BB: South Region General Talk -- '07, '08, '09 and '10

[NCWC]

The new regional rankings are out..
http://www.ncaa.com/baseball/default.aspx?id=212508

1    Salisbury    38-2    34-2
2    Lynchburg    30-11    24-8
3    Piedmont    33-12    31-12
4    Emory    25-11-1    23-9-1
5    Christopher Newport    28-12    21-11
6    Methodist    28-15-1    22-12-1  (.643)

Let the speculatin' and arguin' begin!  Will the committee go with this...or will they perhaps ship a team like Hopkins down to Danville and add R-MC (ODAC Pool A) AND Methodist for a nice 8-team regional?  What do ya'll think?

NCWC has an in-region record of 23-13-1  (.635).  NCWC is 3-5 against the other regionally ranked teams.  Methodist is 5-4-1 vs. the other regionally ranked teams.

NCWC was 2-1 versus Methodist, so I think that NCWC's OWP and OOWP is lower than Methodist's.

CNU played NCWC 4 times.

[NCWC]

Ralph thanks for the info. The more I read the more I understand . From my limited knowledge it looks like the only way NCWC makes the regionals is if the south gets eight teams and then MU and NCWC  both make it. (Seems very unlikely)
PS I still think that conf. play should be more of a factor in the rankings when considering two teams from the same conference.

exactly

[narch]

CNU played NCWC 4 times.

and they played methodist 4 times, as well...they went 3-1 vs. ncwc and 2-2 vs. the monarchs...

[NCWC]

CNU played NCWC 4 times.

and they played methodist 4 times, as well...they went 3-1 vs. ncwc and 2-2 vs. the monarchs...

and Methodist finished fourth and also went home before NCWC in the tournament.

[narch]

CNU played NCWC 4 times.

and they played methodist 4 times, as well...they went 3-1 vs. ncwc and 2-2 vs. the monarchs...

and Methodist finished fourth and also went home before NCWC in the tournament.

and mu played a much more difficult non conference schedule than the bishops...while ncwc was playing 3 games with emu, the monarchs played emory twice and a played a third game against lynchburg

we could go back and forth like this all night long...

[A.G.]

[fightingquaker1]

What are everybody's thoughts on the ODAC? Does Lynchburg have a chance to make a run deep in the NCAA tournament?

[A.G.]

I think three, maybe four ODAC teams have a legit shot at going deep into the regionals this year:  VWC, R-MC, LC, and BC.  The first three probably have the pitching depth to go the farthest...and any ODAC team is going to have beat up on the USASC teams during the mid-week games...for as we saw last year...anything can happen in the ODAC tournament.

[fightingquaker1]

Appreciate your thoughts A.G.....yeah the ODAC and USA South seem to play nearly ever midweek. Should be some interesting series. I noticed Lynchburg opens up down here at Greensboro. I guess we'll see how good they are real quick.

[fightingquaker1]

Well, a week from tomorrow the season starts...what early matchups are you guys looking forward to?

[A.G.]

Not to discount the usual ODAC-USASAC match-ups, there are some really intriguing early season regional match-ups featuring ODAC teams.

Salisbury at VWC will be a biggieon opening weekend.  The following weekend will feature LC traveling to CNU and the ODAC/USASAC Challenge in Greensboro has several "marquee" games, most notable maybe NCWC and R-MC.

[fightingquaker1]

I'm really looking forward to the USA South/ODAC challenge myself. Good to have teams from two very competitive conferences battling early. Somebody can get those bragging rights early. Luckily, all the games are around Greensboro, so I'll probably make a few. The heated Guilford-Greensboro match-up is one to watch. The Quakers aren't too happy about a former player ditching them for the Pride. You just don't do that!!!

[Dirtybird]

From what I have heard from both sides the Greensboro-Guilford rivalry is not very heated. I realize that one of the players did switch sides but Guilford just does not seem to be at the level that Greensboro is. Do not get me wrong, Guilford is up and coming, but giving up 40 runs in 2 games does not show me that they are quite there yet as a unit.

[fightingquaker1]

Hopefully our pitching staff gets it going soon. Maybe Hart's performance against GC will give the staff a little confidence going into this weekend. He completely dominated that "feared" team.

[TheRightHander]

I wouldn't say dominated by any means; however, he did keep our bats under control. It was def. a pitching duel and a good one at that.