Baseball getting NO respect

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[FONT=Arial Black]Current Polls as of March 10, 2008[/FONT]

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[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]the only poll we got any love in was a meager 9 votes in the USAtoday poll.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Does anybody else think we got snubbed? we are 10-1 with a big win already over highly ranked USC. we should be a top 25 or 30 team IMO.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]thoughts?[/SIZE][/FONT]

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Oregon State is 5-5 and is ranked. Wow. I wonder how baseball rankings work. Not familiar with it at all I must say…

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I know I’m bent.

We lost 1 game. We beat the hell out of a top 10 USC team. WTF is going on.

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Get this. South Carolina actually went UP in the rankings after loosing to us. From 8th to 6th.

"The Gamecocks put together a dismal midweek performance against Charlotte, but bounced back in style over the weekend. South Carolina finished the week with a 3-1 record thanks to a series sweep over Duquesne. "

Is this some kind of a joke?

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Get this. South Carolina actually went UP in the rankings after loosing to us. From 8th to 6th.

"The Gamecocks put together a dismal midweek performance against Charlotte, but bounced back in style over the weekend. South Carolina finished the week with a 3-1 record thanks to a series sweep over Duquesne. "

Last time I checekd - our conference is a waste of time in baseball… Is a series sweep over HP not equivalent (i havent looked at stats, this is all assumption)

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Oregon State is 5-5 and is ranked. Wow. I wonder how baseball rankings work. Not familiar with it at all I must say..
UCLA and Rice both lost 3 or more games to unranked teams [B]this week.[/B] [B]yet both are still top 10.[/B]
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Baseball rankings are done by Atlantic 10 basketball officials. :biggrin:

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Baseball rankings are dont be Atlantic 10 basketball officials. :biggrin:
HUH?
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Let me prefice this with I wish we were ranked…

but why we are not:

Our SOS is 182
We are 1-0 against top 100 rpi teams
we are 1-0 against teams with winning records
We are 0-1 against .500 teams

Now if we keep winning we will move up sharply

5 of our next 6 are against top 100 teams
Wake is 15th
and Furman is the only team out of the top 100 but they are 7-3

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HUH?

whoops… adjusted.

(trying to be sneaky while typing in lab.)

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whoops... adjusted.

(trying to be sneaky while typing in lab.)


AHH.
much better.

now. shagg49er:

do you think wins against wins against furman, wake, and 2 over stony brook would be enough? that would make us 14-1 with wins over USC and Wake. Carolina is still a month away.

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AHH. much better.

now. shagg49er:

do you think wins against wins against furman, wake, and 2 over stony brook would be enough? that would make us 14-1 with wins over USC and Wake. Carolina is still a month away.

those two games will be defining games I believe.

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those two games will be defining games I believe.
i agree. we still have 20+ games until the first carolina game and we are going to lose at least a couple. i'm wondering if we win 15 of the next 20 (which, IMO is attainable for this team) and beat Carolina 1/2 are we going to get more respect for those quality wins or more frowned upon for potential losses to Saint Louis, Radford, LaSalle, etc.
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Speaking of Wake, here’s a little scouting report from Baseball America:

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/college/weekend-preview/2008/265725.html

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Scouting Report

Wake Forest

Wake Forest’s tune-up for the grueling Atlantic Coast Conference schedule featured a cross-country trip to Pepperdine and games against Kennesaw State, Troy and Penn State at the Screentech Wireglass Classic in Dothan, Ala. There wasn’t a lot of breathing room in that schedule, but the Demon Deacons carry a 5-4 record into their ACC-opening series against Clemson this weekend. A National League crosschecker who was in Dothan broke the Deacons down:

"(First baseman/third baseman Allan) Dykstra can really hit. He was pitched around all weekend, but he was very disciplined, and he was very good the previous weekend when he went 3-for-3 against (Pepperdine’s Brett) Hunter. The guy they moved him to third base for (Evan Ocheltree) was the guy who jumped out to me. I really like this guy, he’s almost like Tyler Colvin part two. He’s 6-foot-3, 195 pounds, classic baseball body, blonde shaggy hair coming out from the back of his hat. He’s a sleeper for me—he’s very aggressive and swung the bat very well. That team can hit, with Dykstra, Ocheltree, and that little Willy Fox guy. That little guy can really hit. I don’t know why they played him in right field—he has a very well-below-average arm—but he stands out at the plate, he can really square balls up.

“On the mound, though, they’re short. (Righthander Ben) Hunter is their No. 1 guy, and he was 86-89 with his fastball. He locates his breaking ball, so he really had his way against Kennesaw State. But he’s really more about a funky arm slot. Their No. 2 pitcher, (Garrett) Bullock, was really a soft-tossing lefty, and I didn’t really see anything special out of their bullpen either, so they better hit.”
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Also, here are Baseball America’s rankings:

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/college/top-25/2008/265727.html

South Carolina went up one spot to 8th…

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Get this. South Carolina actually went UP in the rankings after loosing to us. From 8th to 6th.

"The Gamecocks put together a dismal midweek performance against Charlotte, but bounced back in style over the weekend. South Carolina finished the week with a 3-1 record thanks to a series sweep over Duquesne. "

Is this some kind of a joke?


USC pounded Clemson 2x…thats why

we have played 1 decent opponent

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Speaking of Wake, here's a little scouting report from Baseball America:

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/college/weekend-preview/2008/265725.html

Also, here are Baseball America’s rankings:

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/college/top-25/2008/265727.html

South Carolina went up one spot to 8th…

thanks mrbj, original post edited to include baseball america poll as well. interesting stuff about wake too…

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3 things:

  • How did USC move up when they lost to us and swept a winless Duquense team?

  • I noticed that Coach Hibbs was on the 2008 Board for the USA Today Coaches poll.

  • Wake took 2 out of 3 from Clemson this weekend.

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3 things:

  • How did USC move up when they lost to us and swept a winless Duquense team?

  • I noticed that Coach Hibbs was on the 2008 Board for the USA Today Coaches poll.

  • Wake took 2 out of 3 from Clemson this weekend.


3 answers:

-according to the world: Every SEC team automatically > any A10 team.
-that would explain why we got 9 points there and no votes in the other polls. lol.
-Wake is solid. Wednesday is going to be a tough test for our boys. who is scheduled to pitch?

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3 answers:

-according to the world: Every SEC team automatically > any A10 team.
-that would explain why we got 9 points there and no votes in the other polls. lol.
-Wake is solid. Wednesday is going to be a tough test for our boys. who is scheduled to pitch?

a few things that happen EVERY YEAR:

Collegiate Baseball Magazine will give us love first.

Baseball America is located in Raliegh and are bigger ACC jocksniffers that Spangfi and a WFNZ caller, we will be in the top 10 of the other polls before we crack their top 25.

Ask any SID the past 2 decades.

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Baseball America is located in Raliegh and are [B]bigger ACC jocksniffers that Spangfi and a WFNZ caller[/B], we will be in the top 10 of the other polls before we crack their top 25.
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