It does not matter if you play a conference tournament or a weekend series, the last week of the season will always only really matter for bubble teams.
quote:It's not sour grapes, it's simply my opinion. Not matching your opinion doesn't make it sour grapes. There are years when we were the desperate team coming into the Big12/SEC tourney when we had everything to gain and I still hated it.
This just sounds like sour grapes.
I'm almost positive, across all sports, that a conference tournament has helped teams beyond just those who won said Tournament. I can go through the annals another time but I don't doubt these results can matter.
Again, they're more games that go into your resume in a format the NCAA needs to know you can perform in.
How often does a runaway conference winner get left at home? Even in smaller conferences many of hose teams make the post-season.
quote:
Do you mean trying for a national seed?
quote:agreed
Y'all are idiots.
quote:No, we're not. And today is a perfect reason why in that we usually have an inconsistent bullpen. I like our chances against anyone in a 3 game series because we usually have really good starting pitching.quote:
We are built to win a 3-game series, not some convoluted single elimination, then double elimination, then back to single elimination nonsense.
We're not built to win to win tournaments?!
I know the formats can be weird, but I've always thought it a good test run for the NCAA Tournament.
A non-3 game series tournament format exactly what we're going to see in the regional and hopefully at the College World Series.
quote:quote:No, we're not. And today is a perfect reason why in that we usually have an inconsistent bullpen. I like our chances against anyone in a 3 game series because we usually have really good starting pitching.quote:
We are built to win a 3-game series, not some convoluted single elimination, then double elimination, then back to single elimination nonsense.
We're not built to win to win tournaments?!
I know the formats can be weird, but I've always thought it a good test run for the NCAA Tournament.
A non-3 game series tournament format exactly what we're going to see in the regional and hopefully at the College World Series.
quote:I agree. Louisvile and Virginia have to play a game tonight that means nothing, since neither team can win their pool. I bet they would both rather be home resting for the Regionals.
Pool play sucks!