2022 NCAA Tournament Thread

[Horny Bull 2759]

6 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

Sooners going to Gainesville. 

Paging @Gatorubet, please beat their fucking brains out.

[Valmy77 13225]

Yeah good luck with Texas State Stanford.

[zlavydra 2119]

Shit, I was hoping UGA would be shipped to Corvallis. They haven't played a non-con game outside GA or a neighboring state for a decade.

[Hookem2147 21188]

3 minutes ago, BERT said:

Why would a 4 seed save there #1 guy?

4 seeds we have faced the last two times we’ve hosted have thrown their #2 against us.

If I’m a coach I don’t want to burn my best arm against a team I’m obviously overmatched against. Want your best arm moving you to 2-0 or keeping your season alive. 

[Rickylovesweed 14262]

They gave aggy the overall 5 seed but also gave them one of the tougher draws IMO. 

Oral Roberts as a 4 seed is tough and TCU has it's flaws but they still won the Big 12. TCU was a borderline host. Then they gave them Louisville in the Supers who is a consistent CWS team and finished top 20 in RPI. 

That is far from a cakewalk. 

 

Edited May 30, 2022 by Rickylovesweed

[Horny Bull 2759]

Ok St-Arkansas is juicy.

[BERT 4358]

3 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

4 seeds we have faced the last two times we’ve hosted have thrown their #2 against us.

If I’m a coach I don’t want to burn my best arm against a team I’m obviously overmatched against. Want your best arm moving you to 2-0 or keeping your season alive. 

That makes no sense. If you're overmatched then you aren't winning and will not be 2-0

[Valmy77 13225]

Grand Canyon? So you got western Oral Roberts

 

[HenryJames 66035]

Four seed talk not going away.

[Rickylovesweed 14262]

We got a really good draw if we can just beat Air Force. 

Dallas Baptist as a 2 is a gift. They've really struggled to end the year. Finished with 4 losses, 1 tie, and 1 win in the last 6 games. 

['stache 21791]

Not a bad draw all things considered after flailing to end the season. Arky will be tough, their fans will be insufferable.

[Hookem2147 21188]

Just now, Rickylovesweed said:

We got a really good draw if we can just beat Air Force. 

Dallas Baptist as a 2 is a gift. They've really struggled to end the year. Finished with 4 losses, 1 tie, and 1 win in the last 6 games. 

Believe LA Tech is the 2 seed with DBU the 3.

[Horny Bull 2759]

Vandy gets shipped to Corvallis. Ouch.

[Rickylovesweed 14262]

Just now, Hookem2147 said:

Believe LA Tech is the 2 seed with DBU the 3.

Oops you're right. But still a very favorable draw. 

We could have got a much tougher 2 IMO. 

[zlavydra 2119]

Wonder if WV pitcher who struck out Ivan in the 3rd inning of a tie game is still celebrating?

[chase25 2048]

Grand Canyon over NC State is pretty bad… Like really bad

[Rockethorn1978 6072]

Damn miss st has a tough draw!

[LTtxfan 49142]

Glad Texas is hosting.

Have yourself a big regional Ivan!!! 🤘

[BERT 4358]

5 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

Four seed talk not going away.

Technically it's Four and One seed talk. 

[Horny Bull 2759]

 

[Beau Vine 54205]

27 minutes ago, Horny Bull said:

Texas Tech gets Ga Southern.

 

27 minutes ago, zlavydra said:

Don't see GA Southern making it out of that one.  

That's a brutal regional.  One regional gets the Campbell Camels as their 3-seed.  One gets Tech, plus Notre Dame as a 2.  Something's wrong with that.  

Aggy's regional looks even more brutal.  

[Rickylovesweed 14262]

Yeah, the aggy regional is not easy. 

 

[Guest]

(1) Knoxville (Tenn.) Regional

Friday's Games

No. 1 Tennessee (53-7) vs. No. 4 Alabama State (34-23)

No. 2 Georgia Tech (34-22) vs. No. 3 Campbell (40-17)

(16) Statesboro (Ga.) Regional

Friday's Games

No. 1 Georgia Southern (40-18) vs. No. 4 UNC Greensboro (34-28)

No. 2 Notre Dame (35-14) vs. No. 3 Texas Tech (37-20) 

(2) Stanford (Calif.) Regional

Friday's Games

No. 1 Stanford (41-14) vs. No. 4 Binghamton (22-28)

No. 2 Texas State (45-12) vs. No. 3 UC Santa Barbara (43-12)

(15) College Park (Md.) Regional

Friday's Games

No. 1 Maryland (45-12) vs. Long Island (37-19)

No. 2 Wake Forest (40-17-1) vs. No. 3 UConn (46-13)

(3) Corvallis (Ore.) Regional

Friday's Games

No. 1 Oregon State (44-15) vs. No. 4 New Mexico State (24-32)

No. 2 Vanderbilt (36-21) vs. No. 3 San Diego (36-18)

(14) Auburn (Ala.) Regional

Friday's Games

No. 1 Auburn (37-19) vs. No. 4 SE Louisiana (30-29)

No. 2 UCLA (38-22) vs. No. 3 Florida State (33-23)

(4) Blacksburg (Va.) Regional

Friday's Games

No. 1 Virginia Tech (41-12) vs. No. 4 Wright State (30-25)

No. 2 Gonzaga (36-17) vs.  No. 3 Columbia (30-16)

(13) Gainesville (Fla.) Regional

Friday's Games

No. 1 Florida (39-22) vs. No. 4 Central Michigan (42-17)

No. 2 Oklahoma (37-20) vs. No. 3 Liberty (37-21)

(5) College Station (Texas) Regional

Friday's Games

No. 1 Texas A&M (37-18) vs. No. 4 Oral Roberts (38-18)

No. 2 TCU (36-20) vs. No. 3 Louisiana (36-21)

(12) Louisville (Ky.) Regional

Friday's Games

No. 1 Louisville (38-18-1) vs. No. 4 SEMO (37-20)

No. 2 Oregon (35-23) No. 3 Michigan (32-26)

(6) Coral Gables (Fla.) Regional

Friday's Games

No. 1 Miami (39-18) vs. No. 4 Canisius (29-23)

No. 2 Arizona (37-23) vs. No. 3 Ole Miss (32-22)

(11) Hattiesburg (Miss.) Regional

Friday's Games

No. 1 Southern Miss (43-16) vs. No. 4 Army (31-23)

No. 2 LSU (38-20)  vs. No. 3 Kennesaw State (35-26)

(7) Stillwater (Okla.) Regional

Friday's Games

No. 1 Oklahoma State (39-20) vs. Missouri State (30-27)

No. 2 Arkansas (38-18) vs. No. 3 Grand Canyon (41-19)

(10) Chapel Hill (N.C.) Regional

Friday's Games

No. 1 North Carolina (38-19) vs. No. 4 Hofstra (30-21)

No. 2 Georgia (35-21) No. 3 VCU (40-18)

(8)Greenville (N.C.) Regional

Friday's Games

No. 1 East Carolina (42-18) vs. No. 4 Coppin State (24-28)

No. 2 Virginia (38-17) vs. No. 3 Coastal Carolina (36-18-1)

(9) Austin (Texas) Regional

Friday's Games

No. 1 Texas (42-19) vs. Air Force (30-27)

No. 2  Louisiana Tech (42-19) vs. No. 3 Dallas Baptist (34-22-1)

[Saint Tacky 1614]

What games did aggy cancel l?

[Beau Vine 54205]

Jeez, the SEC may have gotten overseeded, but they got some really tough draws.  I think aggy has the toughest regional in the country 1-4; if not aggy, then UF.  1-3, the toughest might be Auburn, maybe Maryland.  Plus Vandy getting shipped to Corvallis.

[Valmy77 13225]

Those teams don't have much of a fanbase. We should have a pretty dominant home field advantage next weekend.

[Js1 85262]

1 minute ago, Beau Vine said:

Jeez, the SEC may have gotten overseeded, but they got some really tough draws.  I think aggy has the toughest regional in the country 1-4; if not aggy, then UF.  1-3, the toughest might be Auburn, maybe Maryland.  Plus Vandy getting shipped to Corvallis.

If I was on my computer, I’d do the work to rank the regional by W/L and RPI average (and RPI average of the top 3) but my ass ain’t doing work today 

[Spencer 104]

44 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

What a gift seed to aggy.  I hope they choke at home.

Surely you jest... That's easily one of the toughest draws.

[Steamboat1874 4048]

What happened to Thursday-Saturday regionals?

No way Hansen does not start against Air Force.

Zero.

[Dewey 3286]

Auburn regional,  Tigers went from elation to "you kidding me?

 

[Valmy77 13225]

9 minutes ago, Saint Tacky said:

What games did aggy cancel l?

Some midweek game late in the year. TCU did the same thing. Tarleton State or somebody like that.

[Rickylovesweed 14262]

2 minutes ago, Spencer said:

Surely you jest... That's easily one of the toughest draws.

It is. 

2 seed (Big 12 champions)

3 seed (ULL beat two top 15 teams just this weekend)

4 seed (Oral Roberts is one of the toughest 4s)

As stated above, you can make an argument that aggy got the toughest draw 1-4. Maybe the NCAA did punish them for their bullshit but it just wasn't based on the seeding. 

Edited May 30, 2022 by Rickylovesweed

[oSuJeff97 3435]

Honestly shocked we ended up with a national seed, but I’ll take it.

Our draw is pretty tough - Arky, Grand Canyon… even Missouri State can sneak up on you.

Saw they put TCU in College Station. Hopefully we get the annual “TCU shatters Aggy dreams” situation again.

[hobbes2702 13028]

3 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

What happened to Thursday-Saturday regionals?

No way Hansen does not start against Air Force.

Zero.

Gordon is probably starting against Air Force. 

[Valmy77 13225]

We will cruise to 2-0 behind Gordon, Hansen and our offense. Then we will be vulnerable. Need to hit.

[Pato del Muerto 52485]

Just now, Valmy77 said:

We will cruise to 2-0 behind Gordon, Hansen and our offense. Then we will be vulnerable. Need to hit.

If we don’t start 2-0 we are in some fucking trouble I know that. 

[Steamboat1874 4048]

3 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

Gordon is probably starting against Air Force. 

No way

They pounded our pitching earlier this year.

While Gordon is fine you cannot risk not throwing your ace in game one against them.

it will be Hansen and then Gordon in game 2.

[TrashMaster G 17539]

26 minutes ago, Horny Bull said:

16 national seeds. Yep.

[Valmy77 13225]

7 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

If we don’t start 2-0 we are in some fucking trouble I know that. 

Oh yeah. We cannot lose a Hansen or Gordon start the rest of the way or we are finished.

['stache 21791]

Yeah, I've been really confused. I thought the national seeds were the top 8, but the term has been used these last days for the host sites, including by the NCAA itself and the talking heads.

[chase25 2048]

5 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

No way

They pounded our pitching earlier this year.

While Gordon is fine you cannot risk not throwing your ace in game one against them.

it will be Hansen and then Gordon in game 2.

I would be utterly shocked if Pierce threw Hansen game 1, not to mention it would be stupid when you have Lucas Gordon who is just as capable

[Beau Vine 54205]

 

[tejas60 3532]

6 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

No way

They pounded our pitching earlier this year.

While Gordon is fine you cannot risk not throwing your ace in game one against them.

it will be Hansen and then Gordon in game 2.

the pitching they pounded will not be seeing action against them in game 1:

[oSuJeff97 3435]

1 minute ago, 'stache said:

Yeah, I've been really confused. I thought the national seeds were the top 8, but the term has been used these last days for the host sites, including by the NCAA itself and the talking heads.

Yeah maybe they just use it in general to describe the hosts?

But the “top 8 national seeds” host Supers if they win?

[TrashMaster G 17539]

8 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

No way

They pounded our pitching earlier this year.

While Gordon is fine you cannot risk not throwing your ace in game one against them.

it will be Hansen and then Gordon in game 2.

Perspective is important: they pounded our mid-week pitching, not our frontline starters.

[Levi 2585]

1 minute ago, tejas60 said:

the pitching they pounded will not be seeing action against them in game 1:

Yep. They got a bunch of their runs and hits off of guys that won’t see a ton of action this regional. Hopefully. 

[Herpa Derpa 6123]

13 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

We will cruise to 2-0 behind Gordon, Hansen and our offense. Then we will be vulnerable. Need to hit.

I liked your story at first, but then it took a turn and I didn't like it anymore.

[Valmy77 13225]

Shocking that Nixon and Sthele were involved.

[Hookem2147 21188]

We will have to find a way to get some runs against Skenes. He is legit and the type of guy we’ve struck out 13 times against this year.

[Js1 85262]

5 minutes ago, oSuJeff97 said:

Yeah maybe they just use it in general to describe the hosts?

But the “top 8 national seeds” host Supers if they win?

Maybe we should refer to the top 8 as “super seeds” since they host supers? I personally always say “seeded teams” for top 16 and “national seeds” for top 8.