BB: 2012 West Regional

[Ralph Turner]

Sunday May 6th Predictions

Pool A SCIAC - La Verne
Pool A NWC - Whitworth
Pool A ASC - Concordia-Texas
Pool C SCAC - Trinity-Texas
Pool C ??
Pool A, or C ?

Possible Pool C
Pomona, Pacific

Regional Rankings from 05/03/2012

WEST             
1    Trinity (Texas)    31-8    34-10      Pool C
2    Concordia (Texas)    33-9    33-9      Pool A
3    Whitworth    25-7-1    26-13-1     Pool A
4    Pacific Lutheran    22-10    24-13    NWC Pool C
5    La Verne    24-12    25-14    Pool A
6    Pomona-Pitzer    23-11    25-12-1  Pool C

PR    UT-Dallas            25-13    28-15 

Pacific has never been in the rankings

[CrashDavisD3]

Sunday May 6th Predictions

Pool A SCIAC - La Verne
Pool A NWC - Whitworth
Pool A ASC - Concordia-Texas
Pool C SCAC - Trinity-Texas
Pool C ??
Pool A, or C ?

Possible Pool C
Pomona, Pacific

Regional Rankings from 05/03/2012

WEST             
1    Trinity (Texas)    31-8    34-10      Pool C
2    Concordia (Texas)    33-9    33-9      Pool A
3    Whitworth    25-7-1    26-13-1     Pool A
4    Pacific Lutheran    22-10    24-13    NWC Pool C
5    La Verne    24-12    25-14    Pool A
6    Pomona-Pitzer    23-11    25-12-1  Pool C

PR    UT-Dallas            25-13    28-15 

Pacific has never been in the rankings

Pac Lu has now lost their last 5 consecutive games. I expect them to drop out of the regional rankings.

Pacific has a better in region winning percentage than UT-Dallas and a similar SOS.

Pacific 20-6  22-15
UT-Dallas 25-13 28-15

[Ralph Turner]

Yes, at in-region of 22-12, Pac Lu has really hurt themselves.

Pacific may move in.

Thanks for calling my attention to Pac Lu's weekend.

[El Hombre]

Yes, at in-region of 22-12, Pac Lu has really hurt themselves.

Pacific may move in.

Thanks for calling my attention to Pac Lu's weekend.

Ralph -
You are right regarding Pacific and Pac Lu. 
Listed below are the latest RPI Ratings for the top 20 teams in the West Region . . .


RPI Ratings - West Region (5-6-12)         
Team    Regional Win %     SOS    RPI
Concordia (TX)   0.795             0.500   0.574
Trinity              0.795             0.496   0.571
La Verne           0.667             0.532   0.566
Whitworth           0.773             0.494   0.564
Pacific              0.769             0.494   0.563
Chapman           0.545             0.560   0.556
Pacific Lutheran   0.647             0.523   0.554
Pomona Pitzer     0.676             0.510   0.552
Texas-Tyler          0.694             0.502   0.550
George Fox          0.606             0.528   0.548
Linfield             0.636             0.507   0.539
Occidental           0.618             0.511   0.538
Texas-Dallas     0.658             0.496   0.537
Hardin-Simmons   0.545             0.531   0.535
Texas Lutheran   0.667             0.489   0.534
Cal Lutheran     0.618             0.505   0.533
McMurry           0.595             0.504   0.527
Mississippi College 0.486     0.525   0.515
Whittier           0.543             0.506   0.515
U of Dallas           0.559             0.483   0.502

[wildcat11]

For those coming out to the regional just an FYI...On the 18th and 19th McMinnville is hosting their annual UFO Festival in downtown Mac.  Trade in your ball cap for a tinfoil hat and go check it out between games.

http://www.downtownmcminnville.com/2012-ufo-festival

[CrashDavisD3]

For those coming out to the regional just an FYI...On the 18th and 19th McMinnville is hosting their annual UFO Festival in downtown Mac.  Trade in your ball cap for a tinfoil hat and go check it out between games.

http://www.downtownmcminnville.com/2012-ufo-festival

I have been to McMinnville in the past for the West regionals and I have seen the crazy tin hat UFO parade with many others dressed up as Aliens marching through downtown.

If you get to downtown McMinnville visit the Panther Creek Winery.  I am partial to anything Panthers.
http://panthercreekcellars.com/static/about

Panther Creek is located in McMinnville's former power plant, just off the main street in downtown McMinnville, Oregon. Built in 1923, this enormous brick building housed three massive diesel electric generators and provided power to the city for decades. It became the home of Panther Creek in 1989.

Another place to visit is the Air Museum
http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/

A place we visited a few times with fans and others
http://www.goldenvalleybrewery.com/

A place open 24 hours a take out and great for late night place after late games
http://www.yelp.com/biz/muchas-gracias-mcminnville

[OshDude]

For those coming out to the regional just an FYI...On the 18th and 19th McMinnville is hosting their annual UFO Festival in downtown Mac.  Trade in your ball cap for a tinfoil hat and go check it out between games.

http://www.downtownmcminnville.com/2012-ufo-festival

Seems like potential inspiration for an episode of Portlandia.

[Ralph Turner]

Hosted by Linfield, McMinnville, Ore.

1 Concordia (Texas) (36-9)
2 Trinity (Texas) (34-10)
3 Whitworth (26-13-1)
4 La Verne (25-14)
5 Coe (27-15)
6 St. John's  (29-14)

[Ron Boerger]

Hosted by Linfield, McMinnville, Ore.

1 Concordia (Texas) (36-9)
2 Trinity (Texas) (34-10)
3 Whitworth (26-13-1)
4 La Verne (25-14)
5 Coe (27-15)
6 St. John's  (29-14)

CTX's regional to win.  *^*&^!! injuries.

[108 Stitches]

Here is the link to the regional with game times etc.

http://www.linfield.edu/sports/2012mcminnvilleregional.html

[CrashDavisD3]

Hosted by Linfield, McMinnville, Ore.

1 Concordia (Texas) (36-9)
2 Trinity (Texas) (34-10)
3 Whitworth (26-13-1)
4 La Verne (25-14)
5 Coe (27-15)
6 St. John’s  (29-14)

Well its good to see the NCAA and committee's did that right thing in the West but
only 4 teams out of 39 in the West make it in 2012. I hope in 2013 the West turns things around and has 6 teams in the regionals with CTX as a host also.

[CrashDavisD3]

1 Concordia (Texas) (36-9) ERA 2.60 FLD% .967 AVG .292 OB% .401 SLG% .379

2 Trinity (Texas) (34-10)   ERA 3.42 FLD% .967 AVG .324 OB% .411 SLG% .465

3 Whitworth (26-13-1) ERA 4.67 FLD% .966 AVG .303 OB% .379 SLG% .409

4 La Verne (25-14) ERA 4.71 FLD% .950 AVG .306 OB% .395 SLG% .419

5 Coe (27-15) ERA 4.11 FLD% .958 AVG .310 OB% .389 SLG% 417

6 St. John's (29-14) ERA 2.95 FLD% .959 AVG .275 OB% .351 SLG% .387

[108 Stitches]

   

CTX   TU   Whit   LV   Coe   St Johns Batting Ave   192   46   131   117   156   8 Scoring                138   84   61   44   148   5 Runs                 70   30   58   49   160   12 HR/gm                298   8   42   68   91   22 Slug                209   22   123   95   154   1 Stolen Bases   136   210   164   293   58   2 Base on Balls   2   28   193   261   165   38 Sac Bunts   1   38   22   26   165   62 ERA                 8   44   151   158   67   37 K's/9                 16   1   166   181   272   4 Hits Allowed   15   8   97   108   114   38 Field %                 21   25   27   182   128   154

Could someone explain how to insert a table or a spreadsheet?

Here are the NCAA numbers by rank in the various categories. Based on this my new dark horse is St. John's. Actually they are not a dark horse based on their numbers....

I think their fate will be decided tomorrow in game one. If they can beat CTX then they have a good shot at winning the regional. It looks like a classic case of offense vs pitching. I am hoping to get to the game to see the last half. Their weakness looks like defense, but if they can jump on CTX early they might be able to shake them up a bit, as CTX does not look like they can hang with a high scoring team.


Does anyone know if they are a fast ball hitting team?

[CrashDavisD3]

If it stays warm in Oregon like 2009 balls will travel but this was in pre BBCOR bat days also.

Rainy and cold would favor pitching and defense. Right now does not look any rain for the regional.
http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/45.210116,-123.198716

[CrashDavisD3]

Day 1 Predictions

CTX over St Johns
Trinity over Coe
La Verne over Whitworth