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Post by beaver1989 on Jun 7, 2024 15:55:48 GMT -8
I've watched most of Kentucky's game 1 & 2 in their Lexington Regional.(I'll watch game 3 tonight.) Their turf plays different than the turf at Goss. It doesn't seem hot or super fast but when ball leaves the infield, some high bounces that aren't natural seem to occur on what would be the dirt on a grass field. Here's "a toast" to good Beaver fielding.(As I down a shot with nice strong beer.😀) I was watching some of the Lexington Regional, and it seemed like the deep middle infield, out generally past second, has some uneven spots which were causing some weird bounces. Is that what you were seeing? And is the issue anywhere else other than the deep middle infield? It was only noticeable on a few balls hit around the middle infielders, the corners seemed fine. If a SS or 2B waited on certain balls but not every ball hit to them, a certain spin & high upward trajectory had a chance of occurring. Obviously, because it's their home field, Kentucky handled these occasions better than their opponents in the Lexington Regional. However, fielding didn't break Indiana St, Illinois, & Western Michigan...... a superior Kentucky squad did that without any help from the field or umps....."they were just better." |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Jun 7, 2024 16:10:13 GMT -8
Highest winning percentage by conference: 1. Pac-12
2. ACC
3. SEC
4. Big 12
5. Missouri Valley
The SEC is one of the best conferences, but the above says that there should have been one fewer SEC teams and one more Pac-12 team.
RPI is a useful tool. But it is overused, and, when it is used, it is most often misused.Year to year over the last decade the SEC has atleast 2 of the best teams in the country. That doesn't mean the 5-11 teams in the conference are good. If they can maintain consistent quality of the last decade I would say 6-8 SEC post season teams is going to be accurate. I don't really think the PAC deserved more teams but there are plenty of lower level teams like Lamar that should get a chance and when they win some games its so exciting compared to Vandy getting executed on a s%#t season for them. Cal deserved to be in more than Florida. |
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Post by rgeorge on Jun 7, 2024 17:34:21 GMT -8
Enlighten me on the SEC going 5-11 in the Regionals. Please.
They had 10 entries, went 5-5... 4-1 in hosting, 1-4 as lower seed.
They have 5 of the remaining 16 teams, hosting 4 of the 8 Supers. Whether FL belonged is a moot point as they proved they did.
10 of the top 16 advanced (4/8 on one side, 6/8 on the other) , 3 already have 1-0 series leads, the 4th on the way to a win in the 8th. Pretty accurate for baseball's seeding of 64 teams. Since about 75% of #1 seeds make up the CWS field haggling over who should be a questionable 3 or 4 seed seems pretty frivolous?! There have been like (19) 3/4 seeds make the CWS, under 10% of the total field.
Good for fan discussion, but it's just that. I guess is be upset if my son's team was screwed out of the postseason experience, but other than the top 16-24 it's really a crap shoot.
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Post by Werebeaver on Jun 8, 2024 7:33:06 GMT -8
WTF is up with the 9:00 pm local time start for game 2?
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Post by 56chevy on Jun 8, 2024 8:37:22 GMT -8
WTF is up with the 9:00 pm local time start for game 2? ESPN content needs. |
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Post by nuclearbeaver on Jun 8, 2024 9:11:51 GMT -8
Enlighten me on the SEC going 5-11 in the Regionals. Please. They had 10 entries, went 5-5... 4-1 in hosting, 1-4 as lower seed. They have 5 of the remaining 16 teams, hosting 4 of the 8 Supers. Whether FL belonged is a moot point as they proved they did. 10 of the top 16 advanced (4/8 on one side, 6/8 on the other) , 3 already have 1-0 series leads, the 4th on the way to a win in the 8th. Pretty accurate for baseball's seeding of 64 teams. Since about 75% of #1 seeds make up the CWS field haggling over who should be a questionable 3 or 4 seed seems pretty frivolous?! There have been like (19) 3/4 seeds make the CWS, under 10% of the total field. Good for fan discussion, but it's just that. I guess is be upset if my son's team was screwed out of the postseason experience, but other than the top 16-24 it's really a crap shoot. Tennessee (h), Alabama, Arkansas (h), Mississippi State, LSU, Tatm (h), Florida, Vandy, Georgia (h), S. Carolina, Kentucky (h). 11 teams, 5 hosts. |
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Post by rgeorge on Jun 8, 2024 9:39:23 GMT -8
Enlighten me on the SEC going 5-11 in the Regionals. Please. They had 10 entries, went 5-5... 4-1 in hosting, 1-4 as lower seed. They have 5 of the remaining 16 teams, hosting 4 of the 8 Supers. Whether FL belonged is a moot point as they proved they did. 10 of the top 16 advanced (4/8 on one side, 6/8 on the other) , 3 already have 1-0 series leads, the 4th on the way to a win in the 8th. Pretty accurate for baseball's seeding of 64 teams. Since about 75% of #1 seeds make up the CWS field haggling over who should be a questionable 3 or 4 seed seems pretty frivolous?! There have been like (19) 3/4 seeds make the CWS, under 10% of the total field. Good for fan discussion, but it's just that. I guess is be upset if my son's team was screwed out of the postseason experience, but other than the top 16-24 it's really a crap shoot. Tennessee (h), Alabama, Arkansas (h), Mississippi State, LSU, Tatm (h), Florida, Vandy, Georgia (h), S. Carolina, Kentucky (h). 11 teams, 5 hosts. I was asking as typically 5-11 is a win-loss indicator. Where 5 out of 11, 5/11 moved on might be a better graphic. Plus I missed the 11th team!? In any case 80% of the SEC teams "expected" (1 seeds) move on + a 3 seed. Pac12 50% or 1/2 expected teams moved on + a 3 seed. Overall the seeding has been pretty accurate in terms of "expected" teams advancing. |
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Post by nuclearbeaver on Jun 8, 2024 9:58:17 GMT -8
Tennessee (h), Alabama, Arkansas (h), Mississippi State, LSU, Tatm (h), Florida, Vandy, Georgia (h), S. Carolina, Kentucky (h). 11 teams, 5 hosts. I was asking as typically 5-11 is a win-loss indicator. Where 5 out of 11, 5/11 moved on might be a better graphic. Plus I missed the 11th team!? In any case 80% of the SEC teams "expected" (1 seeds) move on + a 3 seed. Pac12 50% or 1/2 expected teams moved on + a 3 seed. Overall the seeding has been pretty accurate in terms of "expected" teams advancing. Not any easy way that measure it. Since RPI is used so heavily I like to look at end of season RPI (when decisions were made) vs actual game results. So far my janky ass excel says the SEC is over rated, ACC is well rated, B12 and P12 are underrated. Yeah 11 is a new record that they are pretty loud about. I only say it's hard to measure because home field advantage is a real affect in post season. Makes it hard to definitively say a is better than b. That's why it's so important to be a host! |
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