Changed a bit in our favor I'm assuming due to some already played indirect games today. Iowa moved to #38. Someone must have won today.
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I would have to think if South Alabama beats Coastal Carolina that helps a ton.
West Virginia is ahead of Texas Tech early.
I don't understand RPI, and I'm not sure anyone really does, but these two games could be huge for Iowa, and there is going to be a ton of movement all weekend until it settles early next week.
At least that's what I think. I saw another post of indirect games and it didn't mention South Alabama or Texas Tech at all. I don't understand how that could possibly be true.
West Virginia is ahead of Texas Tech early.
I don't understand RPI, and I'm not sure anyone really does, but these two games could be huge for Iowa, and there is going to be a ton of movement all weekend until it settles early next week.
At least that's what I think. I saw another post of indirect games and it didn't mention South Alabama or Texas Tech at all. I don't understand how that could possibly be true.
Maryland’s loss to the Gophers last night is a kick in their RPI shorts. The Terps now sit at #53. If they beat Minnesota today, they still lose 10 RPI points. Its going to be damn near impossible for Maryland to climb into the 40s - even if they beat Minnesota today and tomorrow.
Tenuous RPI position as the regular season rapidly comes to a close.
Tenuous RPI position as the regular season rapidly comes to a close.
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Iowa now in 3rd place in the BT with 4 games left, after MSI tied the 7th I was thinking Iowa was going to lose this one just like they did the OSU and Minnesota games.
Maryland is going to look back and kick themselves when it comes tourney time on this game.
I think you are right. At first I thought Purdue needs to lose 1 more but they are playing Nebraska and would need to sweep in order to pass Iowa. Even if that were to happen then it knocks Nebraska behind Iowa for no worse then the 8 seed.
the top 9 look like this
Indiana 14-6
Maryland 14-6
Iowa 12-7
Rutgers 12-8
Nebeaska 12-8
Michigan 12-8
IIIinois 12-11
MSU 10-10
Purdue 10-10
even Minnesota at 8-12 is still in the picture to make the BTT..
Indiana 14-6
Maryland 14-6
Iowa 12-7
Rutgers 12-8
Nebeaska 12-8
Michigan 12-8
IIIinois 12-11
MSU 10-10
Purdue 10-10
even Minnesota at 8-12 is still in the picture to make the BTT..
Good. Win doesn’t help much. A lost hurts. Plus no need to us up pitching. Win the last 4 BT games Hawks! Big one today
Great finish to the sweep today. RPI at 29.
Go ahead and take it to the mildcats. Awesome pitching this series.
Is there really any possibility of hosting a regional this year? Do they have to sweep NW and win the BTT?
Yes and no in my view. What you described would get Iowa 20 or maybe higher. But northern team and B1G bias might still prevent this.
Iowa did clinch a BTT spot yesterday.
Iowa is currently in the 3 seed sitting 1.5 games behind both Maryland and Indiana in the standings. So Iowa needs to sweep and hope they both lose 2 of 3. Maryland is playing at PSU, PSU is already knocked out of the BTT so they are just playing for pride at this point. But Indiana is at Michigan State who sits tied for the 8th seed in the BTT. So there is a lot on the line for both teams.
Iowa is currently in the 3 seed sitting 1.5 games behind both Maryland and Indiana in the standings. So Iowa needs to sweep and hope they both lose 2 of 3. Maryland is playing at PSU, PSU is already knocked out of the BTT so they are just playing for pride at this point. But Indiana is at Michigan State who sits tied for the 8th seed in the BTT. So there is a lot on the line for both teams.
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This is BEFORE our guys swept MSU....#3 seed in Florida.
Will the final 3 and MAYBE sneak up to a 2 seed depending on what Indiana does.
Who do we want to avoid in the 1st round of the BTT? Looking at how it stands now, I am assuming we would play Rutgers 1st round, right?
EDIT: Currently there is a 3 way tie among Michigan, Rutgers and Nebraska. First tie-breaker since they have not all played one another is record against common opponents. Thus far, they all went 2-1 against Illinois; they all went 3-0 against Northwestern. Those are the only "common" opponents for all 3 teams. The next tie breaker is RPI. As of today, Rutgers would get the 4 seed (RPI 49), Nebraska would be 5 seed (RPI 109) and Michigan would be the 6 seed (RPI 125). Iowa would face Michigan in a #3 v. #6 game (first game on Tuesday - 10:00 a.m. CDT)
First tiebreaker for a two team tie is head to head. Maryland swept IU and would have the advantage if they remain tied.
If Nebraska and Michigan remain tied after this weekend, Nebraska has the advantage by winning series 2-1.
If Nebraska and Rutgers remain tied after this weekend, it will depend upon how Nebraska fares against Purdue to end season. If Nebraska takes the series against Purdue, it would have a better record against common opponents than Rutgers (Nebraska and Rutgers have exact same record against common opponents right now but Rutgers lost 2 of 3 to Purdue). If Nebraska loses the series to Purdue, Rutgers would have tiebreaker by virtue of RPI advantage.
If Rutgers and Michigan remain tied after this weekend, Rutgers has advantage by winning series 2-1.
And, for those wondering how a rain-out this weekend for Iowa might factor into ties, the B1G looks at winning percentage to determine if teams are actually tied. Thus, if Iowa is 15-7 (winning 2 games) and Rutgers, Michigan and/or Nebraska are 16-8, Iowa would be in 3rd place because 15-7 has a better winning percentage than 16-8. There is no actual "tie" in the standings even though Rutgers, Michigan and/or Nebraska would be 0 games behind Iowa in the standings.
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Thank you for the breakdown. I appreciate it.
EDIT: Currently there is a 3 way tie among Michigan, Rutgers and Nebraska. First tie-breaker since they have not all played one another is record against common opponents. Thus far, they all went 2-1 against Illinois; they all went 3-0 against Northwestern. Those are the only "common" opponents for all 3 teams. The next tie breaker is RPI. As of today, Rutgers would get the 4 seed (RPI 49), Nebraska would be 5 seed (RPI 109) and Michigan would be the 6 seed (RPI 125). Iowa would face Michigan in a #3 v. #6 game (first game on Tuesday - 10:00 a.m. CDT)
First tiebreaker for a two team tie is head to head. Maryland swept IU and would have the advantage if they remain tied.
If Nebraska and Michigan remain tied after this weekend, Nebraska has the advantage by winning series 2-1.
If Nebraska and Rutgers remain tied after this weekend, it will depend upon how Nebraska fares against Purdue to end season. If Nebraska takes the series against Purdue, it would have a better record against common opponents than Rutgers (Nebraska and Rutgers have exact same record against common opponents right now but Rutgers lost 2 of 3 to Purdue). If Nebraska loses the series to Purdue, Rutgers would have tiebreaker by virtue of RPI advantage.
If Rutgers and Michigan remain tied after this weekend, Rutgers has advantage by winning series 2-1.
And, for those wondering how a rain-out this weekend for Iowa might factor into ties, the B1G looks at winning percentage to determine if teams are actually tied. Thus, if Iowa is 15-7 (winning 2 games) and Rutgers, Michigan and/or Nebraska are 16-8, Iowa would be in 3rd place because 15-7 has a better winning percentage than 16-8. There is no actual "tie" in the standings even though Rutgers, Michigan and/or Nebraska would be 0 games behind Iowa in the standings.
I'm not the guy you are looking for but I'm curious as to why you think they'd hold their top pitcher back? Winning that first game is huge and starting your best pitcher in the first game makes it possible to pitch him again on Saturday if you make it that far.
Yeah . . . total brain fart on my part this morning. Was thinking about Nebraska's chances, the number of Huskers fans who will be in Omaha and that they may very well be a dark horse team. For whatever reason, I was thinking that they were lined up against Indiana.
Given that the first round game is between IU and Illinois, I wouldn't be shocked if Sinnard is held back until the second game.
I had to check to make sure I wasn't misunderstanding hte tournament format.
I could see LS getting held back, he went 5.2 on Thursday and threw a lot of pitches. Average about 5.6 IP. No idea average pitches per game or how to back into that.
1. Sinnard threw 102 pitches on Thursday. Pitching again on Tuesday is short rest. A "normal" rotation would have him pitching on the following Thursday.
2. IU is a no doubt Regional Team. Regionals start on Friday after the B1G tournament. If Sinnard is held back to Thursday (if IU wins) or pitches on Wednesday (if IU loses), he'd be on full rest to start the Regionals.
3. I'm not convinced that winning the B1G tournament is the "be all / end all" for IU. I'd bet that they (a) think that they can win a Regional and (b) want Sinnard to be at full rest.
4. IU's coach has shown that he's willing to flip his starting pitchers to what he perceives to be IU's advantage. He held Sinnard back in the Iowa series to avoid a match-up with Brecht on Friday. He may be thinking that IU can get past Illinois with their #2 pitcher and wants Sinnard to go against Iowa (if Iowa wins) to set up a match-up against Brecht.
I'm hoping that IU throws him on Tuesday. If Iowa can get past Michigan, catching IU without Sinnard on the mound would be a nice development.
1258 pitches in 14 starts. Average rounds up to 90.
He's pitched once on 5 days rest. Typically he gets 6 days rest. Never pitched this year on 4 days rest.
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Well . . . there you go. Heller commented before the Northwestern series that the Tuesday start would create some really interesting pitching decisions. He said that Tuesday games could look a lot like mid-week games from a pitching perspective. Phillips is a Freshman and started IU's game on May 16th against Evansville. Before that, his last work was in a B1G outing on May 7th against Northwestern.
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On one of their forums.
Phillips has been doing really well for them, he recently won the conference pitcher of the week and freshman of the week. I'm hoping Iowa doesn't have to face Sinnard either Wednesday or Thursday as they didn't hit him very well in Bloomington.
Awfully punitive to Loser of 4/5 game. That team would have to play twice in one day. As it played out, the 6 seed would play its second game on more rest than a better seeded (either 4 or 5 seed) team.
I’m relatively new to college baseball. What hoops would Iowa have to jump through to make it to the CWS? We live kind of close and it would be fun to go watch that
