BB: ASC: American Southwest Conference

[Ralph Turner]

I want to give a shout-out to SRSU for going to the Arizona "Tournament" in mid-February where 10 other West Region teams met to play 3-5 games.

That is one of the best "tourneys" in the country and it helps to build the ASC.

Alpine to Phoenix AZ - 10 hours and 7 mins

Alpine to UT-Tyler - 10 hours and 6 mins. 

[TexasBB]

Today in Austin. Strange pairing for the first day. Mississippi College plays McMurry at 3:00 and UTT takes on CTX at 7:00.

I would have thought that UTT would be playing McMurry and CTX would be playing Mississippi College, however the luck of the draw.

In the second game the top teams from their respective divisions face off. UTT is the top hitting team in the ASC with a team batting average of .337 and 8 hitting .300 or better. CTX has the best pitching staff in the conference with a 2.72 staff ERA and by far the strongest bull pen lead by Ryan Ullman with 7 saves and a 1.54 ERA.

UTT will likely start Hack Barkley who is 10-0 this season with a 3.22 ERA. His is likely to be facing either Scott Hays 6-3 with a 2.72 ERA or Colin Butschek who is 2-0 in 12 starts with a 2.23 ERA. 

This will be an intersting matchup. If CTX gets the lead early they should prevail with their strong bullpen. UTT must get out fast and have their starter work into the later innings. A telling stat, UTT has lost its last 2 extra inning games.

The winner of this game is likely to be the Conference Champion.

Texas BB

[Ralph Turner]

Today in Austin. Strange pairing for the first day. Mississippi College plays McMurry at 3:00 and UTT takes on CTX at 7:00.

I would have thought that UTT would be playing McMurry and CTX would be playing Mississippi College, however the luck of the draw.   ...

Actually, the bracket was not re-seeded. ASC-East #1 UT-Dallas was bracketed to play ASC-West #2 TLU.

[TexasBB]

Usually in tournaments, the top 2 teams are paired against the lower seeds.So without an upset they then face each other in the semi-finals. I wonder why they paired it this way, it is counter intuitive. That means one of the top seeded teams will have one loss right out of the shute. Does not make a lot of sense.

TexasBB.

[TexasBB]

I guess what I am saying is that for the double elimination round they should have re-seeded the teams. The fact that they did not is an oversight IMO. But it is what it is.

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[Ralph Turner]

First game  (Ouch)

McM        000 000 000        0-4-0
MissColl    010 000 00x        1-4-0

Miss College puts together a BB and 2 singles in the bottom of the 2nd!

What a game!

[TexasBB]

Concordia has broken the game open 7-0 in the 5th and still bating. This one is essentially over as Tyler melted down with errors, walks, catcher interference all in the 5th inning.

CTX has scored 4 runs on two hits with two outs. The cardinal sin of baseball - free passes and errors lead to base runners and disaster. Barkley who normally has great controll did not today.

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[Ralph Turner]

I guess what I am saying is that for the double elimination round they should have re-seeded the teams. The fact that they did not is an oversight IMO. But it is what it is.

Texas BB

The ASC Baseball tournament has (as long as I can remember for the 8-team format) always has been bracketed this way.

[BamColt]

Concordia takes it 9-0.

Scott Hayes throws a gem against a very talented hitting bunch in UTT.

[Ralph Turner]

This is sweet.

A great game between McMurry and UTT today in the loser's bracket...

Tied at 1; tied at 2; UTT up 4-2, then 5-2.

McMurry scores 4 in the top of the 9th and then Hejny, the McMurry reliever, gets the #2, #3 and #4 batters to win the game, 6-5.

UTT is eliminated and we play the loser of the Miss Coll CTX game which is up next

[Ralph Turner]

McM 6, Miss Coll 4.

Caleb Gonzales 5 innings plus allowing 3 runs gets the win.
Deen Coleman gets the save in 4innings in relief.
Miss Coll eliminated.
McMurry faces CTX tomorrow.
Great outings by both McM pitchers.

[TexasBB]

Congratulations to CTX for their Back to Back ASC championships!

Texas BB

[dp643]

UMHB hires within as Ben Shipp steps down as VP of Athletics to become the new coach. Rumors also swirling that his son, and former catcher at UMHB, Kyle Shipp will become the new Assistant coach. Coach Mann becomes the new VP of Athletics. Stay tuned.....


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[CrashDavisD3]

Do you ever wonder how the ASC gets no respect with 16 teams and only gets 1 bid to to the regionals each year.

Teams win 30+ games this year and past years and never make it to the regionals. Teams from other conferences win 20 to 25 and get in....SOS does not work in the West Region. I think it needs to be thrown out for Pool B/C consideration

[BamColt]

I've been saying this for years. I would love to see how many who vote are in Texas, or even in the southern part of the country.