State was talented with a deep pitching staff and solid defense. Offense was the question mark but we have shown flashes of some scoring punch late in the season. The writers also acknowledged "we were a team built for close games". Sweeping the Wildcats and Cardinal - difficult yes, but not out the question.
A recap:
SECURE TEAMS: The eight national seeds (Arkansas, Vanderbilt, Texas, Mississippi State, TCU, Tennessee, Notre Dame, Arizona.
OUTSIDE LOOKING IN: Stanford, Texas Tech, Oregon, Florida, East Carolina
ON THE BUBBLE TO HOST (IN): Louisiana Tech, Pittsburgh, Florida State
ON THE BUBBLE TO HOST (OUT): Louisville, Charlotte, Gonzaga, UCLA, Southern Miss, Georgia Tech, UC Irvine, South Carolina, OREGON STATE.
On Friday, the Division I Baseball Committee will name a pool of 20 potential sites for the 16 regionals, which will be narrowed to the final 16 on Memorial Day weekend. We will need to be included in that pool of 20.
