If my explanation above doesn't suffice, you could always take a look at the bracket as well:

http://scacsports.com/sports/bsb/2010-11/2011southregional/2011_south_region_bracket.pdf

Quote from: CafeBordeaux on May 20, 2011, 03:49:51 PM
Sorry for keeping this going, but this 6 team format makes zero sense.  Shenandoah who is 2-0 plays piedmont tonight who is 2-1.  The winner of wabash/salisbury is automatically in the championship and obviously the loser of that goes home.  so there will be a 2-1 team already in the finals, if SU loses tonight they will play Piedmont (I'm assuming) again tomorrow to see who plays the wabash/salisbury winner for a one game winner-take-all game.  So that means that wabash and salisbury, who both lost on day 1, will only need to win 3 games to take the title if the three team's at 2-1 scenario occurs.  The Wab/Salisbury winner should have to play piedmont tomorrow (if piedmont beats SU tonight) to see who goes to the championship.  Not saying this cause I'm an SU guy, it just doesn't make sense to start 2-0 if you will have to win 4 games to take the title as opposed to 3 wins for the Wabash/Salisbury winner.  Now all of this is irrelevant if SU takes care of Piedmont tonight, but still, in case they don't, this set up does not favor the team that starts 2-0.   The NCAA just needs to go to a 64 team field and do 8 team Regions the whole way through.  

Let's not try to reinvent the wheel here.....it takes 4 wins to win this regional no matter what.  If Shenandoah loses tonight, they will play the winner of Wabash/Salisbury tomorrow at noon.   Piedmont would be in the finals at 3:30 tomorrow with a 3-1 record to face the winner of Wabash/Salisbury vs Shenandoah, either of whom would be 3-1 going into the finals.

Quote from: forheavendial4999 on May 19, 2011, 07:06:32 PM

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Quote from: narch on May 17, 2011, 10:10:40 PM

Quote from: Hound Dog on May 17, 2011, 05:03:16 PM
Who is RMC?  I believe Webster is the only team not mentioned here.  If you meant to put Webster, then your prediction would be impossible because Wabash and Webster will play each other if they both lose their openers.

rmc is randolph macon college, a south region team from the odac which many have talked about being in this region for the last few weeks...obviously, they aren't in this regional, though thanks for keeping me straight - i meant webster, but hadn't looked at the second round match-ups yet to see that regardless of who the 5 and 6 seeds are, they won't be done in 2 games - either way, i don't think that either of these teams will be around long and i don't think either will present much of a challenge to win this regional tournament

Quote from: Pauperboy on May 17, 2011, 07:43:55 PMYou'll have to forgive Narch. Unless it deals with numbers, percentages, isn't highlighted or color coded he has some difficulty comprehending it.

pauperboy - it seems to me that this is a bit personal to you - i'm sure you're the dad of a senior player at rhodes who desperately wants to see his boy to play another game, but if you really think that my color coded charts have anything to do with a 24-20 team being left out of the ncaa tournament...let's just say that the apple fell a long way from the tree

Narch's predictions are pretty laughable thus far.

Looks pretty decent so far. Webster got beat 10-1 today with their #2 and Randolph-Macon lost their first game.

His post was actually referring to the #5 and #6 seeds which are Wabash and Webster.  He was making a point that neither of them would play much of a role in this regional (There is more in his previous posts which I didn't copy).  In any case, Wabash and Webster combined to send home the #1 team in the nation today.

Quote from: narch on May 17, 2011, 10:10:40 PM

Quote from: Hound Dog on May 17, 2011, 05:03:16 PM
Who is RMC?  I believe Webster is the only team not mentioned here.  If you meant to put Webster, then your prediction would be impossible because Wabash and Webster will play each other if they both lose their openers.

rmc is randolph macon college, a south region team from the odac which many have talked about being in this region for the last few weeks...obviously, they aren't in this regional, though thanks for keeping me straight - i meant webster, but hadn't looked at the second round match-ups yet to see that regardless of who the 5 and 6 seeds are, they won't be done in 2 games - either way, i don't think that either of these teams will be around long and i don't think either will present much of a challenge to win this regional tournament

Quote from: Pauperboy on May 17, 2011, 07:43:55 PMYou'll have to forgive Narch. Unless it deals with numbers, percentages, isn't highlighted or color coded he has some difficulty comprehending it.

pauperboy - it seems to me that this is a bit personal to you - i'm sure you're the dad of a senior player at rhodes who desperately wants to see his boy to play another game, but if you really think that my color coded charts have anything to do with a 24-20 team being left out of the ncaa tournament...let's just say that the apple fell a long way from the tree

Narch's predictions are pretty laughable thus far.

If I were in the CNU dugout, I'd be beating those bats against the wall to wake them up.  3 outs to go in your season fellas.

CNU is down early again and their bats still look lifeless.

Quote from: PNeal7 on May 18, 2011, 04:54:13 PM
Everyone has an off day, CNU just picked the wrong time to have it. I'm going to blame the extremely long layoff between games (ask the Buckeyes how that works out in Bowl Games). Either way, CNU lost and is now facing elimination the rest of the way through. However, it can happen, as John Hopkins a few years back is a prime example.

That's a helluva off day, losing 11-1.   I'd blame it on a combination of a little rust from the layoff, poor mental preparation to face a "perceived" inferior #6 seed, and a ballsy pitching performance from a Webster freshman.

Like I said before, Webster has a history of NCAA Regional upsets.  They have been there 4 of the past 5 years and have knocked off the higher seed in their opener every time.

Definitely couldn't have predicted this.......although I did say earlier that we might be surprised.

Webster does have a history of pulling major upsets in the NCAA regionals and they seem to be underseeded (should be at least the #5 seed in my opinion).  I think this Webster-CNU game may be a little more interesting that many people think.  I guess we'll find out in about 30 minutes!

Quote from: narch on May 17, 2011, 02:04:28 PM
if the video broadcast is high quality (sound and video quality), it's worth $9.99 for sure ($7.99/game is for suckers...each team will play at least 2 games)...if not, then, well it's not - if you've got a playstation  or some other streaming player or internet enabled tv, you can watch it on the big screen...probably won't be hd quality, though

here are my thoughts on the regional:
cnu - i like their pitching depth and offensive balance...i think they've got the best shot to win in millington

su - i like their experience and they've got a couple of studs who have been on the big stage...i'd rank them 2a

ssu - they had to play their backsides off just to ensure a spot in the tourney, so they're hot - i'd rank them 2b

piedmont - GREAT coaching, solid pitching and an offense that will manufacture runs - i give them an outside shot of winning the regional

rmc and wabash - each is likely to be 2 and done

Who is RMC?  I believe Webster is the only team not mentioned here.  If you meant to put Webster, then your prediction would be impossible because Wabash and Webster will play each other if they both lose their openers.

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Quote from: BigPoppa on May 16, 2011, 08:14:22 PM
http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2011/05/spalding-perfection

Spalding rolling in the NSCAA World Series.

I don't know about "rolling".  I believe they are in the losers bracket.  However, the perfect game is pretty impressive stuff. 

Also, it's the USCAA World Series.

USCAA or not, how are the rest of the SLIAC teams (minus Webster) playing this week?

They are all sitting at home.  However, my post wasn't intended to downgrade the competition in the "USCAA".  You called it the NSCAA which is why I clarified that it's the USCAA World Series. 

Quote from: BigPoppa on May 16, 2011, 08:14:22 PM
http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2011/05/spalding-perfection

Spalding rolling in the NSCAA World Series.

I don't know about "rolling".  I believe they are in the losers bracket.  However, the perfect game is pretty impressive stuff. 

Also, it's the USCAA World Series.

Quote from: cubs on May 16, 2011, 12:47:24 PM
So if you are IWU, do you try and beat Thomas More with your #2, and save Pankau for Game #2 against Carthage/Buena Vista?

Is this a joke?  See 2007 Regional at Bloomington, IL.

Very little interest in the SLIAC this year, huh?  Looks like the SLIAC tournament finished up last night with no suprises.  Webster took home the pool A bid.