Per D1 baseball site & Warren Nolan RPI, they go chalk on the first 12 rpi teams
Then they skip 13 (Auburn) but give a host to 14 (Minnesota)
Then they skip 15 (A&M) 16, 17 (UConn, USF)
Award 18, 19 (NC State, Coastal Carolina)
Skip 20, 21 (Tenn Tech, Duke)
And finally give a host to 22 Texas
It doesn't even make sense in regard to states and regions being too host heavy. In NC, UNC, NC State, and ECU will all host. Not to mention Coastal Carolina and Clemson are right next door in SC. Georgia is sandwiched in between Florida which has UF, FSU, and Stetson.
That's 9 out of 16 on the Southeast Coast. The rest are spread out with 2 in Texas, 1 in Minnesota, 1 in Arkansas, 1 in Mississippi, 1 in California, and 1 in Oregon.
If the plan was to spread the love across the country, then you must do so, and not cherry pick the committee's favorite 16 of the top 25.
I know that we have had the feeling that we wouldn't get the host site, but our numbers (overall record and rpi) are exactly where they need to be to host.
The real bottom line is just like last year, or any other year, including when we did have a top 8 national seed. Just win. Just win it all!
Then they skip 13 (Auburn) but give a host to 14 (Minnesota)
Then they skip 15 (A&M) 16, 17 (UConn, USF)
Award 18, 19 (NC State, Coastal Carolina)
Skip 20, 21 (Tenn Tech, Duke)
And finally give a host to 22 Texas
It doesn't even make sense in regard to states and regions being too host heavy. In NC, UNC, NC State, and ECU will all host. Not to mention Coastal Carolina and Clemson are right next door in SC. Georgia is sandwiched in between Florida which has UF, FSU, and Stetson.
That's 9 out of 16 on the Southeast Coast. The rest are spread out with 2 in Texas, 1 in Minnesota, 1 in Arkansas, 1 in Mississippi, 1 in California, and 1 in Oregon.
If the plan was to spread the love across the country, then you must do so, and not cherry pick the committee's favorite 16 of the top 25.
I know that we have had the feeling that we wouldn't get the host site, but our numbers (overall record and rpi) are exactly where they need to be to host.
The real bottom line is just like last year, or any other year, including when we did have a top 8 national seed. Just win. Just win it all!