All Times Central - The Poll used D1 Baseball

Friday March 15th
Final: #4 Fightin' Texas Aggies 6 - #8 Florida 8 Box Score
Final: Georgia 10 - Kentucky 16 Box Score
Final: #18 Auburn 1 - #9 Vandy 11 (8) Box Score
Final: #2 LSU 4 - Mississippi St. 10 Box Score
Final: #5 Tennessee 11 - #14 Bama 3 Box Score
Final: Mizzou 0 - #1 Arkansas 8 Box Score
Final: #20 South Carolina 4 - Ole Miss 5 Box Score

Saturday March 16th
Final: Georgia 3 - Kentucky 9 Box Score
Final: #20 South Carolina 3 - Ole Miss 12 Box Score
Final: #18 Auburn 5 - #9 Vandy 13 Box Score
Final: Mizzou 0 - #1 Arkansas 6 Box Score
Final: #2 LSU 9 - Mississippi St. 8 Box Score
Final: #4 Fightin' Texas Aggies 10 - #8 Florida 6 Box Score
Final: #5 Tennessee 3 - #14 Bama 6 Box Score

Sunday March 17th
Final: #4 Fightin' Texas Aggies 2 - #8 Florida 4 Box Score
Final: Georgia 2- Kentucky 12 (7) Box Score
Final: #18 Auburn 6 - #9 Vandy 9 Box Score
Final: #2 LSU 5 - Mississippi St. 15 (8) Box Score
Final: #5 Tennessee 6 - #14 Bama 7 Box Score
Final: #20 South Carolina 6 - Ole Miss 2 Box Score
Final: Mizzou 1 - #1 Arkansas 9 Box Score


Other Regional Games of Possible Interest
Thursday March 14th
Final: Cougar High 9 - BYU 2 Box Score

Friday March 15th
Fina: Appalachian St. 2 - Texas St. 3 Box Score
Final: Houston Christian 7 - Rice 10 Box Score
Final: Oklahoma 7 - #12 TCU 3 Box Score
Final: #24 tech 2 - Baylor 0 Box Score
Final: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 5 - #19 Dallas Baptist 10 Box Score
Final: Cougar High 2 - BYU 4 Box Score
Final: Sam Houston St. 10 - New Mexico St. 0 (8) Box Score
Final: Washington 9 - #23 t.u. 3 Box Score

Saturday March 16th
Final: Cougar High 8 - BYU 10 Box Score
Final: Rice 7 - Houston Christian 3 Box Score (Reckling Park)
#24 tech 0 - Baylor 5 (Game suspended T4 to 3/17 due to rain & lighting )
Final: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1 - #19 Dallas Baptist 11 (8) Box Score
Final: Appalachian St. 7 - Texas St. 17 (7) Box Score
Final: Washington 5 - #23 t.u. 3 Box Score
Final: Sam Houston St. 19 - New Mexico St. 8 (8) Box Score
Final: Oklahoma 7 - #12 TCU 5 Box Score

Sunday March 17th
Final: Sam Houston St. 6 - New Mexico St. 7 Box Score
Final: #24 tech 1 - Baylor 5 Box Score (Conclusion of game suspended 3/16)
Final: #24 tech 2 - Baylor 7 Box Score
Final: Appalachian St. 3 - Texas St. 2 Box Score
Final: Houston Christian 6 - Rice 10 Box Score
Final: Oklahoma 9 - #12 TCU 4 Box Score
Final: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 4 - #19 Dallas Baptist 5 Box Score
Final: Washington 3 - #23 t.u. 4 (8 - Travel Curfew) Box Score

Man, 1st 17 games flew by. Thanks for these posts, Sir.

Thanks for doing this thread every week, John.
We Really appreciate it

We seem to be the marquee matchup this weekend.

This is true, but there are a lot of good SEC matchups this weekend.

Everyone is tied for first! and last!

dabo man said:

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We seem to be the marquee matchup this weekend.

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I think a lot of people want to see if we are for real or not

MaroonStain said:

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Man, 1st 17 games flew by. Thanks for these posts, Sir.

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Just like that, ~25% complete. Poof.

Fruit Festival in Austin this weekend.

We get conference baseball tonight pic.twitter.com/EMc2MJ2Dt2

— Stephen Schoch (@bigdonkey47) March 15, 2024

I suspect UT-Bama will not start on time.

🚨 Friday, March 15 🚨

Tonight's first pitch with Tennessee has been moved back to 7 p.m. CT.#RollTide pic.twitter.com/oIhjwpPSk1

— Alabama Baseball (@AlabamaBSB) March 15, 2024

This is what I imagine the Vandy Whistler looks like.

Ou 7
Tcu 3
Final

Other Friday Top 25 Scores
#3 Oregon St. 7 - Utah 5
#10 Clemson 2 - #6 Duke 5
#7 Wake Forest 10 - #17 Virginia 16
Columbia 2 - #11 East Carolina 17
#13 North Carolina St. 5 - Georgia Tech 8
#15 North Carolina 1 - Miami 14 (7)
James Madison 1 - #16 Coastal Carolina 12 (8)
Valpo 8 - #21 Campbell 9
California-Davis 0 - #22 California-Irvine 1
Long Beach St. 5 - #25 California-Santa Barbara 10

Edit to add: Not a very good night in general for the Top 25

Not Top 25 but FSU remains undefeated by downing Notre Dame 8-4

Outside of Mizz, the SEC is absolutely brutal. Gauntlet is right. We need Clint Eastwood to give us a talk.

Looks like tu's bullpen sh*t the bed again.

Final: #18 Auburn 1 - #9 Vandy 11 (8) Box Score


Are we really agreeing to run rules in Top 25 Conference play???

No agreeing or not. It's an SEC rule as of last season.

And it's dumb

So, so stupid. This conference makes a lot of really dumb decisions. Helluva lot of good teams but terrible leadership on a myriad of levels.

Mmmmmmmhmmmm

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Final: #18 Auburn 1 - #9 Vandy 11 (8) Box Score


Are we really agreeing to run rules in Top 25 Conference play???

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Competitively, going 9 on Friday and Saturday regardless is the score taxes the bullpen, so not playing those final 2 innings does have some potential to affect results in the games that follow. But, I think it's OK. In fact, knowing that the run rule is in effect gives the team with the lead something to play for, and will result in more fans seeing the entire game rather than leaving early. I know that some folks will disagree and say that they want more baseball even in a blowout, but for me, each game is a story with a beginning, middle, and end, and simply playing 9 when one team is up 10 sets up a drawn out and rather uninteresting end. At the end of the day, it's about winning and losing, and getting to the end of the story, in a way that sometimes adds a little suspense, is OK.

Don't we have 3 have series in baseball to try and prove what teams are more talented, which would include depth of the roster? If so artificially shortening games simply gives the losing team an undeserved advantage by not forcing them to play the rest of the game. Randomly deciding at any given point that a team shouldn't have the chance to come back is nonsense. A&M gave up 11 runs in 2 innings to Rhode Island less than a week ago. What is that had happened in the 8th/9th instead of the 5th/6th? Is it somehow different because it's in a different inning?

Play the damn game as it was meant to be played. If you are in the lead and you pillage the opponents bullpen, good for you. Being good in game 1 should give you a better chance at winning game 2 & 3 by depleting the roster of your opponent. It should. Don't penalize a team for winning.

Edit to add that I'm semi-ok with run rules in non-con and especially midweeks where Tech likes to beat up on some New Mexico Jr College 38-2. There's no need for that. But SEC conference play!!?? Nooo.

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Don't we have 3 have series in baseball to try and prove what teams are more talented, which would include depth of the roster? If so artificially shortening games simply gives the losing team an undeserved advantage by not forcing them to play the rest of the game. Randomly deciding at any given point that a team shouldn't have the chance to come back is nonsense. A&M gave up 11 runs in 2 innings to Rhode Island less than a week ago. What is that had happened in the 8th/9th instead of the 5th/6th? Is it somehow different because it's in a different inning?

Play the damn game as it was meant to be played. If you are in the lead and you pillage the opponents bullpen, good for you. Being good in game 1 should give you a better chance at winning game 2 & 3 by depleting the roster of your opponent. It should. Don't penalize a team for winning.

Edit to add that I'm semi-ok with run rules in non-con and especially midweeks where Tech likes to beat up on some New Mexico Jr College 38-2. There's no need for that. But SEC conference play!!?? Nooo.

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I hear what you are saying, but in most cases, the team that would otherwise be run rules just trots out an expendable arm or two that may not have factored in a close game. That probably happens more than absorbing a beating factors in. Of course, it can test the depth of the winning team too, which is why I like giving the team with the lead some incentive to finish things off.

If you really want to test pitching depth, let's go back to six-team regionals (we could increase the field from 64 to 96). But, it seems that we are actually moving in the other direction (talk of going from 4 team regionals to adding an extra weekend and going with 3 best of 3 matchups to get to Omaha).

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If you really want to test pitching depth, let's go back to six-team regionals (we could increase the field from 64 to 96).

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I would LOVE this! From the fan's perspective, the six team regionals were perfect. Just the right amount of baseball.

SEC Network showing USCe at Ole Miss using two announcers who are at home.

Just televise the regular Ole Miss broadcasters. This practice needs to end.

Still wondering when 6-team regionals were a thing and how a 6-team regional was formatted?

I know before Super Regionals, the format was eight regionals with 8 teams and the winners went to _maha.

MaroonStain said:

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Still wondering when 6-team regionals were a thing and how a 6-team regional was formatted?

I know before Super Regionals, the format was eight regionals with 8 teams and the winners went to _maha.

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It was 8 regionals with 6 teams each playing a double elimination format - only 48 teams made the field.

Well, I'll be.... Did some research and old 1993 regionals with teams and game by game results are on the line.

Luke The Drifter said:

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MaroonStain said:

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Still wondering when 6-team regionals were a thing and how a 6-team regional was formatted?

I know before Super Regionals, the format was eight regionals with 8 teams and the winners went to _maha.

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It was 8 regionals with 6 teams each playing a double elimination format - only 48 teams made the field.

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The double elimination part of it could get very complicated if on Day Two of the Regional only one team was eliminated and hard to explain how the brackets went if this occurred.. The best way to get an idea is just look at the Wiki Pages in which the 48 team / Six Regional Format was used. Here is a link to the 1998 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament (the last year of this format) which should help in understanding how these Regionals worked.

1993 Regionals

jkag89 said:

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Luke The Drifter said:

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MaroonStain said:

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Still wondering when 6-team regionals were a thing and how a 6-team regional was formatted?

I know before Super Regionals, the format was eight regionals with 8 teams and the winners went to _maha.

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It was 8 regionals with 6 teams each playing a double elimination format - only 48 teams made the field.

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The double elimination part of it could get very complicated if on Day Two of the Regional only one team was eliminated and hard to explain how the brackets went if this occurred.. The best way to get an idea is just look at the Wiki Pages in which the 48 team / Six Regional Format was used. Here is a link to the 1998 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament (the last year of this format) which should help in understanding how these Regionals worked.

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I used to call that "Going Crazy Bracket" (in honor of going "Crazy Ivan" from "The Hunt for Red October"), which happened if, on the second day, the winner of the 1/6 game did not eliminate the loser of the previous day's 3/4 game. That's what happened at the '98 regional. Rice lost on the second day. It usually puts the winner of a game pitting 2 vs 3 (assuming first day went according to seed) in the driver's seat, but there is another point where you go with yet another bracket alternative, but he details of that escape me.

My kid is going to see the Bananas at Alex Box tonight

Savannah Bananas know ball pic.twitter.com/0j6dPBzxbK

— Barstool LSU (@LSUBarstool) March 16, 2024

This was one of the craziest games I've ever seen. Rice hit 11 UW batters, IIRC. Definitely the most fun I ever had at Olsen when the Aggies weren't on the field.

Washington clinches the road series win over the sips.

Yeah, it’s been a little bit of a slow start.

But it’s starting to feel like… pic.twitter.com/TBNhwLGGy7

— Washington Baseball (@UW_Baseball) March 16, 2024