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winwave wrote: ↑Tue Jun 11, 2019 6:59 am Funny stuff. However if Bianco or Mainieri was named our coach our fan base would be ecstatic. They both are in the toughest conference in the country and in what is by far the best Division in the country. All the schools there have the same resources. Silly stuff going on here.
There are pros and cons of being in the SEC for those guys. The best players in the country want to play in that conference and you can go .500 in conference play and get an NCAA Regional bid.
They’d do a good job at Tulane but I don’t think they would make us world beaters.


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As much as it pains us to say it it is the best baseball conference by far and they are in the toughest division in baseball. They've done a lot better than .500 in it to get there in most of their NCAA years. They would no doubt make us much better. We'll have to agree to disagree.
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winwave wrote: ↑Tue Jun 18, 2019 7:08 am As much as it pains us to say it it is the best baseball conference by far and they are in the toughest division in baseball. They've done a lot better than .500 in it to get there in most of their NCAA years. They would no doubt make us much better. We'll have to agree to disagree.
Agreed. LSU / SEC. Dislike them or not, they are superior in all sports.

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winwave wrote: ↑Tue Jun 18, 2019 7:08 am As much as it pains us to say it it is the best baseball conference by far and they are in the toughest division in baseball. They've done a lot better than .500 in it to get there in most of their NCAA years. They would no doubt make us much better. We'll have to agree to disagree.
Agree to disagree? I said they’d do a good job at Tulane.
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You seemed to qualify it while I didn't. No big deal.
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Not to be as Mike Martin retires without a ring. Reminds me a lot of the late great Vikings coach Bud Grant. Went many times but never got a Super Bowl ring.
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Hard to believe Coach K still has a job. All those resources and three top 10 draft picks and he coouldn't make it ot the Final Four much less win it. What a has been. :mrgreen:
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There's 4 teams left in the CWS: Michigan (B1G) Texas Tech (Big 12) Vanderbilt (SEC) and Louisville (ACC).
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DfromCT wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 8:34 am There's 4 teams left in the CWS: Michigan (B1G) Texas Tech (Big 12) Vanderbilt (SEC) and Louisville (ACC).
Vandy looks the strongest. I’m actually surprised they weren’t seeded #1 and UCLA #2.
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have to admit, because of what Tech did for Tulane baseball, I root for them...of course the second reason I want them to win, my wife, a Tech grad, has threatened to "cut me off"
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Michigan beats Vandy in game one.
Here’s an interesting interview from the Michigan coach on travel ball and diversity in college baseball.
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Vandy takes game two (4-1) making game 3 necessary.
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tpstulane wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 8:52 am
DfromCT wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 8:34 am There's 4 teams left in the CWS: Michigan (B1G) Texas Tech (Big 12) Vanderbilt (SEC) and Louisville (ACC).
Vandy looks the strongest. I’m actually surprised they weren’t seeded #1 and UCLA #2.
And therein may be the answer to why the #1 seed has failed to win it all over the past 20 years--poor seeding. Does anyone have a list of the seedings for the champions over the past 19 years? How often have one of the top four seeds won it all?
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HoustonWave wrote: ↑Wed Jun 26, 2019 8:33 am
tpstulane wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 8:52 am
DfromCT wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 8:34 am There's 4 teams left in the CWS: Michigan (B1G) Texas Tech (Big 12) Vanderbilt (SEC) and Louisville (ACC).
Vandy looks the strongest. I’m actually surprised they weren’t seeded #1 and UCLA #2.
And therein may be the answer to why the #1 seed has failed to win it all over the past 20 years--poor seeding. Does anyone have a list of the seedings for the champions over the past 19 years? How often have one of the top four seeds won it all?
sec has most depth top to bottom amongst teams, But since 2000, SEC only wins the whole thing 1 out of every 4 years, its not as much as you would think. I believe west coast team usually wins it about 33% of time. Whats really crazy to me is, for as much hype as Vandy gets nationally they've only been to CWS 4x in history of program. Texas Tech has been 4 times in last 5 years, and TCU has been 5 times since 2010.....yet vandy gets 10x more hype those guys do to simply conference affiliation. I think the SEC is best baseball conference, but they get propped up much more than they probably should in my opinion.
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Vandy wins game 3 and the 2019 CWS Championship 8-2 over Michigan.
Their 2nd title ever. They probably didn’t want to be the #1 seed so UCLA got stuck. :lol:
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So how many #1 seeds have won one the men’s Bball tourney? Important check.
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tpstulane wrote: ↑Wed Jun 26, 2019 9:11 pm Vandy wins game 3 and the 2019 CWS Championship 8-2 over Michigan.
Their 2nd title ever. They probably didn’t want to be the #1 seed so UCLA got stuck. :lol:
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https://www.espn.com/college-sports/bas ... e-baseball

I hope some TU baseball fans can see the laziness of this story
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mbawavefan12 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2019 12:29 am https://www.espn.com/college-sports/bas ... e-baseball

I hope some TU baseball fans can see the laziness of this story
Not one mention of how he got many of the best players in the country to come to a high tuition high academic private like Vandy.
I would love to see the scholarship aid each player receives on the entire roster. Now that would be a story.
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RollWaveRoll wrote: ↑Wed Jun 26, 2019 10:11 am
HoustonWave wrote: ↑Wed Jun 26, 2019 8:33 am
tpstulane wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 8:52 am
DfromCT wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 8:34 am There's 4 teams left in the CWS: Michigan (B1G) Texas Tech (Big 12) Vanderbilt (SEC) and Louisville (ACC).
Vandy looks the strongest. I’m actually surprised they weren’t seeded #1 and UCLA #2.
And therein may be the answer to why the #1 seed has failed to win it all over the past 20 years--poor seeding. Does anyone have a list of the seedings for the champions over the past 19 years? How often have one of the top four seeds won it all?
sec has most depth top to bottom amongst teams, But since 2000, SEC only wins the whole thing 1 out of every 4 years, its not as much as you would think. I believe west coast team usually wins it about 33% of time. Whats really crazy to me is, for as much hype as Vandy gets nationally they've only been to CWS 4x in history of program. Texas Tech has been 4 times in last 5 years, and TCU has been 5 times since 2010.....yet vandy gets 10x more hype those guys do to simply conference affiliation. I think the SEC is best baseball conference, but they get propped up much more than they probably should in my opinion.
Since 2009 they have won it six times. 2000 is a lifetime ago.
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winwave wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:11 am
RollWaveRoll wrote: ↑Wed Jun 26, 2019 10:11 am
HoustonWave wrote: ↑Wed Jun 26, 2019 8:33 am
tpstulane wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 8:52 am
DfromCT wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 8:34 am There's 4 teams left in the CWS: Michigan (B1G) Texas Tech (Big 12) Vanderbilt (SEC) and Louisville (ACC).
Vandy looks the strongest. I’m actually surprised they weren’t seeded #1 and UCLA #2.
And therein may be the answer to why the #1 seed has failed to win it all over the past 20 years--poor seeding. Does anyone have a list of the seedings for the champions over the past 19 years? How often have one of the top four seeds won it all?
sec has most depth top to bottom amongst teams, But since 2000, SEC only wins the whole thing 1 out of every 4 years, its not as much as you would think. I believe west coast team usually wins it about 33% of time. Whats really crazy to me is, for as much hype as Vandy gets nationally they've only been to CWS 4x in history of program. Texas Tech has been 4 times in last 5 years, and TCU has been 5 times since 2010.....yet vandy gets 10x more hype those guys do to simply conference affiliation. I think the SEC is best baseball conference, but they get propped up much more than they probably should in my opinion.
Since 2009 they have won it six times. 2000 is a lifetime ago.
From 1999 to 2008 they've only won it 1x that decade, and in last 5 years they've only one it 2x. You can spin the numbers a lot of different ways here.
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Not trying to spin. Just keeping it current rather than going back almost 20 years to try and make something fit. Twice in 5 years is almost 50%. Much better than the 1 in 4 indicated above. It is what it is.
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winwave wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2019 12:37 pm Not trying to spin. Just keeping it current rather than going back almost 20 years to try and make something fit. Twice in 5 years is almost 50%. Much better than the 1 in 4 indicated above. It is what it is.
Twice in 5 years is exactly 40%, 3rd grade math to do in your head!
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Like I said it’s almost 50%. Simple reading.
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RollWaveRoll wrote: ↑Wed Jun 26, 2019 10:11 am
HoustonWave wrote: ↑Wed Jun 26, 2019 8:33 am
tpstulane wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 8:52 am
DfromCT wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2019 8:34 am There's 4 teams left in the CWS: Michigan (B1G) Texas Tech (Big 12) Vanderbilt (SEC) and Louisville (ACC).
Vandy looks the strongest. I’m actually surprised they weren’t seeded #1 and UCLA #2.
And therein may be the answer to why the #1 seed has failed to win it all over the past 20 years--poor seeding. Does anyone have a list of the seedings for the champions over the past 19 years? How often have one of the top four seeds won it all?
sec has most depth top to bottom amongst teams, But since 2000, SEC only wins the whole thing 1 out of every 4 years, its not as much as you would think. I believe west coast team usually wins it about 33% of time. Whats really crazy to me is, for as much hype as Vandy gets nationally they've only been to CWS 4x in history of program. Texas Tech has been 4 times in last 5 years, and TCU has been 5 times since 2010.....yet vandy gets 10x more hype those guys do to simply conference affiliation. I think the SEC is best baseball conference, but they get propped up much more than they probably should in my opinion.
Vandy was nothing before Tim Corbin got there. They deserve the hype.
From 2010-2019 they have won 2 national championships. Runner up in another national championship. 4th place in another CWS.
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