BB: LL: Liberty League

John McGraw · April 03, 2008, 10:33:49 PM

Quote from: shoeless on April 03, 2008, 10:21:48 PM
Platsburgh beat cortland to snap SUNYAC winstreak for cortland at somethiing like 41 games. That is an impressive win streak.

Just to note, that's softball, not baseball. Cortland and Plattsburgh don't play on the baseball field until April 13. But, in case you're wondering, Plattsburgh did beat Cortland last year at Cummings Field.

shoeless · April 03, 2008, 11:02:50 PM

u r right ... i read wrong article. need to keep those contacts in.

Bob Maxwell · April 05, 2008, 07:34:12 PM

shoeless... I've been {{shocked}} a couple times myself reading a headline. But then realize it is softball. It happens... contacts don't always help! $:-\$

shoeless · April 07, 2008, 05:28:49 PM

what does TOP 25 get updated?

AlleyCat · April 09, 2008, 11:15:10 AM

ABCA poll is out. Both Rochester and Rensselaer are now ranked.

Rensselaer 12th
Rochester 19th

Both are well deserved. Both teams are playing well and scoring runs in bunches. Looks like the Liberty League has 2 teams that should get a bid if they continue to play well.

John McGraw · April 09, 2008, 04:54:14 PM

The only poll that will show insight into who gets into the tournament will be the NCAA regional rankings.

shoeless · April 12, 2008, 04:40:03 PM

RPI has a better defense that rochester up the middle. This will be the biggest factor when the two face. Defense usually wins championships. Both have great 1-2-3 pitchers and both can hit. but defensive edge is RPIs.

shoeless · April 13, 2008, 03:05:37 PM

zongol vs veenema whose defense do you want behind you? RPIs. That was my point.

shoeless · April 15, 2008, 04:20:09 PM

Boomer

Were you at the loss to Vasar? what happened i figured Rochacha would sweep that series.

BoomerIL · April 15, 2008, 06:02:41 PM

shoeless....

No, I wasn't at the games. Live to far away. Were you at the games? And what happened to your R.I.P. (Rest In Peace), they didn't sweep St. Lawrence did they???

It's kind of like the Yankees not being able to beat the Red Sox, you know some teams just have trouble with certain teams. The White Sox in Chicago have always had trouble with the K.C. Royals.

When I go out to the UR vs. RPI series, I hope we can meet. I'd like to buy you a hot dog and coke. What say you about that?

AlleyCat · April 15, 2008, 09:16:44 PM

Does anybody know when st Lawrence and Rochester are going to make up there other 2 games of the 4 game set? I know the screwy Liberty League says they do not have to make it up, but that makes no sense.

AlleyCat · April 17, 2008, 01:52:37 PM

So I went ahead and did the opponent winning % for the top 4 teams in the region just to see where they were at to this point of the season.

Cortalnd (22-3) 402-274 = .595
Rensselaer (21-4) 298-297 = .501
Ithaca (20-7) 291-350 = .453
Rochester (22-5) 233-346 = .402

I do not know what this means, but it does show strength of schedule, I guess.

Any thoughts

shoeless · April 17, 2008, 05:54:10 PM

figure this out alleycat. For the teams with losses. What was the winning percentage of the teams they lost too. That might be another indicator. if they are losing to below .500 teams.

Also if the losses are on weekdays and not against league opponents some coaches maybe using the week games to develop talent.

just another look.

AlleyCat · April 17, 2008, 09:10:03 PM

Good point shoeless. I don't know how the NCAA figures it out but I just put something together for the heck of it.

Mid Week games are tough for teams whose league means something for the NCAA's. They have to sacrifice some of those games to be prepared for the league weekends sometimes.

Bob Maxwell · April 18, 2008, 09:30:28 AM

the opponents winning percentage and the extension of that Opponents of opponents WP will be figured at the end of the season... not when the teams play. And there is not any weight given to when the games were played or who the pithcers were in the games... it seems cold, to not consider the conference vs non-conference games as that is what we always talk about on here. But a win is a win, a loss is a loss and the numbers are figured out at the end of the season...