Baseball @ Notre Dame, Game 3

[outrunner]

So the last two losses have been on TV. Time to ban all television coverage of our games the rest of the season. lol

 

Still a good series. Taking two games on the road against a top 50 RPI team is a major victory. Plus we are guaranteed a .500 record on the road in conference and are still unbeaten at home in conference. That's a solid formula to be a contender.

 

 

Updated standings

 

Team ... W-L ... GB  ... GR

USF.... 15-3 ... 0.0 ... 6 [Clinched tournament berth - #5-seed or higher] [3-0 vs Pitt]

Pitt... 15-3 ... 0.0 ... 6 [Clinched tournament berth - #5-seed or higher] [0-3 vs USF]

UL..... 14-4 ... 1.0 ... 6 [Clinched tournament berth - #6-seed or higher]

SHU.... 13-5 ... 2.0 ... 6 [Clinched tournament berth - #7-seed or higher]

RU..... 10-8 ... 4.0 ... 6

ND...... 8-10 .. 7.0 ... 6

UConn... 9-12 .. 7.5 ... 3

SJU..... 7-11 .. 8.0 ... 6

GU...... 5-13 . 10.0 ... 6

UC...... 4-17 . 12.5 ... 3

VU...... 2-16 . 13.0 ... 6

 

Rutgers can clinch a berth with a win over Georgetown.

 

Next week's schedule

USF @ Seton Hall

Villanova @ Pittsburgh

Louisville @ Connecticut

Georgetown @ Rutgers

Notre Dame @ St Johns

Bye week: Cincinnati

 

 

Our RPI dropped to #52 (but there are still some Sunday games going on that may change it a few places).

[outrunner]

As you know, conference play is unbalanced, playing only 8 series (4 home, 4 away) and not playing 2 teams.

 

Here's the rankings of the toughest conference schedule based on win percentage of their opponents (and the two teams they do not play). This includes the records of the teams still ahead on the schedule.

 

Cincinnati...... .583 (Connecticut & Georgetown)

Georgetown...... .578 (Cincinnati & Notre Dame)

St Johns........ .553 (Rutgers & Villanova)

Notre Dame...... .527 (Georgetown & Rutgers)

Villanova....... .520 (St Johns & USF)

Connecticut..... .514 (Cincinnati & Pittsburgh)

Rutgers......... .513 (Notre Dame & St Johns)

USF............. .473 (Louisville & Villanova)

Pittsburgh...... .442 (Connecticut & Seton Hall)

Seton Hall...... .400 (Louisville & Pittsburgh)

Louisville...... .400 (Seton Hall @ USF)

 

So looking at this, it really gives you an idea of how skewed the standings can be. Louisville and Seton Hall get to skip out on playing two of the top 4 teams.

[Reliable Source]

Our RPI is now at 52. Somebody must has lost to some dogs on Sunday. The loss to ND didn't hurt us in RPI much at all. RPI is a bit of a crapstat anyway. like all computer polls there is inherent bias based on the parameters in the poll. Ex: Did it take into acct that we had player 29 innings since Fri nite out of town in a hostile weather environment? Beat Bethune- Cookman.What would be their mascot? Pillsbury Dough-boy? BTW B-C up to 84 in RPI.

Edited May 6, 2013 by Bullwinkle