BB: SCIAC: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[SoCalSoxFan]

Chapman sweeps Whittier
Pomona 2-1 over Cal Lu
La Verne sweeps Occidental
Redlands sweeps Caltech

SCIAC top 4 for the SCIAC tournament is anybody;s guess. Only CMS, CalTech, Whittier are out.

Chapman sweeps
LV 2-1 over Oxy
Redlands sweeps

CLU 2-1 over PP.   Based on how CLU has been playing, I should predict PP to take 2 of 3;
but I pick CLU wins Friday with Peters over Miles (although 4 of his past 5 two outings have been quite good). 
and they split on Sat.

[Purple Heys]

...I pick CLU wins Friday with Peters over Miles (although 4 of his past 5 two outings have been quite good).

Huh?

[SoCalSoxFan]

...I pick CLU wins Friday with Peters over Miles (although 4 of his past 5 outings two have been quite good).

Huh?

That's what happens when you start writing at work, get interrupted, then go back and change part of the sentence. 

In Miles last 5 starts his ERA has been:  1.29, 1.29, 10.8, 1.5, 0.0   So, other than the LaVerne game, 4 of his past 5 outings have been quite god.

[Purple Heys]

...I pick CLU wins Friday with Peters over Miles (although 4 of his past 5 outings two have been quite good).

Huh?

That's what happens when you start writing at work, get interrupted, then go back and change part of the sentence. 

In Miles last 5 starts his ERA has been:  1.29, 1.29, 10.8, 1.5, 0.0   So, other than the LaVerne game, 4 of his past 5 outings have been quite god[\b].

Come again?

[108 Stitches]

4 of 5 of those ERA's are God like.

[Mr. Ypsi]

4 of 5 of those ERA's are God like.

Now, don't get too carried away - only one of five was even Gibson-like!

[Jack Parkman]

I didn't make predictions this week but today went pretty much how I thought it would have, but I never expected Cal Lu to whip Pomona the way they did.  La Verne holds on against Oxy.  I think the biggest thing hurting Oxy right now is their defense.  They seem to get decent pitching and their offense is very average, but they boot the ball all over the place and it's really hurting them.  La Verne keeps winning and is setting themselves up nicely.  Chapman beat up on Whittier a little but one thing that stood out is Smith walking 7 guys.  Chapman's pitching drops off a little after Smith but they should win the series tomorrow. Redlands jumped on Caltech early and cruised.  No Minjarez for Redlnads which was probably by design.  No need to put more innings on him and let him rest the arm for a week.  That guy is going to be a pain for SCIAC teams for 3 more years.

[Jack Parkman]

SCIAC race is heating up.  La Verne was very close to sweeping OXY but the pitcher dropped the ball on the mound with 2 outs and was 1 strike away from ending it.  OXY just doesn't quit and was able to take 1 of the 3.

Cal Lu scored 31 runs in the series against Pomona and took 2 of 3.  They had the lead late in game 2 of the series but Pomona got some timely hits to take a game.

Redlands did what they needed and just have to sit and wait to see what the rest of the SCIAC does as I sure don't see them losing any of the CMS games.

Chapman is playing very well right now and is all the way up to 2nd place. 

If I had to choose the 4 for the SCIAC tourney right now I would go with (in no order):

Chapman
Cal Lu
La Verne
Pomona.

Still plenty of games to be played, and the round-robin, so those teams could change in a hurry.

[SoCalSoxFan]

Chapman sweeps
LV 2-1 over Oxy
Redlands sweeps

CLU 2-1 over PP.   Based on how CLU has been playing, I should predict PP to take 2 of 3;
but I pick CLU wins Friday with Peters over Miles (although 4 of his past 5 outings have been quite good). 
and they split on Sat.

For what seems like the first time all year, I got all 4 series correct.

This upcoming weekend should have some good baseball, as 1st place LV faces 3rd place CLU and 2nd place Chapman faces 4th place PP.
My initial instinct is that CLU wins 2 of 3; as does Chapman.   But, I'll post final picks after reviewing this weekends pitching stats to see what the trends are. 
I'll also be picking Redlands to sweep CMS and Whittier to sweep Caltech.

If my picks stay the same:

LV 15-6
Chapman 15-6
CLU 14-7
Oxy 14-7
PP 13-8
Redlands 16-8
Whittier 6-15
CMS 3-18
Cal 0-21

which would setup a great final weekend before Round Robin with series between LV vs Chapman and CLU vs Oxy

[Purple Heys]

I would say that Chapman was on the upswing (pun intended).  They really took it to the Poets in all 3 games.  I was not so impressed by their pitching as WC squared up quite a few that went right at the fielders with pace on the ball and little movement by the fielder to make the play.  Credit the Chapman defensive strategy for being in position, or the breaks of baseball, whatever.  WC did not get a good sniff at a win that series, and the Chapman hitters were aggressive.

The CLU team we saw did not look like a team to take 2 of 3 from PP, but they did and that makes this conference crazy...

I will probably be saying I don't believe in ULV right past the time they finish first and win the conference tourney - which I don't think they can do but just watch them do it now that I've written this.

The team I would've put money on (PP) to be in the top 4 is now in a position to not to make at all.

Crazy fun 1st year in the SCIAC for this fan.  I wish WC would have done better, but I still enjoyed the competition and meeting folks (like JP)

[Purple Heys]

What's the deal with this?

SCIAC Round Robin Pool Play
Wed., April 22         Sat., April 25         Sun., April 26         Tues., April 28
1st @ 8th              9th @ 4th             5th @ 1st             5th @ 9th
2nd @ 9th              2nd @ 4th             9th @ 1st              6th @ 7th
3rd @ 7th              7th @ 5th             6th @ 2nd             4th @ 8th
                                 3rd @ 5th         7th @ 2nd     
                                  8th @ 6th         4th @ 3rd
                                1st @ 6th            8th @ 3rd
                            
                   

[SoCalSoxFan]

What's the deal with this?

SCIAC Round Robin Pool Play
Wed., April 22         Sat., April 25         Sun., April 26         Tues., April 28
1st @ 8th              9th @ 4th             5th @ 1st             5th @ 9th
2nd @ 9th              2nd @ 4th             9th @ 1st              6th @ 7th
3rd @ 7th              7th @ 5th             6th @ 2nd             4th @ 8th
                                 3rd @ 5th         7th @ 2nd     
                                  8th @ 6th         4th @ 3rd
                                1st @ 6th            8th @ 3rd
                            
              

My understanding, as told to me when my son was a sophomore:
- SCIAC used to be an 8 team conference, 4 games against the other 7 schools = 28 conf games
- when SCIAC became a 9 team conference, in order to continue scheduling 28 conference games,
the schedule became:
- 3 games against the other 8 teams (=24)
- 4 game round robin based on results of first 24 games

The #'s above represent the position of team in Conf play after 24 games are complete.
Currently:  LV = 1; Chapman = 2; CLU = 3, etc..
As it stands today:
22nd: LV vs CMS/Whittier (not sure tie-breaker, as they haven't played each other yet)
25th: LV at Redlands (your columns aren't quite matched up to SCIAC format)
26th:  Oxy at LV; Cal Tech at LV

etc...

[Purple Heys]

Makes sense.

[Purple Heys]

I think it would be fun for a full blown conference tourney  (though it would make the regular season less meaningful and it would mangle chances for NCAA postseason longevity)

Round 1
Play In Round - one game
8 v 9

Round 2
Semi-Super Regionals - best 2 of 3 lower seed is home/host team
1 v winner 8-9
2 v 7
3 v 6
4 v 5

Round 3
Championship Double Elimination - re-seed based on outcome above
G1: 1 v 4
G2: 2 v 3
G3: WG1 v WG2
G4: LG1 v LG2
G5: LG3 v WG4
G6: WG3 v WG5; WG3 is Tourney Champ if winner
G7: (If necessary - WG5 wins G6)  Winner is Tourney Champ


That it makes the whole season come down to the best of three is not great - but that would get some juices flowing wouldn't it?  It does give 5-9 a chance to get hot one weekend and sneak into the 3rd round as opposed to getting it done in the 1st 24 games.  Good points/bad points.  If I'm a 1 or 2 seed would I really be at that much risk?  3 and 4 might need to watch out though.

[CrashDavisD3]

I think it would be fun for a full blown conference tourney  (though it would make the regular less meaningful and it would mangle chances for NCAA postseason longevity)

Round 1
Play In Round - one game
8 v 9

Round 2
Semi-Super Regionals - best 2 of 3 lower seed is home/host team
1 v winner 8-9
2 v 7
3 v 6
4 v 5

Round 3
Championship Double Elimination - re-seed based on outcome above
G1: 1 v 4
G2: 2 v 3
G3: WG1 v WG2
G4: LG1 v LG2
G5: LG3 v WG4
G6: WG3 v WG5; WG3 is Tourney Champ if winner
G7: (If necessary - WG5 wins G6)  Winner is Tourney Champ


That it makes the whole season come down to the best of three is not great - but that would get some juices flowing wouldn't it?  It does give 5-9 a chance to get hot one weekend and sneak into the 3rd round as opposed to getting it done in the 1st 24 games.  Good points/bad points.  If I'm a 1 or 2 seed would I really be at that much risk?  3 and 4 might need to watch out though.

I like it ......then only conference tourney winners move on to regionals. MAY MADNESS for D3. DONE on the field and not in committee for Pool C bids