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Well we consistently get at-large bids as a conference in the field of 64, and our conference RPI has been #13, #12, and #10 over the last three years.

When you can be the 13th best conference in the RPI with 2 brand new division 1 schools, I'd say you're doing OK!

link to conference RPI - http://www.warrennolan.com/baseball/2006/conferencerpi

This year was the only one in the last 3 that the SoCon snuck in front of us in the the RPI.
12-06-2006 02:08 PM
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I'm not picking on you. I'm really not. But, do you notice a trend? From 10 to 12 to 13. And you mentioned that the Southern Conference has moved up (ahead of ASun last year).

Basketball seems to follow the same trend in the ASun. From around 20th to 29th or 30th in 3 years.

It sounds like the ASun might just be falling down the line in baseball, as well. I guess we'll only know after another year or two with the new members.

I'm not expecting much of a boost from South Carolina Upstate.
12-06-2006 02:16 PM
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Very true, but at least 10-13 can be considered just natural fluctuation. Especially when you consider KSU & UNF just arrived (although UNF had a great 1st season.) Basketball the story is bottoming out when you fall from 20 to 29-30. It's a lot harder to bring a basketball program from DII to DI. So while you can definitely say basketball is a bottom dweller right now, baseball still looks very strong. I expect Stetson, Jacksonville, & Mercer to be battling it out near the top this year, and UNF & ETSU will hopefully continue to shine and build on last years success.
12-06-2006 02:46 PM
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The difference is how many people from an exposure standpoint could give a rat's rear end about college baseball? VERY FEW. I don't see College Gameday live from the LSU baseball game, hell, they don't have a Gameday for baseball. The point is, there are two sports that matter in American society and in the NCAA when you want true national exposure, FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL. All you have to do is look at the TV ratings, coaches salaries, ATTENDANCE. Follow the money MercerFan and KingStetson. I mean honestly, people STILL mention ETSU's win over Arizona anytime the Wildcats play in the NCAA's, whenever the 1 seed vs. 16 seed is brought up in the NCAA basketball tourney, ETSU's near upset of I believe it was Oklahoma, still talked about. Though not household names people remember Keith Jennings, or that small point guard that missed the big shot against Wake Forest AND Cincinati, these same people couldn't tell you that TIm Turner, Steven Calicutt, Caleb Moore, Shane Byrne, Steven Douglas, Chuch Hargis and Jeremy Hall are bucs playing working their way through the minors.
But I bet they can talk about Thane Gash, Donnie Abraham, Gerald Sensabaugh and eating Terry Bradshaw's lunch in a bowl game, for that team that is not deceased, just in a coma and hopefully about to awake, so we can cut our travel budget in half, and play the teams that our fans CARE about playing and beating. The only exciting thing about playing Stetson is knowing that Derek Waugh HATES ETSU because... he went to Furman and couldn't beat us.
12-06-2006 03:24 PM
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buccaneerlover -- I agree with most of that, if not all of it. We never said college baseball was a money maker, or big market sport. It's slowing coming along though. Gradually picking up more TV time, and I believe college ball will see an "Opening day" starting in 2008. Unless they scraped that idea. Bash the A-Sun all you want, but the A Sun isn't stopping ETSU from going dancing in basketball. Your baseball team getting better in our conference should be a positive while you're here, not a negative.
12-06-2006 04:22 PM
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Mister Jennings
ETSUfan1 Wrote:ETSU was ranked #10 in the nation in basketball in 1991...we had an All American...
I remember Mister Jennings. That guy was a heck of a player for East Tennessee State University back in those days.
12-06-2006 07:40 PM
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i will say, the addition of unf and ksu will help the baseball in this conference.

and i know the sun isnt the best conference in the world, and i can understand etsu being upset bout losing their football team and switching conferences, but you shouldnt bash the conference. instead worry about winning some championships, because the conference is not stopping you from making the ncaa tourney.
12-06-2006 11:57 PM
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That is very true in basketball, and our other sports. Men's Tennis fell apart this year, women's tennis won for the first time ever, volleyball had a record breaking season, back to back winning seasons for the first time since Belmont's current coach was in JC.
You guys have to understand how much the move has hurt our attendance, press coverage in the area, and the most important thing of all THE MONEY. The dollars aren't coming in, not that they were three years ago, but fannies aren't in the seats at home games anymore, and after the first week of March the only people who talk about ETSU are Kelly Hodge with his tennis stories and WJHL Sports, that's it!
Baseball will never get to where it should be in college, the sport as a whole is declining. Americans don't have the time nor the attention span for a 9 inning game anymore, and they sure as heck aren't coming out to watch the bucs at Cardinal Park in mid to late March, I don't care how many years in a row they beat Tennessee and/or go far in the conference tourney.
12-07-2006 11:45 AM
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