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how in the hell did ou and piggy get in?
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You should be asking that question of alot more teams other than OU. The Big 12 is screwed again by the committee by not awarding this conference a national seed........and giving it to Georgia! OSU, Aggie, & Nebraska all have higher RPI's AND better records than the Bulldogs.

I will be rooting for OU and the rest of the Big 12 through this whole tournament. Great conference tournament win for the Horns this w/end.

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Division I Overall
Rank Rating W L W L Team

41 0.572 33 23 34 24 Oklahoma
42 0.570 30 26 30 26 Washington State
43 0.569 39 22 39 22 Houston
44 0.569 42 19 42 19 New Orleans
45 0.568 31 25 31 25 UCLA
46 0.564 31 26 32 26 Baylor
47 0.564 29 29 29 29 Kansas State
48 0.564 33 26 34 26 Alabama
49 0.563 37 20 37 20 Tulane
50 0.560 43 14 43 14 North Carolina-Charlotte
51 0.560 41 19 41 19 Louisville
52 0.559 34 22 34 22 UC Davis
53 0.558 39 20 39 20 College of Charleston
54 0.558 25 31 25 31 Wake Forest
55 0.557 40 17 40 17 Missouri State
56 0.554 28 28 28 28 Southern California
57 0.554 26 27 26 27 Boston College
58 0.554 41 14 41 14 St. John's
59 0.551 28 24 28 24 Oregon State
60 0.550 38 17 38 17 James Madison
 
What was ou's conference record? I saw our series with them, and while they can hit - they have a gaggle of spare pitchers.

There were some "interesting" selections.
 
I can only imagine OU was included to appease the Big XII after they were snubbed of a national seed, while the SEC somehow gets two...
 
OU's conference record sucked balls. Plain and simple. Too many close games lost.....they aren't as bad as their record......but you gotta win some close ones........just like Texas did against us on Saturday!

If the committee wanted to throw us a bone, then we really got screwed. I don't think OU's selection is as shocking to the committe as some would like to think........again, there are several more teams with worse records/RPi in this tournament than OU.

Begrudgingly.......I give this:
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Take it all the way to Omaha, Horns!!
 
I agree that OU shouldn't have gotten in. I would have expected to see Baylor in before OU, not to mention Oregon State. Even OU's coach said that they needed to win the Big XII tournament in order to get to the NCAAs. This further solidifies my belief that the committee is playing the pity game this year. They're trying to make it insanely difficult for the teams that regularly get to Omaha and easy for all the scrubs.
 
Well.......hooray for the Beavers they beat Arizona in a series......and are even with ASU @ 2-2 on the year. They did very little else all year long.

OU does NOT have a great record AND they lost a crapload of close games in conference. Regardless, OU has more wins over better competition...........AND I would venture to say that the Big 12 is a better baseball conference this year.

If OU shouldn't have made it.........then what do you do with teams with a lower RPI, in worse conferences, with a worse records.........who are all in the tournament as well?
 
Close games mean nothing.

Nice regional analysis podcast on Baseball America today. Starts out (and finishes) with some good ol' committee/sooner bashing.

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A loss is a loss.......but to say that close games mean nothing is wrong. You can take some solace in battling an opponent and losing a close one vs. getting blitzed out of your mind.

Bash away.......but there are a whole lot of other "issues" that the committee should address before discussion turns to whether OU is in the top 64 teams in the nation this year.
 
I disagree. Getting into the tourney is priority #1, is it not?

The more numbers you look at, the more inexplicable it gets. Even their own coach figured the season was over...didn't even bother to say they belonged.

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I didn't think they would be in either.......but they are now and I am hoping they represent the conference well.

I guarantee you that a few wins at ASU will go a long way in eliminating all the head scratching that is going on.

I refuse to be upset about being included in this tournament by a committee that has screwed the Big 12 for years.
 
Dude.....they aren't a whole lot of things that make no sense with the NCAA and this committee in particular.
 
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