NCAA Baseball Tournament Selection Thread

I like our matchups in those projections. If the bats can just come alive, even just a little bit, I can see our Horns in Omaha.
 
FWHORN said:
2021 NCAA Baseball Tournament Final Projected Field Of 64
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What do the red up and down arrows by the teams mean?
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Arrows are indicators of whether their seed line is going up or down. Texas came into week as possible two seed and in most projections has now fallen to four seed.
 
Super regionals are based on higher seeded regional winner and in rare cases on ability to host because the higher seeded team doesn’t have adequate facilities.
 
Top four seeds have been announced but not the order and they are Arkansas, Tennessee, Texas and Vanderbilt alphabetically . Arkansas and Vanderbilt are easy top two so Texas is either the three or four seed.
 
Prefer Florida to South Carolina who I was expecting at 15. Avoided rematch. And South Carolina isn’t even seeded but gets to host as Old Dominion is number one seed but doesn’t have facilities to host.
 
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Fairfield only has three losses on the year, earning them a RPI ranking of #3 nationally. Two of their losses just came in the conference tournament. All three losses have been in the month of May.
 
Wow only 4 teams got in for the Big 12, same as CUSA. 8 ACC...
 
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NCAA AUSTIN REGIONAL SCHEDULE
Friday, June 4
Game 1: #1 Texas vs. #4 Southern – 1 p.m., Longhorn Network
Game 2: #2 Arizona State vs. #3 Fairfield – 6 p.m., ESPN3

Saturday, June 5
Game 3: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 – 1 p.m.
Game 4: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 – 6 p.m.

Sunday, June 6
Game 5: Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4 – 1 p.m.
Game 6: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 4 – 7 p.m.

Monday, June 7
Game 7 (if necessary): same teams as Game 6 – 3 p.m. (subject to change)
 
FW,

Some day when you have 12-18 hours and a credit card, I need you to splain to me how the hell we got top seed in a regional much less #2 overall. IS college baseball just that damn bad?
 
SabreHorn said:
Some day when you have 12-18 hours and a credit card, I need you to splain to me how the hell we got top seed in a regional much less #2 overall. IS college baseball just that damn bad?
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Texas is over seeded at the two spot and really should have been the four or the five seed but that said they are a legit top 5 team. Texas has three really good starting pitchers a solid fourth starter and a really good bullpen with a couple of legit closers. The lineup strikes out too much but they also hit a bunch of home runs and you don't go 42-15 and win the Big XII regular season title without being a really good team. This is easily the best Texas team since 2014 and I actually think its the best team since 2009. These are all Pierce's kids and he has done a great job getting this roster and this pitching staff together. The proof will be in the next couple of weeks but Texas is a legit top seed in its regional and a legit national seed to host a super if they win their regional.

The committee showed a ton of respect for the Big XII and that is displayed not just in Texas being seeded higher than it should but TCU and Tech too. It was also a weird year with the B1G not playing out of conference and the Pac 12 having modified schedules. College baseball from a quality standpoint is actually better now than it used to be as more kids who would be mid round draft picks are choosing college rather than going pro right out of high school. The Moneyball effect has meant those kids view three years of college ball as being better for their career prospects and that has meant better players at the college level.

What I think bothers everyone is the strikeouts but that is happening across baseball and not just to Texas and not just at the college level. The professionals are so worried about it they are looking into changes to the mound and other radical ideas. I am disturbed by the high number of strikeouts and this past weekend was incredibly frustrating but its not uniquely a Texas phenomenon. I don't know what the answer is and I sure as heck hope it doesn't bite the Horns as they play to get to Omaha but its happening across baseball not just at the Disch.
 
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FWHORN said:
Texas is over seeded at the two spot and really should have been the four or the five seed but that said they are a legit top 5 team. Texas has three really good starting pitchers a solid fourth starter and a really good bullpen with a couple of legit closers. The lineup strikes out too much but they also hit a bunch of home runs and you don't go 42-15 and win the Big XII regular season title without being a really good team. This is easily the best Texas team since 2014 and I actually think its the best team since 2009. These are all Pierce's kids and he has done a great job getting this roster and this pitching staff together. The proof will be in the next couple of weeks but Texas is a legit top seed in its regional and a legit national seed to host a super if they win their regional.

The committee showed a ton of respect for the Big XII and that is displayed not just in Texas being seeded higher than it should but TCU and Tech too. It was also a weird year with the B1G not playing out of conference and the Pac 12 having modified schedules. College baseball from a quality standpoint is actually better now than it used to be as more kids who would be mid round draft picks are choosing college rather than going pro right out of high school. The Moneyball effect has meant those kids view three years of college ball as being better for their career prospects and that has meant better players at the college level.

What I think bothers everyone is the strikeouts but that is happening across baseball and not just to Texas and not just at the college level.. The professionals are so worried about it they are looking into changes to the mound and other radical ideas. I am disturbed by the high number of strikeouts and this past weekend was incredibly frustrating but its not uniquely a Texas phenomenon. I don't know what the answer is and I sure as heck hope it doesn't bite the Horns as they play to get to Omaha but its happening across baseball not just at the Disch.
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I agree. Most of the season Texas was not a great hitting team, but it was a timely hitting team. Runs late in games. 2 out runs. This was the Texas game. Rely on good pitchers and good defense and timely hitting. The hitting just wasn't very timely in the Bog 12 Tournament. I have confidence it will return in the Disch.
 
Hansen’s has the best stats, so I’d save him for game 2. I’d pitch Stevens or Madden for game 1.
Probably Stevens.
 
Every time B12 baseball is hyped, we suck in the tourney. The reverse is also true. That is when we place 2-3 teams in the CWS.
 
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