BB: General NY Region Talk

[John McGraw]

Scores of note....

RPI 13 St. Lawrence 4, RPI wins the Liberty League
Penn State-Behrend 9 Pitt-Bradford 8, PSU-Behrend wins the AMCC

[AlleyCat]

After this weekend I think the regional should look like this.

Cortland
RPI
Ithaca
Keystone
Farmingdale
Rochester

I think that a 33-10 record and 29-9 in region should move RPI up to the #2. I also think that U of R still deserves a pool c bid. From what I've heard they have 3 legit pitchers and can hit the ball.  Brockport is out due to NCAA rules about games limitations. They played in 2 tournaments and went over the 40 regular season games. They would have had to sweep the tourney to even have a chance.

[pudge27]

After this weekend I think the regional should look like this.

Cortland
RPI
Ithaca
Keystone
Farmingdale
Rochester

I think that a 33-10 record and 29-9 in region should move RPI up to the #2. I also think that U of R still deserves a pool c bid. From what I've heard they have 3 legit pitchers and can hit the ball.  Brockport is out due to NCAA rules about games limitations. They played in 2 tournaments and went over the 40 regular season games. They would have had to sweep the tourney to even have a chance.

Interesting thought.  I won't go so far as to get on the IC doesn't belong in the tournament (like some have suggested) because they didn't play in a conference tourney or ECAC, but if the seedings are up in the air for #2, RPI's run through the LL might get them the 2 seed.  I don't know if a lot of people would argue that. 

I've got to switch gears because what I just wrote could be misconstrued as a compliment to RPI.  Shoeless, you've made mention a few times about RPI's defense.  I haven't seen them play this year, but a quick glance of stats (Fld %, Errors DP's and PB)  for them, CSt and IC wouldn't back that up.  Are they that much better defensively than UR?

[sjfcards]

Any ideas on Cortlands chances in the world series? They look really good from what I can tell...

[BaseB13]

Whoever wins Trinity/Cortland has a very good chance.  However, the loser of that game will have a serious uphill battle.

[Ralph Turner]

Whoever wins Trinity/Cortland has a very good chance.  However, the loser of that game will have a serious uphill battle.

Game 1 (10:00 am): No. 1 Chapman vs. No. 6 Kean
Game 2 (1:15 pm): Adrian vs. No. 5 John Hopkins
Game 3 (4:30 pm): No 11. UW-Whitwater vs. Linfield
Game 4 (7:45 pm): No. 2 Cortland State vs. No 3. Trinity (Conn.)

Yeah, all the winner has to do is play the winner of the UWW-Linfield game and the winner's winner of the Chapman/Kean-Adrain/JHU bracket, and then the consolation bracket winner.

Should be pretty easy!      

[BaseB13]

I sense some sarcasm.  Don't think I ever said it would be easy.  But I do think Trinity and Cortland are in the top four of the best teams in Wisconsin.  I'm assuming both teams throw their ace in Game 1.  Whichever of those two wins the first game will have a good shot at winning it all.  I think whoever loses has almost no shot. 

[Ralph Turner]

I sense some sarcasm.  Don't think I ever said it would be easy.  But I do think Trinity and Cortland are in the top four of the best teams in Wisconsin.  I'm assuming both teams throw their ace in Game 1.  Whichever of those two wins the first game will have a good shot at winning it all.  I think whoever loses has almost no shot. 

I agree about the losers bracket being tough!

[Ralph Turner]

General posts for the 2009 New York season on this board resume here.

[BoomerIL]

Congratulations are in order for three University of Rochester players.

Blair Veenema - LHP
Dan Brien - 1B
Jay Jay Vanderstyne - 2B

They were selected by the Division III baseball coaches from across the country as "Players To Watch" in 2009 as listed in the January 2 issue of Collegiate Baseball newspaper.  The university is also listed as one of the "other top teams" for 2009.

[Big Louie]

Any thoughts on who might contend in the NY Region in 2009? Other than Cortland, Ithaca, and RPI...who else has a chance to join the party this year?

[John McGraw]

Any thoughts on who might contend in the NY Region in 2009? Other than Cortland, Ithaca, and RPI...who else has a chance to join the party this year?

Cortland could be in a class itself this year with the graduation losses to Ithaca and RPI. I think Ithaca has less coming back than RPI with the loss of Sottung, Raux, Ferguson, Smith, Wolf etc.

In the Liberty, Rochester showed last year that it could compete with and beat RPI during the regular season (not so much in the playoffs). They'll be a force to contend with if they can consistently win.

Elsewhere, it's the usual suspects. Brockport in the SUNY will be the Cortland's stiffest competitor - meaning they should beat everyone but the Dragons.

RIT and Fisher could challenge Ithaca in the Empire 8 though who knows if either would merit a Pool B selection in the overall picture.

[HotSoupTrio]

anyone gonna throw out a challenge for Cortland in this region this year?

[Big Louie]

Any info on who ithaca might have coming in to replace all the lost talent?

[HotSoupTrio]

Hopefully Ithaca brought some solid pitching in, which i am sure coach Val did. Losing guys like  Sottung, Wolf and Gardner can be very tough for Ithaca to overcome.  A guy like Tom Fishback is gonna have to be huge for them this year. ANy thoughts on who they might have coming in?