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Proof of Randomness in College Baseball

"Unless you can promise me June 2015 O'Connor then absolutely."

"O'Connor.

2015.

Once."

Yeah, you remembered 2014.
 
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canesproponent said:
Morris was still elite during 2014-2017. I value consistency, not a streaky team that dominates for 3-years and then does nothing during 3-4 years.
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Going to Omaha one year and missing the tournament the next year is pretty much the direct opposite of "consistent".
 
In 2014, he won 44 games and lost to a team that made the World Series. Morris took that Texas Tech team to the final game.

In 2015, the ACC tournament began on May 19th. The prior RPI for that date was May 11th and UVA was ranked 26th. How someone cannot comprehend that such a World Series victory reflected a streak is unfathomable to me. They were not even top 25. Acme of stupidity.

More fodder. During 2010, immediately prior to the NCAA tournament, Florida was ranked #2 to Miami's eight place ranking. True seeding would mean Miami faced the #55 team in the country (at WORST) and #57 at best. They faced a top 2 team. That would NEVER happen in basketball. Look at the furor that 7 and 8 seeds raise......

During 2012, prior to the NCAA tournament, Florida was ranked #1 to Miami's #1 5. True seeding would mean Miami faced the #50 team NOT the #1 in the country.
 
canesproponent said:
Acme of stupidity.
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We both know that correcting you has become a hobby. Literally every post has a mistake. Why do you always ignore those?

You're still stuck on RPI. Virginia was virtually the same team that went to the finals the year before. If you watched the sport you might know that.
 
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canesproponent said:
More fodder. During 2010, immediately prior to the NCAA tournament, Florida was ranked #2 to Miami's eight place ranking. True seeding would mean Miami faced the #55 team in the country (at WORST) and #57 at best. They faced a top 2 team. That would NEVER happen in basketball. Look at the furor that 7 and 8 seeds raise......
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Awwwwww, they seeded us unfairly. And to think we never let that stuff bother us before.
 
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canesproponent said:
During 2012, prior to the NCAA tournament, Florida was ranked [URL=https://www.canesinsight.com/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=1]#1 [/URL] to Miami's [URL=https://www.canesinsight.com/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=1]#1 [/URL] 5. True seeding would mean Miami faced the #50 team NOT the [URL=https://www.canesinsight.com/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=1]#1 [/URL] in the country.
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This is where you show your true incompetence.

In 2012 we faced the #87 team, and we lost, at home.

We then faced the #35 team, and we lost, at home.

We never played the #1 team.

Great point.
 
By the way, 2012 shows what a sham the RPI is. Our team sucked that year, but somehow we ended up at #12 after the regular season.
 
canesproponent said:
More fodder. During 2010, immediately prior to the NCAA tournament, Florida was ranked #2 to Miami's eight place ranking. True seeding would mean Miami faced the #55 team in the country (at WORST) and #57 at best. They faced a top 2 team. That would NEVER happen in basketball. Look at the furor that 7 and 8 seeds raise......
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Do you not understand seeding? We opened the tournament with Dartmouth, not Florida. Do you think we were supposed to go all the way to the CWS finals without playing another top team?
 
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Jaromir Jagr said:
canesproponent said:
More fodder. During 2010, immediately prior to the NCAA tournament, Florida was ranked #2 to Miami's eight place ranking. True seeding would mean Miami faced the [URL=https://www.canesinsight.com/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=55]#55 [/URL] team in the country (at WORST) and #57 at best. They faced a top 2 team. That would NEVER happen in basketball. Look at the furor that 7 and 8 seeds raise......
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Do you not understand seeding? We opened the tournament with Dartmouth, not Florida. Do you think we were supposed to go all the way to the CWS finals without playing another top team?
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We played Florida in the round of 16. How the fck did you expect to play the #55 team in the round of 16?
 
This is where you disappear, ignore every mistake you just made, and then bring up something else.

Calling you Danny Boy is an insult to Daniel Rivera.
 
You are right - it was 2011, which you should have inferred since it was quoting Florida and we played them 2009-2011. You cling to typos because you are being anihilated.

This proves above ALL ELSE your complete ineptitude with numbers. This might actually surpass UVA in 2015....

A tournament that is not biased will seed the #1 team against the #64 team, and so on, and so on, and so on......

There is NO scenario in which a Miami team that was #8 in 2010 and #1 5 in 2011 should be playing the #1 or #2 team in the country. NONE. At best, we may have to meet them in a Super if a slew of other teams lose, but that did not happen.

If you seeded basketball like baseball, the NCAA would incur billions in losses.... No one cares about baseball, hence they do what they please.

The most statistically significant sport was MLB. They played 162 games and ONLY allowed 4 teams into the post-season. They then played 7-game series. This is why the purists were aghast at the recent changes. It is a waste of time to explain this to someone of your capacity, however.

DESPITE, having odds that are 3:1 against him based on historical results (refer to probability calculation above)........Morris made Omaha in 2015 and 2016.

The only true assertion that you have made is that Morris failed in 2017. That is the only one and it is why you have to utilize typos and one-off samples.
 
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We were #16 going into the 2011 tournament. We were also 36-21, which is why we didn't host. When you don't host, you have to play a #1 seed, which is terrifying under Jim Morris.

Seeding and placement was the least of our worries in 2011.
 
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Morris made it to Omaha twice in the last nine years. Go have a parade if you want, but that's a terrible stretch at Miami.
 
Let me elaborate. In an unbiased setting, this should be Florida's regional opponents in both 2010 and 2011. They should have played seeds between 16 and 64.

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48
32
16

Moreover, in 2010 they were an errant throw away from beating Florida. They played them even and lost 4-3 in second game.
 
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Two Omahas in 3 years is elite. It is top 3.

Fine, 2 Omahas in 9 years. How many teams can boast that? I do not remember. It is probably 9 others at most.

Great.... You want to fire a guy who gets to Omaha at the 10th best clip in the country. I think that is asinine - especially when one considers our ineptitude in football since 2003..... This is guy is still top 10 by your measure and playing with 4 less scholarships than all public schools.

You did not even understand unbiased seeding. You started chirping and realized how foolish you just made yourself look. I replicated that in 2-minutes. You could not replicate unbiased seeding if we gave you a day and a statistician. You would waste the day arguing with the PhD.....
 
A #8 team should NOT play the #1 team in the first round of a 64-team tournament.

Here is an idea.... Write to Wimbledon and tell them that the #1 6 player on the tour should play the #1 player in the first round. See how that goes.

This is how dumb you are. You did not realize that in a regional, there are SIXTEEN #1 seeds. You have 16 regional sites and each one has 4 teams.

Direct quote "When you don't host, you have to play a #1 seed, which is terrifying under Jim Morris."

This is the acme of stupidity. Miami was #8 IN THE COUNTRY. Florida was #1 . You cannot comprehend basic math. That is sixth grade stuff --- i.e. 64/16....
 
Jaromir Jagr said:
Awwwwww, they seeded us unfairly. And to think we never let that stuff bother us before.
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How do you know this? Because we won then therefore they didn't let it bother them?

By the way, I don't think we've ever been seeded that badly. I think 2008 was close (matched up with Arizona) but we were the better team and at home. Being the lesser team and on the road (Florida) matters.
 
Jaromir Jagr said:
By the way, 2012 shows what a sham the RPI is. Our team sucked that year, but somehow we ended up at #12 after the regular season.
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That team was 25-9 (12-4) when they lost on back-to-back walk-offs at Virginia Tech. Peter O'Brien fractured his wrist in the Sunday game and missed the next month of the season.

The team went 9-9 without him.

Of course you'll claim that playing 18 games without their best player didn't matter.
 
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