BB: UAA: University Athletic Association

[Ralph Turner]

Welcome to the Baseball Message Board for the University Athletic Association (UAA).

The UAA members and their respective regions:

Brandeis -- New England Region
Chicago --  Central  (Does not compete for UAA title)
CWRU --     Mid-East Region
Emory --     South Region
Rochester -- New York Region
Wash U --  Central Region

(Tip of the hat to cwru70 for the correction.)

UAA Conference Web Page

[ADL70]

UChi does not compete for the UAA title, but Rochester does.  UAA competes in a round robin in Fla over spring break.

[ADL70]

The UAA Championship gets underway tomorow in Sanford, FL.  WUStL is favored to repeat.

[ADL70]

Emory is at the top as the last day gets underway.  Looks like a battle for the bottom as UR meets CWRU @ 1:30.  There is a certain unfairness in that WUStL and Emory play double figure number of games before the UAA gets underway, while the others have only a few tune up games before.

[Ralph Turner]

cwru, I agree.  The post-season tourney ought to be at the end of the season, when the games would more accurately reflect the champion at an equal number of games played.

[ADL70]

The academic calendars drive the schedule.  And those two teams are historically a notch above the rest anyway.  Interesting that basketball has early season tournaments, while baseball plays games in warm weather, but not in a tournament setting. 

[ADL70]

A positive hire for CWRU baseball.

http://www.case.edu/athletics/varsity/news.htm#s1_page2

[SamuelAdams]

Who is the team to beat in the UAA this year?

I know Wash U is ranked and has a lot of their power and arms returning, including ace Brent Buffa. Wondering what people thought about it.

[ADL70]

Wash U and Emory are the cream.  The UAA is contested as a tournament in Fla in March.  Wash U and Emory will have played a number of games already and the rest of the teams only a few.

[BigPoppa]

Does the winner of the March tourney get an NCAA bid?

[frank_ezelle]

Who is the team to beat in the UAA this year?

I know Wash U is ranked and has a lot of their power and arms returning, including ace Brent Buffa. Wondering what people thought about it.

Buffa transferred to Millsaps for his senior year.

[BigPoppa]

Who is the team to beat in the UAA this year?

I know Wash U is ranked and has a lot of their power and arms returning, including ace Brent Buffa. Wondering what people thought about it.

Buffa transferred to Millsaps for his senior year.

Looks like that addition of a solid arm plus the return of most of Millsaps line-up them up for a huge season. I think the only question people had about Millsaps was their pitching. Adding Buffa will be a good deal for Millsaps.

[BoomerIL]

BigPoppa.....

No, the winner does not get a 'bid.'

The UAA was originally started in the mid 80's by Rochester and Washington.  The league was formed by these two schools that found common ground in their desire for a league based on academic parity, rather than athletic similarity.

[frank_ezelle]

I'll go ahead and post this now instead of later in the week since there is so little traffic on this board. 

#13 Millsaps and #19 Emory have a two-game series at Millsaps this weekend and both games will be webcast.  To add a little extra UAA interest to the game, I'm fairly sure that Brent Buffa will start one of the games but I can't say that with certainty.

Here's the link to listen to the games:  http://www.espnradio1240.com/listenlive.php

Saturday's game starts at 3:00 Central time with a pregame that should start around 2:45.

Sunday's game starts at 12:00 and I think there will be a pregame on that one as well.

[SamuelAdams]

Anyone able to preview this year's tournament? I know it comes up in the next week or so.