Texas Softball 2024 - Farewell to the Big 12 (and back to OKC?)

[bschoolprof 6232]

I don't really get conference tournaments. To me, the season ended last week.  I get the seeding implications and all but that seems more appropriate for bubble teams. 

Anyway, on to the real playoffs.  

OU has to be the favorite for the natty, yet again.  They get nothing but home games from here on out, and they have the experience and the pitching.

We still have shaky defense at times and get utterly annihilated against good pitching.   

Maybe Mike can use this loss and OU's rah rah bullshit to fire the team up.  We need to play with intensity in these big games.  We have to get on good teams early.  It's a must.  

[TheBryMan81 2495]

39 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Starting next year, the conference tournament won't be an annual set of home games for OU. Thankfully

But the WCWS will. They're always going to have that home field advantage and we are going to have to beat them there.

[The_Great_Hornsby 3319]

1 hour ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

OSU throwing all but gave them a bye to this game, but Baylor wasn't any better...

OU still sucks.

FIFY

[Js1 85056]

Selection Day bracketology I just saw -

1 Texas - hosting Utah, St. Francis PA and the winner of the Horizon League tournament (Cleveland St. or Northern Kentucky)
16 Baylor (hosting TXST)

2 OU - 15 Alabama
8 LSU - 9 Stanford
7 UCLA - 10 Missouri
4 OKST - 13 aggy (hosting BYU)
3 Tennessee - 14 Louisiana (hosting Texas Tech)
5 Florida (hosting FSU and UCF) - 12 Georgia
6 Duke  - 11 Arkansas

Big 12: Texas, OU, OKST, Baylor, UCF, BYU, Texas Tech.  Kansas has played their way out (RPI 49) with no really good wins (1 win over aggy).  
UCF - RPI 43, won 2/3 versus Kansas, 9 top 50 wins
BYU - RPI 47, has 2 wins over OKT and a win over OU, 8 top 50 wins, swept KU
Tech - RPI 40, 2 good wins over TXST and Baylor, 8 top 50 wins, took 2/3 from KU

KU is the odd one out because they dropped the series to all 3 of the other Big 12 bubble teams. 

Baylor has 5 top 25 wins, and  their 2 wins over top 10 teams (Mizzou, UCLA) may be what gets them the last hosting bid.  
 

If chalk, WCWS would be:

Bracket 1 - Texas, LSU, OKST, Florida 
Bracket 2 - OU, UCLA, Tennessee, Duke

[bschoolprof 6232]

If true, our regional is a cake walk.  But OK state and LSU in our bracket in WCWS versus UCLA and Duke for OU looks no bueno to me.  Although UCLA is a much different team now than when we run ruled them.  

[Cairn Horn88 8148]

Think they intentionally kept Texas and OU apart, but giving us OKST is tough as well.  

[Js1 85056]

17 minutes ago, bschoolprof said:

If true, our regional is a cake walk.  But OK state and LSU in our bracket in WCWS versus UCLA and Duke for OU looks no bueno to me.  Although UCLA is a much different team now than when we run ruled them.  

Oh I’d hate that draw for us. Like ouch, and OU would cakewalk to the finals with the lack of offense by Duke and Tennessee 

[Pancho 44358]

1 hour ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

Think they intentionally kept Texas and OU apart, but giving us OKST is tough as well.  

Well it’s also not the final bracket. It’s just a guess. 

[Js1 85056]

2 hours ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

Think they intentionally kept Texas and OU apart, but giving us OKST is tough as well.  

Unless OU falls to 4/5, we will be kept separate from them. They are no worse than 3 and likely #2

Final D1 softball bracket: 

The Field

* denotes automatic bid

D1Softball Projected Field of 64: May 12, 2024
AUSTIN	COLLEGE STATION
1. Texas (1)	1. Texas A&M (16)
4. Siena*	4. Princeton*
2. Northwestern	2. Texas State*
3. Boston*	3. Texas Tech
NORMAN	TALLAHASSEE
1. Oklahoma* (2)	1. Florida State (15)
4. Northern Colorado*	4. Villanova*
2. Oregon	2. Mississippi State
3. Penn State	3. Florida Gulf Coast*
KNOXVILLE	LAFAYETTE
1. Tennessee (3)	1. Louisiana (14)
4. Big South champ*	4. Albany*
2. Virginia	2. Baylor
3. Miami Ohio*	3. Ole Miss
GAINESVILLE	TUSCALOOSA
1. Florida* (4)	1. Alabama (13)
4. Horizon League champ*	4. Chattanooga*
2. Washington	2. Clemson
3. UCF	3. South Alabama
BATON ROUGE	FAYETTEVILLE
1. LSU (5)	1. Arkansas (12)
4. Jackson State*	4. Southeast Missouri*
2. Arizona	2. California
3. Southeastern LA*	3. Indiana
STILLWATER	ATHENS
1. Oklahoma State (6)	1. Georgia (11)
4. Dayton*	4. UNC Wilmington*
2. Utah	2. Charlotte*
3. Saint Francis*	3. Michigan*
LOS ANGELES	COLUMBIA
1. UCLA* (7)	1. Missouri (10)
4. Grand Canyon*	4. Omaha*
2. Kentucky	2. Virginia Tech
3. San Diego State*	3. Southern Illinois*
PALO ALTO	DURHAM
1. Stanford (8)	1. Duke* (9)
4. Saint Mary's*	4. Morgan State*
2. Auburn	2. South Carolina
3. Cal State Fullerton*	3. Liberty*

[bschoolprof 6232]

 

[TrashMaster G 17379]

1 hour ago, Js1 said:

Unless OU falls to 4/5, we will be kept separate from them. They are no worse than 3 and likely #2

Final D1 softball bracket: 

The Field

* denotes automatic bid

D1Softball Projected Field of 64: May 12, 2024
AUSTIN	COLLEGE STATION
1. Texas (1)	1. Texas A&M (16)
4. Siena*	4. Princeton*
2. Northwestern	2. Texas State*
3. Boston*	3. Texas Tech
NORMAN	TALLAHASSEE
1. Oklahoma* (2)	1. Florida State (15)
4. Northern Colorado*	4. Villanova*
2. Oregon	2. Mississippi State
3. Penn State	3. Florida Gulf Coast*
KNOXVILLE	LAFAYETTE
1. Tennessee (3)	1. Louisiana (14)
4. Big South champ*	4. Albany*
2. Virginia	2. Baylor
3. Miami Ohio*	3. Ole Miss
GAINESVILLE	TUSCALOOSA
1. Florida* (4)	1. Alabama (13)
4. Horizon League champ*	4. Chattanooga*
2. Washington	2. Clemson
3. UCF	3. South Alabama
BATON ROUGE	FAYETTEVILLE
1. LSU (5)	1. Arkansas (12)
4. Jackson State*	4. Southeast Missouri*
2. Arizona	2. California
3. Southeastern LA*	3. Indiana
STILLWATER	ATHENS
1. Oklahoma State (6)	1. Georgia (11)
4. Dayton*	4. UNC Wilmington*
2. Utah	2. Charlotte*
3. Saint Francis*	3. Michigan*
LOS ANGELES	COLUMBIA
1. UCLA* (7)	1. Missouri (10)
4. Grand Canyon*	4. Omaha*
2. Kentucky	2. Virginia Tech
3. San Diego State*	3. Southern Illinois*
PALO ALTO	DURHAM
1. Stanford (8)	1. Duke* (9)
4. Saint Mary's*	4. Morgan State*
2. Auburn	2. South Carolina
3. Cal State Fullerton*	3. Liberty*

I'd be ok with this.

[perfectchaos007 6593]

What time is the bracket reveal?

[Js1 85056]

2 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

What time is the bracket reveal?

6

[Js1 85056]

Truly feels like they want a Texas super regional to feature two Texas schools, so I expect one of aggy, TXST or Baylor to be 16. 

[Js1 85056]

#1 overall seed, bitches 

Texas

Siena

Saint Francis PA

Northwestern 

Edited May 12 by Js1

[Js1 85056]

Texas plays Friday afternoon on LHN

[TexasIsBetter 275]

Northwestern as our two feels like fuckery is afoot

[Js1 85056]

1 minute ago, TexasIsBetter said:

Northwestern as our two feels like fuckery is afoot

The B1G was absolutely garbage this year.  Regular season champ with an RPI around 30

Fuckery would have been TXST to be honest 

[D3zii 3637]

2 minutes ago, Js1 said:

The B1G was absolutely garbage this year.  Regular season champ with an RPI around 30

Fuckery would have been TXST to be honest 

Or Michigan or Miami (Ohio) 

 

think we lucked out with NW

Edited May 12 by D3zii

[Js1 85056]

OU 2, Tenn 3, Florida 4, OKST 5

OU gets 52 winner Boston

OKST gets Michigan (B1G tournament champs) and Kentucky

[TexasIsBetter 275]

3 minutes ago, Js1 said:

The B1G was absolutely garbage this year.  Regular season champ with an RPI around 30

Fuckery would have been TXST to be honest 

Fair enough. I don't know enough about them. I guess I remember them being in the WCWS recently.

Fuck it. Bring on everyone

[Js1 85056]

6 minutes ago, Js1 said:

OU 2, Tenn 3, Florida 4, OKST 5

OU gets 52 winner Boston

OKST gets Michigan (B1G tournament champs) and Kentucky

UCLA 6, 7 Missouri, 8 Stanford

Duke shunned bc of lack of top 10 wins, same with LSU due to finishing 8th in the SEC

So far, not seeing too many issues for the top seeds except maybe Tenn (bc Miami OH can hit) 

3 minutes ago, TexasIsBetter said:

Fair enough. I don't know enough about them. I guess I remember them being in the WCWS recently.

Fuck it. Bring on everyone

They graduated the player that got them to OKC (Danielle Williams)

Edited May 12 by Js1

[Js1 85056]

Potential WCWS brackets

Texas, Florida, OKST, Stanford

OU, Tenn, UCLA, Mizzou

Reese gets the first interview!

[Pato del Muerto 52321]

I think they want tx/ou or osu/ou in the final so not surprised osu ended up on our side and ou on the other. 

[Js1 85056]

9 LSU

10 Duke

11 Georgia

12 Arkansas

Still waiting on some Big 12 teams to be called, as well as TXST

[Js1 85056]

Lol aggy is going to be 16

[WBT 20397]

Just now, Js1 said:

Lol aggy is going to be 16

the ncaa is so predictable

[Underdog 28437]

Go Great Danes! 

[D3zii 3637]

Texas A&M had a tough regional with Texas State & Penn State 

[Pato del Muerto 52321]

With us going to the sec, why do they still care about aligning us in postseason tournaments?  There’s no longer any novelty to it 

[Js1 85056]

13 Louisiana, ft Baylor

14 Bama

15 FSU, ft UCF

16 aggy, ft TXST and Penn State 

Man, TXST could take that one! That’s a tough regional for aggy 

No Tech or BYU

Just now, Pato del Muerto said:

With us going to the sec, why do they still care about aligning us in postseason tournaments?  There’s no longer any novelty to it 

I hope it blows up in their faces and TXST wins 

[Js1 85056]

BYU and Tech first four out 

[Cairn Horn88 8148]

Just now, Js1 said:

BYU and Tech first four out 

Tech played their way out.

[Js1 85056]

Just now, Cairn Horn88 said:

Tech played their way out.

Texas knocked their asses out, you mean 

[Js1 85056]

Committee was slacking, only 1 potential SEC-SEC super matchup

(1) Texas v. (16) Texas A&M
(2) Oklahoma v. (15) Florida State 
(3) Tennessee v. (14) Alabama
(4) Florida v. (13) Louisiana
(5) Oklahoma State v. (12) Arkansas
(6) UCLA v. (11) Georgia
(7) Missouri v. (10) Duke
(8) Stanford v. (9) LSU

[Js1 85056]

Duke - played nobody, hence no top 8 (mostly Q3/4 games)

LSU - finished the season poorly, so got booted from top 8

Cant believe no one asked how Bama got a top 16 seed as a team that finished 10-14 in SEC play

[perfectchaos007 6593]

Only 4 teams from Texas made the tournament. Florida has 5 teams, and California has 6 teams in

[TrashMaster G 17379]

44 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

With us going to the sec, why do they still care about aligning us in postseason tournaments?  There’s no longer any novelty to it 

The NCAA had to do it one last time. They were not going to miss the opportunity. 

[Js1 85056]

The final top 16 RPI teams = top 16 hosts (in different order)

Top 10 wins and how you finished the season was how they determined 1-8 

[Js1 85056]

FRI MAY 19

Siena v. 1 Texas 4PM LHN

St. Francis v. Northwestern 6:30PM ESPN+

SAT MAY 20

TBD v. TBD 1PM TBD

TBD v. TBD 3:30PM TBD

TBD v. TBD 6PM TBD

SUN MAY 21

TBD v. TBD

TBD v. TBD

[bschoolprof 6232]

Trying not to be too debbie downer, but if we make it to the WCWS (which I think we all fully expect), I could easily see us dropping one to Canady and then Kilfoyl (as we did during the season), and then our season is over.  But whatever, if you want to be the best, you gotta beat great pitching.  I just don't trust our bats against top notch pitching.  We tend to go into a shell and swing like idiots.  

Also, while it's hard to bitch about the #1 seed, I will.  At the super level, I see why the committee gave us A&M, but that matchup is kinda bullshit when you consider, say, Tennessee draws fucking Alabama, who finished like 9th in the conference.  Their RPIs are similar, but I watched some bammer games this year and they are not very good.  Plus A&M took 2/3 from them at their place.  Oh well.  Just win.

[Js1 85056]

7 minutes ago, bschoolprof said:

Trying not to be too debbie downer, but if we make it to the WCWS (which I think we all fully expect), I could easily see us dropping one to Canady and then Kilfoyl (as we did during the season), and then our season is over.  But whatever, if you want to be the best, you gotta beat great pitching.  I just don't trust our bats against top notch pitching.  We tend to go into a shell and swing like idiots.  

Also, while it's hard to bitch about the #1 seed, I will.  At the super level, I see why the committee gave us A&M, but that matchup is kinda bullshit when you consider, say, Tennessee draws fucking Alabama, who finished like 9th in the conference.  Their RPIs are similar, but I watched some bammer games this year and they are not very good.  Plus A&M took 2/3 from them at their place.  Oh well.  Just win.

Aggy being 16 was BS. It should be Bama or TXST hosting instead of Bama

Itll be interesting to see us in OKC. Scary but hey, if we want to win it, we have to go through some damn good pitchers. Every team will. OU would have to go through Pickens and Gotschall and the Mizzou staff is pretty good too

[bschoolprof 6232]

Mitchell and Simpson win the most animated reaction award. Stewie with the most composed response (seems on brand). Best reaction is the dog with the UT jersey trying to figure out why everyone is yelling. Lulz. 

[Js1 85056]

The bad news - I'm out of the country until next Tuesday, so regional coverage will fall to y'all.  I'll do my best to follow along, especially for our regional, but I'm probably SOL on watching and keeping up in real time. 

I have failed you all. 

[TrashMaster G 17379]

1 minute ago, Js1 said:

The bad news - I'm out of the country until next Tuesday, so regional coverage will fall to y'all.  I'll do my best to follow along, especially for our regional, but I'm probably SOL on watching and keeping up in real time. 

I have failed you all. 

Terrible planning on your part.

[Js1 85056]

Well if you got a VPN recommendation so I can access ESPN+, I can do better.  I'll only be an hour ahead. 

[torre 1284]

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

 

 

 

 

[perfectchaos007 6593]

18 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Well if you got a VPN recommendation so I can access ESPN+, I can do better.  I'll only be an hour ahead. 

Back to Mexico City? I wish my job sent me there on work trips 

[Js1 85056]

3 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Back to Mexico City? I wish my job sent me there on work trips 

Not this time. French Canada

[GJ Winne 166]

17 hours ago, Js1 said:

Fuckery would have been TXST to be honest 

The committee is terrible, but putting the 20 RPI at the #1 would have been way worse than what they did.

17 hours ago, D3zii said:

Texas A&M had a tough regional with Texas State & Penn State 

TXST went 4-0 vs aTm and PSU in the regular season.  Nice to see aggy get screwed, but we got screwed more.

How the fuck is Bama hosting as a 14 seed when they went under 4 games under .500 in conference?  Complete bullshit.