BB: Top Teams in West Region

108 Stitches · April 24, 2015, 09:41:58 AM

Here it is:

WEST REGION Region
Rank Institution In-Division win-loss pct Overall WL Pct
1 Pacific Lutheran 23-7-0 ( 0.767) 26-9-0 ( 0.743)
2 Linfield 25-9-0 ( 0.735) 27-10-0 ( 0.730)
3 Texas-Tyler 25-9-0 ( 0.735) 26-10-0 ( 0.722)
4 Concordia (TX) 25-8-0 ( 0.758) 25-8-0 ( 0.758)
5 Cal Lutheran 25-10-0 ( 0.714) 25-10-0 ( 0.714)
6 Pomona-Pitzer 25-10-0 ( 0.714) 25-10-0 ( 0.714)

TexasBB · April 24, 2015, 10:15:21 AM

Interesting, no teams from the SCAC!

SoCalSoxFan · April 24, 2015, 10:36:43 AM

Quote from: 108 Stitches on April 24, 2015, 09:41:58 AM
Here it is:

WEST REGION Region
Rank Institution In-Division win-loss pct Overall WL Pct
1 Pacific Lutheran 23-7-0 ( 0.767) 26-9-0 ( 0.743)
2 Linfield 25-9-0 ( 0.735) 27-10-0 ( 0.730)
3 Texas-Tyler 25-9-0 ( 0.735) 26-10-0 ( 0.722)
4 Concordia (TX) 25-8-0 ( 0.758) 25-8-0 ( 0.758)
5 Cal Lutheran 25-10-0 ( 0.714) 25-10-0 ( 0.714)
6 Pomona-Pitzer 25-10-0 ( 0.714) 25-10-0 ( 0.714)

Interesting.
1) Hard to argue against PLU and Linfield as top 2 in the west.
2) I think they got TT correct. As I opined earlier in either this thread or ASC thread, I think they are strong Pool C candidates if they don't win ASC tourney outright. And Concordia, because of Cox, should get a Pool C bid as well if TT wins the ASC.
3) Hard to argue against CLU and PP being top teams in SCIAC. Not sure they are both better than the top SCAC team. CLU and PP are both 8-3 out of conference. CLU is 3-1 against NWC with loss being an 11 inning Linfield come from behind win.
4) No SCAC schools in top 6? I'm speculating that the Out-of-conf record 12-7 and 7-11 weighed down TLU and Centenary. TLU 1-2 against TT. For Trinity: they are in third, so putting them in Top 6 right now would've been a surprise. As the SCAC tourney plays out, I expect the winner will jump ahead of SCIAC winner.

Jack Parkman · April 24, 2015, 10:39:27 AM

Quote from: 108 Stitches on April 24, 2015, 09:41:58 AM
Here it is:

WEST REGION Region
Rank Institution In-Division win-loss pct Overall WL Pct
1 Pacific Lutheran 23-7-0 ( 0.767) 26-9-0 ( 0.743)
2 Linfield 25-9-0 ( 0.735) 27-10-0 ( 0.730)
3 Texas-Tyler 25-9-0 ( 0.735) 26-10-0 ( 0.722)
4 Concordia (TX) 25-8-0 ( 0.758) 25-8-0 ( 0.758)
5 Cal Lutheran 25-10-0 ( 0.714) 25-10-0 ( 0.714)
6 Pomona-Pitzer 25-10-0 ( 0.714) 25-10-0 ( 0.714)

These will obviously change (and Cal Lu and Pomona have already added a win to make them 26-10) but one thing that is obvious is that three of these teams are guaranteed to add 2 more losses in conference tourneys. That being said, I think it would make it very tough for the SCAC to get into the Pool C talk at this point since they too will add 2 more losses to the school that doesn't get the Pool A bid.

108 Stitches · April 24, 2015, 11:07:50 AM

When Trinity lost 2/3 to SW and TLU it killed any chance of getting an at large bid....plus splitting with CTX and UTT. The only team from the SCAC in Regionals will be the conference champion. TLU is a very good team but not a National level team IMO, and Trinity while having the talent has not put it all together at the right time. Will they? They have two weekends to get it figured out.

Just_Some_Guy · April 24, 2015, 04:18:13 PM

Quote from: SoCalSoxFan on April 24, 2015, 10:36:43 AM
Quote from: 108 Stitches on April 24, 2015, 09:41:58 AM
Here it is:

WEST REGION Region
Rank Institution In-Division win-loss pct Overall WL Pct
1 Pacific Lutheran 23-7-0 ( 0.767) 26-9-0 ( 0.743)
2 Linfield 25-9-0 ( 0.735) 27-10-0 ( 0.730)
3 Texas-Tyler 25-9-0 ( 0.735) 26-10-0 ( 0.722)
4 Concordia (TX) 25-8-0 ( 0.758) 25-8-0 ( 0.758)
5 Cal Lutheran 25-10-0 ( 0.714) 25-10-0 ( 0.714)
6 Pomona-Pitzer 25-10-0 ( 0.714) 25-10-0 ( 0.714)

Interesting.
1) Hard to argue against PLU and Linfield as top 2 in the west.
2) I think they got TT correct. As I opined earlier in either this thread or ASC thread, I think they are strong Pool C candidates if they don't win ASC tourney outright. And Concordia, because of Cox, should get a Pool C bid as well if TT wins the ASC.
3) Hard to argue against CLU and PP being top teams in SCIAC. Not sure they are both better than the top SCAC team. CLU and PP are both 8-3 out of conference. CLU is 3-1 against NWC with loss being an 11 inning Linfield come from behind win.
4) No SCAC schools in top 6? I'm speculating that the Out-of-conf record 12-7 and 7-11 weighed down TLU and Centenary. TLU 1-2 against TT. For Trinity: they are in third, so putting them in Top 6 right now would've been a surprise. As the SCAC tourney plays out, I expect the winner will jump ahead of SCIAC winner.

+1 Good insight and analysis.

Westside · April 24, 2015, 04:54:18 PM

This is the most wide open I have seen the West in a good while. I think three teams that aren't on the first list could very likely make the Regional (NWC winner, SCAC winner, SCIAC winner). Things will be getting wild and crazy in the coming weeks!

TexasBB · April 26, 2015, 07:33:24 PM

UTT finished its regular season today with a sweep of Howard Payne. They finished 30-10 overall and 24-6 in the ASC. CTX still has a 3 game series against Mary Hardin Baylor that will finish on May 2 weather permitting. If CTX wins that series then they will be the regular season champion and get the top seed in the conference tournament. If they loose 2 out of 3 then UTT will get the top seed since they beat CTX head to head. UTT stated the season 0-3 and has really been playing well since the beginning of April going 12-2 with one loss to CTX and one to an NAIA school LSU-Alexandria. They went 12-1 in the conference in April sweeping East Texas Baptist, Le Tourneau and Howard Payne and taking 2 out of 3 from CTX.

SoCalSoxFan · April 28, 2015, 11:01:22 AM

# School (1st votes) Rec Pts Prev.
1 Cortland State (22) 32-2 621 1
2 Frostburg State (3) 32-3 600 2
3 UW-Whitewater 25-4 578 3
4 Birmingham-Southern 34-8-1 514 6
5 Salisbury 25-4 509 4
6 Heidelberg 27-7 482 7
7 Wooster 30-5 466 9
8 Shenandoah 27-8-1 420 8
9 Kean 28-10 397 5
10 Baldwin Wallace 27-8 365 15
11 Wartburg 28-9 316 10
12 Methodist 31-8 304 19
13 Rhodes 30-11 252 21
14 Concordia (Texas) 27-9 235 12
15 UW-Stevens Point 21-11 200 11
16 Linfield 28-12 187 14
17 Misericordia 24-8 182 13
18 Trinity (Texas) 28-11 176 16
19 Cal Lutheran 28-10 157 23
20 Ohio Northern 28-8 148 22
21 Pacific Lutheran 28-11 126 18
22 UW-La Crosse 22-10 104 rv
23 Randolph-Macon 24-9 99 20
24 Webster 26-10 76 rv
25 Texas-Tyler 28-9 72 rv

Dropped out: No. 17 Millsaps No. 24 Rowan, No. 25 Mary Washington.

Others receiving votes: Millsaps 68, Southern Maine 53, Whitworth 44, Bethel (Minn.) 44, Mary Washington 43, Tufts 42, Wesleyan (Conn.) 41, Adrian 37, Emory 34, Oswego State 24, Mitchell 17, Rowan 13, Thomas More 11, Bridgewater (Va.) 10, John Carroll 10, Johns Hopkins 6, Rutgers-Camden 5, Pomona-Pitzer 5, Stevens 5, Ill. Wesleyan 4, La Roche 4, Thiel 3, Rose-Hulman 2.

TexasBB · April 28, 2015, 02:22:20 PM

They got the record for CTX correct at 27-9 but UTT is 30-10 not 28-9. They swept this weekend and beat Centenarry on Weds. Last week they were 26-10. The ASC website has the win-loss records posted since Sunday and the school updated their website on Sundaty as well, so I don't know where the DIII poll is getting its info.

TexasBB · April 28, 2015, 02:27:15 PM

CTX must sweep Mary Hardin Baylor this weekend or UTT is the regular season champ in the ASC. The confernce regular season champ gets the top seed for the 8 team double ellimination tournament next weekend.

BamColt · April 29, 2015, 02:12:09 PM

CTX plays this series at home, lets see if UMHB can play spoiler. Should be a great weekend of baseball in Austin.

108 Stitches · April 30, 2015, 09:53:38 AM

Based on the only data point I have on UMHB (from the Trinity game on Tuesday) I would expect CTX to sweep, but it is baseball so you never know.

108 Stitches · April 30, 2015, 09:55:30 AM

I would also think that both CTX and UTT should go deep into the ASC playoffs and if they do this both should be in the Regional, due to it being at UTT.

BamColt · April 30, 2015, 10:49:11 AM

I would expect Boggs to have his guys ready. I have not seen UMHB play this year.