College Baseball Season Thread

[Bulldogs4]

Auburn was not that good. A terrible State team should have beaten them two out of three. Initially I thought Auburn was the worse draw versus Alabama. But I was wrong. Long way to go but they are capable of winning three more games to win it. 

Edited June 3, 2023 by Bulldogs4

[Dawg83]

Tennessee beats Clemson in 14 innings, probably the game of the tournament so far.

 

I know UT kinda underachieved in the regular season but they have the pieces to win the whole thing, especially on the mound.

[MSTSatchmo]

2 minutes ago, Dawg83 said:

Tennessee beats Clemson in 14 innings, probably the game of the tournament so far.

 

I know UT kinda underachieved in the regular season but they have the pieces to win the whole thing, especially on the mound.

I only saw the last out. Lol. 
The announcer said Tennessee just used 3 arms and they were all throwing upper 90’s.   If they get some consistent offense they could make a run.  That’s all we need is Tennessee to start getting cocky again.  

[MSTSatchmo]

3 hours ago, Bulldogs4 said:

Auburn was not that good. A terrible State team should have beaten them two out of three. Initially I thought Auburn was the worse draw versus Alabama. But I was wrong. Long way to go but they are capable of winning three more games to win it. 

I was hoping Auburn could make a run because of Butch, but didn’t really expect it.  

[Dawg83]

The Penn Quakers are in the catbird seat in Auburn. How bout that?
 

Florida got upset today too by Texas Tech. Vandy in trouble against Oregon right now, Bama currently in a tight one against Troy.

[Dawg83]

Vandy and Kentucky both lost today. Bama looks like they are going to escape with a miracle, Troy has melted down defensively in the 9th.

 

A&M is about to take down Stanford. They are playing as well as anyone in the SEC right now.

[Dawg83]

Clemson is the first Top 8 seed to go home. Starting to feel like Tennessee has a very straight forward path to Omaha.

[Bulldogs4]

TCU is up on Arkansas 14-1 in third inning and now in a rain delay. 

[Dawg83]

29 minutes ago, Bulldogs4 said:

TCU is up on Arkansas 14-1 in third inning and now in a rain delay. 

TCU had a guy hit two grand slams in the first two innings. Crazy,

 

Weather has been an issue at several SEC Regionals today. Looking like several Monday games are on tap.

[MSTSatchmo]

30 minutes ago, Dawg83 said:

TCU had a guy hit two grand slams in the first two innings. Crazy,

 

Weather has been an issue at several SEC Regionals today. Looking like several Monday games are on tap.

He just hit his 3rd HR today.  He had 2 all season. Lol 

[Bulldogs4]

USM beat Samford 9-4.

Now have to beat Penn. Hopefully they can score some runs because with pitching now into its 4th game, they are going to give up some runs. I said that singular because the next game is the only one that matters. 

[maroontide06]

The decrepid Tim Corbin’s go down today.  Great job Xavier!

[s1nglewing]

3 hours ago, Bulldogs4 said:

USM beat Samford 9-4.

Now have to beat Penn. Hopefully they can score some runs because with pitching now into its 4th game, they are going to give up some runs. I said that singular because the next game is the only one that matters. 

Tacking on some insurance in the 9th

[Dawg83]

20 minutes ago, s1nglewing said:

Tacking on some insurance in the 9th

That escalated quickly lol. From 3-2 in the 9th to 11-2 in a hurry.

 

Outside of some poor offense on Friday, Southern has looked like the best team in this Regional. Really impressive the last two days. They’ll have to win one more tomorrow but I like their chances. Once they beat Auburn I felt like they were the favorites here.

 

The interesting part becomes if they do win, do they get shipped to Knoxville or does Tennessee come to Hattiesburg? I think both have a legitimate case to host that potential Super. Could run into the same issue with Texas and Texas A&M if A&M beats Stanford tomorrow 

In the “nobody predicted this” pairing of the weekend, looks like we are headed for Oregon vs Oral Roberts Super Regional (in Eugene I presume?) Oral Roberts is a heck of a 4 seed though, they're 49-11.

Edited June 5, 2023 by Dawg83

[maroontide06]

11 hours ago, Dawg83 said:

That escalated quickly lol. From 3-2 in the 9th to 11-2 in a hurry.

 

Outside of some poor offense on Friday, Southern has looked like the best team in this Regional. Really impressive the last two days. They’ll have to win one more tomorrow but I like their chances. Once they beat Auburn I felt like they were the favorites here.

 

The interesting part becomes if they do win, do they get shipped to Knoxville or does Tennessee come to Hattiesburg? I think both have a legitimate case to host that potential Super. Could run into the same issue with Texas and Texas A&M if A&M beats Stanford tomorrow 

In the “nobody predicted this” pairing of the weekend, looks like we are headed for Oregon vs Oral Roberts Super Regional (in Eugene I presume?) Oral Roberts is a heck of a 4 seed though, they're 49-11.

I personally think Tennessee would have to come to Hattiesburg, but Southern Miss needs to beat Penn today.

[s1nglewing]

[Dawg83]

11 minutes ago, maroontide06 said:

I personally think Tennessee would have to come to Hattiesburg, but Southern Miss needs to beat Penn today.

I think that’s what SHOULD happen. USM for all intents and purposes was a higher slotted 2 seed than Tennessee. But I think it still has to go back to the closed door committee and they can do whatever they feel like. There’s not necessarily a black and white criteria for these situations.

 

Same situation could arise if the Texas vs Texas A&M Super ends up happening, though that would require A&M to beat Stanford tonight.

 

I don’t know what USM has left in terms of pitching, but I can’t imagine Penn is in any better shape. And I think USM is generally the better team so I think they’re the favorite today.

[Bulldogs4]

USM wins Auburn regional. They should host Tennessee. Higher ranked team with a bigger stadium. 
Probably gonna be like last year playing against Ole Miss. Tennessee’s pitching is capable of shutting them down. Hall is a great pitcher but USM has to win that game to have a chance. IMO. 
Yes they lost his game this weekend but UT is on a different level from Samford or Penn. 

[Dawg83]

1 hour ago, Bulldogs4 said:

USM wins Auburn regional. They should host Tennessee. Higher ranked team with a bigger stadium. 
Probably gonna be like last year playing against Ole Miss. Tennessee’s pitching is capable of shutting them down. Hall is a great pitcher but USM has to win that game to have a chance. IMO. 
Yes they lost his game this weekend but UT is on a different level from Samford or Penn. 

I agree, I think most would say Tennessee is probably the favorite here. But I do hope USM gets to host and has a better showing than they did last year when they weren’t really competitive against OM.

[David44]

USM should host in a fair world. They should have "hosted" the Auburn regional, but the USM AD was not 

part of the tournament committee. Yes, they certainly need to win the Tanner Hall game 1, but they have 

some Scott Berry mojo going on now with him retiring. Those kids are playing hard for him. 

 

[Dawg83]

It’s official, Tennessee vs USM will be in Hattiesburg beginning on Saturday. Huge deal for USM. Scott Berry’s final home games will be in a Super Regional. That’s outstanding.

 

Here are all the Super matchups:

 

Tennessee at Southern Miss

Kentucky at LSU

Alabama at Wake Forest

Texas at Stanford

 

South Carolina at Florida

Duke at Virginia

Indiana State at TCU

Oral Roberts at Oregon

 

May be just me but one side of the bracket looks CLEARLY stronger than the other.

 

[maroontide06]

6 minutes ago, Dawg83 said:

It’s official, Tennessee vs USM will be in Hattiesburg beginning on Saturday. Huge deal for USM. Scott Berry’s final home games will be in a Super Regional. That’s outstanding.

 

Here are all the Super matchups:

 

Tennessee at Southern Miss

Kentucky at LSU

Alabama at Wake Forest

Texas at Stanford

 

South Carolina at Florida

Duke at Virginia

Indiana State at TCU

Oral Roberts at Oregon

 

May be just me but one side of the bracket looks CLEARLY stronger than the other.

 

Great news here and yes you’re right.  The bracket is a whole lot heavier on the Southern Miss side of it.

[Bulldogs4]

Nobody is talking about Alabama but I will not be surprised if they go into Wake Forest and win the series there. In fact I am picking Bama. 
I am pulling for USM but beating Tennessee (who nobody likes) is going to be a daunting task. Possible though. The atmosphere is going to be off the charts. 
LSU over KY.

Stanford over TX since they are at home. 
Florida over SCAR

Virginia Slims wins over the Duke

TCU routs Indy State 

Oral Roberts (religion) over Oregon (secular) in a David beats Goliath upset. 

 

Edited June 6, 2023 by Bulldogs4

[MSTSatchmo]

I know Wake is ranked #1, but they’ve been real impressive.  
 

TCU has scored under 12 just once the whole postseason.  
 

It’s a pretty wide open field, but those two have been the most impressive to me (S Carolina and Virginia not far behind). 

[Dawg83]

10 hours ago, MSTSatchmo said:

I know Wake is ranked #1, but they’ve been real impressive.  
 

TCU has scored under 12 just once the whole postseason.  
 

It’s a pretty wide open field, but those two have been the most impressive to me (S Carolina and Virginia not far behind). 

I agree on Wake and TCU. Those two have looked very capable of winning it all. I like both to advance to Omaha.

 

Even though they lost a game last weekend, I still view Florida as the most complete SEC team. That Super against SC is really interesting, SC swept the regular season series, but it was in Columbia and this will be in Gainesville.

 

Virginia/Duke is another interesting one to me, they’ve already played in Charlottesville this year and Duke won that series.

 

The most fun matchup of the weekend might be Oral Roberts and Oregon. They are both playing extremely well right now, and neither team has been to the CWS in decades.

 

I’m not prepared to predict it, but don’t be shocked if Kentucky upsets LSU. I don’t think they’re beating Skenes so they’d need to win Games 2 and 3. But don’t rule it out.

 

Don't have any huge opinions on Stanford/Texas, these are the only teams left in the field that made it to Omaha last year, so both have postseason experience. Give me Stanford at home.

 

And yeah, sorry USM fans, I think Tennessee takes it in Hattiesburg this weekend. I am not sure USM can hit UT’s high end arm talent. Don’t know that it will be as drastic as the OM Super last year, I could easily see USM winning the game that Hall starts. But Tennessee is the more talented team and I think they are starting to get hot at the right time.

Edited June 7, 2023 by Dawg83