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billygoat hill
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How about the Anteaters in aggyland? Wouldn't that be something?
KosherHorn
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I only see two teams on that list that for sure are not #1 seeds - Michigan and Long Beach. If Arizona is a 1, they could be sent to LB. Georgia Tech is a definite 1 seed, so chances are they'd be sent to Michigan since they're probably the highest 1 seed not hosting and Michigan is the lowest 2 that is hosting. That leaves UT to go to Rice as a 2.
I think it comes down to whether Arizona or Texas is picked as the last 1 seed. The 1 goes to Long Beach. The 2 goes somewhere else - maybe UT to Rice or Arizona to Fullerton. But if UT was a 1, wouldn't they have hosted?
I think it comes down to whether Arizona or Texas is picked as the last 1 seed. The 1 goes to Long Beach. The 2 goes somewhere else - maybe UT to Rice or Arizona to Fullerton. But if UT was a 1, wouldn't they have hosted?
LITNIN HORN
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There is no way we are a 1 seed without hosting. I'm disappointed we didn't get to host a regional, but the NCAA said they wanted to spread the sites out around the country...that said, one more in our area would have been a bit crowded.
from Baseball America:
Templeton said the committee strongly considered Texas as a host, but geographic considerations proved the Longhorns’ undoing. Three Big 12 teams (Texas A&M, Nebraska and Oklahoma State) were locks to host on the strength of their body of work, and Rice was a fourth sure-fire host in the same geographic footprint.
"Well, I think the committee looked at (Texas as a host) long and hard, and at the end of the day geographic locations in some other parts of the country probably hurt Texas a little bit," Templeton said. "We certainly felt that we had rewarded the Big 12 Conference with three sites."
And my favorite part:
The third regional in the Carolinas (along with Raleigh and Cary, N.C., where North Carolina will host) will take place in Conway, S.C., where Coastal Carolina will bring auxiliary bleachers to Charles Watson Stadium, which holds just 2,000 fans.
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Templeton said the committee strongly considered Texas as a host, but geographic considerations proved the Longhorns’ undoing. Three Big 12 teams (Texas A&M, Nebraska and Oklahoma State) were locks to host on the strength of their body of work, and Rice was a fourth sure-fire host in the same geographic footprint.
"Well, I think the committee looked at (Texas as a host) long and hard, and at the end of the day geographic locations in some other parts of the country probably hurt Texas a little bit," Templeton said. "We certainly felt that we had rewarded the Big 12 Conference with three sites."
And my favorite part:
The third regional in the Carolinas (along with Raleigh and Cary, N.C., where North Carolina will host) will take place in Conway, S.C., where Coastal Carolina will bring auxiliary bleachers to Charles Watson Stadium, which holds just 2,000 fans.
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"The third regional in the Carolinas (along with Raleigh and Cary, N.C., where North Carolina will host) will take place in Conway, S.C., where Coastal Carolina will bring auxiliary bleachers to Charles Watson Stadium, which holds just 2,000 fans.
Ahhh, yes... let's spread the wealth to that baseball juggeranught and tradition rich Coastal Carolina with auxillary seats to increase capacity
Ahhh, yes... let's spread the wealth to that baseball juggeranught and tradition rich Coastal Carolina with auxillary seats to increase capacity
slappinleather
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Three schools in the same state. I thought they were spreading the sites out. I guess Coastal and NC State are now baseball powers.
The geographical argument is BS. Nebraska being in the same conference as Texas has nothing to do with geography. There are only two regionals actually in the state of Texas. They can have three in North Carolina, but they can't have three in a state that is 5 times larger than North Carolina? They can accept $50,000 to have a regional at a tiny stadium that only seats 2000 people, but they can't accept $250,000 to have one at Disch-Falk Field? It's ********. If geography is going to hurt anyone, it shouldn't be the Texas Longhorns. "Geography" is just a good enough excuse to screw Texas yet again.
That being said, as unfair as I think this is to the team, they'll be fine wherever they go. If anyone can get a team mentally ready to play a regional away from home, it's Augie.
That being said, as unfair as I think this is to the team, they'll be fine wherever they go. If anyone can get a team mentally ready to play a regional away from home, it's Augie.
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HuskerNKingwood
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Notwithstanding the glory that has come these many decades since, Augie is most at home in this situtation.
Forgive me if i miss a detail or two, but sit back if you will and imagine the first year Fullerton ever played division I anything ['77?].
They were a lock to finish last in their conference, that first year of Division I. They finished first. They were then sent to something called a regional [as a 4th seed], at the home of the defending TWO-time national champions, a big, shiny outfit called USC. They got there and, when the baseball was done, were the last ones standing. First regional ever for Fullerton.
[Historical note -- The players drove to 'SC in their own cars, because Fullerton could not afford to rent even a yellow school bus in order for the team to drive together. Look it up.]
So anyway, i like our chances.
Forgive me if i miss a detail or two, but sit back if you will and imagine the first year Fullerton ever played division I anything ['77?].
They were a lock to finish last in their conference, that first year of Division I. They finished first. They were then sent to something called a regional [as a 4th seed], at the home of the defending TWO-time national champions, a big, shiny outfit called USC. They got there and, when the baseball was done, were the last ones standing. First regional ever for Fullerton.
[Historical note -- The players drove to 'SC in their own cars, because Fullerton could not afford to rent even a yellow school bus in order for the team to drive together. Look it up.]
So anyway, i like our chances.
I like the team's chances also, based on the way they have been playing. It just sucks that working your *** off at the end of the year gets no reward, but sucking at the end of the year does. I understand that Texas did not have a great regular season and some other teams did, for the most part. But I seem to recall the committee rewarding teams in the past for playing well at the end of the year, since what you do in the final month of the season is more indicative of what you'll do in the postseason than how you played in March and April. It seems a little unjust to me that a program like Texas has to constantly prove that the committee made a mistake.
CJHorn,
You're very wise, and quite a historian as well.
Just got back from the tourney last night.
This team is 13 -3 in the last month, and would be 14 -2 except for a one-run loss to Mizzou in the first game we watched in Okie City.
Their defense and hitting look ready to me. The only weakness now is the bull pen. They'll go farther than I thought they would in mid-April.
Now to watch the selections show and get ready to head out later this week.
You're very wise, and quite a historian as well.
Just got back from the tourney last night.
This team is 13 -3 in the last month, and would be 14 -2 except for a one-run loss to Mizzou in the first game we watched in Okie City.
Their defense and hitting look ready to me. The only weakness now is the bull pen. They'll go farther than I thought they would in mid-April.
Now to watch the selections show and get ready to head out later this week.
Let's try not to be too surprised here.........
A&M, OSU, & Nebraska finished 1-2-3 in the conference......Texas finished 5th.
Yes, the Longhorns are very hot and playing their best baseball, but when you look at the season as a whole, you can't definitively say Texas deserved a regional over any of the schools that got one.
And yes, it is true that the committee has been trying to spread out these regionals across the country since they went to this format.
A&M, OSU, & Nebraska finished 1-2-3 in the conference......Texas finished 5th.
Yes, the Longhorns are very hot and playing their best baseball, but when you look at the season as a whole, you can't definitively say Texas deserved a regional over any of the schools that got one.
And yes, it is true that the committee has been trying to spread out these regionals across the country since they went to this format.
If you take into account everything that the committee traditionally has looked at when deciding on regional hosts, I can say that Texas deserved one over a number of teams that got one, starting with Coastal Carolina. Certainly Texas deserved a host over Michigan, if you're going for a 2-seed. Throw NC State, Long Beach, and Stanford in there as well. And I don't want to hear about head-to-head with Stanford. If it were about head-to-head, Texas would be hosting over A&M. The only reason the committe gave for not giving Texas a host was geography. It had nothing to do with their win-loss record, their RPI, or anything else. It was because there were already two regionals in Texas and three in the Big XII.
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