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Texas St defeats Penn St 4-2 with a 3 run rally in bottom of 6th. Mullins pitched, gave up a 2 run homer in top of 6th. Will be interesting to see if Coach Ricci Woodard rides Mullins like Connie rode Luna. Mullins pitched when Texas St defeated aggy earlier in the year. Only other experienced starter is freshman Madison Azua from Round Rock. Postseason, greatest time of year !

St Francis may go 0-2. The intent of my post was to indicate they should be respected.

https://weather.com/weather/radar/interactive/l/e1f6ae54c6d7fbdc88a7d286a292c86090479a89e0cccc98323014619a144d75 Radar shows heavy t'storms and rain at present clearing about 8PM.

https://www.statesman.com/story/sports/2024/05/16/on-second-thought-texas-softballs-mike-white-on-no-1-seed-siena/73667647007/ Excellent AAS podcast with Mike White worth 17 min of your time. He breaks down composing the team lineup, reviews the Regional opponents, and other great comments. Mike is a coaching wizard and a great representative of the University of Texas. As of this hour, TexasSports.com has not published a preview of the Regional. Below are opponent stats if interested. Realize there is a difference in competition, but don't sleep on St Francis. They won 40 ball games, hit .309, ERA 1.67 (3 good arms), field only .963. They beat Sienna twice in an early season tournament. https://sfuathletics.com/sports/softball/stats/2024?path=softball https://nusports.com/sports/softball/stats/2024 https://sienasaints.com/sports/softball/stats

BA and Teddy Cahill normally have a pretty solid prediction. Surprised that OU is #8 seed even though they are reg season conf champs. Dallas Baptist in anyone's Regional has to be a concern. Wake Forest does at present have a top 10 RPI. 2024 Selection Commitee Indiana AD Dolson replaced Clinkscales. https://twitter.com/KendallRogers/status/1742328560654692433/photo/1

Thanks ! TexasSports.com does a poor job of covering Summer ball. Occasionally, they may publish an article with assignments, but not often. Same for AAS. @.45s If you have the time you can always search the websites for the rosters of the California Collegiate League, Cape Cod, and Northwoods leagues.

@Hookem2147 Did you see this post to provide an answer to one of the new members ?

Don't recall reading. Respect Mazey, seems like a "good guy". Only 58, may be tired of the NIL, transfer circus, or have TV media opportunities with his wife. B12 Coach of the Year in '19 and '23. Conf Champ in '19. What to know: Mountaineers coach Randy Mazey announced before the season he was stepping down when it ended. They celebrated Mazey on Sunday with a victory over Kansas State in his final home game. https://www.statesman.com/story/sports/college/red-raiders/2024/05/13/oklahoma-baseball-conference-champion-in-farewell-season-big-12-baseball-power-rankings/73637512007/ 1. Oklahoma (32-17, 21-6) Last week: 1 What to know: Don't bank on a seventh Big 12 series sweep. No. 15 OU finishes at Cincinnati, the surprise team of the Big 12 and one of the hottest ballclubs down the stretch. Related:Oklahoma baseball making tracks toward a title | Big 12 baseball power rankings 2. Oklahoma State (34-16, 17-9) Last week: 2 What to know: Too bad No. 17 OSU's series finale Sunday against slumping Texas Tech was rained out. Before then, the Cowboys were mathematically still in the race for the conference title with a head-to-head tiebreaker over Oklahoma. Oh, well. 3. Texas (32-20, 17-10) Last week: 3 What to know: How's this for consistency: The Longhorns have won two out of three in eight of their nine conference series. No other Big 12 team has won more than six conference series. 4. West Virginia (31-19, 17-10) Last week: 4 What to know: Mountaineers coach Randy Mazey announced before the season he was stepping down when it ended. They celebrated Mazey on Sunday with a victory over Kansas State in his final home game. 5. Kansas State (29-21, 13-14) Last week: 5 What to know: K-State, No. 36 in the RPI, had some momentum with recent series victories over Oklahoma State and Kansas. But after winning last weekend's opener at West Virginia, the Wildcats lost 13-0 and 12-5. 6. Kansas (29-18, 15-12) Last week: 7 What to know: Kansas, with help, could still get the No. 3 seed in the Big 12 tournament. The Jayhawks finish at Texas in perhaps the best series of the final weekend. 7. Cincinnati (30-21, 16-11) Last week: 6 What to know: Don't be dismissive of Cincinnati at the Big 12 tournament. The Bearcats have won four conference series in a row and five of their past six. 8. Central Florida (31-17, 12-14) Last week: 8 What to know: The Knights have lost three of their past four conference series after winning four of their first five. Barring a late run, they're probably going to miss NCAA regional action for the sixth tournament in a row. 9. TCU (30-17, 13-14) Last week: 9 What to know: The Horned Frogs have gone from outside the cut line for the Big 12 tournament not long ago to a bubble team for the NCAA tournament with a No. 38 RPI and a No. 41 strength of schedule. They finish at home against West Virginia. 10. Texas Tech (30-22, 12-17) Last week: 10 What to know: The Red Raiders are going to miss the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2015 unless they win the Big 12 tournament. Kansas, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State have Texas Tech on an eight-game conference losing streak. Related:Texas Tech baseball clinches Big 12 tournament bid with rainout at OSU 11. Baylor (21-29, 9-18) Last week: 11 What to know: Texas Tech might have missed the Big 12 tournament if Baylor had had anything left. The Bears have lost 11 conference games in a row. 12. Houston (25-26, 7-19) Last week: 13 What to know: Houston hung losses on Texas's Max Grubbs and Kansas's Reese Dutton, who have two of the Big 12's five lowest ERAs among qualified pitchers. Even so, the Cougars have lost 19 of their past 22 conference games. 13. Brigham Young (19-29, 6-21) Last week: 12 What to know: Thank goodness for midweeks. The Cougars are 6-2 in their past eight non-conference games. But in conference? They've been swept four series in a row.

This article may be appropriate for another forum and may be posted there, but it will further impact parking/logistics for softball and baseball. Especially with the expected increase in crowds with the SEC. The University of Texas will move forward with a graduate student housing project that will bring 576 beds along with entertainment, dining and grocery options. The UT System Board of Regents on Thursday approved the university's proposal to build the project at 1900 Comal St. The new development is the second phase of the university's plan to expand graduate student housing, UT President Jay Hartzell told the American-Statesman on Thursday. The new complex will be built near another new graduate student housing project UT plans to open in the fall with about 780 beds. It will also be near UT's athletic facilities and will have five new beach volleyball courts, which will allow the UT women's team to host NCAA competitions. https://www.statesman.com/story/news/education/2024/05/13/university-of-texas-new-student-housing-scholarships-jay-hartzell/73627368007/ 1900 Comal St

TEXAS at UCF May 10-12, 2024 Where: John Euliano Park Time: Friday at 5 p.m. CT; Saturday at 5 p.m. CT; Sunday at 12 p.m. CT TV: ESPN+ Radio: AM-1300 The Zone/103.1 FM Live stats: Texas.Statbroadcast.com All-time series: First meeting PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS FRIDAY–Texas RHP Max Grubbs (4-4, 3.70) vs. UCF RHP Ben Vespi (3-2, 4.45) SATURDAY–Texas LHP Ace Whitehead (4-0, 3.73) vs. UCF RHP Dom Stagliano (2-3, 4.07) SUNDAY–Texas RHP Lebarron Johnson Jr. (2-4, 5.82) vs. UCF TBA UCF's park is 320' down the lines, 390' to center, 360' to both alleys. Only David Pierce could have designed a field that small. Texas returned to the Baseball America rankings at No. 25 this week and has four more conference wins than the Knights, but UCF holds a much higher RPI than Texas at 32. That simply means any win against UCF, especially on the road, will help Texas improve its rating and presumably its NCAA tournament seeding. Texas baseball has big opportunity at UCF to improve RPI, seeding for Big 12 tourney | KXAN Austin

FSU's Dick Howser stadium hit by tornado this morning. FSU is at Pitt this weekend. Weather looks good at present in Orlando for our series. FSU Baseball’s Dick Howser Stadium devastated by Friday morning tornado (msn.com)

Ideal time to pitch Simpson to see if she can contribute in the postseason. Maybe she will come in later. Much respect for Sophia but she may be this year's Lauren Burke. May have lost interest in the game.

Congrats to BYU (winner 7-2) who also took 2/3 from OkSt during the regular season. Hope they make the postseason. Great game by BYU Pitcher Temples. Transfer from Stetson, from Marianna, Florida. She did not pitch against us.

@Js1 Do you know what Mike is referring to concerning "new formula" ? Perhaps you have mentioned and I may have missed. And Mike is making comments to get team to focus. (I realize you have presented stats that strongly favor Texas as #1 seed, just curious about his comments) “That's a really hard thing to say,” White said when asked whether the Big 12 champion seems like a lock for the top overall NCAA seed. “I mean, there's a new formula coming in, and I'm not sure how all that is going to figure it out, and there’s always the human factor in there as well. So we’ll just have to wait and see; all we can do is control what we control on the field and just play good softball.” https://www.statesman.com/story/sports/college/longhorns/softball/2024/05/08/will-the-big-12-tournament-champion-earn-the-no-1-overall-ncaa-softball-seed-texas-says-yes/73568174007/

Very likely. I also think the NCAA likes fan attendance which may be a factor. Closer, the better for attendance. Certainly conur with the above comments about @Js1. Besides his vast knowledge, the thing I respect is he credits his source. Does not act like a "super insider".

aggy hitting coach Jeff Harger above was also ejected at our Regional game last year. Obvious anger issues. Let's see if SEC takes any action. Props to the UF fans for not engaging. Surely UF has a visitor locker room he should have been limited to ? Not a good look. As you may expect, idiot aggy reaction. https://texags.com/forums/8/topics/3459018

Wondered about Mike White's contract since his 5 year original contract ($525K) was set to expire this year. Emailed Danny Davis at the Statesman and he informs that Mike signed an extension in '22 for 5 years thru '27 for $625K. Did not ask about performance bonuses but he surely will receive some this year. And possibly another extension and raise. Well done, Mike !

12:36 More of a general comment/question, but would love to hear some thoughts on the overall state of college pitching? ERA's feel very high this year nationwide. It's eye opening to see only a handful of teams have ERA's under 4.00. Is the pitching quality taking a step back? Are the hitters just getting better and better? Strike zones getting smaller? Kendall Rogers 12:36 Jim -- great question. We are in the TrackMan era when it comes to strike zones. I think umpires have very tight zones, and when you have very tight windows to throw into, hitters know that. Combine that with a current ball that absolutely flies and it's the perfect storm for the offense ... and the pitching. That's what makes what guys like Hagen Smith are doing seem remarkable -- and Paul Skenes last year.

https://d1baseball.com/chats/d1baseball-weekly-chat-may-6-2/ D1 Baseball Chat. Open until placed behind paywall. 11:40 If Texas wins their last 2 conference series and wins the Big 12 conference tournament, will they host a regional? Kendall Rogers 11:40 Robert -- highly unlikely. Unfortunately, the Longhorns have so many Q4 losses that it has really dragged down its RPI -- whether fair or not is to be debated. Texas is 50 right now and would need to get to about 20-25 to even have a shot. That's going to be tough to accomplish. I do really like the way the offense looks, and the pitching staff is piecing things together about as well as they can right now.

https://d1baseball.com/chats/d1baseball-weekly-chat-may-6-2/ D1 Baseball Chat. Open until placed behind paywall.

Bump this to the top for someone with knowledge to answer. @closetojumping may choose to opine on NIL goals at Texas. Saw the below link online. Supposedly from NCAA, though looks somewhat suspect. https://nil-ncaa.com/sec/

Did all notice Kenny G going down the line and shaking hands in the dugout with each member of his coaching and support staff ? He went to them, they did not come to him. Great scene. Congrats 'Ok St !

B12 and Tech will no longer be our concern, but I thought Tech would improve under Craig Snider (hitting coach @ Fl St and aggy) Looking at the coaching staff, he has one asst from Wash Univ in St Louis and 2 former Fl St grad asst coaches, one who seems to be the pitching coach. Likely no one on his staff has connections to the Texas/National travel ball circuit. Weather and Radar Map for Norman, OK - The Weather Channel | Weather.com Latest radar shows t'storms in Norman area till close to 4PM.

https://weather.com/weather/radar/interactive/l/ea48f4efcd297b06fa2fcd4a98c417b20b465b386ed6e59870da3f0b6c2ef6b3 Radar shows t'storms on outskirts of Norman between 12:30 - 2PM. Heavy rain overnight but hopefully will clear for 3PM game. Lubbock looks good for Sat. @Js1 @FloridaHorn Any thoughts on why Kenny G elected to start Aycock in game 1 and then Kilfoyl ? Plans to pitch both all 3 games ?