BB: SCAC: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[frank_ezelle]

Dwayne... you ARE the man... now give us the link to the All-SCAC tourney team...

I can't believe that Adam Frey didn't get some consideration... 2-1 and ran out of gas in a friggin Nor-Easter...  comeon...

Good point until you look at the box scores.  After all, Frey ran out of gas after pitching a whopping total of 4 innings in his 2 wins.  In his loss he gave up 5 runs without getting an out.  Don't get me wrong, Frey is a very good pitcher but I think even he would laugh at the idea that his performance this weekend was enough to make the all tournament team. 

[frank_ezelle]

As we are in this dead zone between the SCAC Tournament and the NCAA Regionals, does anyone have an opinion on the All-SCAC team and the offensive player of the year and pitcher of the year? 

I don't think Garner Wetzel did anything that would change anyone's mind about him being the top offensive player in the SCAC.  There might be a couple of contenders for that award but I think the player most coaches would least like to pitch to is Wetzel.

Pitcher of the year is an interesting category.  To no one's surprise, I would vote for John Fox or Todd Kindler.  Picking between the two, I would go with Fox because he was one of the top pitchers in every category once he got past the first game of the season.  That was the East Texas Baptist runfest where Fox allowed 10 earned runs in 2/3's of an inning.  Without that, his ERA for the season was 2.66, one of the tops in the league.  Games of note included the dominance of Trinity at the beginning and end of the season, 6 shutout innings vs. Emory, his head-to-head victory over Robert Flanagan of Rhodes, and his strong showing against DePauw in the SCAC Tournament.

I'm sure there are those who would disagree and I'd be interested in hearing a case for other players or in seeing someone's pick for the All-SCAC team.

[etg]

(El Tea Gray---re: SCAC Newcomers-of-the-Year)

Offense:  Ryan Caven---TU
Pitchers:  Brittan Horn---TU

Wow!     

[frank_ezelle]

Those are two great choices for Newcomers-of-the-Year but I don't think they give that award in baseball.  My guess is that both players will get multiple SCAC post-season honors over the next 4 years.

[Ron Boerger]

Millsaps still #1S, Trinity still #2W in the latest NCAA Regional poll.

Chapman did fall from #1 to #3 with the two losses last week, but apparently the one Trinity loss was sufficient to allow Redlands to leap from #3 to #1.  I hate when that happens.

South
1   Millsaps   30-7, 34-11
2   Salisbury   25-5, 36-7
3   Emory   24-7, 31-7
4   Bridgewater (Virginia)   31-11-1, 31-12-1
5   York (Pennsylvania)   21-13-1, 24-15-1
6   North Carolina Wesleyan   20-11, 27-16

West
1   Redlands   19-5, 30-9
2   Trinity (Texas)   26-10, 33-11
3   Chapman   20-8, 27-10
4   Cal State East Bay   20-7, 24-10
5   Texas Lutheran   24-9-1, 32-11-1
6   Texas-Dallas   27-12, 33-14

Three TX teams, three west coast teams.  Hmm.

[BigPoppa]

What hurts the TX and CA matchups is that George Fox is already into the West Regional. Someone may get left out ...

[Ralph Turner]

What hurts the TX and CA matchups is that George Fox is already into the West Regional. Someone may get left out ...

Remember, if UT-Dallas made the playoffs as a Pool C bid and we got 2 Pool B bids from the West Region, then the West Region might have a 7-team bracket.

[Jim Dixon]

West
1   Redlands   19-5, 30-9
2   Trinity (Texas)   26-10, 33-11
3   Chapman   20-8, 27-10
4   Cal State East Bay   20-7, 24-10
5   Texas Lutheran   24-9-1, 32-11-1
6   Texas-Dallas   27-12, 33-14

Three TX teams, three west coast teams.  Hmm.

The West region is only Texas and West coast teams

I would expect that the West will be a 7 team regional only if played in Texas.  If played in So Cal I expect a 6 team regional due to travel expenses.

[Ron Boerger]

The point I was trying to make is that a 3-3 split would give a better chance to have the west regional here for a change instead out at Chapman again.  Last week I think it was 3 WC - 2 TX - 1 team that would fly no matter what (Miss. Coll).

The George Fox thing probably screws that up, anyway. 

[Ralph Turner]

If we have 3 teams from California, Redlands can host because the NCAA can bus Chapman and CSU-East Bay to Redlands.

That is the same bussing UT-Dallas and TLU to Trinity.

George Fox can fly anywhere.

I have my doubts that UT-Dallas earns a Pool C bid.

[etg]

(El Tea Gray---re: Site for DIII West Region Playoff)

Trinity and TLU could host  the playoffs in San Antonio (Wolff Stadium--- a.m., SA Missions play p.m.).  Texas-Dallas busses in, and West Coast group flyes in. This finally gives  a chance of  "other than a Chapman site" in many years; NCAA DIII should take this opportunity as it may not occur again for may years? IMHO really not fare for Chapman to continually host as they are currently 17-4 at home?  Wolff Stadium (San Antonio--no Trinity or TLU games this year , but  DI Univ. of Texas, UTSA and Notre Dame did play there earlier in the season)  is really a neutral site for all of the DIII teams currently ranked in the West Region.
Can the NCAA do the right thing by the DIII West Region?       

[Ralph Turner]

If #1 Redlands did not file papers to host the tournament and #2 Trinity did, then Trinity is in line to host the tourney.  Remember when the lower seeded Trinity hosted the higher-seeded Wesley College in football in 1999?

If there are only 2 Texas teams and there are 3 California teams, then it is cheaper to fly everyone to Southern California.

[BigPoppa]

If we have 3 teams from California, Redlands can host because the NCAA can bus Chapman and CSU-East Bay to Redlands.

That is the same bussing UT-Dallas and TLU to Trinity.

George Fox can fly anywhere.

I have my doubts that UT-Dallas earns a Pool C bid.

Redlands does not have the facilities to host an NCAA Regional. I am guessing that either Chapman or Trinity will host.

[frank_ezelle]

All of this hosting pros and cons is over my head so this question may be a little off base.  Am I correct that the site for the South Regional hasn't been announced, and if so, is their any reason that Millsaps wouldn't be eligible to host if they do get into the tournament as an at-large?

I have no idea if Millsaps has any interest in hosting or if they put in a bid, but I'd sure love to see them play somewhere close to Jackson.  You gurus might already have it calculated as to which teams will probably be in the South region and therefore which area might be the likely host site.

Any thoughts?

[Ron Boerger]

The #1 seed in a region (regardless of pool status) often has the best chance to host, if they have the facilities, filed the paperwork, and if it works from an NCAA travel $ viewpoint.  I don't know where all those schools are located, Frank, but if say everyone had to fly to Millsaps and the NCAA could instead save money by busing several teams w/i 200 miles of the #2 or #3 seed, then that's who will host.  Trinity has seen way too many times that they've had to fly as the #1 seed in other sports for that reason (tho sometimes there is a facilities issue).