Who will host the Super regional?

[ShotgunDawg]

Our stadium is under construction. NCAA is going to pull some safety bs and give it to Vandy. Mark it.

But why would the NCAA WANT to have it at Vandy?

[Saltydog]

fact that they swept us, have already played in Starkville this year, finished higher than us in the conference and beat a 1 seed twice in their regional and their case is better than ours.

[ShotgunDawg]

David Murray was leaning Vandy from what he was hearing over there today.

Yes but it lacks logic.

[ShotgunDawg]

fact that they swept us, have already played in Starkville this year, finished higher than us in the conference and beat a 1 seed twice in their regional and their case is better than ours.

Absolute bullshit

Bigger player in college baseball?

1 game better in conference with unequal schedules?

MSU has a higher RPI & bigger fan support.

Giving it to Vandy is essentially Gerrymandering the rules & cherry picking which ones will apply.

If MSU were matched up against another conference's school, conference record WOULD NOT MATTER.

This is not the SEC tournament. This is the NCAA tournament & there is no objective, NCAA reason that Vandy should host over us.

[Pit Bull]

....to squash out MSU fans by marketing all the seats to VU fans first before MSU gets anything. Much like what USM and ULL did to us in the last 2 regionals. That is a piss poor decision by the NCAA. We have the higher RPI, but yet we travel to Vandy.....just don't get that.

[Goldendawg]

Just the lack of hotel rooms should be a no-brainer. If our stadium was safe for regular season games it is safe now. Hail State!

[ShotgunDawg]

Cohen should be chewing some ass on the phone right now if this is true.

Vandy has no greater claim to hosting this regional than MSU does.

MSU has the higher RPI & will have more fans & take more fans to Omaha should they make it.

[Quaoarsking]

....to squash out MSU fans by marketing all the seats to VU fans first before MSU gets anything. Much like what USM and ULL did to us in the last 2 regionals. That is a piss poor decision by the NCAA. We have the higher RPI, but yet we travel to Vandy.....just don't get that.

Agree that we should host but ...

Clemson had a better RPI than us in 2007. RPI is one of a few measures they use, and it's very close between us and Vanderbilt as to whose overall resume is better.

[ShotgunDawg]

Of course, I fully expect our media to roll over & not ask tough questions & not present the facts.

Just the MSU way. Roll over & take it

[ScoobaDawg]

We should host.. It's SIMPLE. 2 seeds are NOT SEEDED like #1 seeds are (1-16) We are ALL EQUAL. It goes to the Criteria listed below. We bid higher. WE HOST. WE ALL LEARNED THIS IN 2007. The rules haven't changed.
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Regarding the super regional tournaments, with the criteria listed in Bylaw 31.1.3, the Division I Baseball Committee alsofollows the additional criteria below:
1. Super regional competition shall take place at on-campus sites or alternate sites approved by the Division I BaseballCommittee.

2. Prospective host institutions must submit a minimum financial guarantee of $35,000, which shall be 75 percent of theestimated net receipts as submitted on the hosting proposal (online proposed budget).
The $35,000 minimum applies toboth two-day and three-day super regional competitions.

3. Consideration for hosting shall be given to the higher seed if a suitable hosting proposal has been received (e.g., meetsfinancial guarantee and quality of facility criteria). If the higher seed has not submitted a proposal, the lower-seededteam will host if their proposal is acceptable.

4. If the super regional matchup is between equally seeded teams, the committee shall review the hosting proposals accordingto the site selection criteria (e.g., quality and availability of the facility, revenue potential and other available accommodations)to determine the host. If only one of the teams has submitted a proposal, that team shall host if the proposal is acceptable.

5. Lights are highly recommended at all prospective super regional sites. These lights should meet the NCAA standardsfound by clicking on the “NCAA Broadcast Manual and Policies” link at www.ncaa.com/media.
6. The committee will consider previous crowd control and behavior of the prospective host institution

[Saltydog]

it's the damn truth. Sure we've played for a n/c in 2013 and they did that in '15 but the also won one in '14. I'm just telling you, they will hosts. Wait and see.

[Jarius]

We also just came out of a regional against a higher national seed, which should count for something but probably will not.

[ShotgunDawg]

Will be interesting to see if the NCAA does what is best for the sport

[Pit Bull]

Agree that we should host but ...

Clemson had a better RPI than us in 2007. RPI is one of a few measures they use, and it's very close between us and Vanderbilt as to whose overall resume is better.

Which team had the most top 10 wins?

[Saltydog]

country music festival is bringing in that Vandy will have large crowds, which for them may be 4K. The other thing that may affect us is Ole Miss. As stupid as it sounds, if they host a SR I can see them rationalizing it that two MS schools shouldn't host.

[ejdallas322]

If it is in Nashville I expect a lot of fans to make it. We can easily have a better crowd than Vandy. I live in Nashville so I?m attending either way.

[ShotgunDawg]

Of course, I fully expect our media to roll over & not ask tough questions & not present the facts.

Just the MSU way. Roll over & take it

And right on cue...... why must we have dumb people representing our university?

[Cooterpoot]

With no hotel rooms and smaller facility, lower RPI, and lower seeding/regional it should be in Starkville. The only thing they've got on us is head to head and that was the first of the year.

[Matty Dispatch]

1. Cohen got the change order from the construction company to stop, clean up, etc. and he said the hell with it.

2. Vandy has played in Starkville already this year and NCAA wanted to let them host because of it.

3. All else is close to equal: star and bars.

[IMissJack]

Absolute bullshit

Bigger player in college baseball?

1 game better in conference with unequal schedules?

MSU has a higher RPI & bigger fan support.

Giving it to Vandy is essentially Gerrymandering the rules & cherry picking which ones will apply.

If MSU were matched up against another conference's school, conference record WOULD NOT MATTER.

This is not the SEC tournament. This is the NCAA tournament & there is no objective, NCAA reason that Vandy should host over us.

I have no idea what the committee will do, but one could make the argument either way. Head to head and better conference record are biggies in my book.