Mid-East Region 2014

[Spence]

Well I guess since MC's strength of schedule is quite a bit better, the teams they beat must be a LOT better! And in the postseason, you have to beat good teams, which is why the committee values strength of schedule, wins over regionally ranked, etc. Wins over common opponents is of obvious value.

[Spence]

La Roche gets the split in the nightcap with a great outing by Tyler Ferguson.

Don't envy whoever gets them in the first game of the regional assuming they make it.

[EttaFan1]

Game 1 matchups against anyone could be difficult. I'm sure manchester's #1 guy is rock solid. Eddie Nogay from w&j is also quite good. La Roche has some good pitchers.

So many factors go into the seeding. Nowhere in the published "criteria" is the quality of the teams who defeated you. They do look at what has been done in the last 25% of your season.  And if you are going to split hairs between two teams with good resumes against quality competition, that could a factor of differentiation. 8-2 looks a little better than 6-4.

This Thursday when the rankings are released I expect the top three in the Mideast to remain the same.  However it will not be a surprise if the order is different.  The thing which will separate Marietta and berg is what happens in the oac tourney. If one of those two win it, they will likely be the top seed in the region. (if jcu or BW win it, who knows what happens)

[Spence]

The way Pool C is looking, if JCU or BW wins the tournament, one of Marietta or Heidelberg could be left out. Several upsets already.

You're right, of course, about Nogay and the rest. This may be the best Mideast regional in years, or at least the deepest 6 or 8 teamer (there were years in the 90s where the 4 teamers were ridiculous). I half think teams that get shipped out of it are being done a favor. And we don't know who will be shipped into it.

[EttaFan1]

No way this is a six team field.  I just don't see that happening.  Too much quality in this geographic area to ship that many teams away. 

The only team for sure not to be shipped out would be Marietta as they are the host school--if they make it.

[mideastfan2]

I'm hoping for a Marietta win in the OAC tournament, but if that doesn't happen I could see this getting messy.

I'd love to see Marietta and Heidelberg both make the Regionals, and HEID get shipped out, so they both have a shot at the World Series.  It would be fun to have 2 OAC teams end up in Wisconsin.  The mideast regional teams have done well in the past when shipped elsewhere (regional title games).

[Spence]

I think that would only happen if Case Western is the 2 seed.

[EttaFan1]

I think it is reasonable to expect Case to be the 1 or the 2 seed in the regional.  IF Marietta or Berg win, I think the losercould fall behind Case.  If another OAC team wins the tourney, I see Case as the top seed. 

[Spence]

Marietta shouldn't fall behind Case. They beat them 2 out of 3 with none of them at home.

[EttaFan1]

OAC Tournament At Marietta :
1 Marietta vs 4 BW
2 Heidelberg vs 3 John Carroll

NCAC Tournament in chillicothe:
Wooster vs. DePauw
Allegheny Vs. Dennsion

HCAC Tournament at Manchester
1Manchester vs. 4Franklin
2Anderson vs. 3 Rose Hulman

MIAA Tournament at Adrian
1 Adrian vs 4 Kalamazoo
2 Calvin vs 3 Hope

PrAC Tournament @ W&J
1 W&J vs. 4 Waynesburg
2 Bethany vs 3 Tomas More

AMCC
#1 La Roche vs Pitt-Bradford/Pitt-Greensburg
#2 Penn State Beherend vs. #3 Mount Aloyscious

[Spence]

Boy a lot of trap doors for the top seeds there.

Manchester, Adrian and W&J all matched up against strong aces.

[motorman]

Berg falls to #13, Case to #21 and Etta still #23 in latest poll.

[Spence]

Berg falls to #13, Case to #21 and Etta still #23 in latest poll.

Thanks. I mean it's the lead item on the front page of the site so I don't know how you could miss it.

People obviously just looking at W-L and nothing else in their voting. Means nothing, really. Dropping Linfield to 3 was ridiculous too. 2 of those were to an NAIA program that could beat many D-I teams.

[motorman]

Berg falls to #13, Case to #21 and Etta still #23 in latest poll.

Thanks. I mean it's the lead item on the front page of the site so I don't know how you could miss it.

People obviously just looking at W-L and nothing else in their voting. Means nothing, really. Dropping Linfield to 3 was ridiculous too. 2 of those were to an NAIA program that could beat many D-I teams.

We all know how you feel about the polls. Really don't need to hear it ever again.

BTW, in the ABCA poll Berg #11, Case #20, Etta #25

[Spence]

Are there rules against post padding here? Unless I missed something, that's a post with absolutely no new content. Complete waste to the board.

You could at least post a link to the poll on the d3baseball.com when you post old news that's available in plenty of places.