RPIs **NOW ADJUSTED FOR FRIDAY**

#198 Charlotte (3-6) at #15 FAU (8-1)
#30 ODU (3-6) at #155 FIU (4-5)
#100 La Tech (4-5) at #69 WKU (5-4)
#98 Marshall (5-4) at #124 UTSA (2-7)
#90 MT (2-7) at #16 USM (8-1)
#164 UAB (3-6) at #14 Rice (7-2)

It appears we will most likely be flip-flopping anywhere from #3-5 for a bit as there's a reasonable gap from the #2 to #3 and then #5 to #6 conferences :

#2 ACC .5806
#3 BIG12 .5411
#4 CUSA .5407
#5 PAC12 .5398
#6 WCC .5278
#7 AAC .5278

(04-07-2016 08:19 AM)usm99 Wrote:  RPIs will be tweaked slightly come Friday with several games scheduled for today (Thursday):

#197 Charlotte (3-6) at #15 FAU (8-1)
#30 ODU (3-6) at #153 FIU (4-5)
#102 La Tech (4-5) at #69 WKU (5-4)
#99 Marshall (5-4) at #122 UTSA (2-7)
#91 MT (2-7) at #16 USM (8-1)
#166 UAB (3-6) at #14 Rice (7-2)

It appears we will most likely be flip-flopping anywhere from #3-5 for a bit as there's a reasonable gap from the #2 to #3 and then #5 to #6 conferences :

#2 ACC .5806
#3 BIG12 .5410
#4 CUSA .5408
#5 PAC12 .5402
#6 WCC .5278
#7 AAC .5277

Would be pretty neat to finish 3rd, eh ?

I fully expect Charlotte to get swept this weekend and that is best for the conference.

FAU/MTSU fans:
As we enter this weekend to take on MTSU and we are tied with FAU, I was interested in knowing how the Friday night game in your series went down? MTSU got the victory and I was curious as to how that game looked. Thanks

(04-07-2016 09:30 AM)wh49er Wrote:  I fully expect Charlotte to get swept this weekend and that is best for the conference.

Not really. Losing one or 2 games to Charlotte would not KILL FAU and would help us to get our RPI up into a more respectable range (given FAU's strong RPI). This would actually end up helping Charlotte and the rest of the teams on our schedule as well. Go Niners!

(04-08-2016 08:55 AM)eagle04 Wrote:  FAU/MTSU fans:
As we enter this weekend to take on MTSU and we are tied with FAU, I was interested in knowing how the Friday night game in your series went down? MTSU got the victory and I was curious as to how that game looked. Thanks

Not the answer you are looking for but an interesting side note to MT and Friday night games......MT's only 2 CUSA wins were both on a Friday at home and came against FAU and Rice (or at least that's how warrennolan.com has it listed). Also, FWIW they won at South Alabama on a Friday night.

For USM....USM is 7-0 when our Friday night starter is on the mound but not all of those were Friday games. 2 of our weekend series were tweaked due to weather and Easter. He pitched on Saturday in OOC action and then on a Thursday vs UTSA on Easter weekend. USM did lose once on a Friday as part of a DH at Marshall due to weather and it was our Saturday starter who was on the mound for that one. Overall it should be one heck of a game tonight at The Pete.

(04-07-2016 09:11 AM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  

(04-07-2016 08:19 AM)usm99 Wrote:  RPIs will be tweaked slightly come Friday with several games scheduled for today (Thursday):

#197 Charlotte (3-6) at #15 FAU (8-1)
#30 ODU (3-6) at #153 FIU (4-5)
#102 La Tech (4-5) at #69 WKU (5-4)
#99 Marshall (5-4) at #122 UTSA (2-7)
#91 MT (2-7) at #16 USM (8-1)
#166 UAB (3-6) at #14 Rice (7-2)

It appears we will most likely be flip-flopping anywhere from #3-5 for a bit as there's a reasonable gap from the #2 to #3 and then #5 to #6 conferences :

#2 ACC .5806
#3 BIG12 .5410
#4 CUSA .5408
#5 PAC12 .5402
#6 WCC .5278
#7 AAC .5277

Would be pretty neat to finish 3rd, eh ?

If the conference as a whole can win over half (but preferably 60%) their remaining OOC games it's a possibility I feel like. For USM our remaining OOC current RPIs are 4 (@Ole Miss). 26 (@UNO). 34 (UL-L). 56 (@Tulane) and 130 (UL-Monroe)

Hopefully our bats will come around this weekend. Our pitching has been pretty solid recently, minus the freaking walks (lead-off walks, in particular).

My old man is in H-town already. Bringing us back a load of crawfish for a Monday boil

(04-08-2016 08:55 AM)eagle04 Wrote:  FAU/MTSU fans:
As we enter this weekend to take on MTSU and we are tied with FAU, I was interested in knowing how the Friday night game in your series went down? MTSU got the victory and I was curious as to how that game looked. Thanks

Friday has seemed to be a bit of bad luck spot for pitchers.
McKay who had a couple bad starts there has pitched great in midweek games.
Rhodes was moved to Friday that week up from Saturday and struggled some.

(04-07-2016 09:11 AM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  

(04-07-2016 08:19 AM)usm99 Wrote:  RPIs will be tweaked slightly come Friday with several games scheduled for today (Thursday):

#197 Charlotte (3-6) at #15 FAU (8-1)
#30 ODU (3-6) at #153 FIU (4-5)
#102 La Tech (4-5) at #69 WKU (5-4)
#99 Marshall (5-4) at #122 UTSA (2-7)
#91 MT (2-7) at #16 USM (8-1)
#166 UAB (3-6) at #14 Rice (7-2)

It appears we will most likely be flip-flopping anywhere from #3-5 for a bit as there's a reasonable gap from the #2 to #3 and then #5 to #6 conferences :

#2 ACC .5806
#3 BIG12 .5410
#4 CUSA .5408
#5 PAC12 .5402
#6 WCC .5278
#7 AAC .5277

Would be pretty neat to finish 3rd, eh ?

A Marshall win over WVU would've been nice in that conference RPI battle with B12

#198 Charlotte (3-6) at #15 FAU (8-1) -- Charlotte up 8-5 in T9
#30 ODU (3-6) at #155 FIU (4-5) -- FIU up 11-9 in T7
#100 La Tech (4-5) at #69 WKU (5-4) -- WKU up 6-2 in B7
#98 Marshall (5-4) at #124 UTSA (2-7) -- Marshall up 4-1 in B8
#90 MT (2-7) at #16 USM (8-1) -- USM up 5-2 in B8
#164 UAB (3-6) at #14 Rice (7-2) -- Rice up 4-0 in T6

Charlotte defeats FAU
USM defeats MT

USM now alone in 1st.

(04-08-2016 08:10 PM)UNT15 Wrote:  

(04-07-2016 09:11 AM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  

(04-07-2016 08:19 AM)usm99 Wrote:  RPIs will be tweaked slightly come Friday with several games scheduled for today (Thursday):

#197 Charlotte (3-6) at #15 FAU (8-1)
#30 ODU (3-6) at #153 FIU (4-5)
#102 La Tech (4-5) at #69 WKU (5-4)
#99 Marshall (5-4) at #122 UTSA (2-7)
#91 MT (2-7) at #16 USM (8-1)
#166 UAB (3-6) at #14 Rice (7-2)

It appears we will most likely be flip-flopping anywhere from #3-5 for a bit as there's a reasonable gap from the #2 to #3 and then #5 to #6 conferences :

#2 ACC .5806
#3 BIG12 .5410
#4 CUSA .5408
#5 PAC12 .5402
#6 WCC .5278
#7 AAC .5277

Would be pretty neat to finish 3rd, eh ?

A Marshall win over WVU would've been nice in that conference RPI battle with B12

Furman won at WVU tonight. Not sure of RPI before their game but Furman is now 182 while WVU fell to 68 which puts us back in 3rd for the time being.

WKU defeats La Tech

Marshall defeats UTSA

ODU jumped out to a 9-0, FIU then scored 11 straight only to see ODU score 3 runs late and ODU wins 12-11

Rice beats UAB

Saturday action

#179 Charlotte (4-6) at #23 FAU (8-2) -- Charlotte leads series 1-0
#33 ODU (4-6) at #162 FIU (4-6) -- ODU leads series 1-0
#102 La Tech (4-6) at #61 WKU (6-4) -- WKU leads series 1-0
#95 Marshall (6-4) at #137 UTSA (2-8) -- Marshall leads series 1-0
#89 MT (2-8) at #14 USM (9-1) -- USM leads series 1-0
#166 UAB (3-7) at #16 Rice (8-2) -- Rice leads series 1-0


#2 ACC .5791
#3 PAC12 .5402
#4 CUSA .5395
#5 BIG12 .5394
#6 AAC .5287

Saw this morning where USM has now won 22 of its last 23 CUSA regular season games dating back to last year when we finished the regular season with sweeps of Charlotte, Marshall and Middle Tennessee

I like that we had three teams lined up 14-15-16 in RPI entering the weekend.

Getting top 3 conference RPI would be nice but what I'd really like to see is sending multiple teams to Omaha this season.

And UAB takes 2-0 lead on Rice in T6 of series game two.