Well, pretty fitting that the #1 and #2 teams in the whole country are playing for the SEC Championship. Sort of a pre-national championship game. Wow! What a season for the Tigers so far. 51-9 and counting! So proud, and we're not done.
It don't really get much bigger than this, pre-NCAAT. #1 vs. #2 for the SECT championship. Geaux get 'em tigers!!
What is our RPI? We have to have played just about as tough a schedule as anyone, right? I know we didn't play Vandy during the regular season and that may have hurt our RPI to some degree, but we play them tomorrow, so it will give us a boost if we win.
We are 6th and Vandy is 1st. During the game the RPI was getting bashed because of new changes that they didn't go into detail about. Seems to be more under-ranked and over-ranked teams than usual, however, there have always been inconsistencies with the RPI.
Baseball America's Aaron Fitt on Monday: your thoughts about the SEC tourney this week? Winner, surprise upsets, dark horse? Aaron Fitt: It probably feels like a copout, but I think Vanderbilt’s absurdly deep pitching staff is such an advantage in a tournament like this that I’ll take the Commodores even though they don’t really have anything to play for. I could see Arkansas or Mississippi State making a deep run for the same reason. How about a rematch of last year’s final? Could happen, although I’d love to see a Vandy-LSU final (and those are clearly the two best teams in that league, so that seems like the likeliest result). Of the teams that play Tuesday, Mississippi State strike me as the only real threat to win the tournament. With Vandy claiming the best record in SEC history with their weekend series win over Alabama, are you prepared to name them the best team in SEC history? Aaron Fitt: I am… but I reserve to change my mind in hindsight if Vandy falls flat in the postseason. Glen (Baton Rouge): LSU ran the B team out there behind Ryan Eades on Sunday and while they gave a great effort, they lost the game. As a result, LSU's RPI fell to 6. Do you think that game knocked LSU out of a top 2 or 3 seed? When it comes to the top 8, an RPI of 3 versus an RPI of 6 seems like a big deal. Aaron Fitt: Nah, that game had no bearing on seeding. LSU feels like a very strong bet to be seeded in the top three. ... Aaron Fitt: Enjoy the final week before selection Monday — always a fun and manic time.
Aaron Fitt, today: Says: -sources tell us the committee is placing more emphasis on RPI this year -We hear from multiple sources that the committee is not placing much emphasis on conference tournament Projects the SEC to have eight teams in the NCAAT: SEC (8): Vanderbilt, LSU, Mississippi State, Arkansas, South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Auburn. National Seeds: Vanderbilt, North Carolina, LSU, Oregon State, Cal State Fullerton, Virginia, N.C. State, Florida State. We’re making one change to our national seed projection: Florida State, despite going 0-4 this week, gets the last national seed over Indiana. We hear from multiple sources that the committee is not placing much emphasis on conference tournaments, and that it will not balk at the prospect of having four national seeds from the same conference. ... Regional Hosts: The eight national seeds listed above; Indiana, Oregon, Mississippi State, UCLA, Kansas State, Louisville, South Carolina, Virginia Tech. We’re making a change here as well, based on what we hear through the grapevine. South Carolina replaces Arkansas as our final host, because sources tell us the committee is placing more emphasis on RPI this year, and because two bad losses (to No. 257 Western Illinois and No. 243 Pacific) hurt Arkansas. The Gamecocks are No. 12 in the RPI, while the Hogs are No. 32. If we were constructing the field, we’d still go with Arkansas as a host, based on its third-place finish in the SEC, its sweep of the Gamecocks in Columbia, its markedly better record against the top 50 (17-16 vs. 11-14), and its stronger showing in the SEC tournament (the Hogs beat Ole Miss and LSU before losing to LSU on Saturday, while the Gamecocks went 0-2). But we don’t sit on the committee, and we now believe South Carolina will host over Arkansas. The final host race, then, could come down to Virginia Tech vs. Arkansas, and again the RPI is a deciding factor in Virginia Tech’s favor, as the Hokies rank 11th.
Sean Ryan, Co-Founder of CollegeBaseballInsider.com, 5 hours ago: Updated national seeds: Vanderbilt, UNC, LSU , Oregon State, Virginia, Cal State Fullerton, NC State, Oregon
