BB: Top Teams in West Region

[108 Stitches]

Pretty depressing from a Western viewpoint...

Through games of Sunday March 12, 2017

#
School (1st votes)   Rec   Pts   Prev.
1   Emory (14)   15-2   603   1
2   Cortland (7)   9-2   582   3
3   Shenandoah (4)   12-1   568   2
4   Birmingham-Southern   14-3   544   4
5   Texas-Tyler   15-2   474   8
6   UW-Whitewater   3-1   452   5
7   LaGrange   18-2   442   10
8   UW-La Crosse   3-1   416   7
9   Wooster   1-0   389   12
10   Randolph-Macon   11-4   366   11
11   Tufts   0-0   334   13
12   Pacific Lutheran   12-3   265   22
13   TCNJ   2-1   260   20
14   Texas-Dallas   15-3   258   15
15   St. John Fisher   5-4   240   9
16   Oswego State   8-3   226   17
17   Ramapo   0-2   189   6
18   Johns Hopkins   5-2   177   19
19   Keystone   3-3   172   14
20   Augustana   8-1   126   rv
21   Rowan   7-2   101   rv
22   Roanoke   14-5   89   23
23   Alvernia   9-0   85   rv
24   Suffolk   3-0   76   -
25   North Central (Ill.)   0-0   69   rv
Dropped out: No. 16 Kean, No. 18 Marietta, No. 21  La Roache, No. 24 Baldwin Wallace, No. 25 Concordia-Chicago.

Others receiving votes: Centenary (La.) 60, Marietta 59, Mass.-Boston 51, Kean 50, Webster 49, Washington & Jefferson 44, La Roche 32, Otterbein 30, Baldwin Wallace 26, Salisbury 25, Concordia (Ill.) 24, Washington (Mo.) 24, Saint Joseph's (Me.) 17, Southern Maine 17, Occidental 16, Chapman 15, Endicott 12, Illinois Wesleyan 12, Centre 10, Adrian 9, Eastern Conn. State 8, Amherst 7, Saint John's (Minn.) 5, La Verne 3, UW-Oshkosh 3, Thomas More 2, Salve Regina 1, Trinity (Tex.) 1, Western New England 1.

[TexasBB]

Although I am a big UTT fan, I don't think they are a top 5 team. Top 25 yes but not top 5. I would love to proven wrong.

[Jack Parkman]

Although I am a big UTT fan, I don't think they are a top 5 team. Top 25 yes but not top 5. I would love to proven wrong.

As a SCIAC guy I can assure you Occidental has no business getting votes.  I'll see Centenary play this weekend and am interested to see them since they have such a great record but it doesn't seem like people are sold on them.

[TexasBB]

One of Centenary's losses was to UT Tyler.

[Ralph Turner]

Although I am a big UTT fan, I don't think they are a top 5 team. Top 25 yes but not top 5. I would love to proven wrong.

I think that UTT has been the beneficiary of "float-up".

They have enough wins (and not many losses to knock them down the ladder) but it is too early in the season to identify teams from the northern and northeastern regions who are worthy of Top 25 votes.

If the "quota" per region for the Top 25 is "3.125", then yes I think that UTT is top 25, one of the 3 best teams in the region.

When a person is filling out the ballot, who does one think deserves to be there as well, having only played 4-8 games?

[Jim Dixon]

Although I am a big UTT fan, I don't think they are a top 5 team. Top 25 yes but not top 5. I would love to proven wrong.

I think that UTT has been the beneficiary of "float-up".

They have enough wins (and not many losses to knock them down the ladder) but it is too early in the season to identify teams from the northern and northeastern regions who are worthy of Top 25 votes.

If the "quota" per region for the Top 25 is "3.125", then yes I think that UTT is top 25, one of the 3 best teams in the region.

When a person is filling out the ballot, who does one think deserves to be there as well, having only played 4-8 games?

UTT can easily be the top team in the west.  Maybe this id the year to see them in Appleton.

[SoCalBaseballfan]

SCAC Centenary (La.) 17-3
ASC   Texas-Tyler 15-3
ASC   Texas-Dallas 16-4
NWC  Pacific-Lutheran 12-3
SCIAC Occidental 13-5
SCIAC Chapman 14-6

[TexasBB]

UTT swept its weekend series against Sul Ross State and is now 18-3.  They have  a non-conference game on Weds against Centenary, the second time those teams will face off this year. 

[Ralph Turner]

UTT swept its weekend series against Sul Ross State and is now 18-3.  They have  a non-conference game on Weds against Centenary, the second time those teams will face off this year.

A sweep of SRSU is what a Top 10 team needs to do.

[TexasBB]

Correction, the game between UTT and Centenary is Tuesday at Tyler. Centenary has gone 12-0 since they were beat by UTT. UTT is 12-1 at home so far this season.

[Jack Parkman]

I got a chance to see Centenary this past Friday and I really don't know what to make of them.  They definitely have some solid talent on that team but Schreiner was not impressive at all.  The strange thing is that it was a 4 run victory for Centenary and they were given plenty of runs when Schreiner couldn't find balls in the sky.  It was something I have never seen before and most of it occurred within about 10 pitches when Centenary hit fly balls that the Schreiner outfield never saw.  It resulted in a double, triple, and another double.  One of them included a rundown that should have easily ended with an out but it just broke down completely.  Saturday ended with two blowouts so maybe Friday was just one of those nights for Centenary.
I only saw 1 of Centenary's pitchers throw (Kirk) and I didn't think he was throwing very hard until I watched from the side.  He is a big kid and looks like a legit #1 with his only loss coming from UT Tyler.  I left before they went to their bullpen.

Overall, I do think Centenary will be there at the top of the SCAC when it is all said and done and they finally don't have Trinity in their way, but that does not mean TLU or Trinity will be a total pushover.  Plenty of games left to play.

I thought the field at Centenary was pretty nice as well.  The turf infield has to help with fielding % throughout the year and it was a pretty enjoyable place to watch a game.

[SoCalBaseballfan]

MARCH 20, 2017
SCAC Centenary 19-3
ASC Texas-Tyler 18-3
ASC Texas-Dallas 18-4
NWC Pacific Lutheran 14-5
SCIAC Chapman 14-6

[108 Stitches]

I got a chance to see Centenary this past Friday and I really don't know what to make of them.  They definitely have some solid talent on that team but Schreiner was not impressive at all. 
Ya think? You can't judge a team vs playing Schreiner. They may have a few guys and their number one might give you a game, but to judge a top team against them is difficult.

Tyler. I left before they went to their bullpen.
Casino calling?

Overall, I do think Centenary will be there at the top of the SCAC when it is all said and done and they finally don't have Trinity in their way,(boy is that an understatement...ugh) but that does not mean TLU or Trinity will be a total pushover.  Plenty of games left to play. SCAC will boil down to TLU and Centenary IMO.

I thought the field at Centenary was pretty nice as well.  The turf infield has to help with fielding % throughout the year and it was a pretty enjoyable place to watch a game. (Agree an enjoyable place to watch a game and likely place for the SCAC championships)

[108 Stitches]

Through games of Sunday March 19, 2017

The West is starting to settle in...

#   School (1st votes)   Rec   Pts   Prev.
1   Shenandoah (14)   14-1   595   3
2   Cortland (4)   12-3   568   2
3   Emory (3)   17-4   550   1
4   UW-Whitewater (1)   6-1   517   6
5   LaGrange (3)   21-2   513   7
6   Texas-Tyler   18-3   511   5
7   Birmingham-Southern   16-5   499   4
8   Wooster   6-1   414   9
9   Randolph-Macon   13-4   381   10
10   Tufts   3-0   360   11
11   UW-La Crosse   6-3   345   8
12   Oswego State   12-4   307   16
13   Johns Hopkins   9-2   291   18
14   Texas-Dallas   18-4   271   14
15   Centenary (La.)   19-3   259   rv
16   Augustana   12-1   223   20
17   TCNJ   7-3   197   13
18   Pacific Lutheran   14-5   188   12
19   Alvernia   9-1   145   23
20   Roanoke   16-5   106   22
21   Otterbein   11-3   80   rv
22   Western New England   8-2   71   rv
23   St. John Fisher   6-5   70   15
24   Ramapo   4-5   51   17
25   Kean   9-6   49   rv
Dropped out: No. 19 Keystone, No. 21. Rowan, 24. Suffolk, 25 North Central (Ill.).

Others receiving votes: Salisbury 45, Occidental 45, Washington & Jefferson 44, Southern Maine 44, Rowan 42, Eastern Connecticut State 34, La Roche 31, Keystone 31, Adrian 5, Washington (Mo.) 24, Catholic 22, Texas Lutheran 21, Bethel (Minn.) 20, Chapman 18, Marietta 15, Cal Lutheran 15, Concordia-Chicago 12, La Verne 11, Concordia-Texas 6, Baldwin Wallace 5, UMass-Boston 5, Saint Joseph's (Maine) 5, Misericordia 4, Salve Regina 4, Illinois Wesleyan 3, Arcadia 2, Mount Union 2, Suffolk 2, Thomas More 2, Webster 2, Saint John's (Minn.) 2, Willamette 2, Denison 1, Wheaton (Ill.) 1.

[Jack Parkman]

General Observation between last weeks rankings and this weeks...

School                  Rank (LW)   Total Votes (LW)    Weeks Record    SOS
UT Tyler-               6th (5)        511  (474)             3-1                    136
UT Dallas-            14th (14)     271  (258)             3-1                    181
Centenary-           15th (RV)    259 (60)                3-0                    128
Pacific Lutheran-  18th (12)     188 (265)             2-2                     195

Receiving Votes
School                  Total Votes (LW)    Weeks Record    SOS
OXY-                    45 votes (16)         1-2                     207
Texas Lutheran-   21 votes (0)           4-0                     80
Chapman-            18 votes (15)         1-0                     170
Cal Lu-                 15 votes (0)           4-0                     40
La Verne-             11 votes (3)           1-2                    157
Concordia (TX)-   6 votes (0)             3-1                    118
Willamette-           2 votes (0)             2-2                    162

Some interesting items above....