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In years past they have said they won't drop a team if they win their series. That is bogus enough. But this week SC loses 2 of 3 at HOME to a mediocre Auburn team, but remains #3. I know this isn't that important, but if we drop a series in the last three, I'll bet they won't hesitate to drop us.


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Had the same thoughts
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And they really stunk up the joint last week when they only dropped us one spot when we got swept by an unranked UT team when we also went 0-4 for the week (sarcasm alert).

I think we ought not complain all that much.
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They're still better than Perfect Game which dropped USC-e to 3 from 2, and jumped VU from 11 to 10 this week
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vandy05 wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 11:32 am And they really stunk up the joint last week when they only dropped us one spot when we got swept by an unranked UT team when we also went 0-4 for the week (sarcasm alert).

I think we ought not complain all that much.
I thought that was stupid too. only difference is, last week 6 of the top 10 got swept.
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And what has Coastal Carolina done to remain in their Top 8 (National Seed material). CC split two games with Wake and are on top of a good (but clearly not SEC caliber) conference. Fourteen of the 17 teams ranked 9-25 have a better W-L record than Coastal.

Warren Nolan's ELO rating has some great differences with the RPI. Some notables:

................... RPI .. ELO
Kentucky ........... 04 ... 26
Coastal Carolina ... 07 ... 18
Indiana State ...... 10 ... 25


https://www.warrennolan.com/baseball/2023/elo
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Versus75 wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 4:23 pm And what has Coastal Carolina done to remain in their Top 8 (National Seed material). CC split two games with Wake and are on top of a good (but clearly not SEC caliber) conference. Fourteen of the 17 teams ranked 9-25 have a better W-L record than Coastal.

Warren Nolan's ELO rating has some great differences with the RPI. Some notables:

................... RPI .. ELO
Kentucky ........... 04 ... 26
Coastal Carolina ... 07 ... 18
Indiana State ...... 10 ... 25


https://www.warrennolan.com/baseball/2023/elo
Their #4 strength of schedule is holding up well so far. They haven't played many of the 'big boys' but they also haven't played any cupcakes. Illinois (19-21) is the only team Coastal has played so far with a losing record at this point.
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Thus, their Home loss last night to now 23-21 Charlotte should help Coastal’s Strength-of-Schedule.
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And then they come out with a projected Field of 64 which is favorable to the SEC (5 National Seeds and 11 teams total, including Georgia) but does not align with their own rankings.

https://d1baseball.com/projections/d1ba ... s-week-12/

Coastal Carolina (rank 8) is projected to host but not a NS. Duke (rank 10) is projected as the No. 7 NS.


Personally, I don’t see the Selection Committee awarding 5 National Seeds to a single conference. If VU, Fla, Ark or SC slumps a bit, the team could drop out of the NS picture.

VU plays @ Ala, @ Fla, v. Ark
Fla plays @ TAMU, v. VU, @ Ky
Ark plays @ MSU, v. SC, @ VU
SC plays @ Ky, @ Ark, v. UT

South Carolina has the toughest draw. The others could all finish 5-4 in league play.
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… as they jump Kentucky into the rankings from not Top 25 to #17 (makes sense) but then project the Cats as a National Seed ahead of Florida and South Carolina.

That makes NO SENSE (nonsense?) as Kentucky trails both in the conference standings AND overall record.

To top that, the Field of 64 article states that UK is one of “the final two top eights” then later among “hosts in the 9-16 range.”

https://d1baseball.com/top-stories/d1ba ... s-week-13/

Note: May be edited by the time you read this so I’ve got a screenshot.
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Coastal lost to Clemson at home last night.
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