We got Tristan back quicker than expected (5 weeks vs. 6 - 8 weeks); let's just hope Parthasarathy and Warren are not out for extended periods. We have certainly felt the loss of Jackson on our pitching depth and quality.

D1Baseball's Midseason Field Of 64 Projections
Rice as a host and matched up with #5 TCU.
Also in the regional: Texas Tech, Creighton and Southeastern Louisiana.

http://www.d1baseball.com/analysis/midse...s-april-6/

(04-06-2016 12:35 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  D1Baseball's Midseason Field Of 64 Projections
Rice as a host and matched up with #5 TCU.
Also in the regional: Texas Tech, Creighton and Southeastern Louisiana.

http://www.d1baseball.com/analysis/midse...s-april-6/

Looks good to me! I could see TCU tripping up in their regional too. Ole miss and UH aren't pushovers. Let's keep winning and make this happen.

Oh, the disbelievers...

Quote:Kendall Rogers ‏@KendallRogersD1 2h2 hours ago
Kendall Rogers Retweeted Brandon Nguyen
Rice is trending upward. RPI is good, metrics are getting better, projection is strong, great NC SOS (1).

Brandon Nguyen @g1BTrain51
@KendallRogersD1 Part of me is surprised Rice is hosting. Probably due to their RPI and SOS, correct?

(04-04-2016 05:44 PM)Brookes Owl Wrote:  

(04-04-2016 05:31 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  

(04-04-2016 05:10 PM)wheredidmypantsgo Wrote:  Trevor is almost certainly a butt-hurt Aggie. They have a poster who really has it out for Rice - likely due to insane jealousy at our past success vs. A&M paltry results on a national scale.

My guess was someone from Arkansas. Remember, they were the ones who were caught on video chanting "overrated" toward us during the Selection Show last year, and they're currently sitting with a #132 ranked RPI.

Wasn't that Okie State?

Fun fact. It was OK State. And if I recall correctly, the speaker was too modest. He asserted that Rice was the most overrated team in the country. But, in fact OK State was the most overrated team. They hosted and went 0-2. At least we made the regional finals.

(04-06-2016 12:35 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  D1Baseball's Midseason Field Of 64 Projections
Rice as a host and matched up with #5 TCU.
Also in the regional: Texas Tech, Creighton and Southeastern Louisiana.

http://www.d1baseball.com/analysis/midse...s-april-6/

Melissa Kean would love this!

(04-06-2016 03:02 PM)Almadenmike Wrote:  

(04-06-2016 12:35 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  D1Baseball's Midseason Field Of 64 Projections
Rice as a host and matched up with #5 TCU.
Also in the regional: Texas Tech, Creighton and Southeastern Louisiana.

http://www.d1baseball.com/analysis/midse...s-april-6/

Melissa Kean would love this!

would rather have A&M than TCU in regional.

(04-06-2016 06:01 PM)Howlomaha Wrote:  

(04-06-2016 03:02 PM)Almadenmike Wrote:  

(04-06-2016 12:35 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  D1Baseball's Midseason Field Of 64 Projections
Rice as a host and matched up with #5 TCU.
Also in the regional: Texas Tech, Creighton and Southeastern Louisiana.

http://www.d1baseball.com/analysis/midse...s-april-6/

Melissa Kean would love this!

would rather have A&M than TCU in regional.

Baseball America has us as a 2 seed in the A &M regional.

(04-06-2016 10:06 PM)ptld Wrote:  

(04-06-2016 06:01 PM)Howlomaha Wrote:  

(04-06-2016 03:02 PM)Almadenmike Wrote:  

(04-06-2016 12:35 PM)dragon2owl Wrote:  D1Baseball's Midseason Field Of 64 Projections
Rice as a host and matched up with #5 TCU.
Also in the regional: Texas Tech, Creighton and Southeastern Louisiana.

http://www.d1baseball.com/analysis/midse...s-april-6/

Melissa Kean would love this!

would rather have A&M than TCU in regional.

Baseball America has us as a 2 seed in the A &M regional.

And UH hosting.. Doesn't make much sense.

Texas Tech might be a national seed over TCU before too long (Tech beats Florida State today, TCU loses to UTA).

Sorenson has us in 8 for Omaha this week.

Where is that projection? I can't find it.

Found it, buried in an article mostly about college hockey.. d1ba.se/1XjvRrx

(04-04-2016 04:38 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  

(04-04-2016 04:22 PM)RiceOwl Wrote:  I cannot wait for FAU to come to town so we can pick up where we left off last year. Those guys are overrated,

Weren't they something like 18-2 when we swept them a couple years ago on the road?

You must be thinking of someone else. We swept FAU in Boca Raton last season when they came in 17-7 in C-USA and 36-11 overall.

I will note that this season FAU may already have 22 wins, but the only Top 25 caliber team they've played is Florida, who beat them. They do have two wins over borderline Top 25 Mississippi State. Otherwise, their schedule is underwhelming; WarrenNolan.com has their strength of schedule currently at 107th in Division I (and 154th strongest non-conference schedule).

(04-08-2016 11:25 PM)Jonathan Sadow Wrote:  

(04-04-2016 04:38 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  

(04-04-2016 04:22 PM)RiceOwl Wrote:  I cannot wait for FAU to come to town so we can pick up where we left off last year. Those guys are overrated,

Weren't they something like 18-2 when we swept them a couple years ago on the road?

You must be thinking of someone else. We swept FAU in Boca Raton last season when they came in 17-7 in C-USA and 36-11 overall.

I will note that this season FAU may already have 22 wins, but the only Top 25 caliber team they've played is Florida, who beat them. They do have two wins over borderline Top 25 Mississippi State. Otherwise, their schedule is underwhelming; WarrenNolan.com has their strength of schedule currently at 107th in Division I (and 154th strongest non-conference schedule).

I think it was FIU two years ago in Miami. They had only a couple losses heading into the conference opener, and we swept them on the road.