(02-23-2015 09:51 AM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  Perfect Game kept us at #20, and have teams that have played a home-baked, powderpuff schedule to date (e.g., A&M, Miss. St) jumping ahead of us; yet they have Texas, who with outplayed and split with at #8. Go figure...

http://www.perfectgame.org/Articles/View.aspx?article=10903

(02-23-2015 10:27 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(02-23-2015 09:51 AM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  Perfect Game kept us at #20, and have teams that have played a home-baked, powderpuff schedule to date (e.g., A&M, Miss. St) jumping ahead of us; yet they have Texas, who with outplayed and split with at #8. Go figure...

http://www.perfectgame.org/Articles/View.aspx?article=10903

Florida State who lost a series to Georgia, went 1-3 this week, and beat Oakland to start the year is ranked ahead of us.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

(02-23-2015 09:41 AM)Orange County Owl Wrote:  After looking at how the D1Baseball Top 25 fared last week I'm guessing that we end up at #11 with them as well.

(02-23-2015 12:33 PM)Antarius Wrote:  Meh.

We win conference for the 20th time and it will all take care of itself.

(02-23-2015 01:23 PM)13thOwl Wrote:  

(02-23-2015 12:33 PM)Antarius Wrote:  Meh.

We win conference for the 20th time and it will all take care of itself.

Agreed.

(02-23-2015 01:33 PM)temchugh Wrote:  

(02-23-2015 01:23 PM)13thOwl Wrote:  

(02-23-2015 12:33 PM)Antarius Wrote:  Meh.

We win conference for the 20th time and it will all take care of itself.

Agreed.

Sure, but we gotta have something to talk about to get us through the off days.

(02-23-2015 01:50 PM)13thOwl Wrote:  

(02-23-2015 01:33 PM)temchugh Wrote:  

(02-23-2015 01:23 PM)13thOwl Wrote:  

(02-23-2015 12:33 PM)Antarius Wrote:  Meh.

We win conference for the 20th time and it will all take care of itself.

Agreed.

Sure, but we gotta have something to talk about to get us through the off days.

Can we discuss the uniforms worn during the Sunday game against Texas? I am pretty sure Aquino wore it when defending his home run title at TD Ameritrade.

(02-23-2015 01:49 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  And we rank #11 in average attendance through our first 5 home games at 3,847...

http://www.sportswriters.net/ncbwa/news/2015/attendance150223.pdf

...but how long will that last? Hopefully, at least through the Stanford series. Does anyone know how many season tickets were sold this year? Hopefully rebounding from last year's dramatic and sudden decline.

(02-23-2015 02:05 PM)Orange County Owl Wrote:  

(02-23-2015 01:49 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  And we rank #11 in average attendance through our first 5 home games at 3,847...

http://www.sportswriters.net/ncbwa/news/2015/attendance150223.pdf

...but how long will that last? Hopefully, at least through the Stanford series. Does anyone know how many season tickets were sold this year? Hopefully rebounding from last year's dramatic and sudden decline.

Announced attendance for HBU was 2,048 so I would assume that's a pretty good proxy.

Quote:Will King (Texas): What do you think of the Rice Owls so far?

Michael Lananna: I really like what I see. We knew their pitching staff would be deep, but we didn’t know if they’d hit. Even head coach Wayne Graham told me the proof wasn’t in the pudding yet as far as his offense. It’s early, but so far the Owls have answered those questions. They’ve put up double-digit hits in every game. Freshman center fielder Ryan Chandler (.344/.436/.469) has been a spark plug at the top of the order. Junior shortstop Leon Byrd (.367/.432/.500) is building off of a stellar fall. And veterans Kirby Taylor and John Clay Reeves are mashing. If the Owls can continue to hit like that—and pitch the way they’re capable of—there’s no question they’ll be a force.