At least UCONN is ranked in a major poll & now UCF starting to get some love. UH can't be far behind & Tulane had a good bounce back week. AAC usually has a few teams in the polls which isn't bad considering it's only a 9-team league.
(03-18-2019 02:54 PM)B easy Wrote: [ -> ]At least UCONN is ranked in a major poll & now UCF starting to get some love. UH can't be far behind & Tulane had a good bounce back week. AAC usually has a few teams in the polls which isn't bad considering it's only a 9-team league.
True. And BaseballAmerica Chat had this today (ie maybe we'll have more teams crack that poll):
It may be too early on in the season for this question, but I am curious, is there is a team off everyone's radar right now that you could see really surprising some folks before the end of the year?
Teddy Cahill: Already referenced the podcast once, so I'll plug it again. I asked Joe to give us a team that we're not talking about now but should be and he mentioned Indiana State. The Sycamores are building a strong resume already and look like they should be able to contend for the Missouri Valley title. I also think Houston and UConn have slipped below the radar in the early going. They're going to make some noise later, whether that's contending with ECU for the American title or during the NCAA Tournament.
(03-18-2019 08:49 AM)B easy Wrote: [ -> ]Perfect Game
#16 ECU
#24 UCONN
https://www.perfectgame.org/Articles/Vie...icle=16230
D1
#20 ECU
https://d1baseball.com/rankings/college-...-number-1/
Baseball America
#14 ECU
https://www.baseballamerica.com/rankings...ll-top-25/
Collegiate Baseball
#21 ECU
http://baseballnews.com/collegiate-baseb...l-3-18-19/
USA Today
#21 ECU
#40 UCF
http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/bas...ches-poll/
NCBWA
#21 ECU
Others receiving votes: UCF
http://www.sportswriters.net/ncbwa/poll/
Now with all 6 polls in, it's interesting to see ECU's movement. While ECU dropped 3 spots in D1 and 2 spots in NCBWA respectively, the Pirates shot up 9 spots in Collegiate Baseball and climbed 3 spots in the Coaches poll. Meanwhile, we held serve in Perfect Game & Baseball America. So to recap, that's 2 up, 2 down & 2 static, so I guess we broke even in the end. Meanwhile UCONN needs more respect but at least UCF is starting to get some love. Should be a really good series against the Knights this weekend as I believe they are a regional team this year. In fact, I think UH, ECU, UCONN, UCF and possibly Tulane make the field.
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