The prospects of facing Rice in the Super Regional

I saw that, but that's not true. I believe the confusion is when a Top 8 seed loses, the team winning that SR replaces that seed in Omaha ... they don't re-seed. If you remember, that happened to ULL when they made it to Omaha. It also happened this past week in the women's softball ... Oklahoma was not seeded and took Arizona's spot in the tourney. It has nothing to do with hosting the SR.

This is what I found from the NCAA:

a. Super regional competition shall take place at on-campus sites or alternate sites approved by the baseball committee.

b. Prospective host institutions must submit a minimum financial guarantee of $35,000, which shall be 75 percent of the estimated net receipts as submitted on the hosting proposal (proposed budget). The $35,000 minimum applies to both two-day and three-day super regional competitions.

c. Consideration for hosting shall be given to the higher seed, including the eight national seeds, if a suitable hosting proposal has been received (i.e., meets financial guarantee and quality of facility criteria). If the higher seed has not submitted a proposal, the lower seeded team will host if their proposal is acceptable.

d. If the super regional match-up is between equally seeded teams, committee shall review the hosting proposals according to the site selection criteria (i.e., quality and availability of the facility, revenue potential and other available accommodations) to determine the host. If only one of the teams has submitted a proposal, that team shall host if the proposal is acceptable.

e. Lights are suggested at all prospective super regional sites.

f. The committee will consider previous crowd control and behavior
of the prospective host institution. The host institution must guarantee 75 percent of its estimated net receipts as submitted on the proposed budget.


LSU would be the higher seed. I assume A&M submitted bids for regional and SR, but I don't know for a fact. Bids had to be received by May 21st.

 

Rice Not as Strong

I've got a friend who is the starting shortstop for Rice. The team this year is not as strong as it was last year. While the top two pitchers are strong, they do not have the bats they had last year. Everyone must remember that the WAC is hardly a powerhouse. Their conference games give all of their players a boost on their numbers. Rice recognizes how weak the WAC is and will be moving to CUSA.
I can guarentee one thing however... Rice does not like LSU. They WILL be getting up for the game against us. Unless we show up to play, the will pound us. If we show up with our game faces and go out there to play, we can beat them.
I have the opinion that the talent on our team makes us one of the best teams in the country... I simply haven't seen all of our players show up to play a game this entire season.

 

Absolutely! LSU outbids other schools every year. Given our attendance and track record in hosting, there is no doubt in my mind that LSU would host if Rice doesn't win their regional.

 

I think that's a pretty fair assessment. I haven't seen Rice play, but I've read about them during the season. This is not one of their better teams, but they are extremely well coached.

LSU is very talented, but have yet to put all the pieces together ... hitting, pitching and defense. It seems every weekend we have a letdown in one of those areas.

It's time to put all the pieces together if we have any hopes of getting to Omaha!

 

I agree with Brett. Our problem all season long has been patience at the plate and lack of concentration in the field. The pitching has improved. We all know that the offensive talent is there. I believe it boils down to leadership. Holt, Zeringue, Gill, or even Liuzza must step up and be the leaders on the field. It's time now to put up or shut up.

:yelwink2: :911: :geaux: :tigbas: :911:

 

1-So, why didn't they win these games that they easily could have won? They lost on purpose?
2-Who was coaching the N.C. teams that struggled?
A close loss is worse than being blown out. A close loss tells me that the team doesn't have what it takes. Maybe they choke under pressure. If you get blown out (especially in baseball), it just isn't your day. every team has those days. But, to lose 2 close games back to back makes me think that they can't perform under pressure. We'll see this weekend.