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#136
If you go to the NCAA's regional rankings page, at the bottom is a link for each region.  Click on that to display the 2014 Regional Rankings.  Hoping that they will update that at some time to the 2015 rankings.
#137
The NCAA has last year's strength of schedule for the Mideast Region listed here http://web1.ncaa.org/champsel_new/exec/pdf/staticpdfrank, but they have yet to update it with 2015 information.
#138
Mideast Region / Re: 2015 Regionals
May 14, 2015, 12:29:56 PM
Oberlin beats Oswego State 7-2.  Sean Kiley from Oberlin throws a complete game.  Oswego starter Donnelly had a 1.15 ERA before the game but the Yeomen put forth another strong performance, banging out 12 hits to get the victory.   
#139
Oberlin is currently leading #1 ranked Cortland State 4-3 after 6 innings after being down 3-0.  We will see how the game ends, but the Yeomen continue to play very good baseball.  They are not the pushover everyone thinks they are. 
#140
Really disappointed the committee did not select Wooster for the post season.  They had the second most wins in the country at 36.  I realize their SOS was not good, but you still have to win games without slumping to get to that amount of wins.  As Bishop stated, the NCAC conference schedule really weakened the overall SOS for the everyone in the conference.  Their Florida schedule did not help much either, but Wooster's OOC schedule once they got back to Ohio was strong.

Wooster had the #1 scoring offense in the country, which should carry a little cache with the committee.  You can say that had to do with their SOS, however, they played the top 5 teams in the OAC and those games help RAISE their runs per game average, scoring an average of 15.4 runs per game in those games.  I guess beating the OAC regular season champion 16-8 and the OAC tournament champion 19-8 did not carry enough weight with the selection committee, either.

In the end, all they had to do was take care of business against Oberlin.  I understand that point completely, it does not need to be re-stated.  Oberlin took 2 out of 3 against #1 (West division) seed DePauw, beat #2 (East Div) seed Allegheny, and beat Wooster 2 out of 3.  They are clearly playing significantly better than an 18-26 team.  But it does not change the fact that Wooster had the opportunity to take care of business and did not do it.

So is Wooster a better team if they played the top 6 teams in the country and if they lost to them all to finish 30-15, but with a respectable strength of schedule?  It does not seem logical, but that seems to be the message the committee is putting out.  I know there are other factors involved, but the boys won 36 games, it's a tough pill to swallow. 

Sour grapes.  I know.  You can call it that. 


#141
In the Wabash vs Wooster game which ended 26-20 on Saturday, the two teams combined to set a Division 3 record for most doubles in the game with 20.  Each team ended up with 10 doubles.  Quite an accomplishment!

#142
It will also depend on if Wooster wins the NCAC tournament.  If another team gets the NCAC automatic bid, then Wooster is thrown in to that same conversation and muddies the waters even more.  Wooster lost to ONU and BW, but have victories against JCU, Berg, and Marietta.  It is probably difficult for most OAC fans to root for Wooster, but them winning the NCAC tournament would be best for the teams in the OAC.
#143
Wooster got a good pitching performance through 7 innings last night and actually led 3-2 going to the bottom of the 8th.  It was tied 2-2 and in the top of the eighth when Wooster hit a solo home run to put them up 3-2.  The bullpen then let them down in the bottom of the inning, giving up 2 singles, 2 walks and a hit batter before a bases clearing double made it 7-3.  The two teams were pretty evenly matched except for the 8th inning implosion by the pen.
#144
Mideast Region / Mid East Regional Rankings 2015
April 24, 2015, 10:01:36 AM
The rankings are out and listed below.  Looks like they used the records as of Sunday 4/19 even though they are dated 4/24.  So it does not take into account Wooster's decisive wins over John Carroll and Heidelberg this week, as well as Ohio Wesleyan's win over Marietta yesterday, or any other action so far this week.

MIDEAST REGION                                    
1   Heidelberg            24-6-0 ( 0.800)       24-6-0 ( 0.800)                           
2   Baldwin Wallace    21-7-0 ( 0.750)   21-7-0 ( 0.750)                           
3   Adrian                    24-7-0 ( 0.774)   24-7-0 ( 0.774)                           
4   Ohio Northern            23-7-0 ( 0.767)   23-7-0 ( 0.767)                           
5   Wooster                    24-5-0 ( 0.828)   24-5-0 ( 0.828)                           
6   Marietta                   18-12-0 ( 0.600)   18-12-0 ( 0.600)                           
7   John Carroll           21-9-0 ( 0.700)   21-9-0 ( 0.700)                           
8   Anderson (IN)           20-10-0 ( 0.667)   20-10-0 ( 0.667)                           
9   Thomas More           22-7-0 ( 0.759)   22-7-0 ( 0.759)   

There is still a lot of action between these teams the next couple of weeks. 
#145
Mideast Region / Re: Mid-East Region 2014
April 22, 2015, 12:43:52 PM
My guess on the rankings will be:

1 or 2 Heidelberg 25-6
1 or 2 Wooster 25-5

Whoever wins today's game between Berg and Wooster will be 1, the other will be 2. 

3.  Baldwin Wallace 22-8 (the national rankings have them higher than ONU)
4.  Ohio Northern 24-8
5.  Adrian 24-8
6.  Thomas More 22-7
7.  Otterbein 21-8
8.  Ohio Wesleyan 20-8

Other teams with strong consideration, in no particular order,  would be Earlham 22-9, John Carroll, 24-10, CWRU 18-10, Thiel 23-9.  I don't think that OWU has been getting any respect in the polls even though they have had a very good season.  Marietta has a very tough schedule, but unless they win out, they will end up with around 14 losses or more.  CWRU is definitely making a run, but they have a tough end of the schedule as well and they will need to win at least 8 of their last 10 games to even be considered for post season play.  There are a lot of games left between the above teams.  It will be a fun couple of weeks.

#146
Polls don't matter when you have the opportunity to decide the championship on the field.  Last year is a good example with DePauw coming from the loser's bracket to take the NCAC title and make regionals.  It is always nice to be recognized though!
#147
Kenyon splits with Oberlin today.  Kenyon scored 6 runs in the first inning of the first game and then only scored 2 more the rest of the day.  The Kenyon offense was very potent last week versus Wooster.  Wonder what happened.  Of course, Wooster's pitching has had trouble stopping most offenses lately.  Their last 4 games, Wooster has allowed 16, 9, 9, and 11 runs.  Good thing Wooster's offense is putting up numbers.

Wooster split with Wabash.
Allegheny swept Hiram today.
#148
Capital took the first game from Heidelberg 17-12 in Tiffin.  Big win for the Crusaders.  The Berg currently leading the second game 6-0 in bottom of the 4th.
#149
My understanding is that Wooster vs. Wabash is considered an out of conference series.  They are in separate divisions so I believe that it will not be counted in their division/conference standings.  Someone can correct me if I am wrong.
#150
I believe that the people that know Wooster understood that they had a huge senior class graduate and wanted to make sure they were for real before voting for them in the polls.  I think they have proven themselves to the voters with their record.  Their offense seems to be pretty good, but I agree with CountyRoad that they still have some work to do in the pitching department.

Ohio Wesleyan has a great resume as well, with wins over OAC foes Otterbein, Baldwin Wallace, and Heidelberg.  The series with DePauw this weekend is a big one.  DePauw started off slow, but seem to be putting it together just in time for conference play.  Looking forward to seeing how this one plays out.