the committee has kind of shown in recent years they don't care about what happens in Hoover. For instance, in 2021 LSU was squarely on the bubble with a 13-17 SEC record. They went 0-1 in Hoover, still got an invite. Ole Miss in 2022, squarely on the bubble with a 14-16 SEC record, goes 0-1 in the SECT, still gets in. 2019, Florida had a 13-17 SEC record, squarely on the bubble, went 0-1 in the SECT, still got in. In 2017, South Carolina went 13-17 in the SEC, made it to the semi-finals of the SECT, and did not get a bid.

The committee looks at it like they probably should. Winning a couple of games in the SECT, where some teams aren't even trying to win, shouldn't be given much weight over what you did the rest of the season where everyone was trying to win. IMO, conference tournaments should be largely ignored outside the auto-bid for winning it.

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Posted by twk

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Posted on 5/7/24 at 4:06 pm to lsufball19

I mostly agree with you, the committee doesn't usually put much weight on the tournament. But, when they are looking for a rationale to support what they want to do, they will occasionally cite tournament results. All I'm saying is that it might matter how LSU reaches 4-2 (winning both series, versus sweeping one and salvaging a split in the other), and, in the case of the latter, conference tournament results might be helpful to committee members looking to make a case for LSU. If they win both series, then that's 5 SEC series wins which would speak pretty loudly. Four SEC series wins, with two being against Missouri and Auburn, might require a resume booster in Hoover.

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