(04-20-2015 09:19 AM)fsquid Wrote:  ...too bad college doesn't offer the same type of match.

I get every bit as much excitement and fun watching college baseball as any NBA fan and for a small fraction of the cost ($5 / $3 for seniors).

(04-20-2015 09:24 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(04-20-2015 09:19 AM)fsquid Wrote:  ...too bad college doesn't offer the same type of match.

I get every bit as much excitement and fun watching college baseball as any NBA fan and for a small fraction of the cost ($5 / $3 for seniors).

cool, that's why we live in America. Enjoy what you want.

(04-20-2015 09:13 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  Latest RPI's in AAC:

21. USF
31. Houston
33. UConn
44. Tulane
47. UCF
54. Memphis
59. ECU
185. Cincy

7 out of 8 teams in the top 59!

The AAC is the third best baseball conference in the nation --- ahead of the Pac 12, Big 12, and Big 10.


HERE >>>

http://warrennolan.com/baseball/2015/conferencerpi

so what RPI does a team need to have to make the tourney.

(04-20-2015 10:36 AM)fsquid Wrote:  so what RPI does a team need to have to make the tourney.

I have heard that top 50 gives you a decent shot. Don't know how many teams get in but that number would give you a good guess. Of course the auto bids w/ high number RPIs would also be a factor - as in basketball.

(04-20-2015 10:52 AM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  

(04-20-2015 10:36 AM)fsquid Wrote:  so what RPI does a team need to have to make the tourney.

I have heard that top 50 gives you a decent shot. Don't know how many teams get in but that number would give you a good guess. Of course the auto bids w/ high number RPIs would also be a factor - as in basketball.

There are 64 teams w/ invites and auto bids --- so top 50 RPI sounds right.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Divisi...ampionship

Quote:The NCAA Division I Baseball Championship tournament is held each year from May through June and features 64 college baseball teams in the United States, culminating in the College World Series.

The tournament is unique in that it features four tiers of competition, each contested on a double-elimination basis. In fact, throughout the entire tournament, a team can lose a total of four games and still be crowned champions.

During team selection, eight teams are given national seeds. These teams automatically host a super regional if they advance past the regional round. As in other NCAA tournaments, conference champions (usually determined by a tournament) receive automatic bids, and the selection committee fills the remaining spots.

The first tier, called Regionals, consists of 16 locations that include four teams, seeded 1 through 4, competing in a double-elimination bracket. The 16 host sites are determined mostly by merit - most No. 1 seeds host - but are also contested by bids from schools guaranteeing the NCAA a certain amount of revenue from that regional. Host teams traditionally have a large advantage, although the home team for each game is determined by rule, so the host school sometimes plays as the visiting team. The winner of each regional moves on to the second tier, the Super Regionals.

Super Regionals are played at eight locations throughout the country and consist of the 16 surviving teams, matched up by predetermined regional pairings. National seeds cannot meet each other in the super regional and are guaranteed to host. If the national seed in the bracket is eliminated in the regional stage, the super regional will be played at the higher seeded team's field. If the two seeds are the same, the Super Regional will be bid upon by the two competing teams. The two teams play a best-of-three series to determine who moves on to the College World Series. Although one school hosts all three games, the teams split home-team status in the first two games, with the host school batting last in the opening game and first in game 2. If a third game is needed, a coin toss determines home-team status. Ole Miss is the only school to host three Super Regionals without advancing to the College World Series under the current format. Florida State has lost five Super Regionals as host, but has also advanced to the College World Series five times under the current format.

The final eight teams meet in Omaha, Nebraska in the College World Series. The CWS mimics the earlier rounds, consisting of two double-elimination brackets of four teams each. Thereafter, the winners of each bracket meet in a best-of-three final. The winner of this final series wins the College World Series and is crowned National Champion.

(04-20-2015 09:24 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(04-20-2015 09:19 AM)fsquid Wrote:  ...too bad college doesn't offer the same type of match.

I get every bit as much excitement and fun watching college baseball as any NBA fan and for a small fraction of the cost ($5 / $3 for seniors).

I agree. Although NBA playoff basketball is a step up from the regular season. I'd much prefer to watch a Tiger game, regardless of the sport.

(04-19-2015 08:33 PM)k2tigers Wrote:  

(04-19-2015 09:54 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(04-19-2015 08:59 AM)fsquid Wrote:  looks like a good crowd was there yesterday.

Better than usual. Nice to see Tom Bowen and wife there. Winning the series with USF was very commendable. Great performance by our young men. The team chemistry and perseverance is especially noticeable - Rock has them believing in themselves. Thousands of Tiger fans in this town have no idea what they are missing.

Thousands? LOL

Yes

And the same thousands of fans have no idea what they're missing if they haven't experienced a home NBA playoff game.

WTF does that have to do with baseball?

If you have some other defensiveness concerning our NBA team...take it elsewhere. Let alone that NBA playoffs are exciting- and a different animal and point than any past Grizzly points that may have been brought up.

Come on down to some BASEBALL games, the topic of THIS thread. Or compare an NBA playoff game with a mid season NBA game against Detroit.

(04-20-2015 11:14 AM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Divisi...ampionship

Quote:The NCAA Division I Baseball Championship tournament is held each year from May through June and features 64 college baseball teams in the United States, culminating in the College World Series.

The tournament is unique in that it features four tiers of competition, each contested on a double-elimination basis. In fact, throughout the entire tournament, a team can lose a total of four games and still be crowned champions.

During team selection, eight teams are given national seeds. These teams automatically host a super regional if they advance past the regional round. As in other NCAA tournaments, conference champions (usually determined by a tournament) receive automatic bids, and the selection committee fills the remaining spots.

The first tier, called Regionals, consists of 16 locations that include four teams, seeded 1 through 4, competing in a double-elimination bracket. The 16 host sites are determined mostly by merit - most No. 1 seeds host - but are also contested by bids from schools guaranteeing the NCAA a certain amount of revenue from that regional. Host teams traditionally have a large advantage, although the home team for each game is determined by rule, so the host school sometimes plays as the visiting team. The winner of each regional moves on to the second tier, the Super Regionals.

Super Regionals are played at eight locations throughout the country and consist of the 16 surviving teams, matched up by predetermined regional pairings. National seeds cannot meet each other in the super regional and are guaranteed to host. If the national seed in the bracket is eliminated in the regional stage, the super regional will be played at the higher seeded team's field. If the two seeds are the same, the Super Regional will be bid upon by the two competing teams. The two teams play a best-of-three series to determine who moves on to the College World Series. Although one school hosts all three games, the teams split home-team status in the first two games, with the host school batting last in the opening game and first in game 2. If a third game is needed, a coin toss determines home-team status. Ole Miss is the only school to host three Super Regionals without advancing to the College World Series under the current format. Florida State has lost five Super Regionals as host, but has also advanced to the College World Series five times under the current format.

The final eight teams meet in Omaha, Nebraska in the College World Series. The CWS mimics the earlier rounds, consisting of two double-elimination brackets of four teams each. Thereafter, the winners of each bracket meet in a best-of-three final. The winner of this final series wins the College World Series and is crowned National Champion.

Saw a projection where Memphis was in playing at Nashville.

(04-20-2015 01:15 PM)MemphisMojo Wrote:  

(04-20-2015 11:14 AM)TIGERCITY Wrote:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Divisi...ampionship

Quote:The NCAA Division I Baseball Championship tournament is held each year from May through June and features 64 college baseball teams in the United States, culminating in the College World Series.

The tournament is unique in that it features four tiers of competition, each contested on a double-elimination basis. In fact, throughout the entire tournament, a team can lose a total of four games and still be crowned champions.

During team selection, eight teams are given national seeds. These teams automatically host a super regional if they advance past the regional round. As in other NCAA tournaments, conference champions (usually determined by a tournament) receive automatic bids, and the selection committee fills the remaining spots.

The first tier, called Regionals, consists of 16 locations that include four teams, seeded 1 through 4, competing in a double-elimination bracket. The 16 host sites are determined mostly by merit - most No. 1 seeds host - but are also contested by bids from schools guaranteeing the NCAA a certain amount of revenue from that regional. Host teams traditionally have a large advantage, although the home team for each game is determined by rule, so the host school sometimes plays as the visiting team. The winner of each regional moves on to the second tier, the Super Regionals.

Super Regionals are played at eight locations throughout the country and consist of the 16 surviving teams, matched up by predetermined regional pairings. National seeds cannot meet each other in the super regional and are guaranteed to host. If the national seed in the bracket is eliminated in the regional stage, the super regional will be played at the higher seeded team's field. If the two seeds are the same, the Super Regional will be bid upon by the two competing teams. The two teams play a best-of-three series to determine who moves on to the College World Series. Although one school hosts all three games, the teams split home-team status in the first two games, with the host school batting last in the opening game and first in game 2. If a third game is needed, a coin toss determines home-team status. Ole Miss is the only school to host three Super Regionals without advancing to the College World Series under the current format. Florida State has lost five Super Regionals as host, but has also advanced to the College World Series five times under the current format.

The final eight teams meet in Omaha, Nebraska in the College World Series. The CWS mimics the earlier rounds, consisting of two double-elimination brackets of four teams each. Thereafter, the winners of each bracket meet in a best-of-three final. The winner of this final series wins the College World Series and is crowned National Champion.

Saw a projection where Memphis was in playing at Nashville.

I believe we played in Nashville on our last trip to NCAAs. Played the OVC champion i think.

(04-20-2015 09:07 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(04-19-2015 08:33 PM)k2tigers Wrote:  

(04-19-2015 09:54 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  ...... Thousands of Tiger fans in this town have no idea what they are missing.

Thousands? LOL

Yes

And the same thousands of fans have no idea what they're missing if they haven't experienced a home NBA playoff game.

By "tiger fans" I was referring to those who put the university first.

oh, my bad

I did not realize "tiger fans" put the university first....before the CITY

(04-20-2015 12:24 PM)Mimi Wrote:  

(04-19-2015 08:33 PM)k2tigers Wrote:  

(04-19-2015 09:54 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(04-19-2015 08:59 AM)fsquid Wrote:  looks like a good crowd was there yesterday.

Better than usual. Nice to see Tom Bowen and wife there. Winning the series with USF was very commendable. Great performance by our young men. The team chemistry and perseverance is especially noticeable - Rock has them believing in themselves. Thousands of Tiger fans in this town have no idea what they are missing.

Thousands? LOL

Yes

And the same thousands of fans have no idea what they're missing if they haven't experienced a home NBA playoff game.

WTF does that have to do with baseball?

If you have some other defensiveness concerning our NBA team...take it elsewhere. Let alone that NBA playoffs are exciting- and a different animal and point than any past Grizzly points that may have been brought up.

Come on down to some BASEBALL games, the topic of THIS thread. Or compare an NBA playoff game with a mid season NBA game against Detroit.

Is that a word? No I get it.

Speaking of which, I have and will continue to refrain from commenting on your many posts that reek of 'defensiveness.'

(04-20-2015 07:49 PM)k2tigers Wrote:  

(04-20-2015 09:07 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(04-19-2015 08:33 PM)k2tigers Wrote:  

(04-19-2015 09:54 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  ...... Thousands of Tiger fans in this town have no idea what they are missing.

Thousands? LOL

Yes

And the same thousands of fans have no idea what they're missing if they haven't experienced a home NBA playoff game.

By "tiger fans" I was referring to those who put the university first.

oh, my bad

I did not realize "tiger fans" put the university first....before the CITY

Not exactly. "Tiger fans" know that the university is more important to the city (and benefits it in more ways) than an NBA franchise.

(04-21-2015 08:01 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(04-20-2015 07:49 PM)k2tigers Wrote:  

(04-20-2015 09:07 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(04-19-2015 08:33 PM)k2tigers Wrote:  

(04-19-2015 09:54 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  ...... Thousands of Tiger fans in this town have no idea what they are missing.

Thousands? LOL

Yes

And the same thousands of fans have no idea what they're missing if they haven't experienced a home NBA playoff game.

By "tiger fans" I was referring to those who put the university first.

oh, my bad

I did not realize "tiger fans" put the university first....before the CITY

Not exactly. "Tiger fans" know that the university is more important to the city (and benefits it in more ways) than an NBA franchise.

Really?

I applaud your unending and dying support to the local university.

I also think that you could substitute NBA with NFL and it would still chap your ass. You care more about the university of Memphis than you do the city of Memphis. So you are saying that an NBA franchise is less important to the city than the UofM?

I travelled today back to my hometown thru Chicago O'Hare. So having a little time to kill, I sat down at a bar and met a gal named Kate. Kate happened to be from Memphis. Lives downtown and been in Memphis for 4 years. Attractive, smart and works for AZ.

She lurves the Grizzlies. I explained that if you grew up there like I did, you'd like the Tigers. She had heard the same but said that since she moved to Memphis, she loves the Grizzlies and Redbirds.

The point is. we need more people like Kate. She's lived all over the US and chose to experience Memphis.

GA - get the f off your horse about fans and who can and can't be. Because if you think only alumns of the UofM are supporting, you are sadly mistaken.

Sorry. It's not. Get out and travel some more.

(04-22-2015 10:30 PM)k2tigers Wrote:  

(04-21-2015 08:01 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(04-20-2015 07:49 PM)k2tigers Wrote:  

(04-20-2015 09:07 AM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(04-19-2015 08:33 PM)k2tigers Wrote:  Thousands? LOL

Yes

And the same thousands of fans have no idea what they're missing if they haven't experienced a home NBA playoff game.

By "tiger fans" I was referring to those who put the university first.

oh, my bad

I did not realize "tiger fans" put the university first....before the CITY

Not exactly. "Tiger fans" know that the university is more important to the city (and benefits it in more ways) than an NBA franchise.

Really?

I applaud your unending and dying support to the local university.

I also think that you could substitute NBA with NFL and it would still chap your ass. You care more about the university of Memphis than you do the city of Memphis. So you are saying that an NBA franchise is less important to the city than the UofM?

I travelled today back to my hometown thru Chicago O'Hare. So having a little time to kill, I sat down at a bar and met a gal named Kate. Kate happened to be from Memphis. Lives downtown and been in Memphis for 4 years. Attractive, smart and works for AZ.

She lurves the Grizzlies. I explained that if you grew up there like I did, you'd like the Tigers. She had heard the same but said that since she moved to Memphis, she loves the Grizzlies and Redbirds.

The point is. we need more people like Kate. She's lived all over the US and chose to experience Memphis.

GA - get the f off your horse about fans and who can and can't be. Because if you think only alumns of the UofM are supporting, you are sadly mistaken.

Sorry. It's not. Get out and travel some more.

I live downtown. Did you happen to get her number?

No, but I caught her last name on her boarding pass.

Very cute and personable.