*****Official B1G Baseball Tournament Games Thread. #3 IOWA vs #1 Maryland, Sunday 2:00 PM CT, BTN*****

[AuroraHawk]

Everyone wants to win, but I’m focused on June 2nd forward.

It’s odd my thoughts go to when is it best to lose, but that’s where my thoughts are at. Everyone loses eventually. I know this and I have to weigh that against my optimism for the NCAA tournament.

Preach.

If Iowa loses today (and no shame in that), I still hope that Langenberg pitches well and earns a victory against Michigan tomorrow but I see little upside into burning up a bunch of arms and trying to throw Morgan on short rest, Whitlock on short rest, etc. in an effort to beat IU twice on Saturday and have a depleted and exhausted baseball trying to win a tournament championship on Sunday.

Put in the work. Let some arms (Obermueller, Savary, Simpson) see some action but don't overdo it. They'll be dancing next weekend and there's no need to go scorched earth. There's a bigger prize(s) to be won.

 

[AuroraHawk]

I guess my other thought is how different next year’s roster might look in the NIL age.

Exciting to think that Iowa has this coming back as well:
LF - Petersen
CF - Hucksdorf
RF - Frazier
3B - Tello
SS - Seegers
2B - Wilmes (replacing Hojnar)
1B - Guerin (replacing Dorighi)
C - Moss

Chase Moseley isn't listed in that group. Wil Mulflur isn't listed in that group. Gable Mitchell isn't listed in that group.

And if a certain you-know-who makes a surprising decision, that lineup is not markedly different that what is out there now.

 

[BigOHawk]

Preach.

If Iowa loses today (and no shame in that), I still hope that Langenberg pitches well and earns a victory against Michigan tomorrow but I see little upside into burning up a bunch of arms and trying to throw Morgan on short rest, Whitlock on short rest, etc. in an effort to beat IU twice on Saturday and have a depleted and exhausted baseball trying to win a tournament championship on Sunday.

Put in the work. Let some arms (Obermueller, Savary, Simpson) see some action but don't overdo it. They'll be dancing next weekend and there's no need to go scorched earth. There's a bigger prize(s) to be won.

Exactly the mantra of Heller's recent podcast and Leistikow and Dargan mentioned this too....is it really worth the 5-6 game effort to burn up your arms and win the BTT? Selfishly for us as Hawk fans, it might be so we can revel in the fact with some conf. hardware but yet we need to be "all in" on the regional!

 

[Franisdaman]

Baseball America's projections from this morning.

Me likey....

Winston-Salem, N.C.		Terre Haute, Ind.
1. (1) Wake Forest^*		1. (16) Indiana State^*
2. Campbell*		2. Tennessee
3. UNC Wilmington*		3. Iowa
4. Saint Louis*		4. Wright State*
Gainesville, Fla.		Brighton, Mass.
1. (2) Florida^*		1. (15) Boston College*
2. Texas Tech*		2. Connecticut*
3. UC Irvine		3. Northeastern
4. Alabama State*		4. Army*
Fayetteville, Ark.		Tuscaloosa, Ala.
1. (3) Arkansas^		1. (14) Alabama^ ⬆️
2. Oklahoma State ⬇️		2. Dallas Baptist*
3. Arizona State		3. TCU
4. Oral Roberts*		4. Samford*
Baton Rouge, La.		Columbia, S.C.
1. (4) LSU^		1. (13) South Carolina^
2. Southern Miss		2. Duke
3. Cal State Fullerton*		3. Oregon
4. Nicholls State*		4. Grand Canyon*
Stanford, Calif.		Auburn, Ala.
1. (5) Stanford^*		1. (12) Auburn^ ⬆️
2. West Virginia		2. Texas
3. UC Santa Barbara		3. Troy
4. San Jose State*		4. Fairfield*
Clemson, S.C.		Coral Gables, Fla.
1. (6) Clemson^		1. (11) Miami^
2. East Carolina*		2. Oregon State
3. Kansas State		3. Texas A&M
4. Central Connecticut State*		4. Loyola Marymount*
Nashville		Lexington, Ky.
1. (7) Vanderbilt^		1. (10) Kentucky^
2. Washington		2. Indiana
3. North Carolina State		3. Kent State*
4. Lipscomb*		4. Morehead State*
Charlottesville, Va.		Conway, S.C.
1. (8) Virginia^		1. (9) Coastal Carolina^*
2. Maryland*		2. North Carolina
3. Oklahoma		3. Southern California
4. Pennsylvania*		4. Maine*

* denotes automatic bid
^ denotes regional host
Bold denotes clinched bid

Last Four In​

Arizona State ⬇️
Kansas State ⬇️
Oklahoma
UC Irvine

First Four Out​

Notre Dame ⬇️
Louisiana-Lafayette ⬆️
Xavier
Elon

Next Four Out​

Texas State
Rutgers
Virginia Tech ⬇️
Arizona

​

​

Bids By Conference​

10: SEC
8: ACC
7: Big 12
6: Pac-12
3: Big Ten, Big West, Sun Belt
2: Colonial

2023 NCAA Baseball Tournament Projected Field Of 64

We’ll be tracking all the action and updating the Projected Field of 64 daily throughout the week.

www.baseballamerica.com

 

[Franisdaman]

D1 Baseball's projections:


2023 Field of 64 Projections: May 25

WINSTON-SALEM		TERRE HAUTE
1 Wake Forest* (1)		1 Indiana State* (16)
4 Saint Louis*		4 Wright State*
2 Northeastern		2 Tennessee
3 Southern California		3 UC Irvine
GAINESVILLE		COLUMBIA
1 Florida* (2)		1 South Carolina (15)
4 Army*		4 UNC Wilmington*
2 Maryland*		2 North Carolina
3 Kansas State		3 Grand Canyon*
FAYETTEVILLE		BOSTON
1 Arkansas (3)		1 Boston College (14)
4 Maine*		4 Loyola Marymount*
2 Dallas Baptist*		2 Connecticut*
3 Oklahoma		3 Texas A&M
BATON ROUGE		CORAL GABLES
1 LSU (4)		1 Miami (13)
4 Nicholls*		4 Oral Roberts*
2 Washington		2 East Carolina*
3 Texas Tech		3 TCU
CLEMSON		LEXINGTON
1 Clemson (5)		1 Kentucky (12)
4 Central Conn. State*		4 Morehead State*
2 Campbell*		2 Oregon State
3 Oregon		3 Notre Dame
STANFORD		TUSCALOOSA
1 Stanford* (6)		1 Alabama (11)
4 San Jose State*		4 Samford*
2 Texas		2 Southern Miss
3 UC Santa Barbara*		3 Arizona State
NASHVILLE		AUBURN
1 Vanderbilt (7)		1 Auburn (10)
4 Lipscomb*		4 Alabama State*
2 Duke		2 Oklahoma State*
3 Kent State*		3 Troy
CHARLOTTESVILLE		CONWAY
1 Virginia (8)		1 Coastal Carolina* (9)
4 Pennsylvania*		4 Fairfield*
2 West Virginia		2 Indiana
3 Iowa		3 NC State

Last four in, first four out, from strongest to weakest:

61. UC Irvine
62. Kansas State
63. Arizona State
64. Notre Dame

—–CUTOFF—–

65. Louisiana
66. Texas State
67. Xavier
68. Arizona

D1Baseball Field of 64 Projections: May 25 • D1Baseball

The latest D1Baseball projections have a slight seed change in the top eight, no new teams in the field, but two new Top 16 hosts.

d1baseball.com

 

[Franisdaman]

#8 Michigan State beats #5 Rutgers, 6-4.

This is MSU's first B1G tourney win since 2016.

Iowa vs Indiana will start at approximately 2:25 pm CT

 

[AuroraHawk]

#8 MSU 6
#5 Rutgers 4

I'm thinking today is a good day for lower seeded teams to beat higher seeded teams. Jus' sayin'.

 

[GolfHacker1]

At least 55 min after game 6

So about 2:30 first pitch.

 

[GolfHacker1]

2:28 first pitch just released w/ starting lineups.

IOWA STARTING LINEUP

DH Ben Wilmes
LF Sam Petersen
1B Brennen Dorighi
3B Raider Tello
2B Sam Hojnar
SS Michael Seegers
CF Kyle Huckstorf
RF Brayden Frazier
C Cade Moss

P Brody Brecht

INDIANA STARTING LINEUP

SS Phillip Glasser
CF Bobby Whalen
RF Devin Taylor
1B Brock Tibbitts
DH Carter Mathison
3B Josh Pyne
LF Hunter Jessee
2B Tyler Cerny
C Peter Serruto

P Luke Sinnard

 

[Franisdaman]

Get your bets in.....

sigh....

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[Hawkeyes4Life32]

Not now Jenny Dell I’m trying to focus for the game!!!

 

[Row55]

Any significance to the gold caps today? Usually wear those with the black jerseys.

 

[GolfHacker1]

Lead off runner on base. Back to basics.

 

[GolfHacker1]

2 on, no outs, Hawks in business.

 

[millah_22]

Anywhere to listen?

 

[GolfHacker1]

Brennen first pitch swing and miss.

Fighting back for a good at bat.

Stay with it Brennen.

Base Hit. Base hit.

 

[GolfHacker1]

Bases loaded, Raider Tello time

Driving the pitch count up.

Force out at home, bases still loaded. FC

 

[GolfHacker1]

Sam, the other Sam K 2 Down

 

[BigOHawk]

It's like a Michigan inverse situation here...

 

[GolfHacker1]

Michael grounds out Iowa leaves bases loaded.

 

[BigOHawk]

Damn, really needed something out of that...although he threw a lot of pitches that inning.

 

[Franisdaman]

It's like a Michigan inverse situation here...

sheet!!!!

bases loaded, nobody out, NO RUNS!

 

[Franisdaman]

Anywhere to listen?

hit the play button

 

[ssckelley]

Terrible way to start the game. Tello set the tone with an awful at bat where he was over anxious and swinging at anything.

 

[QChawks]

Brody needs to throw strikes

 

[In the blood]

JC

 

[GolfHacker1]

2nd pitch motion by Brody was odd.

Lead off walk.

 

[millah_22]

hit the play button

View embedded media

thanks bestie

 

[QChawks]

Indy all red uniforms are GROSS

looks like a bottle of ketchup

 

[Franisdaman]

Brody needs to throw strikes

2nd pitch motion by Brody was odd.

Lead off walk.

rut row....

 

[In the blood]

WTF

 

[GolfHacker1]

Brody HBP, long at bat there.

 

[QChawks]

yuck

 

[BigOHawk]

c'mon Brody!!

 

[In the blood]

Langenberg?

 

[Franisdaman]

my god, the bull pen is up already....

 

[QChawks]

c'mon Brody!!

announcers already talking about pulling him

LOL

 

[GolfHacker1]

Brody K 1 Down