BB: Top Teams in West Region

[108 Stitches]

I agree there will be some shifting particularly in the early season, but I like that there is a methodology to Massey.

TLU did not lose consecutive games they took 2 of 3 from Schreiner (one loss was 4-5) They swept Austin and then one day later lost to Pacific 2-1.

Based on their schedule and results so far they belong, but time will tell for how long.

[Whatagame]

Yes my mistake TLU sandwiched a win over Schreiner between the pacific and Schreiner losses ...

[108 Stitches]

West World according to D3baseball.com.

1. Linfield
2. Trinity
3. Cal Lu
4. George Fox
5. Concordia
6. MHBaylor
7. UTT
9. ?

http://d3baseball.com/top25/2014/2014-week-2

[bzzboyz]

Can somebody please explain to me why a 4-8 team like UT Tyler keeps getting run in any type rankings talk?

[bzzboyz]

West World according to D3baseball.com.

1. Linfield
2. Trinity
3. Cal Lu
4. George Fox
5. Concordia
6. MHBaylor
7. UTT
9. ?

http://d3baseball.com/top25/2014/2014-week-2

I would add TLU and LeTourneau to your list a remove UTT.

[CrashDavisD3]

Any team without an overall winning record should be removed from any list of teams.

[TexasBB]

I am a long time UTT fan. Having said that, this is the worst start in the teams 10 year history. They do not belong in the top 20 and probably not the top 50. They did play UMHB tough this last weekend and should have won 2 out of 3 but the bull pen collapsed and blew a 4 run cushion. This team has made alot of errors and has a mediocre pitching staff. The last two series they have given up on average nearly 10 runs a game. They have already lost 4 games in the confernce and cannot afford to lose many more or they will be out of any consideration for the ASC.  Apparently the recruiting class was not up to what many in the conference thought it would be. They can still turn it around but definetly should not be in the conversation of top teams in the West region.

[108 Stitches]

The UTT team looked young and small to me, one year makes a huge difference in college ball, even more so in D3. Not that size is everything but when you are up against a bunch of 6-2 inch 205 lb players who have been hitting the weight room for two years it is hard to compete. I don't believe that you can expect too much from freshmen for a top 20 team unless they are very special, which means you won't have a lot of them.

[Ron Boerger]

West World according to D3baseball.com.

1. Linfield
2. Trinity
3. Cal Lu
4. George Fox
5. Concordia
6. MHBaylor
7. UTT
9. ?

http://d3baseball.com/top25/2014/2014-week-2

I would add TLU and LeTourneau to your list a remove UTT.

That's not 108's list, it's from this week's d3baseball.com Top 25.

[Ralph Turner]

UT-Tyler got 4 votes. I am not going to justify the votes, but someone has not given up on them completely.

That could be a single 22nd place vote.

What if that ballot only contains teams that have played more than 3 games in the season? UTT might be that 22nd best team.

Just to remind everyone, Illinois Wesleyan, the 2010 champion was 14-17 the its loss on April 29, 2010. They finished 31-21 overall and 19-19 in the regular season.

[dp643]

I think we will start to see this weekend who is for real in the ASC. The top 6 teams all play each other this weekend. UMHB (7-1, 5-1) plays Sul Ross (8-5,  4-2), Concordia (9-1, 6-0) vs UT Dallas (6-4, 3-3), and LeTourneau (10-1, 5-1) vs Hardin Simmons (6-3, 4-2). I am really curious to follow LeTourneau as no one has really talked about them and they are quietly racking up wins.

I still am going to hold right now that Concordia is the top team with the next cluster of 5 all in the mix. I think CTX has the deepest staff which is why I am putting them at the top right now.

[108 Stitches]

I am guessing that Trinity will be ranked number 1 in some of the national poll's this week after all of the top Western teams at least lost 1 game over the weekend.

I don't think that Southern Maine has played enough games to move into the top spot at this point in time.

I will go through the games tomorrow and see who did what in the West, but a quick look had all of them losing at least 1 game in their series.

A big congratulations to Coach Scannell on picking up his 500th win.

[Spence]

Why should Southern Maine be penalized for being in Maine? They made the finals last year and hammered a good program today. They've got as much claim to #1 as anyone.

[108 Stitches]

Here's my quick flyby overview by conference.

ASC
Le Tourneau
CTX
Pickum'
SRS
UTT
TDallas

NWC
Linfield
GF
PLU
Pickum'
Whitworth
Whitman

SCAC
TU
TLU
UofD
Pickum'
Good luck

SCIAC
CLU
Chapman
Dare I say Whittier. (sorry Jack the numbers are there at least for now...) (with a team name Poets #%&!)
Pickum'
Could be anyone (except for CalTech)

Couple of comments/questions:

Does a team like Le Tourneau (South team playing in a West conference not get any love come Regionals if they don't win conference?)

Can someone at D3baseball.com  fix the links to go to the proper years when linking to a team or conference.

[TexasBB]

LeTourneau swept Hardin Simmons and are now 13-1 overall and 8-1 and in 1st place in the ASC. Traditionally LeTourneau has been a bottom half team in the old ASC East. Something special is occuring this year as they have taken everyone by surprise.