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OK college baseball is back for what promises to be an intensely weird season, first because of the ongoing COVID case stuff that's going to knock out series and have teams scrambling to find opponents, and second because the short MLB draft meant a lot of seniors and redshirt juniors and first years playing this year instead of signing contracts and playing in the low minors. Should make for a great CWS, assuming we get there! Anyway, below is the composite preseason poll, which takes most of the major ones into account. There's already going to be a shakeup next week, since Miami took two off Florida this weekend. In general, the SEC is even more loaded than usual; the ACC lacks a real elite team except maybe Louisville, but every single team in the league has a real shot at making a regional. code:Adding in here: Popete posted:If anyone is looking to get into following college baseball I highly recommend checking out Wheels Youtube Channel they do a great job editing games down to 10-15 minutes and they tend to feature exciting games. Usually I'd encourage people to go look up a game near you, but maybe don't do that just yet! elentar fucked around with this message at 23:13 on Feb 21, 2021 |
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pulling over from MLB thread:Popete posted:College baseball started today and we got some monster dingers, this pitchers reaction is perfect.
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Feb 21, 2021 23:02
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The wildest first weekend in years, at least for rankings turnover: the composite top 3 are all going to drop (Florida losing series to Miami, UCLA losing series to San Francisco, Texas Tech having a disastrous 0-3 weekend at the State Farm Challenge). In general the State Farm thing was very bad for top 10 Texas teams, with Texas Tech, Texas, and TCU going a combined 1-8. The flip side was the SEC teams doing ominously well: Ole Miss will probably be the new #1 after sweeping the Texas teams, and Arkansas likely #2 after doing the same thing, unless the voters move Miami up for the Florida win. Mississippi State will also probably be top 5 after going 2-1. The other team to drop heavily since the preseason polls is West Virginia, which split a four-game series against Georgia State but more importantly lost a weekend starter and their shortstop for the season—and probably with it any chance at Omaha. Tough times early for the Big 12.
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Feb 23, 2021 18:19
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yesterday was another wild day, in addition to Vandy, Ole Miss, Miss State, Louisville, and Miami all lost to unranked teams—only Arkansas survived out of the top 6.
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Feb 27, 2021 20:21
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Miserable season for NC State continues, starting 1-5 in the ACC and now getting a COVID pause that cancels a very winnable series against Duke. hoping to get to some UVA games now that I'm back in Charlottesville, but the state and system are dragging their heels so much that I still can't schedule an appointment despite being an asthmatic required to teach in person
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Mar 11, 2021 20:38
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Been a wild season all over, hope it doesn’t get called off. https://twitter.com/umichbaseball/status/1373985311143964672?s=21
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Mar 22, 2021 17:24
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https://twitter.com/joncgoodwin/status/1376987319656460292?s=20
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Mar 30, 2021 20:59
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Oregon sure has some Oregon-rear end jerseys
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Apr 18, 2021 16:27
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I'd ask who hurt you, Notre Dame, but I think we all have a pretty good idea
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Apr 22, 2021 22:11
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(hosed up the attachment) (also ND is frustratingly really good this year) (still though)
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Apr 22, 2021 22:12
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Fairfield is 24-0 on the year. https://twitter.com/KendallRogers/status/1386099064387694596?s=20 edit: 26-0 after they swept that doubleheader elentar fucked around with this message at 19:04 on Apr 25, 2021 |
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Apr 25, 2021 00:31
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Attending college games in person is great, usually very cheap and it’s real easy to head back to the car for the beers they’re not selling
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Apr 28, 2021 18:22
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https://twitter.com/keithlaw/status/1392174803352793094?s=20 this sucks not least because "Gunnar Hoglund" scores so high on the name tool but what an awful time for it on top of that
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May 11, 2021 18:54
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UVA pitched a combined no hitter today in a 17-0 win today, Andrew Abbott had 16 strikeouts in 7 1/3 and the bullpen finished up from there. ACC has been super weird this year what with Notre Dame probably being the best team and Pitt the only other potential regional host; everyone else has been beating up on each other so much that the league will still probably place at least a team or two in the NCAAs that doesn't make the ACCT field, and Virginia is one of those pushing to get in. elentar fucked around with this message at 04:00 on May 15, 2021 |
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May 15, 2021 03:57
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NC State swept Pitt over the weekend, sealing their spot in the NCAA field and probably killing off the Panthers' hopes of hosting a regional. The Pack won't be a host but they are definitely playing like a 2 seed you don't want to see fall into your regional. Will see if that holds up through their final series against FSU and then the ACCT, which is absolutely wide open this year and thus will be won by UNC.
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May 17, 2021 18:30
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NC State clinched their series against Florida State today and look set to have the second-best record in the ACC after starting the conference season 1-8.
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May 22, 2021 03:13
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ACC Tournament set. For a brief moment it looked like it would resolve with the three hottest teams—NC State, Virginia, Duke—all in the same pool, but that got averted. Lot of teams here still playing for NCAA spots or seeding, especially Louisville, Pitt, and VT, all of whom have been tanking. If you're a neutral it ought to be a great tournament, probably every single team in there could get hot and win it. https://twitter.com/accbaseball/status/1396216270312325120?s=21 elentar fucked around with this message at 03:26 on May 23, 2021 |
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May 23, 2021 02:19
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been a real good first day at the ACCT, Louisville and Clemson beat up on each other with the Cardinals finally taking it, and now UVA just finished off a pitcher's duel with VT i do not like this format because it is basically single elimination for 8 of the 12 teams but undeniably it makes for great first-round games (just not so much the second or third-round games where half of them are dead rubbers) edit: the night game ended with UNC losing to Pitt, which happily enough means no repeat for the Heels kayakyakr posted:Also, I am fascinated with the 33-1 Fairfield. They haven't exactly been blowing teams out, but a 2-1 win in baseball is just as good as a 17-0 win as far as overall record is concerned. That's just an insane amount of good fortune to come away with only one loss, no matter what conference you're in. Of course, they haven't played a Q1 team. What would be interesting to me is if they drop 2 games in the MAAC tournament (which is a double elimination tournament after an 8 team 1st round series). The NCAA would be forced to take whichever team came out of that tournament, but would the selection committee punish Fairfield all the way out of the NCAA tournament for those two late losses finishing at least 33-3 on the season? same, it seems like they've figured out save scumming in real life somehow elentar fucked around with this message at 10:39 on May 26, 2021 |
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May 25, 2021 23:10
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Duke out in front early against Florida State—if that holds it’d be the Noles, UNC, and Clemson out already. Tournament increasingly looking like the field against Notre Dame.
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May 26, 2021 16:54
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Baylor’s not gonna make the NCAAs haha
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May 26, 2021 17:42
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VT is eliminated from the ACCT but still trying to build the NCAA bid resume so that’s the storyline for this meaningless postseason game against ND I guess
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May 26, 2021 20:18
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Day 2 done in the ACC with Clemson beating Georgia Tech in a game that means nothing to the Jackets but might mean an at-large bid for the Tigers. Tomorrow will be a good day, all three games are for a semifinal spot.
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May 27, 2021 02:53
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Duke stayed hot and beat Miami to make the semis. Them vs. either Virginia or Notre Dame will be a good ‘un.
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May 27, 2021 19:22
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NC State beat Pitt for the fourth time in two weeks to get to the ACC semis. It’s their clearest chance to win a conference title since the Carlos Rodón day, but they’re gonna have to beat traditional obstacle Georgia Tech to do it. Last meaningful pool play game is UVA-Notre Dame at 11.
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May 28, 2021 10:47
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Virginia is whipping the poo poo out of Notre Dame so barring some collapse the semis include the three hottest teams in the ACC (UVA, Duke, State) plus a Georgia Tech team that will probably steal things, if history is any guide.
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May 28, 2021 18:15
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They should be canceling the ACC Tournament game between NC State and UNC because it does not matter to the bracket but UNC needs it to make sure of a tournament bid so they probably won’t.
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May 29, 2021 00:46
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Tremendous pitching this tournament for Duke, winners now of 11 straight. Dunno who they have left for the final but would not count them out—they've never won an ACC title, so hopefully either NC State or Georgia Tech keeps that streak going.
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May 29, 2021 21:09
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NC State just finished off Georgia Tech, traditionally a huge roadblock team for them in the ACCT, to move to the final against Duke. Pretty comprehensive in the end. Championship at 11 tomorrow, two very hot teams. Either NC State wins its first title since 1992 or Duke wins its first ever.
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May 30, 2021 01:17
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NC State finally had an ACC Tournament final where they didn't have to play Georgia Tech, Clemson, Florida State, UNC, or any of the other teams that always knock them out. So of course they lost to Duke, the team with less baseball history than probably any other in the conference. NC State will never win anything and I don't know why I continue to think that each new time might be different. Anyway Duke's coach is magic and if LSU doesn't hire him, someone else will. Also now NC State is almost guaranteed to get shoved into the ECU regional, where they will lose.
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May 30, 2021 20:07
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Selection show is on. Very surprised NC State got moved out of state, especially to Louisiana. With La Tech and Alabama, that's a super open regional. Unfortunately the winner gets Arkansas so it ends there.
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May 31, 2021 17:16
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https://twitter.com/Ben13Porter/status/1399402684923457539?s=20 edit: haha Old Dominion "hosting" UVA in the South Carolina regional, that'll be an interesting one if they play a couple against each other. who's gonna get stuck with Duke ah, Tennessee, very rude to them elentar fucked around with this message at 17:37 on May 31, 2021 |
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May 31, 2021 17:31
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A lot of the analysts were saying that it seemed like the committee this year relied on RPI more than ever this year, in a year when it meant even less than usual because schedules were so conference-heavy. I haven't had the time to check out almost anything other than the ACC or occasionally a random SEC series, so I don't know enough about the rest of the country to agree or disagree, but I am surprised Pitt didn't get in even with their late season swoon.
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Jun 1, 2021 17:04
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oh that is just the shittiest luck https://twitter.com/nhregister/status/1400473103512354819?s=20
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Jun 3, 2021 16:44
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Regionals get started at noon eastern and run for the next 13 hours or so, always a great day of baseball.
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Jun 4, 2021 15:20
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I also didn’t have it in me to do a writeup but I don’t have anywhere near the excuse, congrats on the little one and getting everyone home! Also the ACC I think is pretty mediocre so I don’t expect them to be competitive for long. Case in point: Duke tore through the ACCT and now is getting blown out by Liberty. elentar fucked around with this message at 18:26 on Jun 4, 2021 |
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Jun 4, 2021 17:46
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Turns out an extremely injury-hit Alabama is not a very good baseball team. In the meanwhile New Jersey Tech is leading Arkansas and while it is just 1-0 in the 2nd I think that has to count as some sort of upset. edit: Duke lost, Virginia blew a lead to go down at South Carolina, Georgia Tech is in trouble against Indiana State, and Florida State is down early against Southern Miss. only Notre Dame and NC State cruising so far. elentar fucked around with this message at 20:41 on Jun 4, 2021 |
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Jun 4, 2021 20:32
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NC State had 9 hits today, all of them for extra bases. In the ACC final, they had 4, all of them singles, to a team that got completely wrecked today by Liberty. Baseball is a motherfucker of a game. Meanwhile, NJ Tech's lead has lasted into the 4th. Also Georgia Tech came back to win, sparing the ACC a few blushes.
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Jun 4, 2021 21:32
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Yeah there goes the deluge. Fun while it lasted. In the meantime, Florida is in real trouble against USF, down 5-3 going into the bottom of the 9th.
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Jun 4, 2021 21:59
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13-8 is a great showing, well done NJIT.
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Charlotte-ECU should be really good, and it's rare for those two teams to meet with anything more serious than a midweek game on the line.
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