Tourney Central (It’s time for ball!)

[TriStarCane]

UCLA swept by Michigan. There goes the 1 seed

 

[IndayArtHauz]

UCLA swept by Michigan. There goes the 1 seed

Texas Tech the westernmost team left?

 

[tcgrad1014]

ESPN gives the SEC more favorable coverage because their fans watch more college sports. Compare Auburn, LSU and Tennessee’s attendance to Boston College, Rutgers and Maryland. It isn’t close. Television coverage is a business.

You're really picking and choosing programs to make your point. Plenty of non SEC programs have considerable fan support.

 

[Legendary1]

UCLA swept by Michigan. There goes the 1 seed

Michigan advances 2 games to 1

 

[BisCane]

I don’t like rooting for FSU but ****, they make it hard not to.

This

 

[TriStarCane]

Michigan advances 2 games to 1

You right. My bad. That's an impressive win for them. First tournament appearance since like 1984 or something

 

[TriStarCane]

Texas Tech the westernmost team left?

I think that's right. West Coast got trashed. Oregon State, Cal, and ASU didn't make it out of Regionals. Stanford got dragged by MSU and UCLA loses at home to Michigan as the 1.

 

[pcitycane]

This

 

[BiltmoreCANE]

Any of you watching this top of the 1st inning in the auburn unc game? It’s brutally painful!

Stats edit:13 runs, 17 batters, 4 pitchers used, almost an hour long 1/2 inning!!!

 

[Jaromir Jagr]

I'm not sure I like UNC's strategy today.

 

[NC_Canes_11]

Lmao I hope Auburn runs it up

 

[canesproponent]

I stated it mid-season that the West Coast teams were not competitive. UCLA has elite talent, but they are facing too much weak competition during the season. Stanford and UCLA were the only truly robust teams on the West Coast this year. RPI was remarkably prescient this year. Strong algorithm..

 

[txcanes]

Any of you watching this top of the 1st inning in the auburn unc game? It’s brutally painful!

Stats edit:13 runs, 17 batters, 4 pitchers used, almost an hour long 1/2 inning!!!

Ouch

 

[Jaromir Jagr]

RPI was remarkably prescient this year. Strong algorithm..

These teams are already gone: #2, #3, #5, #7, #8, and #9. Yeah, the RPI nailed it.

 

[RedSquare]

CWS is so much about momentum. The best team on paper barely ever wins.

Ron Fraser's 1981 and 1992 teams, and Jim Morris' 1996 and 1998 teams would definitely agree with you.

 

[tcgrad1014]

Ron Fraser's 1981 and 1992 teams, and Jim Morris' 1996 and 1998 teams would definitely agree with you.

It's much more so in recent years.

 

[Miami04]

Ron Fraser's 1981 and 1992 teams, and Jim Morris' 1996 and 1998 teams would definitely agree with you.

2008.

 

[NC_Canes_11]

Ron Fraser's 1981 and 1992 teams, and Jim Morris' 1996 and 1998 teams would definitely agree with you.

The #1 seed hasn’t won a title since we did it in 2001

 

[Jaromir Jagr]

The #1 seed hasn’t won a title since we did it in 2001

1999

 

[BP Joe]

The #1 seed hasn’t won a title since we did it in 2001

The #1 seed hasn’t won a title since we did it in 2001

Actually, I think it was our '99 team (the first year of the national seeds). Of course, I rarely hear the ESPN announcers name the team who was the last to do it.