BB: Midwest Region

[MNbaseball]

BLC sweeps St. Olaf 6-2, 6-4.  Hallahan picks up the win in game one. Siefken settles down after giving up 3 runs in the 1st to go the distance and pick up the win in game two. 

[cubs]

That should just about be the final nail in the coffin for St. Olaf.....

[ShineTime]

Point had a dominate performance today against St. Norbert winning 21-7.   Sean Gerber drove in 8 runs and Point used a variety of pitchers.

[cubs]

Point had a dominate performance today against St. Norbert winning 21-7.   Sean Gerber drove in 8 runs and Point used a variety of pitchers.

Just about everyone has had dominate performances against SNC this season....  Heck, Greenville started 0-10, and they were able to beat SNC down in Florida in Game #11.

[ShineTime]

I realize they are down this year.  Too bad Yost couldn't have played for a better program he's a really good player.

[BigPoppa]

Anyone have any ideas on the Regional Rankings this week?

Will St. Thomas creep back into the picture?

Oshkosh? (big SoS help last week)

[cubs]

Anyone have any ideas on the Regional Rankings this week?

Will St. Thomas creep back into the picture?

Oshkosh? (big SoS help last week)

While the SOS should improve dramatically with four against Midwest #1 Whitewater and two against Midwest #2 Stevens Point, is a 2-4 record in those six games enough to crack the rankings?  I would be curious to see where they were last week in the pecking order.  My guess would be somewhere aound #9/10.  I'm just not sure that they did enough to jump 3-4 spots.

[cubs]

I'm not much of a math guy, but it does appear that Oshkosh has moved up a couple of spots in the rankings, but not enough to crack the Top 6...

1 Wisconsin-Stevens Point 24-6 25-8 (+1)
2 Wisconsin-Whitewater 24-7 25-7 (-1)
3 St. Scholastica 20-2 27-4 (+2)
4 Macalester 19-6 21-9 (-1)
5 Hamline 19-7 20-11 (-1)
6 Aurora 21-9 24-10 (?)

St. Olaf out and Aurora in..... Number in parentheses is the change from Regional Ranking #1.

[BaseballFan]

I'm not much of a math guy, but it does appear that Oshkosh has moved up a couple of spots in the rankings, but not enough to crack the Top 6...

1 Wisconsin-Stevens Point 24-6 25-8 (+1)
2 Wisconsin-Whitewater 24-7 25-7 (-1)
3 St. Scholastica 20-2 27-4 (+2)
4 Macalester 19-6 21-9 (-1)
5 Hamline 19-7 20-11 (-1)
6 Aurora 21-9 24-10 (?)

St. Olaf out and Aurora in..... Number in parentheses is the change from Regional Ranking #1.

Obviously CSS's nice week including 2-1 against BLC and UWW helped them. Oshkosh's SOS was helped out but 2-4 didnt do enough, think if they went 3-3 or more likely 4-2 they would be around #6

[biggio34]

I don't think CSS's split with Whitewater would have factored into this week's rankings as they played on Tueday and I was under the impression that only games up to Sunday are taken into consideration.

Also, I'm puzzled how Aurora can possibly be ranked ahead of Bethany Lutheran.  The Vikings have a better SOS, are very close in in region winning %, and they beat Aurora twice!  Uhh.  What?

[BaseballFan]

I don't think CSS's split with Whitewater would have factored into this week's rankings as they played on Tueday and I was under the impression that only games up to Sunday are taken into consideration.

You are right about that, my mistake

[MNbaseball]

BLC actually only beat Aurora once, 6-1 in Florida, but they did so with Aurora's ace on the mound

[OshDude]

I don't think CSS's split with Whitewater would have factored into this week's rankings as they played on Tueday and I was under the impression that only games up to Sunday are taken into consideration.

Also, I'm puzzled how Aurora can possibly be ranked ahead of Bethany Lutheran.  The Vikings have a better SOS, are very close in in region winning %, and they beat Aurora twice!  Uhh.  What?

Also surprised to see Aurora sixth. I thought St. Thomas would be sixth, with ten results against RR teams and among the national leaders in SOS. I guess the committee is saying win more than three of those 10 games?

On the committee's side of the argument, Superior is 4-11 against RR teams. A RR team should probably do better than 3-7. But the criterion is results against RR teams, not winning percentage against RR teams. Aurora's 8-7 win over Coe on March 6 must carry a lot of weight because AU is only 2-1 against RR teams. Its other win was over Augustana. Added to the case against Aurora are losses to Benedictine and Wheaton this week. Those losses appear to be counted in this week's report.

UST's RR wins are over St. Olaf twice and Whitewater. Can't necessarily hold it against UST that SOC has nose-dived. Once ranked, always ranked should mean something.

The UST sweep over Mac should mix up things next week. UST last lost to a non-regionally ranked team on April 6 (St. John's). The three UST losses since then were to CSS and Hamline.

I don't understand this one.

[ShineTime]

Here are my regional rankings.

1.  Stevens Point   2.  Whitewater   3.  St. Scholastica  4. St. Thomas  5.  Oshkosh  6.  Bethany Lutheran

[ShineTime]

Any predictions on what round Cody Koback will be selected in MLB draft?  Also, what would Point's record be right now if Koback would've stayed at MATC?