BB: USAC: USA South Athletic Conference

108 Stitches · March 06, 2015, 10:45:37 PM

..........and if they don't, not so much.

narch · March 07, 2015, 10:23:22 PM

the monarchs and hawks split a pair of 1 run games, both decided with come from behind 9th inning wins

baseballfever · March 07, 2015, 11:36:51 PM

Won 1 lost 1.
MU should have won both.

baseballfever · March 22, 2015, 09:54:20 AM

Methodist takes 2 from Greensboro yesterday. Maybe they can complete the sweep today.

baseballfever · March 26, 2015, 01:05:32 PM

Completed the sweep. 9 game winning streak. Big weekend date with Maryville. Go MU.

narch · March 26, 2015, 03:22:51 PM

this is a big weekend for the usasac, with the top 4 teams squaring off vs. each other - au travels to piedmont and m'ville will be at mu - if any team can get a sweep this weekend, it could really set them up for a strong finish

in fact, the next few weekends are big

m'ville has 3 @ mu and 3 @ au left
au still has pc, mu and m'ville left
mu has m'ville, pc and au left
pc has au and mu left (all at home)

should make for an exciting finish among the top 4

baseballfever · March 27, 2015, 11:18:13 AM

Yes this will be interesting...........

baseballfever · March 28, 2015, 09:37:37 PM

MU takes 2 from Maryville.

narch · March 29, 2015, 09:57:14 PM

Quote from: baseballfever on March 28, 2015, 09:37:37 PM
MU takes 2 3 from Maryville.

corrected that for you

...and 12 straight

with au and pc splitting the weekend, the monarchs now sit on top of the conference standings

narch · March 31, 2015, 02:16:48 PM

the monarchs are finally getting a little love in the d3baseball polls, getting 14 votes and tied for 35th spot with piedmont - this is what the usasac has come to...winning 75% of your games (77% against d3 teams eligible for post-season), splitting with a current top 25 team (emory), easily handling a perennially strong team that is off to an 11-4 start (tufts) and winning 72% of your conference games gets you 14 votes - there was a time that this was easily a top 25 resume

i think if the monarchs can finish 9-3 with at least 4 wins vs. pc and au (at least 2 vs. each would be nice), they've got to be a tournament team, even if they don't get the aq (there are scenarios where 22-8 in conference would not get the aq)

Jim Dixon · March 31, 2015, 02:43:49 PM

Quote from: narch on March 31, 2015, 02:16:48 PM
the monarchs are finally getting a little love in the d3baseball polls, getting 14 votes and tied for 35th spot with piedmont - this is what the usasac has come to...winning 75% of your games (77% against d3 teams eligible for post-season), splitting with a current top 25 team (emory), easily handling a perennially strong team that is off to an 11-4 start (tufts) and winning 72% of your conference games gets you 14 votes - there was a time that this was easily a top 25 resume

i think if the monarchs can finish 9-3 with at least 4 wins vs. pc and au (at least 2 vs. each would be nice), they've got to be a tournament team, even if they don't get the aq (there are scenarios where 22-8 in conference would not get the aq)

This might have something to do with Methodist and their votes.

Rnk Team      Reg rec    Reg win% OWP (rank)    OOWP    NCAA
229 Lebanon Valley    5-7    .417    .4931 (213)    .5000    0.495
230 Methodist    21-6    .778    .4821 (233)    .5221    0.495
231 Eastern Nazarene    5-9     .357    .4971 (204)    .4883    0.494

A good series with Piedmont should help their cause.

narch · March 31, 2015, 05:09:35 PM

Quote from: Jim Dixon on March 31, 2015, 02:43:49 PM
This might have something to do with Methodist and their votes.

Rnk Team      Reg rec    Reg win% OWP (rank)    OOWP    NCAA
229 Lebanon Valley    5-7    .417    .4931 (213)    .5000    0.495
230 Methodist    21-6    .778    .4821 (233)    .5221    0.495
231 Eastern Nazarene    5-9     .357    .4971 (204)    .4883    0.494

A good series with Piedmont should help their cause.

oh, i understand why... mu can't help that cnu and lynchburg are way down vs. their normal standard, that guilford has tanked to a sub .300 from a team that's typically around .500 - 3 game weekends don't leave a lot of room for ooc match-ups, and mu has won all but 2 of those (and mcmurry is 18-4, but doesn't count toward the sos)

i'm not arguing that mu should be ranked, it's just the reality that the usasac doesn't get the respect that it used to - the conference has a team with a .750 winning % 28 games into the season, that has 4 wins against perennially strong non-conference teams and that team isn't in the top 25...5 to 7 years ago, this team would have been ranked, it isn't now...that's what the usasac has become - it's viewed as a one-team league, and a big part of that is the fact that the teams beat up on each other throughout the regular season with 3 game weekends - i love 3 game weekends because someone wins every weekend - i hate 3 game weekends because, in my opinion, conference teams have more losses than they would if they were playing 2

baseballfever · April 01, 2015, 10:11:36 PM

I agree with you narch..........

narch · April 03, 2015, 10:25:02 PM

good start for the monarchs, with a twinbill sweep at piedmont today...mu hit 3 hr's on the day, including a grand slam by nalls in the second game - that makes 14 straight for mu and they sit at 23-7, 15-5 heading into the 3rd game of the weekend

narch · April 04, 2015, 05:48:26 PM

15 straight for the monarchs, as they win 10-1 today and finish the sweep...inman went 6, gave up 2 hits, 0 er, although he did walk 5

mu banged out 11 hits on the day

the monarchs are about as hot as they can be right now...they need to hold the momentum going into the matchup with averett