BB: Regionals (Midwest) Oshkosh '08, '09, Whitewater '10, '11

[cubs]

Wow!!!  I just get done with my HS teams practice to come in and see the score is the same as when I left, and they have played another whole game.

AWESOME game!!!

[BaseballFan]

Point and the Tommies are into the 16th!

What does that do their bullpens?

(Serious question... asking for strategies for what just became an 8-team bracket for those two pitching staffs.)

Correction...top of the 17th!

Tommies went with a different strategy than Point. Tommies picked a pitched not utilized much where Point uses their best. This game kills point because it knocks out 2 top pitchers, tommies are still ok for now.

Olaf, Scholastica, Norbert are loving this game though

[Brewers20]

Point and the Tommies are into the 16th!

What does that do their bullpens?

(Serious question... asking for strategies for what just became an 8-team bracket for those two pitching staffs.)

Correction...top of the 17th!

Tommies went with a different strategy than Point. Tommies picked a pitched not utilized much where Point uses their best. This game kills point because it knocks out 2 top pitchers, tommies are still ok for now.

Olaf, Scholastica, Norbert are loving this game though

how do you know a low utilizer pitcher won't do the same for stevens point in a different game?

[Just Bill]

Anyone know the NCAA Tournament record for the longest game?

[Brewers20]

walk off homer to win it for the tommies...what a heart breaker for the pointers

[BaseballFan]

Point and the Tommies are into the 16th!

What does that do their bullpens?

(Serious question... asking for strategies for what just became an 8-team bracket for those two pitching staffs.)

Correction...top of the 17th!

Tommies went with a different strategy than Point. Tommies picked a pitched not utilized much where Point uses their best. This game kills point because it knocks out 2 top pitchers, tommies are still ok for now.

Olaf, Scholastica, Norbert are loving this game though

how do you know a low utilizer pitcher won't do the same for stevens point in a different game?

I do know because I checked my crystal ball  

You never know, thats why they play the game but just saying by looking at the stats

[dukes]

As important as this game is, I think St. Thomas has the right idea, and maybe both teams do. Either way, you live and die by the pitcher who is out there, as you know that you have more games to play, win or lose. You have to play to win the tournament, not just go farther. If it means you dont throw your best pitchers to win game one, so be it. In my opinion.

[Brewers20]

Point and the Tommies are into the 16th!

What does that do their bullpens?

(Serious question... asking for strategies for what just became an 8-team bracket for those two pitching staffs.)

Correction...top of the 17th!

Tommies went with a different strategy than Point. Tommies picked a pitched not utilized much where Point uses their best. This game kills point because it knocks out 2 top pitchers, tommies are still ok for now.

Olaf, Scholastica, Norbert are loving this game though

how do you know a low utilizer pitcher won't do the same for stevens point in a different game?

I do know because I checked my crystal ball  

You never know, thats why they play the game but just saying by looking at the stats

oh i gotta get me one of those..haha....i understand why you said it..point definitely has their work cut out for them now....mentally, that game kills you if you lose.

[Ralph Turner]

walk off homer to win it for the tommies...what a heart breaker for the pointers

Now I want to see the Pointers pick themselves up and win the Regional.   

This is great fun! 

[Brewers20]

walk off homer to win it for the tommies...what a heart breaker for the pointers

Now I want to see the Pointers pick themselves up and win the Regional.   

This is great fun! 

Wouldn't that be something?! Definitely be the story of D-3 regionals this year at the world series banquet!

[Just Bill]

Anyone know the NCAA Tournament record for the longest game?

Answered my own question. It's the longest NCAA Division III Tournament game in history (in terms of innings.)

The previous record was 16 innings in the 2005 Finals.  Wartburg 8, Rowan 6.

Division II had a 19-inning game in the 2008 Finals.

The Division I record is also 19 innings, done in a regional in 1988.

[Ralph Turner]

walk off homer to win it for the tommies...what a heart breaker for the pointers

Now I want to see the Pointers pick themselves up and win the Regional.   

This is great fun! 

Wouldn't that be something?! Definitely be the story of D-3 regionals this year at the world series banquet!

Are the Tommies set up for a huge letdown tomorrow?

[BaseballFan]

Possibly, definately a long game and a lot of energy flowing through the body.

[Brewers20]

walk off homer to win it for the tommies...what a heart breaker for the pointers

Now I want to see the Pointers pick themselves up and win the Regional.   

This is great fun! 

Wouldn't that be something?! Definitely be the story of D-3 regionals this year at the world series banquet!

Are the Tommies set up for a huge letdown tomorrow?

If anybody knows how to coach a team through the losers bracket it's Coach Bloom, he's done wonders with the teams in the past facing elimination, minus last year (huge let down by us).

[BaseballFan]

Scholastica Norbert delayed due to rain, tarp is on the field