(06-15-2021 07:05 AM)ken d Wrote:  

(06-14-2021 11:12 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  SEC ......... 3
PAC ......... 2
ACC ......... 2
B12 .......... 1

That has a familiar look to it. Is there a sport that the A5 conferences don't dominate? Will there ever be in the future?

The funny thing about baseball is the relative swing between the SEC and B1G. In the first 20 years of the CWS, from 1947 - 1966, the B1G won six national titles. But the B1G has not won a national title since then, 55 years ago.

In contrast, the SEC did not win a CWS until 1990, the 44th year of the CWS. Since that year, the SEC has won 12 of the last 30 national titles.

The threads of consistency throughout have been the PAC and what are now Big 12 schools. The PAC has won consistently, it's first title was in 1947, it's most recent in 2018.

The Big 12 is in a drought. Texas and Oklahoma schools also have a long history of success in the CWS, but they haven't won the title since 2005. Texas looks strong so very well may do it.

The ACC is also a strange case. The ACC has been a strong player, putting loads of teams in to the tournament and many in to the CWS. But they rarely win the title, they have only done so twice, in 2015 and 1953. FSU is the huge sticking point here - since the introduction of super regionals in 1999, FSU has been to more of them, 17, than anyone else, but still has no CWS title. Virginia and NC State both pulled rabbits out of the hat to win their super regionals, so they are strong contenders for the title, IMO.

So the big deal is getting the B1G back in to the game, so to speak.