Based on what I'm told, my guess is Coleman has at least had a conversation with Tauer about coming to St. Thomas. It wouldn't be the first time the Tommies got a Division I transfer. Mike Keating and Sean Sweeney both tried that route, granted at smaller schools, before coming back to UST.

That said, I would be very surprised if he ended up at St. Thomas. If he's willing to sit out a year, where he should lock himself in a gym and shoot thousands of jumpers, i can see him at a place like Iowa State or a smaller D-I. If he wants to play immediately and be one of his team's best players, then St. Thomas or a Division-II school like Winona or Mankato could be in the mix.

He has enough interest from D-I schools though that I'm guessing he sits out a year. It would do him a lot of good.

TH4L-- what D-I program did Mike Keating play for? Anything I've ever read or been told (including by Mike & his family) was that he played @ St Michael's in VT, which is a D-TWO program.

Also calling Sweeney a D-I transfer is grossly misleading, albeit technically borderline correct. Sweeney played @ UST his freshman year. He transfered to D-I UWGB but had to sit out and wasted a year of eligibility. He never was on the roster @ UWGB, much less played or even sutied for a game there before transfering back to UST for his final 2 seasons of eligibility.

bball- no one in the Coleman family kicked my dog. As you point out he is a high D-I "talent" and would be a fish out of water in D3/MIAC. Also from what I've heard his academics arent exactly strong, thus my comment he probably couldnt get admitted to an MIAC school as they all have fairly high academic standards.

Twitter says Franz is starting for UST today. That was my guess too. The idea isn't to get to the next game. The idea is to win the regional. The best chance St. Thomas has of winning the regional is with Thomas facing Stevens Point. I'm assuming Thomas would be first out of the pen should Case run out front.

you are correct.  Assuming UST gets past Case & Thomas leads them to a W over UWSP in Sat's first game, I expect a "piching committee"- Danzyk, Maher and whomever Olean feels is hot to go in the 2nd game tomorrow (lot of assumptions there, I know)

Quote from: ShineTime on May 16, 2013, 04:29:04 pm

The loser of tonight's Wiac battle gets to face st Thomas and Dylan Thomas tomorrow.  In my opinion point has to win tonight and tomorrow at noon to have any chance whereas I feel whitewater could bounce back.

Thomas is going to need his off-speed pitches against either one of them.

you both are assuming CSS beats Case-Western, If Case wins, Case get UST & Thomas, while the WIAC loser get Scholastica. The WIAC game winner then gets the winner of CSS-WIAC Loser.

http://uwwsports.com/sports/2013/5/1/BSB_0501130828.aspx?path=baseball    (see scenario for If 5 teams are left after gm 6)

why is admission $6 for Mdwest and only $3 for adults at the Ithaca region?  NCAA gouging naive Midwesterners?

Don't know how they determined it, but Augsburg is the 3 and plays St. Olaf. Byes go to UST and Concordia-Moorhead.

there are predetermined tiebreakers that were used to determine seeding.  Augsburg & Concordia tied for 2nd, but Cord had the tiebreaker over Augs. Initially there was a miscalculation of the tiebreakers between the 5 teams tied for 4th place, but upon revision, Bethel got the 4 seed, SJU the 5 and SMU the 6, leaving Olaf and GAC on the outside.  Its all explained here:

http://www.miac-online.org/news/2013/5/9/BSB_0509130823.aspx

assuming weather holds this week, all games will be played by end of day TH with the exception of the SJU/Olaf doubleheader. My understanding is that a decision will be made Weds whether it will be a 4 team double elim tourney or a 6 team single elim. If they go with a 6 team format, UST and the 2nd place finisher will have byes on FR, and 3 plays 6, 4 vs 5.  UST plays the lower remaining seed on Sat & the #2 gets the other. Winners meet on Sun.

Well, we now know UST is indeed beatable....all it takes is a stellar pitching effort. Rowley was in total control, while Thomas matched him most of the game...1 shaky inning for Thomas was the difference. I'd been looking forward to this DH in hopes of a Rowley/Thomas showdown and I was not disappointed.

Even with the loss, UST clinches at worst a tie for the MIAC regular season championship, tbheir 11th in a row. A win Monday in either game vs GAC gives them the titles outright and the #1 seed in the Playoffs, regardless of the format.

Maybe Rowley Vs. Thomas will be a rematch in the playoffs?  If its a 4 team format, BU HAS to win out and needs some help.

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