BB: USAC: USA South Athletic Conference

[allsky7]

I have some kinda b.s. esp that allows me to see hughes getting hurt last night, saltamachia coming up this week to the braves, the yankees s&c coach getting dumped, the brew crew winning the series and desalvo getting called up...  Quick question for you guys, what happened between ferrum and bridgewater this year, or did they play?

     Ferrum beat BC 10 to 1 and 8 to 6 this year.  8)

[Catfishncwc]

Also everytime I go scout Methodist I wear my National Championship ring from 99 as a jab to him.
But in all seriousness Tom is a good coach and runs one of the best programs in the nation.

[narch]

Also everytime I go scout Methodist I wear my National Championship ring from 99 as a jab to him.
But in all seriousness Tom is a good coach and runs one of the best programs in the nation.

i truly believe he'll get one...someday...hopefully soon

[narch]

quick blurb about the monarchs schedule...the reporter incorrectly mentions that salisbury already has secured a bid by virtue of winning the cac...he's probably right on the already securing a bid part, but it's not because they won the cac

[Spence]

If the QOWIs are any indication, I'd have to say 2 of 3 wins will be good enough, and less than that still might be. Was doing rough QOWIs for the Mideast region, and Methodist's would be better than any of them except Otterbein (and I would assume Wooster, didn't bother with them). While some of those might go up with tournament play, Methodist's 9.6 ish number would still be pretty healthy.

But then again, the region rankings don't really follow the QOWIs that i came up with in the Mideast, so who knows.

Bottom line though, 2 of 3 I think should be good enough for Methodist.

[narch]

really nice win for the monarchs tonight - toth is an absolute bulldog and went 9 giving up just 4 hits and 1 er - the monarchs win 6-1 - now...york needs to win one against ncwc, and the monarchs need to go ahead and sweep salisbury to take all doubt out of the equation...great job boys

box score

game story

[narch]

i was trying to find a livestats or audio link on salisbury's website (with no luck), and i realized just how hot they've been the last few weeks, especially offensively - they beat mary wash 22-5 in the cac tournament final, they beat vjc 13-2 and they beat hopkins 21-5

the monarchs have got their work cut out today...

[NCWC]

Desalvo is on the hill tonight for the yankees....7 et espn

[Falcon2720]

Salisbury is on fire
Sweept Methodist

beat Methodist 12-4 in game one and 7-3 in game two

As of now I would say no regionals for Methodist

[narch]

Salisbury is on fire
Sweept Methodist

beat Methodist 12-4 in game one and 7-3 in game two

As of now I would say no regionals for Methodist

i hope you're wrong, but can't say i disagree....series story and box scores

the monarchs finish 24-12 in region with a 9.58 qowi, if my calculations are correct...i just don't think either number is enough...

[h-sc bball]

Congratulation to narch & Methodist College....one good thing is ...A new season begins and all teams start out 0-0.

[Eh-You]

Could this be anymore confusing or flat out dumb???

http://www.ferrum.edu/athletics/Baseball/NCAA-regional-07/index.htm

What ever happened to a simple 7 team double elimination bracket? If the concern is fairness - ISN'T that the reason for seeding? I'm not any type of expert but this creates all kinds of problems of not knowing when a team will play next or who they'll play against until that days games are complete.

somebody get me straight!

[Pat Coleman]

What would a "simple" double-elimination bracket for seven teams look like?

[Spence]

I actually think in terms of bracketing that 7 teams is simpler than 6.

The only problem is that one team doesn't have to play in the first round and that is, at least theoretically, a big advantage.

[Eh-You]

What would a "simple" double-elimination bracket for seven teams look like?

Glad you asked!

G1 - 4/5
G2 - 6/3
G3 - 7/2

G4 W1/1
G5 W2 / W3
G6 L2/L3

G7 L1/L5
G8 L4/W6
G9 Winner's bracket final
G10 W7 / W8
G11 W10 / L9

12 and 13 - finals

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