BB: Pool B

[RSSmith]

RANKED POOL B TEAMS MAY 7, 2009
St. Scholastica 31-4 22-3
Salisbury 36—6 29-6
Ithaca 28-7 22-4

Who will be the last 3 that get in on Monday May 11th ?

Washington University (MO) 25-10, 25-9

[BigPoppa]

WashU
Chapman
York

Bethany Lutheran is left out.

[RSSmith]

WashU
Chapman
York

Bethany Lutheran is left out.

I'm with you on York 27-14, 24-10 (by my count though they lost 5 of their last 6)

I'll go with BLC 28-8, 27-7 (by my count) over Chapman 26-14, 19-12 without knowing how many points you get for a good reputation.

[RSSmith]

Will the #7 team in Pool B have the chops for a Pool C bid?

[BigPoppa]

Will the #7 team in Pool B have the chops for a Pool C bid?

No way. I don't think the #4 Pool B would earn a Pool this year. Weak crop of Pool Bs this season.

[BigPoppa]

WashU
Chapman
York

Bethany Lutheran is left out.

I'm with you on York 27-14, 24-10 (by my count though they lost 5 of their last 6)

I'll go with BLC 28-8, 27-7 (by my count) over Chapman 26-14, 19-12 without knowing how many points you get for a good reputation.

If Bethany gets a Pool B over Chapman, I will retire form the message boards. Chapman has played a very tough schedule compared to the weak UMAC schedule that BLC plays.

[hickory_cornhusker]

WashU
Chapman
York

Bethany Lutheran is left out.

I'm with you on York 27-14, 24-10 (by my count though they lost 5 of their last 6)

I'll go with BLC 28-8, 27-7 (by my count) over Chapman 26-14, 19-12 without knowing how many points you get for a good reputation.

If Bethany gets a Pool B over Chapman, I will retire form the message boards. Chapman has played a very tough schedule compared to the weak UMAC schedule that BLC plays.

The only way I see Bethany Lutheran getting in is if they sweep the UMAC Tourney, and even then maybe not. One loss to anyone other than St. Scholastica will finish. Even a loss to St. Scholastica should do it.

[BaseballFan]

WashU
Chapman
York

Bethany Lutheran is left out.

I'm with you on York 27-14, 24-10 (by my count though they lost 5 of their last 6)

I'll go with BLC 28-8, 27-7 (by my count) over Chapman 26-14, 19-12 without knowing how many points you get for a good reputation.

If Bethany gets a Pool B over Chapman, I will retire form the message boards. Chapman has played a very tough schedule compared to the weak UMAC schedule that BLC plays.

Now dont go saying drastic things that you may regret haha

[JohnnyU]

I don't know about WashU now. The committee seems to dismissed them by not putting them in the regional rankings. If you can't get ranked in the central, I don't know how much of a shot you have.

[CrashDavisD3]

Chapman wins over Regional ranked teams
Pt. Loma Nazerene  W, 4-3 (NAIA #2)   
Mar. 6  Cal Lutheran  W, 9-2   
Mar. 8  Hendrix  W, 10-8  (Qualified for Regional)   
Mar. 11  Ithaca  W, 5-2   
Mar. 14  Kean  W, 5-0 

Close losses 
Apr. 17  Pomona-Pitzer  L, 4-2 
Apr. 18  Pomona-Pitzer  L, 10-9

6 one run losses

But had several losses to other teams too. So very much on the bubble and May 11th will tell if too many in region losses.

[BigPoppa]

Only the Cal Lu and Hendrix wins help them as they were in-region as were the P-P losses. NAIA and out of region wins/losses have no bearing.

[RSSmith]

Only the Cal Lu and Hendrix wins help them as they were in-region as were the P-P losses. NAIA and out of region wins/losses have no bearing.

Is Hendrix an in region game for Chapman?  Isn't the SCAC in both West and South regions with Hendrix College (Arkansas) being in the South?  I find a lot of this stuff really confusing.

[wustlfan37]

I don't know about WashU now. The committee seems to dismissed them by not putting them in the regional rankings. If you can't get ranked in the central, I don't know how much of a shot you have.

I'm not completely sure how teams are regionally ranked, but this ranking surprised me.  Coe is 21-17 and gets ranked 4th?  Luther was just ranked 19th in the country in the ABCA poll and gets dropped to 6th behind Loras and Coe?

WU is the only other team besides Carthage to have single digit regional losses.  They're 25-10 (24-8 in the region), and have gone 3-0 against Webster and swept Coe in a doubleheader.  Why is Coe up there but WashU not?

[Ralph Turner]

Only the Cal Lu and Hendrix wins help them as they were in-region as were the P-P losses. NAIA and out of region wins/losses have no bearing.

Is Hendrix an in region game for Chapman?  Isn't the SCAC in both West and South regions with Hendrix College (Arkansas) being in the South?  I find a lot of this stuff really confusing.

Hendrix is a West Region team for baseball.

[Ralph Turner]

Chapman wins over Regional ranked teams
Pt. Loma Nazerene  W, 4-3 (NAIA #2)   
Mar. 6  Cal Lutheran  W, 9-2   
Mar. 8  Hendrix  W, 10-8  (Qualified for Regional)   
Mar. 11  Ithaca  W, 5-2   
Mar. 14  Kean  W, 5-0 

Close losses 
Apr. 17  Pomona-Pitzer  L, 4-2 
Apr. 18  Pomona-Pitzer  L, 10-9

6 one run losses

But had several losses to other teams too. So very much on the bubble and May 11th will tell if too many in region losses.

Six 1-run losses?

Does the name Kurt Yacko come to mind?