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[Quaoarsking]

6 SEC teams in the top 8

[Quaoarsking]

1 Vanderbilt (1)
2 Louisville
3 East Tennessee State
4 Wright State

Like I was saying yesterday, wild how somebody's going to get us as their 3, and somebody's going to get East Tennessee State...

[Quaoarsking]

1 Southern Miss (16)
2 Alabama
3 Miami
4 Columbia

Was hoping for Hattiesburg. Oh well.

[Quaoarsking]

3 seed in Tallahassee

1 Florida State (9)
2 Northeastern
3 Mississippi State
4 Bethune-Cookman

[ZedFedder]

Tallahassee once again.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Back in Tallahassee. And we get Northeastern. I love that draw.

We may hit 194858384293 HRs in that stadium this weekend. Northeastern has not played a team like us.

[ScoobaDawg]

We are in. 3 seed fsu. Playing northeastern. Hottest team in baseball supposedly

[Coursesuper]

Shitty draw again in the postseason this year.

[Quaoarsking]

1 Oregon State (8)
2 TCU
3 USC
4 St. Mary's

If we can win our Regional, we'd face the winner of this one.

[Quaoarsking]

Shitty draw again in the postseason this year.

How? Do you really think Northeastern is one of the 32 best teams in the country?

[DownwardDawg]

I like it. Hattiesburg is gross.

[StarkVegasSteve]

How? Do you really think Northeastern is one of the 32 best teams in the country?

They have played 5 P4 teams and no weekend series against them. Also consider this, they are used to playing in the northeast and are about to head to Tallahassee where the humidity will be sitting at around 105. I think they wilt pretty quickly. They remind me of Fairfield a few years ago when everyone thought they were going to make a run because they led the country in wins.

[Quaoarsking]

Not that 4 seeds are usually a concern, but we probably have one of the 3 weakest teams in the entire field as our 4 in Bethune Cookman (SWAC). So if we do ever face them in a loser's bracket game, we should feel safe pitching Sullivan saving Siary/Ligon for a later game.

And Northeastern had a good year, but come on, every single player on their roster would have transferred to a power conference school if they'd had the chance.

"That's baseball" still applies and we could obviously lose a game to either of them, but will be pretty surprised if we come in 3rd or especially 4th in this Regional.

[Coursesuper]

How? Do you really think Northeastern is one of the 32 best teams in the country?

What I?m saying is we?re are set in as a mid 3 seed, never even got close to the 2 line.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Florida is going to drag nuts over their bracket.

[StarkVegasSteve]

This thing may turn into the SEC Invitational real quick. All the SEC teams have great draws so far.

[Quaoarsking]

What I?m saying is we?re are set in as a mid 3 seed, never even got close to the 2 line.

I'd rather play as a 3 with Northeastern and Bethune Cookman than as a 2 with a major conference 3 and a non-terrible 4.

[Ranchdawg]

I like it. Hattiesburg is gross.

I agree I wouldn’t want any part of the Hattiesburg regional.

[Quaoarsking]

Kentucky is in. I think that's it for Virginia and Troy.

[Tater]

What I?m saying is we?re are set in as a mid 3 seed, never even got close to the 2 line.

Committee doesn't match up things like that. They do 16 2-seeds, 3-seeds, and 4-seeds. And then they just match things up based on location / conference / etc.

I feel like there's always a 6-12 seed host that has a 2 seed that was 18 overall, a 3 seed that was 34 overall, and a 4 seed that was 50 overall. And on the flip side a 6-12 seed host that has a 2 seed that was 30 overall, a 3 seed that was 45 overall, and a 4 seed that was 62 overall.

[ZedFedder]

Virginia did not make it in.

[Pancho]

tick tock

[DownwardDawg]

Virginia did not make it in.

I was surprised. Especially when I saw some of the teams that did make it. I didn't think they would get left out just because they didn't play FSU due to a school shooting.

[basedog]

Virginia is Fixn decide if they want to commit to baseball.

[mparkerfd20]

Hello Omaha. If we have even a decent team this is the easiest draw we've had in 25 years.

[Tater]

Hello Omaha. If we have even a decent team this is the easiest draw we've had in 25 years.

2021 was easier.

[StarkVegasSteve]

2021 was easier.

We had to get past Notre Dame, who may have been a top 5 team at the end of the year.

[DownwardDawg]

We had to get past Notre Dame, who may have been a top 5 team at the end of the year.

Yes. Best hitting team in the nation at the time. Most thought they would beat us.

[vv83]

Nice opportunity for us to scout the Northeastern roster for transfers

[KOdawg1]

Northeastern doesn't scare me. They pitch it well but they have average hitters and haven't played anyone.

Florida State is pretty good though. That won't be easy.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Nice opportunity for us to scout the Northeastern roster for transfers

Yes. Easier when you host. They can see your stadium and the Mississippi females.

[confucius say]

NE is 40-4 vs quad 3/4
For reference, we are 23-1

[confucius say]

We will be the highest rpi team NE has played this year. Our rpi is 35.

[HoopsDawg]

Any time you can avoid the SEC on the way to Omaha it's a good thing.

[Todd4State]

Northeastern doesn't scare me. They pitch it well but they have average hitters and haven't played anyone.

Florida State is pretty good though. That won't be easy.

I'm more worried about their base running. For obvious reasons!

[Todd4State]

NE is 40-4 vs quad 3/4
For reference, we are 23-1

I believe that loss was to South Carolina if I remember correctly.

[StarkVegasSteve]

I'm more worried about their base running. For obvious reasons!

Which is probably why we will end up having to start Pico on Friday. I think we gorilla ball Northeastern on Friday.

[Quaoarsking]

Which is probably why we will end up having to start Pico on Friday. I think we gorilla ball Northeastern on Friday.

I think that's fine. Save Siary for Florida State and hope has a performance like he did against Ole Miss.

[StarkVegasSteve]

I think that's fine. Save Siary for Florida State and hope has a performance like he did against Ole Miss.

That's the only way we win. Unless we just go 2018 team in the last two days of that regional and Gorilla Ball people to death. I think we hit like 6 HRs in our last 3 games and scored like 30 runs.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Draft Kings Odds


For Tallahassee Regional:

Florida State -110
Northeastern +250 (Not a typo, Draft Kings has us equal to win the regional)
Miss State +250
Beth-Cook +5000

To Make Omaha by Bracket

1. Vandy +120
2. USM + 450
3. Bama + 475
4. Louis + 750

1. OSU + 250
2. TCU + 275
3. FSU + 265
4. MSU +425 (4th most likely team to make Omaha in a pool of 8! Not horrible odds.)

1. UNC -110
2. Ore +170
3. OU + 700
4. Arz +800

1. AUB +135
2. CC + 250
3. UF +300 (seems like value)
4. NCSU + 500

1. Tex +145
2. UCLA + 265
3. UTSA + 500
4. UCI +700

1 UGA + 105
2 OM +380 (seems like value)
3 GT + 425
4 Duke +500

1. LSU -115
2. DBU +310
3. Clem + 400 (I thought they were good-ish?)
4. WV +700

1. Ark -160
2. Ten +165 (seems they are a clutch program that will eat choke-prone Arkansas alive)
3. WF +850
4. KU +850 (Dan Fitzgerald can make himself a legend here)

[StarkVegasSteve]

Just looking at the stats from FSU, this is the typical FSU team. Gaudy HR numbers, but also gaudy K numbers. Good, but not unbeatable. Maybe it's previous history, but I really like our chances in this regional for some reason. For a 3 seed, I think we got a hell of a draw in a ballpark that plays to our strengths.

[Tater]

Just looking at the stats from FSU, this is the typical FSU team. Gaudy HR numbers, but also gaudy K numbers. Good, but not unbeatable. Maybe it's previous history, but I really like our chances in this regional for some reason. For a 3 seed, I think we got a hell of a draw in a ballpark that plays to our strengths.

It is very much 2018 vibes. I smell a 20 run game coming up for someone this regional. Who's got their bananas ready?