NCAA Baseball Tourney Selection: UGH!

by The Boy on May 26, 2008 12:04 PM CDT in News

Well, the good news is, Mizzou got a 2-seed in the NCAA Tourney. The bad news is, they got the last 2-seed, meaning they're going to #1 overall seed Miami-FL's region. Goodie. The whole region is as follows:

1 Miami-FL (#1) vs 4 Bethune-Cookman
2 Missouri vs 3 Ole Miss

Other Big 12 teams...

Stillwater Region

1 Oklahoma State vs 4 Western Kentucky
2 Wichita State vs 3 TCU

Lincoln Region

1 Nebraska vs 4 Eastern Illinois
2 UC Irvine vs 3 Oral Roberts

Houston Region

1 Rice vs 4 Sam Houston State
2 Texas vs 3 St. John's

College Station Region

1 Texas A&M vs 4 UI-Chicago
2 Dallas Baptist vs 3 Houston

Tempe Region

1 Arizona State vs 4 Stony Brook
2 Vanderbilt vs 3 Oklahoma

No Big 12 team got one of the Top 8 national seeds, which is a bit surprising to me. The entire bracket can be found here.

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The #2 is just as good in most of these regionals

Vandy, who's been without Pedro Alvarez for a lot of the season is a 2, Texas has been HOT and they are in Houston, Nubs have sucked hind teat and UC Irvine was my favorite CWS team last year. Mizzou has a shot. BC looked pretty good in ESPN U when I saw them earlier this season. Miami is tough though.

by Big Head on May 26, 2008 1:19 PM CDT 0 recs

BC has one really good pitcher...

...and it would be fantastic if he could slow Miami down a bit in that first game.

by The Boy on May 26, 2008 2:45 PM CDT up 0 recs

If we get a good performance out of our starter..

against Ole Miss, we might be in decent shape to give Miami a run for their money with Crow. Good pitching usually beats good hitting...

So, if you're Tim Jamieson, do you pitch Gibson against Ole Miss and hope you don't lose? Or do you throw Berger/Zagone and save Gibson in case you lose? I'd probably throw Gibson and play like you're going to win the opener...

by UribeAuction on May 26, 2008 7:46 PM CDT 0 recs

Honestly, I'd say the safe money...

...is on him throwing Crow against Ole Miss simply because it's soooooooo hard to win coming out of the loser's bracket. Granted, we did it a couple of years ago, but that doesn't mean it's the optimal situation.

by The Boy on May 26, 2008 8:30 PM CDT up 0 recs

You may be right...

But either way, it's going to be hard to win this regional. I think throwing Gibson against Ole Miss and then Crow against Miami gives us the best shot at winning the regional. Beating Miami is going to be essential, of course, and I'd rather have Crow go against them than Gibson, Berger, or Zagone.

by UribeAuction on May 26, 2008 10:38 PM CDT up 0 recs