Miami vs Central Michigan (Sunday game)

[Really Clark?]

So if we were 1-1 and matched up with Southern and had Small available, do you throw Small? I think not. Ron Polk didn't think so in 2006, either, and it was the right call then, since it maximized our odds of winning the Regional.

Granted, Miami isn't in that extreme of a situation since CMU isn't bad, but Miami (or any team in their situation) should maximize their chances of winning the Regional, not maximize their chances of coming in 2nd. If that means not throwing their best remaining pitcher in an elimination game in order to save him for a tougher opponent later, so be it.

They are not playing Southern and they already lost to this same team gambling.

And 2006 our staff didn’t have a great starter. But we started the guys with the most starts (Dunn and Johnson) by far during the season the first 2 games. So don’t know what you are alluding to as far as not pitching our ace? Pigott pitched the end of the second game to secure the close win vs #4 seed and came back and pitched 8 innings the next day to eliminate Elon. He had our lowest ERA but worked both as a sometime starter and bullpen. He was our best pitcher and was used a lot to get to the championship game.