BB: ASC: American Southwest Conference

[Ralph Turner]

McMurry has finished the schedule against the "bottom 3" and has gone 9-0, as they should, by the formula.

As you look back at the last several seasons, the way to the post-season involves this formula.

Record vs #6, #7 and #8 - 9-0
Record vs #5                     2-1
Record vs the top 3 teams  5-4/4-5  (probably winning home series and losing one(s) on the road). 

That gives you a 16-5/15-6 record.     

I think that McMurry won two series that they had to win.           

McMurry (10-2) lost at TLU 1-2.  They play at HSU this week. They host CTX the next week and go to UMHB for the final week.  (If there was anything else to make the HSU series any bigger, I don't know what it would be.)

CTX (10-2) hosts Schreiner, goes to McMurry and hosts TLU.

TLU (9-3) hosts goes to HPU, hosts HSU and goes to CTX.

[Ralph Turner]

By the formula...

McMurry projects to 15-6 with the series win over CTX

CTX projects to 16-5.

TLU projects to 15-6 with the series win over McMurry as the tiebreaker for 2nd place.

HSU (6-6) hosts McM (?2-1?), goes to TLU (?1-2?) and hosts HPU (3-0). That projects to 12-9 and the #4 seed.

UMHB (4-8) at SRSU, at Schreiner and hosts McMurry.  If they can sweep the 2 series on the road and take 2 of 3 from McMurry, they would finish 12-9 and have the series tie-breaker over HSU for the #4 seed.

Lots of ball left to play!

[Ron Boerger]

HSU upsets #1 Trinity in the first game of a doubleheader, 3-2, dealing Ben Klimesh his first defeat of the year. 

[Ron Boerger]

Trinity takes the second, 5-1, with Ryan Lucero improving to 8-0 with another complete game.

[Ralph Turner]

HSU upsets #1 Trinity in the first game of a doubleheader, 3-2, dealing Ben Klimesh his first defeat of the year.

Junior Third baseman Jordan Dotson made his second pitching start of the year and went 5 strong innings, giving up 2 runs in the win over Trinity. Simmons came on in the 6th and earned to win.  HSU put together a small ball run in the bottom of the 7th. Pre-season All American Troy Tarrant got the one-out bases loaded RBI single.

http://www.hsuathletics.com/sports/m-basebl/2011-12/files/49826.htm

[dp643]

Wow....Trinity throws the big guns in a midweek series. No surprise there. Guess they dont think much of Southwestern, who they play a doubleheader with on Friday in conference.

[Ron Boerger]

Wow....Trinity throws the big guns in a midweek series. No surprise there. Guess they dont think much of Southwestern, who they play a doubleheader with on Friday in conference.

Going to be an interesting series, that's for sure.  Klimesh can probably come back and throw a few innings if needed on Saturday - he's done that before. 

Big ups to HSU for the upset yesterday.

[dp643]

I still can't figure out Hardin Simmons, but if they get on a roll, watch out. They have proven with winning 2 of 3 at Concordia, and beating Trinity, that they can hang with anyone.

[BamColt]

Concordia up on Schriener 6-0 in the 8th.

[Ralph Turner]

McMurry 15, HSU 4 in tonight's game.

[Ralph Turner]

HSU 17 McMurry 13 in the bottom of the 6th inning.

The right field foul line runs almost due north.  The weather report for Abilene says that the winds are out of the south to southwest at 10-20MPH.

Kinda like Wrigley Field south.

Final HSU 17-13 in the first game.  HSU 18-2 in the second.

[BamColt]

Looks like Trinity is having a rough time against Southwestern. About to drop another game.

[TexasBB]

95% of the posts on this board are about the ASC West. Where are the East fans?

UTD is having a great season and UTT is having a solid season.

The rest of the East not so much. UTT took 2 out of 3 from Centenary College last weekend and beat University of Dallas last night.

The battle for the 3 and 4 playoff spots are wide open with everyone except the Ozarks having a shot.

The east misses a tough Mississippi College which is down this year after being real good the last couple of seasons.


Texas BB

[Pat Coleman]

95% of the posts on this board are about the ASC West. Where are the East fans?

UTD is having a great season and UTT is having a solid season.

The rest of the East not so much. UTT took 2 out of 3 from Centenary College last weekend and beat University of Dallas last night.

The battle for the 3 and 4 playoff spots are wide open with everyone except the Ozarks having a shot.

The east misses a tough Mississippi College which is down this year after being real good the last couple of seasons.


Texas BB

We don't seem to have a lot of ASC East posters in any sport.

[Ralph Turner]

CTX 7, at McMurry 6.