Regional Projections for MSU

[CadaverDawg]

Thought we could start a thread where we can post Regional projections as they come out or are updated. Feel free to add to the list or comment on where you think we end up. I'm looking forward to seeing where we go and how well we compete

Here's one that has us as a 2 seed in Clemson

http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/baseball/bracketology

[confucius say]

Clemson has been on a near auburn like free fall so I'm good with that

[CadaverDawg]

Clemson has been on a near auburn like free fall so I'm good with that

Yea, I love it so much that it won't happen. Ha

I just don't want to have to go out West, so I feel like we'll definitely be going out West

ETA: Clemson has lost 11 of their last 16

[yjnkdawg]

Yea, I love it so much that it won't happen. Ha

I just don't want to have to go out West, so I feel like we'll definitely be going out West


Agree CD. If OM makes it in then they need to see the Pacific Ocean.

[CadaverDawg]

Agree CD. If OM makes it in then they need to see the Pacific Ocean.

Every projection lately has them as a 3 seed in Hattiesburg or an ACC Regional. But I agree with you

[msbulldog]

They have Mississippi at USM, I would be surprised if Mississippi gets an invite. I hope we get that spot, easy travel, tremendous home advantage. Games that we don't play USM we will fill it up, and when we play the Buzzards, I bet we are 50% or more of the crowd.

[Mimi's Babies]

They have Mississippi at USM, I would be surprised if Mississippi gets an invite. I hope we get that spot, easy travel, tremendous home advantage. Games that we don't play USM we will fill it up, and when we play the Buzzards, I bet we are 50% or more of the crowd.

I would love to see MSU play in the berg.... I would travel along with many others from this area.... Lots of $$$$$$$$$$$$$'s possible with this Regional Site for the College and town... Sure hope we can keep the money in state.....

[Coldsleeve Jr.]

Total guess, but I think we end up at an ACC or a Texas regional. But hoping for Clemson or USM.

[ScottH]

History says an ACC location.

#2 at Wake Forest

Hattiesburg makes too much sense.

[Todd4State]

I'm going to guess that we end up in Hattiesburg based on their RPI and ours.

[CadaverDawg]

Kendall Rogers just said on Twitter that he could see us in Hattiesburg as the 2 seed.

[basedog]

Although it would be great for our fans and the State of Mississippi, I think Usm is as hot as anyone, not sure of my confidence level playing them again. I kinda would like to see us go somewhere else and play some unknowns. That's just me. Actually playing in any regional is a plus!

[The Federalist Engineer]

How do y'all feel about a LSU trip if we survive round-1? Canniflex vs Mangina

[Todd4State]

Although it would be great for our fans and the State of Mississippi, I think Usm is as hot as anyone, not sure of my confidence level playing them again. I kinda would like to see us go somewhere else and play some unknowns. That's just me. Actually playing in any regional is a plus!

I'd kind of like to play them again with Mangum healthy. We're a much better team now than we were when we played them and were 12-9 coming off of getting swept by Arkansas. I think we're playing pretty well ourselves- the reason we lost out and got blown out in the SEC Tournament was simply because we ran out of pitching. We were beating Florida for most of the game and normally we would have won that.

[Todd4State]

How do y'all feel about a LSU trip if we survive round-1? Canniflex vs Mangina

If that's who we have to play, that's who we have to play. If you are going to make it to Omaha you have to beat someone good more often than not. I think what I would do if that happened I would not release our rotation for that SR and then start McQuary and hold back Self unless we have a lead in the ninth against Lange and then start Pilkington against Poche and hope for the best. And then come back with Gordon for game three.

[Dallas_Dawg]

Although it would be great for our fans and the State of Mississippi, I think Usm is as hot as anyone, not sure of my confidence level playing them again. I kinda would like to see us go somewhere else and play some unknowns. That's just me. Actually playing in any regional is a plus!

Hopefully we would bring a good presence and neutralize the home field advantage some

[BuckyIsAB****]

I wouldnt mind playing hattiesburg. If anything it helps us

[TNDawg35]

History says an ACC location.

#2 at Wake Forest

Hattiesburg makes too much sense.

Please no Wake Forrest. Tgere field is tiny and everyone we have will be swinging for the fences...

[Todd4State]

My hope is that USM gets a National Seed and that we go there and of course win. And then if the number 2 seed or lower- preferably lower because it guarantees us a SR- in the opposite regional wins we can potentially host a SR.

[Saltydog]

NT

[Quaoarsking]

Please no Wake Forrest. Tgere field is tiny and everyone we have will be swinging for the fences...

Might lock in Rooker to triple crown

[Todd4State]

NT

Cann said in his press conference that we're going to pitch six pitchers going forward.

I'm guessing that would be Pilkington, McQuary, Gordon, Self, Plumlee, and Billingsley.

[msstate7]

Cann said in his press conference that we're going to pitch six pitchers going forward.

I'm guessing that would be Pilkington, McQuary, Gordon, Self, Plumlee, and Billingsley.

Can't lose a game then.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Cann said in his press conference that we're going to pitch six pitchers going forward.

I'm guessing that would be Pilkington, McQuary, Gordon, Self, Plumlee, and Billingsley.

What is the nature of Price's injury? This season is so f-ed up by pitching injuries

[basedog]

What is the nature of Price's injury? This season is so f-ed up by pitching injuries

Dead arm was rumored.

[Todd4State]

What is the nature of Price's injury? This season is so f-ed up by pitching injuries

He may have a dead arm, but this all seemed to start when he sprained his ankle during the Alabama series. I'm sure that he has healed from the sprained ankle by now but I'm wondering if it kind of messed his mechanics up a little bit plus having to take some time off to let it heal may have gotten him out of the groove some.

[BuckyIsAB****]

Is ''dead arm'' like stinger problems or is he gonna have to get Tommy john too

[BuckyIsAB****]

Can't lose a game then.

We sure as hell cant throw anyone else except possibly Price if he pulls it together. The other ones would get lit up in U12 ball right now

[Todd4State]

Rice just beat USM in Biloxi. I'm thinking that's probably bad for USM's National Seed hopes and also possibly bad for Ole Miss's at large hopes.

[CadaverDawg]

Rice just beat USM in Biloxi. I'm thinking that's probably bad for USM's National Seed hopes and also possibly bad for Ole Miss's at large hopes.

Yep, Ole Miss may very well be out. That bodes well for us to have a trip to NITchampsburg

[Thick]

https://twitter.com/aaronfitt/status/868978038041608196

[msstate7]

@aaronfitt The final D1Baseball hosting projection: Oregon State, UNC, TTU, Fla, LSU, Louisville, TCU, Stanford, USM, KY, Ark, WF, UVA, LBSU, FSU, UH.
....
Give me Usm

[CadaverDawg]

The more you think about it, they won't make USM host a fan base that could overpower their stadium. They will send us to an ACC school like Florida State, or out West

Not to mention, USM will probably be lined up across from LSU...and they won't want a potential SEC West rematch in a Super I bet.

[msstate7]

The more you think about it, they won't make USM host a fan base that could overpower their stadium. They will send us to an ACC school like Florida State, or out West

Not to mention, USM will probably be lined up across from LSU...and they won't want a potential SEC West rematch in a Super I bet.
What about Houston?

[CadaverDawg]

What about Houston?

That would be nice in my opinion

[Quaoarsking]

Southern Miss got one

[CadaverDawg]

Clemson is hosting?! Please send us there. They've lost 11 of their last 16 games

[msstate7]

Clemson is hosting?! Please send us there. They've lost 11 of their last 16 games

Yeah, not sure I wanna see Seth beer facing our staff though

[CadaverDawg]

Yeah, not sure I wanna see Seth beer facing our staff though

Walk him every time. They don't wanna see Rooker

[TNDawg35]

I got a hunch were going to Clemson, LBSU, or Stanford. Maybe Wake...

[msstate7]

I got a hunch were going to Clemson, LBSU, or Stanford. Maybe Wake...

You covered 25% of the sites haha

[Todd4State]

Yeah, not sure I wanna see Seth beer facing our staff though

**** that guy. He needs to worry about what happens if he faces Self or Pilkington.

[Todd4State]

The more you think about it, they won't make USM host a fan base that could overpower their stadium. They will send us to an ACC school like Florida State, or out West

Not to mention, USM will probably be lined up across from LSU...and they won't want a potential SEC West rematch in a Super I bet.

You just never know what the committee is going to do. They experts are guessing that they may go strictly with RPI. If that's the case we're going to Texas Tech.

Sometimes they like match-ups that they think are good for TV. They've had Florida/FSU matched up and they had MSU/Ole Miss matched up in the same bracket in 2014 when we went to Lafayette and many other rivalries like that. If MSU/LSU becomes heated I could certainly see them going for that- of course IT WILL be in Baton Rouge.

[msstate7]

**** that guy. He needs to worry about what happens if he faces Self or Pilkington.

He wouldn't face pilk though... I wouldn't think. Surely we pitch pilk game 1

[Dawg61]

When is the bracket announced and is it on TV?

[yjnkdawg]

When is the bracket announced and is it on TV?


Monday morning at 11 AM on ESPN2

[Steakonastick]

It will be a ticket nightmare if we go to usm. It will be ULL 2.0 with state only getting the required 200 tickets.

[Todd4State]

He wouldn't face pilk though... I wouldn't think. Surely we pitch pilk game 1

I don't care if he's facing my grandmother. There's no reason to be scared of him- he's not even hitting .300.

[Todd4State]

It will be a ticket nightmare if we go to usm. It will be ULL 2.0 with state only getting the required 200 tickets.

One way or the other it's going to be bad. They'll probably limit accessibility as much as possible and then they will probably gouge our fans with walk-up sells. Our fans need to be ready to spend at least 40-50 bucks for GA. If not more.

[msstate7]

I don't care if he's facing my grandmother. There's no reason to be scared of him- he's not even hitting .300.

.302 on baseball cube
.472 obp
.608 slugging

[Dawg61]

One way or the other it's going to be bad. They'll probably limit accessibility as much as possible and then they will probably gouge our fans with walk-up sells. Our fans need to be ready to spend at least 40-50 bucks for GA. If not more.

Yea but will they limit the other 2 teams from buying tickets. Let's just get them to buy us tickets and we'll give them JSU's equipment for free.

[Todd4State]

.302 on baseball cube
.472 obp
.608 slugging

I don't give a shit what "baseball cube" says- I looked at their team stats and he's hitting .291. In other words- he's hitting one point better than Hunter Vansau per baseball cube. And in real life he's hitting worse than Vansau, Cody Brown and most of the rest of our lineup. Do you think Clemson is going to walk almost our entire lineup if we face them?

Quit being chicken little- it's beyond old now. It all started with your "but I wish we were as consistent as Ole Miss" drivel earlier in the year and you see how that turned out. And now I see bullshit about LSU from you. Grow a set.

[msstate7]

I don't give a shit what "baseball cube" says- I looked at their team stats and he's hitting .291. In other words- he's hitting one point better than Hunter Vansau per baseball cube. And in real life he's hitting worse than Vansau, Cody Brown and most of the rest of our lineup. Do you think Clemson is going to walk almost our entire lineup if we face them?

Quit being chicken little- it's beyond old now. It all started with your "but I wish we were as consistent as Ole Miss" drivel earlier in the year and you see how that turned out. And now I see bullshit about LSU from you. Grow a set.

Lol... you've got issues. Ok fine, no reason at all to be concerned about facing the #1 overall pick next season. What's our team era by the way?

I don't really care who we face... no road will be easy, but to act like our staff will have no problem with a talent like beer is much more of a stretch than we will

[Quaoarsking]

http://www.baseballamerica.com/college/field-of-64-may-28-a/#O5vZU2dipm4JUvy1.97

Baseball American has us in Hattiesburg with South Alabama and Illinois-Chicago.

Even though we lost to South Alabama, I like any draw where we're the only major conference team.

[msstate7]

http://www.baseballamerica.com/college/field-of-64-may-28-a/#O5vZU2dipm4JUvy1.97

Baseball American has us in Hattiesburg with South Alabama and Illinois-Chicago.

Even though we lost to South Alabama, I like any draw where we're the only major conference team.

Please give us that draw

[Jack Lambert]

Yeah, not sure I wanna see Seth beer facing our staff though

Are guys have face numerous good hitter and two months ago most on the board thought we would only win 5 SEC games..

[msstate7]

Are guys have face numerous good hitter and two months ago most on the board thought we would only win 5 SEC games..

I certainly didn't think we'd be here.

[notsofarawaydawg]

Baseball America has MSU as the 2 seed in Hattiesburg with South Alabama and a no name Illinois team.

[Todd4State]

Lol... you've got issues. Ok fine, no reason at all to be concerned about facing the #1 overall pick next season. What's our team era by the way?

I don't really care who we face... no road will be easy, but to act like our staff will have no problem with a talent like beer is much more of a stretch than we will

Seth Beer is just another guy we've got to get out.

You're almost at Will James levels as far as baseball knowledge goes.

[msstate7]

Seth Beer is just another guy we've got to get out.

You're almost at Will James levels as far as baseball knowledge goes.

Yep. He's no better than vansau, right?

[Todd4State]

Yep. He's no better than vansau, right?

He's not hitting better than him. And yet you're scared shitless of him. Pathetic.

Keep arguing just to argue.

We're not as consistent as Ole Miss.....oh wait.

We'll never be as good as LSU.

We'll never sign anybody past the MLB draft or get anybody back for their senior year because how could anyone turn down all that money? Even though Ole Miss has done it.** I don't care if it hurts MSU and recruits parents see it I've gotta win the argument because I'm Mr. Rational msstate7!*******

We'll never get Seth Ruth Griffey, Jr. Beer out!

I'm tired of your shit. Get your wife back on line and shut the **** up or go sit in a corner.

[Todd4State]

And back to our productive information...

D1Baseball has us projected to Hattiesburg with USM, MSU, Iowa, and the University of Maryland Baltimore County in order from 1-4.

[msstate7]

He's not hitting better than him. And yet you're scared shitless of him. Pathetic.

Keep arguing just to argue.

We're not as consistent as Ole Miss.....oh wait.

We'll never be as good as LSU.

We'll never sign anybody past the MLB draft or get anybody back for their senior year because how could anyone turn down all that money? Even though Ole Miss has done it.** I don't care if it hurts MSU and recruits parents see it I've gotta win the argument because I'm Mr. Rational msstate7!*******

We'll never get Seth Ruth Griffey, Jr. Beer out!

I'm tired of your shit. Get your wife back on line and shut the **** up or go sit in a corner.

Good grief. I've got you rustled, don't I? Fine Todd, yeah we bout to win a natty... no one could possibly derail our fine-tuned machine we have rolling.

Oh and lol @ recruits' parents making decisions about their kids' future based on my posts. You give me way too much credit.

[The Federalist Engineer]

And back to our productive information...

D1Baseball has us projected to Hattiesburg with USM, MSU, Iowa, and the University of Maryland Baltimore County in order from 1-4.

I like this regional ... my only concern is the Hattiesburg weather next 10 days, lots of rain by Friday. With our pitching staff, I hate long delays and games split into different days.

We'll need the opinion of a real weather man though, not some damn engineer

[msstate7]

And back to our productive information...

D1Baseball has us projected to Hattiesburg with USM, MSU, Iowa, and the University of Maryland Baltimore County in order from 1-4.

Much better draw than an ACC team. We actually could win this regional

[CadaverDawg]

D1baseball's final projection has us in Hattiesburg as well, with Iowa and a team I'm not familiar with

https://d1baseball.com/postseason/final-d1baseball-field-64-projection/

[msstate7]

What national seed is the usm regional paired with on BA?

[CadaverDawg]

What national seed is the usm regional paired with on BA?

North Carolina #2 National Seed

[msstate7]

D1baseball's final projection has us in Hattiesburg as well, with Iowa and a team I'm not familiar with

https://d1baseball.com/postseason/final-d1baseball-field-64-projection/

I like that draw. Iowa ace isn't a strike out guy at all.

[msstate7]

North Carolina #2 National Seed

Ugh... I'll be happy (ecstatic really) with a SR team this year though

[Quaoarsking]

D1baseball's final projection has us in Hattiesburg as well, with Iowa and a team I'm not familiar with

https://d1baseball.com/postseason/final-d1baseball-field-64-projection/

Iowa has an RPI in the 80s. Very weak for a 3-seed. I'd be OK that.

[Todd4State]

Good grief. I've got you rustled, don't I? Fine Todd, yeah we bout to win a natty... no one could possibly derail our fine-tuned machine we have rolling.

Oh and lol @ recruits' parents making decisions about their kids' future based on my posts. You give me way too much credit.

It's not about that- it's about changing the attitudes of our fans in general.

Here's the difference between our fans and LSU.

Our fans- "Well, it would be silly to turn down that money and opportunity from MLB. You might regret not taking it." This despite stats showing that your chances of making it to MLB and therefore making even more money increase if you come to school. This despite the changing every year culture where more and more players are choosing to go to college and NOT regretting it. Players coming back to LSU and not regretting the whatever SMALL financial hit to win a championship which is something that every competitor wants to do and gets much, much, much more out of. Not to mention the opportunity to get degrees. Heck- even MLB is starting to slowly make the system to where high school players are almost ENCOURAGED to go to school because they know the same stats that I do. And yet- we have fans that are still stuck in the Ron Polk draft era of thinking when it hasn't been that way for 15 years or more. And even worse using the system as an excuse for why we can't instead of why not us?

And now LSU fan to me on Twitter yesterday:

"Those players didn't come to LSU because of Manieri or Cann. They came because it's LSU."

Now is that rational or true? No- because if it was we wouldn't have flipped Tanner Allen from LSU after we hired Cann. But it's a hell of a lot better attitude to have than we can't/won't/never will. It's not your ONE post that influences it. It's others that read it and might agree with it and then spread it out around and eventually it gets out to recruits. It has been a problem for YEARS.

If we're going to win like we all want to- we're going to have to start being more proud of MSU baseball and what we DO HAVE- which is a lot better than most and getting better believe it or not- and change our attitude about our program. And not worrying so much about how "rational" we look to other fan bases that don't have our best interests at heart.

Or even worse- trying to be "rational" to debate just to debate even though it has even the slightest potential to hurt MSU so that we can win an "internet argument".

[Todd4State]

I like this regional ... my only concern is the Hattiesburg weather next 10 days, lots of rain by Friday. With our pitching staff, I hate long delays and games split into different days.

We'll need the opinion of a real weather man though, not some damn engineer

I'm fine with it. I hate that we have to go to Hattiesburg but we didn't take care of business. I don't know what the weather will do and you are right it could be a disadvantage for us- but if games get delayed and spread out it also may actually allow some of our pitchers to rest too. It just depends on when the delays happen.

[msstate7]

Iowa has an RPI in the 80s. Very weak for a 3-seed. I'd be OK that.

If this was the actual draw, I roll the dice and start Cole game 1 vs Iowa

[Todd4State]

D1baseball's final projection has us in Hattiesburg as well, with Iowa and a team I'm not familiar with

https://d1baseball.com/postseason/final-d1baseball-field-64-projection/

UMBC = University of Maryland Baltimore County. They won the American East Tournament.

[msbulldog]

Baseball America has USM matched with N. Carolina and D1 has USM matched with LSU, neither very attractive Hopefully the NCAA does something different.

[Dawg61]

D1baseball's final projection has us in Hattiesburg as well, with Iowa and a team I'm not familiar with

https://d1baseball.com/postseason/final-d1baseball-field-64-projection/

University Maryland Baltimore County, please give us these ****ers. Only 3rd time making the tournament in the 50 years they have had baseball. Finished the year with a record of 23-23.

[MarketingBully]

It's a useless cause Todd. Msstate7 takes the opposite position of MSU in every sport whether it's football, basketball, or baseball. His attitude is we suck and our opponents are the next coming of the New England Patriots, the Jordan led Bulls or the New York Yankees. It's his schtick.

[basedog]

I'm wondering if I should get in this conversation****

[msstate7]

It's a useless cause Todd. Msstate7 takes the opposite position of MSU in every sport whether it's football, basketball, or baseball. His attitude is we suck and our opponents are the next coming of the New England Patriots, the Jordan led Bulls or the New York Yankees. It's his schtick.

When we deserve credit, I give it. Contrary to you and todd's view of us as an MLB team about to play a bunch of high schoolers, I realize we're limping into postseason. We have 6 pitchers that we plan on using and to tell the truth, only 2 of those instill confidence in me. Our team era is just under 5!!!! We can't solve our lineup... right now we have a guy with a great hit tool, but no patience or pop behind the nation's best hitter. No way teams let rooker hurt them with mangum on deck. The bottom of our order still kills rallies.

Now I do think we can win the usm regional, but I want no part of clemson's 3.53 team era and Seth beer. Sure Clemson is reeling, but so are we... we were fighting for a national seed 2 weeks ago.

I really hope you two are right and we're about to win a natty with dominance baseball hasn't seen since the '27 Yankees. If that dominance doesn't materialize though, it'll be the umps' fault like it always is, right marketing?

[Dawg61]

A regional in Shittysburg with USM, Iowa and UMBC is a wet dream. It'd be difficult to hand pick a better regional than that. Only way it could be better is if we are paired up with Houston for the Supers and they get knocked out so we end up hosting SR. Errybody get ready to sell your trailers again we gonna take over Shittysburg.

[West Tn Dawg]

Baseball America has MSU as the 2 seed in Hattiesburg with South Alabama and a no name Illinois team.

Where is that no name team from last year? What were they called Eastern Carolina?

[msstate7]

Where is that no name team from last year? What were they called Eastern Carolina?

Coastal Carolina

[DownwardDawg]

Where is that no name team from last year? What were they called Eastern Carolina?

Coastal Carolina is not a no name baseball team. Now Stony Brook, that's different!!!!!!!

[The Federalist Engineer]

Coastal Carolina

Ah, Costal Carolina nobody has contributed more talent to Girls Gone Wild than the Chanticleers ... half the hooters waitresses on Mrytle Beach are current students... but they play great baseball

[MarketingBully]

They will miss the tournament this year (Coastal Carolina). All of their best players from last year were seniors.

[Quaoarsking]

Ah, Costal Carolina nobody has contributed more talent to Girls Gone Wild than the Chanticleers ... half the hooters waitresses on Mrytle Beach are current students... but they play great baseball

Not to mention their cheerleading squad was literally a bunch of strippers and prostitutes: http://www.weeklystandard.com/the-coastal-carolina-cheerleader-scandal-raises-big-questions/article/2007655

[CadaverDawg]

He's not hitting better than him. And yet you're scared shitless of him. Pathetic.

Keep arguing just to argue.

We're not as consistent as Ole Miss.....oh wait.

We'll never be as good as LSU.

We'll never sign anybody past the MLB draft or get anybody back for their senior year because how could anyone turn down all that money? Even though Ole Miss has done it.** I don't care if it hurts MSU and recruits parents see it I've gotta win the argument because I'm Mr. Rational msstate7!*******

We'll never get Seth Ruth Griffey, Jr. Beer out!

I'm tired of your shit. Get your wife back on line and shut the **** up or go sit in a corner.

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