BB: USAC: USA South Athletic Conference

[Will2Win]

Not even a close on in Winchester. SU wins 11-3.

[NoVa Baseball]

Anyone know what the tie-breaker is if AU, MU and GC all wind up 5-7?  I figure Averett is the lowest of the three because they lost 2 to GC.  If GC wins today, they will have swept AU and splite with MU.  MU will have split with both AU and GC.  Seems a GC win today should give them the #3 seed, MU the #4 seed and AU the #5 - correct? 

Of course if MU wins it all lines up nice and neat with MU getting the #3, AU the #4 and GC the #5. 

I'm guessing the Ferrum/NCW series got shortened to one game because that's all that is needed to see which team gets the bottom spot.  Unless Ferrum mounts a comeback it looks like Ferrum is #7 and NCW is #6.

[Boysofsummer21]

The below bracket is based on the NCAA handbook. It is not offical just my guess.


Seven-Team (Four Days)
Day 1
Game 1 - Averett vs. Greensboro 9:30 a.m.
Game 2-  Methodist vs. NCWC 1 p.m.
Game 3 - CNU vs. Ferrum 4:30 p.m.
Game 4 - Winner Game 1 vs. SU 8 p.m.
Day 2 -
Game 5 - Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 3 9:30 a.m.
Game 6 - Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3 1 p.m.
Game 7 - Loser Game 1 vs. Winner Game 5 4:30 p.m.
Game 8 - Loser Game 4 vs. Loser Game 6 8 p.m.
Day 3 -
Game 9 - Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 6 Noon
Game 10 - Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8 3:30 p.m.
Game 11 - Winner Game 10 vs Loser Game 9 7 p.m
Day 4 -
Game 12 - Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 9 Noon
Game 13 - Same teams as in Game 12 (if necessary) 4 p.m.

[NoVa Baseball]

The Methodist win certainly clears everything up. 
1) SU
2) CNU
3) Methodist
4) AU
5) GC
6) NCWC
7) Ferrum

Boys .. I think there is one thing incorrect on your schedule - I think SU will get the "loser" of the AU/GC game, not the "winner".  At least that's what happened last year. 

[hokieone]

USAS Conference tournament schedule has never made sense in the 6 years I've followed it.

[Boysofsummer21]

Yea it seemed that was what I remembered and I think you are right but this is from the D3 handbook.

[Boysofsummer21]

Never mind USA South has posted the schedule.


Scenario #1

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Game 1 - #4 Averett vs. #5 Greensboro – 9:30 a.m.
Game 2 - #3 Methodist vs. #6 N.C. Wesleyan - 1:00 p.m.
Game 3 - #2 Christopher Newport vs. #7 Ferrum - 4:30 p.m.
Game 4 - #1 Shenandoah vs. Loser Game 1 – 8:00 p.m.

[SUball]

I agree. While I think SU will handle AU today in Winchester, you sure are showing some signs of cockiness there. In the USAS, anybody can beat anybody on the weekend. Yes, when AU run ruled CNU, it was @ AU; but, AU could beat SU. It's not like they are playing the Deaf and Blind; AU can play a little bit. I wouldn't get to over-confident/cocky there "Funchester."Plus, Claudio isn't exactly a big time pitcher. AU could EASILY explode for runs off of him; if they did it to the CNU pitching staff, they can certainly do it to Claudio, whom is certainly not anywhere close to being one of the top pitchers in the conference.

On another note, if you haven't figured this out yet, Regular Season USAS Title means absolutely nothing. Yes, it's nice to be termed the "Regular Season Champs," (something SU has yet to do outright  ), but the Tournament is what matters. And, as I've noted before, HR numbers at Bridgeforth aren't that hard to do.

I apologize if this comes off as any form of an attack, because it is not meant to be. It's just the cockiness your portray in your two posts below is what makes it so easy for certain people to dislike SU.

I dnt care for the talk either PNeal and your right it is nice to be reg. season champs but its doesnt matter...its what you do from now on(tourny, regionals and hopefully ws).  I would say Claudio is better than what you think and I would put him in the class of the top pitchers in the conference.   He can be hot and cold sometimes but when he has his control he is pretty good.  

From looking at the stats SU has hit 39 home runs with 18 on the road compared to 21 at home and thats with playing 3 more games at home then on the road. Maybe they are just good hitters. I agree you can get some pretty cheap home runs at Bridgeforth. When it is warm the wind usually blows from the south or east(which means its blowing straight out or towards lf) but SU hitters lose many hrs in the early months due to the fact of the cold weather when the wind typically blows from the north/northwest(basically a cross wind to blowing straight in from lf).  All in all you usually get the hr totals that you deserve.

[narch]

obviously, the monarchs finished off the sweep of the pride, but it wasn't easy...womble struggled a bit and mu fell behind 6-2 before mounting a comeback and getting the "w" - inghram went 2-4 with a hr and 4 rbi...nice day at the office, for him

i'm not sure exactly how he tie-breaker would have worked out if 3 teams had finished 5-7, but the tie-breaker in the usasac is head-to-head results first, then record vs. teams from the top of the standings down...if gc, au and mu had been tied after head-to-head, au would have been the #3 seed because of the cnu win

[forheavendial4999]

USAS Conference tournament schedule has never made sense in the 6 years I've followed it.

It's to send a team home the first day. Saves money, I would imagine.

[PNeal7]

It seems to me the tournament would make more sense to put #6 vs #7, then have the loser of that play #1. Then you could have #2 vs #5, and #3 vs #4. I find it strange that 2 middle of the pack teams might have to play twice in the 1st day. With that logic, it's better to finish #7 than it is #4 or #5.

[Falcon2720]

BIG NEWS!

Piedmont College joins the USA-South!

LaGrange and Maryville still up in the air.  Great addition for Baseball at least.

[NoVa Baseball]

Is there an article out about the Piedmont move?  I can't find anything on their site or the GSAC site. Will they join after SU leaves after the 2012 season?

[NoVa Baseball]

Is there an article out about the Piedmont move?  I can't find anything on their site or the GSAC site. Will they join after SU leaves after the 2012 season?

Nevermind - I found the article on the USA South Site - http://www.usasouth.net/general/2010-11/11piedmontjoin

[Boysofsummer21]

Ok do we have guess on All-Conference teams?