BB: Just Some Guy's West Region Rankings

[BigPoppa]

BigPoppa's Top 25: April 20th

01 Pomona-Pitzer... all they do is win
02 Millsaps... quickly becoming one of the nation's elite
03 Southern Maine... 8-0 this week. WOW!
04 St. Scholastica... might be the biggest sleeper in the nation, even at 24-2
05 Salisbury... 33-5 means they get it done day after day
06 Texas-Tyler... can they survive the ASC post-season or will they stumble again?
07 Trinity (Conn.)... poised to make another run?
08 Heidelberg... great team that is overlooked in its region
09 Kean... settling in after a tough west coast trip early in the year.
10 Eastern Connecticut... playing like the team everyone thought they were.
11 Wheaton (Mass.)... a tough week for them, but still good enough to hang around the top 10
12 Carthage... CCIW#1A...should have the CCIW #1 seed locked up this week.
13 George Fox... somehow, GF will not win it's own conference and will be a bubble team when the bids come out.
14 Ithaca... Bombers are back on track and pounding teams.
15 Wooster... playing well agains after a mis-step last week.
16 St. Thomas... MIAC #1 team
17 Cal Lutheran... Really needs Texas-Tyler to win the Pool A in the ASC... bubble team for Pool C
18 Shenandoah... not really sure about this team yet, but 31 wins speaks for itself.
19 Illinois Wesleyan... CCIW #1B... great team that is just hitting its stride
20 Keystone... Will be the next 30 win team
21 Curry... 7-1 last week! Impressive to say the least... deep staff to do that.
22 Pacific Lutheran... Controls the NWC
23 Mount St. Mary...19-4 right now... make or break week for them
24 Buena Vista... 23-6...showing cracks in their armor.
25 UW-Whitewater...18-9, but still winning games in the tough WIAC.

Dropped out:
UW-Oshkosh (no idea what to think of this team... most up and down team I have ever seen),
St. Olaf (Can they grab a second MIAC bid... I am not sure yet)
Marietta (Do you want to be a big dog or not?)
Thomas More ( It was fun while it lasted, huh?)
Linfield (Cannot lose a pair to lowly Willamette)

[Ralph Turner]

I am guessing that TLU's in-region record is below the other 8 teams. JP has them ranked in order of in-region winning percentage.

Thanks Big Poppa. I'll have to double check this but I think TLU in-region is 26-11 or .707 (got this using Jack's numbers from an earlier post going into this past weekend). I'll recheck my numbers in a while... need to get my day moving

Dawgsdad is right.  TLU is 26-11.

[Jack Parkman]

West Region standings as of 4/19/09

1.  Pomona-Pitzer (23-1)    .958%
2.  Cal Lutheran  (23-4)     .852%
3.  George Fox  (26-5)       .839%
4.  UT Tyler  (29-6)            .829%
5.  Pacific Lutheran (25-8) .758%
     Linfield (25-8)               .758%
7.  Miss. Col. (16-7)           .696%
8.  Hardin Simm. (23-11)   .676%

Chapman is 14-11 (.560%) as a Pool B team.

Big series coming up in the SCIAC and NWC.  Pomona Pitzer and Cal Lutheran have a 3 game series next weekend and George Fox and Linfield have a 4 game set in the NWC. 
It seems that the only hope for Linfield is to sweep George Fox.  3 of 4 will do them no good.  Unless PLU really slips up, I think they are in the Regional.
Cal Lutheran can't afford many more losses.
UT Tyler needs to win the ASC Tourney to keep Cal Lutheran's hopes alive for a pool C.

Jack,

I'm curious why TLU doesn't show up in this discussion? They took two of three from HSU this weekend, and have swept MC earlier in the year.

You are correct, mistake on my part.  I left them off for no reason.  The standings should go like this.

1. Pomona-Pitzer
2. Cal Lutheran
3. George Fox
4. UT Tyler
5. Pacific Lutheran
    Linfield
7. TLU
8. Miss. College

Darn, second mistake of my life

[Dawgsdad]

West Region standings as of 4/19/09

1.  Pomona-Pitzer (23-1)    .958%
2.  Cal Lutheran  (23-4)     .852%
3.  George Fox  (26-5)       .839%
4.  UT Tyler  (29-6)            .829%
5.  Pacific Lutheran (25-8) .758%
     Linfield (25-8)               .758%
7.  Miss. Col. (16-7)           .696%
8.  Hardin Simm. (23-11)   .676%

Chapman is 14-11 (.560%) as a Pool B team.

Big series coming up in the SCIAC and NWC.  Pomona Pitzer and Cal Lutheran have a 3 game series next weekend and George Fox and Linfield have a 4 game set in the NWC. 
It seems that the only hope for Linfield is to sweep George Fox.  3 of 4 will do them no good.  Unless PLU really slips up, I think they are in the Regional.
Cal Lutheran can't afford many more losses.
UT Tyler needs to win the ASC Tourney to keep Cal Lutheran's hopes alive for a pool C.

Jack,

I'm curious why TLU doesn't show up in this discussion? They took two of three from HSU this weekend, and have swept MC earlier in the year.

You are correct, mistake on my part.  I left them off for no reason.  The standings should go like this.

1. Pomona-Pitzer
2. Cal Lutheran
3. George Fox
4. UT Tyler
5. Pacific Lutheran
    Linfield
7. TLU
8. Miss. College

Darn, second mistake of my life

No need to accept blame Jack, I certainly didn't intend to find you at fault for anything - just wasn't sure why TLU wasn't mentioned... Thanks for the notation.

[nvnorthpaw]

Can someone please explain to me why Redlands is ranked ahead of CLU in the freshly-releases regional rankings!?  CLU has a better record, has played tougher competition(especially considering Hendrix is now making a threat to beat out Millsaps for the SCAC), beat Redlans in the regular season, and Redlands currently is sitting in 3rd place in the SCIAC while CLU is in 2nd!  I'm quite confused by this...

[Ralph Turner]

Can someone please explain to me why Redlands is ranked ahead of CLU in the freshly-releases regional rankings!?  CLU has a better record, has played tougher competition(especially considering Hendrix is now making a threat to beat out Millsaps for the SCAC), beat Redlans in the regular season, and Redlands currently is sitting in 3rd place in the SCIAC while CLU is in 2nd!  I'm quite confused by this...

Several of us are.

[BigPoppa]

If I were Cal Lu, I'd be hoping that Hendrix has a great run the rest of the way to boost Cal Lu's SOS.

[ILVBB]

Just some guy:

I look forward to your wisdom; the west is almost 2-weeks into the season, I would like to hear what people are thinking!

Time to "crank up" the regional "gossip" machine.

[CrashDavisD3]

With about 90% of the games left to play its way too early to predict who will be there at the end but for now these teams are in the my top 10 in the West. I let someone else try to figure how where 1 to 10 they should rank. Alot of baseball still left to play and someone not listed now will be there in May. The West Region in the recent past only gets 6 spots for the regional playoffs so it seems like always a good team stays home.

With 4 Pool A Bids. Teams will be fighting for those last 2 spots.

NWC
Pacific Lutheran(7-0)
Linfield(4-0)

SCIAC
Cal Lutheran(5-2)
Redlands(4-1)

SCAC
Trinity(6-1)
Hendrix(3-0)
Millsaps(3-0)

ASC
Texas Lutheran(4-1)
Texas Tyler(3-2)

Independent
Chapman(3-1)

[Ralph Turner]

With about 90% of the games left to play its way too early to predict who will be there at the end but for now these teams are in the my top 10 in the West. I let someone else try to figure how where 1 to 10 they should rank. Alot of baseball still left to play and someone not listed now will be there in May. The West Region in the recent past only gets 6 spots for the regional playoffs so it seems like always a good team stays home.

With 4 Pool A Bids. Teams will be fighting for those last 2 spots.

NWC
Pacific Lutheran(7-0)
Linfield(4-0)

SCIAC
Cal Lutheran(5-2)
Redlands(4-1)

SCAC
Trinity(6-1)
Hendrix(3-0)
Millsaps(3-0)

ASC
Texas Lutheran(4-1)
Texas Tyler(3-2)

Independent
Chapman(3-1)

Just a reminder...

The West Region is not automatically guaranteed any Pool C bids.  When CSU-East Bay was D-III, we sometimes got 2 Pool B Bids.

[CrashDavisD3]

Yep your are right the last 2 spots could be:

1 B 1 C bid or 2 C or 2 B...... And also a West Region team could get shipped to another region like Linfield did 2 years ago.

Of course this could change IF the West gets a 7 or 8 team regional but that has not happen in the last few years if ever.

Either way good teams will be left at home like Pac Lu was last year and ASC always seems to leave a very good teams at home too.

BUT for POOL A win you conference or conference tourney outright you go.

If your Pool B win your in region games and you go. So ultimately it is up to each team to win the games they need to get there

[Just_Some_Guy]

With about 90% of the games left to play its way too early to predict who will be there at the end but for now these teams are in the my top 10 in the West. I let someone else try to figure how where 1 to 10 they should rank. Alot of baseball still left to play and someone not listed now will be there in May. The West Region in the recent past only gets 6 spots for the regional playoffs so it seems like always a good team stays home.

With 4 Pool A Bids. Teams will be fighting for those last 2 spots.

NWC
Pacific Lutheran(7-0)
Linfield(4-0)

SCIAC
Cal Lutheran(5-2)
Redlands(4-1)

SCAC
Trinity(6-1)
Hendrix(3-0)
Millsaps(3-0)

ASC
Texas Lutheran(4-1)
Texas Tyler(3-2)

Independent
Chapman(3-1)

I think this is a good initial look. It'll be interesting to see how Pomona shapes up without Hedman in the center of that line-up. I think George Fox might be down a bit this year. It'll also be interesting to see how Concordia does in the ASC this year with new coach Tommy Boggs as the helm. Not sure if they'll have enough arms to make a run, but hard to tell after just one series. Also should keep an eye on Mississippi College (though they probably wouldn't be shipped out West).

JSG

[ILVBB]

JSG:

Before we really get into the "heat of battle," thank you for your really good work. You put alot of research and thought into your work; which this reader really apreciates.

Now lets have fun!

[CrashDavisD3]

Possible Top Teams in the West Region. No real ranking at this time. I will leave that up to someone else. Big series this week Chapman/Pomona 3 games

TEAMS W-L CONF
Trinity(8-2) SCAC
Pac Lu(7-0) NWC
Texas LU(7-1) ASC
Chapman(6-1) IND
Millsaps(6-1) SCAC My mistake with crazy SCAC....Millsaps in South Region
Pomona(6-2) SCIAC
Redlands(6-2) SCIAC
Cal Lu(6-3) SCIAC
East Texax Baptist(5-0) ASC
Miss Col(5-1) ASC   
Linfield(5-2) NWC

[tigerfan_2001]

Possible Top Teams in the West Region. No real ranking at this time. I will leave that up to someone else. Big series this week Chapman/Pomona 3 games

TEAMS W-L CONF
Trinity(8-2) SCAC
Pac Lu(7-0) NWC
Texas LU(7-1) ASC
Chapman(6-1) IND
Millsaps(6-1) SCAC
Pomona(6-2) SCIAC
Redlands(6-2) SCIAC
Cal Lu(6-3) SCIAC
East Texax Baptist(5-0) ASC
Miss Col(5-1) ASC   
Linfield(5-2) NWC

I thought Millsaps and Miss Col are in the South region, not West.  I could be wrong though...