NCAA Baseball Tournament, Day 2: Most SEC Teams Are Safe, But a Few Have to Worry
by cocknfire on Jun 4, 2011 12:29 PM EDT
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PrintIt's a double elimination format, which means that the teams who lost yesterday are on their last chance. We'll go with them first before turning to the teams that can afford to drop a game. Join the open thread if you have a chance.
| 3 GEORGIA |
RPI: 16 | Corvallis | RPI: 56 | 4 ARK LITTLE ROCK |
| 4.95 | Team ERA | 3.38 | ||
| .719 | Team OPS | .751 | ||
| Levi Hyams (.313/.394/.439) |
Offensive Star | Myles Parma (.353/.443/.462) |
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The Dawgs are one of the few SEC teams facing elimination today, squaring off with Arkansas Little Rock to find out who will continue in the tournament. This is SEC vs. Sun Belt, which means Georgia should be on familiar ground here, but baseball is not football. (4 p.m. ET, ESPN3)
| 2 ARKANSAS |
RPI: 14 | Tempe | RPI: 131 | 4 NEW MEXICO |
| 3.20 | Team ERA | 5.86 | ||
| .742 | Team OPS | .700 | ||
| Dominic Ficociello (.349/.376/.488) |
Offensive Star | D.J. Peterson (.322/.383/.554) |
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Even for an SEC West team, the Lobos shouldn't be hard to beat. New Mexico is now 20 games under break-even after losing the first game of the tournament. They even had a losing record in the Mountain West, which isn't exactly known as a baseball powerhouse. (5 p.m. ET)
| 1 FLORIDA |
RPI: 3 | Gainesville | RPI: 15 | 2 MIAMI |
| 2.94 | Team ERA | 3.26 | ||
| .839 | Team OPS | .768 | ||
| Mike Zunino (.373/.444/.676) |
Offensive Star | Zeke DeVoss (.335/.489/.458) |
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In some ways, it's great to have a rivalry show up in the Regionals. But Florida would probably rather pass on facing an ACC team that almost could have been a national seed based on their RPI. (4 p.m. ET, ESPNU)
| 3 ALABAMA | RPI: 35 | Tallahassee | RPI: 5 | 1 FLORIDA STATE |
| 3.72 | Team ERA | 3.60 | ||
| .738 | Team OPS | .848 | ||
| Taylor Dugas (.346/.457/.548) |
Offensive Star | James Ramsey (.348/.431/.581) |
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Alabama gets the toughest second-game draw of any league team. The Seminoles are a national seed. But the Tide and other conference teams -- aside from Georgia and Arkansas -- have the advantage of having won the first game, giving them room for another loss. (6 p.m. ET, Sun Sports)
| 1 SOUTH CAROLINA |
RPI: 6 | Columbia | RPI: 23 | 2 STETSON |
| 2.62 | Team ERA | 3.77 | ||
| .813 | Team OPS | .786 | ||
| Christian Walker (.352/.432/.554) |
Offensive Star | Nick Rickles (.353/.415/.621) |
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Not that the Hatters are an easy team to face. Stetson is a high-quality opponent for the Gamecocks, and Rickles has numbers that resemble the pre-new bats era. But Stetson is a balanced team (7 p.m. ET)
| 3 MISSISSIPPI STATE |
RPI: 30 | Atlanta | RPI: 119 | 4 AUSTIN PEAY |
| 4.30 | Team ERA | 5.27 | ||
| .773 | Team OPS | .844 | ||
| Jarrod Parks (.375/.522/.521) |
Offensive Star | Jordan Hankins (.361/.445/.506) |
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This is something of an unlikely winners' bracket, especially in the case of Austin Peay. The Governors knocked off Georgia Tech in the first game in one of the biggest upsets of the first round. So while they aren't that great, they're dangerous. (7 p.m. ET, CSS)
| 1 VANDERBILT |
RPI: 4 | Nashville | RPI: 50 | 3 TROY |
| 2.44 | Team ERA | 3.70 | ||
| .855 | Team OPS | .827 | ||
| Aaron Westlake (.357/.472/.620) |
Offensive Star | Tyler Hannah (.366/.475/.595) |
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The Dores' annihilated Belmont and now turn their attention to Troy, another underdog in the Nashville Regional. If they stay on the track they've been on during the postseason, the Commodores should be fine, but Troy can't be overlooked. (8 p.m. ET)
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That New Mexico team is awful, but they had a chance to beat Arizona State last night
Starter had a two hitter through 8. He gave up a leadoff single, and was immediately pulled. Reliever was helped by runner’s interference, then walked the #3 hitter, and advanced runners to 2nd and 3rd with a WP. With 1B open and a shaky reliever on the mound, they still pitched to the 4 hole batting .375 rather than walk him to create a force at every base against a .220 hitter. Cleanup guy knocks a three run homer, giving him all 4 RBI’s in a 4-2 win.
I didn’t even realize Bobby Cox was coaching New Mexico.
"Lattimore, as the kids can say, can ball, and sometimes does it to the extent one might say [he] is out of control in his balling." - Spencer Hall
by GwinnettGamecock on Jun 4, 2011 4:31 PM EDT reply actions
All 7 SEC teams will play Sunday
despite the fact only three got to host (USC, UF, Vandy), five are in the drivers seat on Day 3 – USC, UF, Vandy, MSU (Atlanta) and UGA (Corvallis).
Arkansas and Bama are in a bit of a hole, but have a puncher’s chance to take a double header.
I think its hard to argue what conference reigns supreme in College Baseball.
They wore garnet helmets.
umm...
Georgia lost on day 1 to Creighton. They’ll need to win 3 straight to advance. Though I would agree with your larger point that the SEC has done very well in the tourney so far.
thanks for the correction
the Pac-10 is playing very well, as usual – a terrific Saturday. The Big 12 has had better days!
They wore garnet helmets.
yep
not looking good for the big 12 in the tourney. Just happy the Pac-10 bounced back from a horrible Friday with a really good Saturday. 3 teams in control of their brackets, and I’d guess UCLA has a pretty reasonable chance to get out of the loser’s bracket at home (2 seed already gone, and Irivine is probably beatable). If we end up with 3 advancing, that’s a solid first round, though it’ll be tough with possibly all on the road for super regionals (though ASU at least could be home if Texas loses again).
If I were an Arkansas or UNC-Charlotte fan, I'd still be frustrated by that NM collapse
Had the Lobos held on, Arizona State and Arkansas would have likely played an elimination game for the regional championship yesterday. While we’ve seen teams come from that game to win a region before, I don’t think I have ever seen a day 2 losers’ game where I was confident the winner would likely win the Regional. That would have been interesting to watch.
NM is awful, and Charlotte is a soft 3. I would have taken either of the power programs to win three straight over some combination of those schools.
"Lattimore, as the kids can say, can ball, and sometimes does it to the extent one might say [he] is out of control in his balling." - Spencer Hall
by GwinnettGamecock on Jun 5, 2011 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions
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