That should be fun.

Hard to be too mad about #33 RPI getting in the tournament. Played a brutal schedule and pretty well avoided bad losses.

A team we can handle so not going to complain about that, either.

What does that mean, an Aggie thing to lose to them?

We played tu last year in Lafayette. Both tu tennis teams and soccer have been sent here for first 2 rounds since we joined the SEC. We have only gone there in volleyball.

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What does that mean, an Aggie thing to lose to them?

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Relax, it's just a stupid joke.

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Guess I didn't get it. Sorry.

Wanna see my arms?

TAMU hosts a regional tourney and all 4 teams are from TX. Baylor is hosting a regional and has James Madison (VA), Kent St. (Ohio), and Oregon St.

That is rather odd. We know of course why we get tu, but the NCAA could have easily spit up tu lite and Texas Southern.

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Texas doesn't deserve to be in a regional. They got in because of who they are, not because they earned it. Having said that, it would be a very Aggie thing for us to lose to them.

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Why does Texas not deserve in be in a regional?

I didn't feel tu really deserved it either(Big 12 is a joke this year), but can see how they got in. If Texas would have played our conference schedule they may have won 3-4 games. TxSt is going to be tough. Really didn't want to have to face Rupp again this year. She's a stud and has continued to get stronger as the year has gone on. Hopefully Texas can beat them for the first time this season. Its hard to beat a team 3 times in a year and so far TxSt has had their number. We will have to beat her once to make it out of our regional. Baylor drawing James Madison, dang that's a tough draw. JM pitching staff is one of the best in the country. I could see Baylor loosing their regional.

I like the fact that we are paired with Tenn for the possible super. Our girls have played great on the road this season. It also takes a little sting out of missing a top 8 seed. Sure it would have been nice to be able to host a super, but I think the added days of rest and practice will help us going into the tourney. Plus we were just up there for the SEC tourney so the team is familiar with the surroundings. We also match up well against Tenn. We have to take care of business and get there first.

There are a lot of glass half full ways to look at our situation. Its good to face TxSouthern first. Hopefully it will help us build some offensive confidence going into the rest of the weekend. It was great to see Tori get back into the swing of things. Now if Sartan, Ash, and a few others can follow. I would personally like to see us use more speed in the line up(ie Ole Miss, Tenn, Florida, LSU, etc...), but that's just not the case this year with some of the position players and DP'ing with Show. So lets go win with the horse that got us here and finish strong. It sets up very nice for us, so lets just go out and DO IT! I'm very excited about the weekend. I'm really hoping my schedule will allow for me to bring the family over for a few games.

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Nah, feel free to be an embarrassment in the future. Only more hilarious for the rest of us.

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Will do.

Eh. The Big 12 isn't all that bad.

When an entire 13 team league is getting invited, it's quite suggestive of the current state of most nearly every other conference.

And every qualified Pac12 team was invited, as well.

It's PAC-12 and SEC and you're going to have major flaws in every other conference and to fill out 32 spots you're going to be including some flawed teams.

Wouldn't think it a crime to keep them out, but don't think it was a crime to put them in.

I'm saying then there's two good conferences and every team eligible for the post season from those two conferences is in the tournament.

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Belton Ag said:

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Texas doesn't deserve to be in a regional. They got in because of who they are, not because they earned it. Having said that, it would be a very Aggie thing for us to lose to them.

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Why does Texas not deserve in be in a regional?

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They were 3 games below .500 in a bad softball conference and their RPI was in the upper 30's. The RPI isn't so bad but the fact that they had a losing conference record does it for me.

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Are they the only team in the tournament with a conference record below .500? If so then I see your point.

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What does that mean, an Aggie thing to lose ?

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fify.....

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Belton Ag said:

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HoustonAg2106 said:

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Belton Ag said:

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Texas doesn't deserve to be in a regional. They got in because of who they are, not because they earned it. Having said that, it would be a very Aggie thing for us to lose to them.

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Why does Texas not deserve in be in a regional?

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They were 3 games below .500 in a bad softball conference and their RPI was in the upper 30's. The RPI isn't so bad but the fact that they had a losing conference record does it for me.

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Are they the only team in the tournament with a conference record below .500? If so then I see your point.

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No, but they'd be the only team from the Big 12 conference with a sub .500 conference record in the tournament. They were 1-8 against the three teams in their conference that finished ahead of them & they had only 4 or 5 wins vs teams in the top 50 of the RPI. The thing I'll give them is that they played a tough OOC schedule, which is why their RPI is relatively high given their loss total.

Belton Ag said:

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Belton Ag said:

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Belton Ag said:

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Texas doesn't deserve to be in a regional. They got in because of who they are, not because they earned it. Having said that, it would be a very Aggie thing for us to lose to them.

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Why does Texas not deserve in be in a regional?

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They were 3 games below .500 in a bad softball conference and their RPI was in the upper 30's. The RPI isn't so bad but the fact that they had a losing conference record does it for me.

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Are they the only team in the tournament with a conference record below .500? If so then I see your point.

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No, but they'd be the only team from the Big 12 conference with a sub .500 conference record in the tournament. They were 1-8 against the three teams in their conference that finished ahead of them & they had only 4 or 5 wins vs teams in the top 50 of the RPI. The thing I'll give them is that they played a tough OOC schedule, which is why their RPI is relatively high given their loss total.

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Well that's the argument we've been having on the baseball side, a strong out of conference schedule can make up for for a lot when you slip up in conference play

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Belton Ag said:

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HoustonAg2106 said:

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Belton Ag said:

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Texas doesn't deserve to be in a regional. They got in because of who they are, not because they earned it. Having said that, it would be a very Aggie thing for us to lose to them.

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Why does Texas not deserve in be in a regional?

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They were 3 games below .500 in a bad softball conference and their RPI was in the upper 30's. The RPI isn't so bad but the fact that they had a losing conference record does it for me.

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Are they the only team in the tournament with a conference record below .500? If so then I see your point.

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No, but they'd be the only team from the Big 12 conference with a sub .500 conference record in the tournament. They were 1-8 against the three teams in their conference that finished ahead of them & they had only 4 or 5 wins vs teams in the top 50 of the RPI. The thing I'll give them is that they played a tough OOC schedule, which is why their RPI is relatively high given their loss total.

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Well that's the argument we've been having on the baseball side, a strong out of conference schedule can make up for for a lot when you slip up in conference play

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I totally agree with you, but the problem is that they didn't win very many those tough non-conference games.