BB: OAC: Ohio Athletic Conference

[Dr. Acula]

No OAC teams in the preseason top 25.  BW is sitting just outside at 27.  Mount is the only other team I saw receiving votes.

Unrelated, but I happened to be looking at Berg and Ott's roster/stats.  Both did not have great seasons last year and based on what they have back on paper they both probably need several guys to step up or have impact transfers/freshmen coming in.

[BobcatQB]

Mount still has some good bats coming back but those pitching losses will be huge.  Like last year, BW is the team to beat.  They underperformed all year but were still able to get it done and win the OAC tourney. 

Heidelberg was the biggest surprise to me last year but losing #1 Powers was a big hit.  Otterbein was really young and started multiple Freshman and they had several injuries..still would not have been one of the top teams though.  If they added some pitching, they should be improved.

[BobcatQB]

No Freshman listed on Mount roster..waiting on Otterbein as usual.

[Dr. Acula]

Looks like Mount has 15 freshmen.  That's a very small class by their standards.  Maybe they went with a more targeted approach this year.  They do have 18 juniors which is a lot.  There are a lot of spots up for grabs.  The only thing that's probably set in stone is Tome catching and the OF is Ickes, Fox and Tsouras again this year.  After that?