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D1 Baseball's latest field of 64.

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The S-Curve for this once again absolutely hosing Alabama, who has a Top 10 RPI and ELO and has 30+ wins and a .500 record in the toughest conference in the country. A top 10 RPI and you are slotted behind roughly 25 teams below you and sent as the #2 seed to the region with the #2 overall seed? GTFOH Kendall.

RPI in parentheses (Bama record vs)

#12 Coastal Carolina (13) (1-0, neutral)
#13 Arizona (18)
#14 West Virginia (15)
#15 UCLA (20)
#16 TCU (17)
#17 Texas A&M (40) (3-0, road)
#18 Cal Poly (21)
#19 Oklahoma (27) (2-1, home)
#20 UC Irvine (14)
#21 Ole Miss (16)
#22 NC State (31) (1-0, neutral)
#23 Georgia Tech (29)
#24 Kentucky (26)
#25 Louisville (22)
#26 Oregon (53)
#27 Troy (37) (1-0, home)
#28 Virginia Tech (32)
#29 Wake Forest (24)
#30 Kansas (25)
#31 Alabama (10)


I mean that's absurd. Not to mention Alabama is 8-1 against the teams on that list.

Alabama is 3-6 vs the RPI Top 12 and 29-4 vs everyone else (including 8-1 vs teams seeded #12-30). And Kendall has them barely hanging on as a #2 seed. That's just a joke.

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That's just a joke.

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It was a lazy list

Yes, yes I did.

Easy win for Auburn. lol

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The S-Curve for this once again absolutely hosing Alabama, who has a Top 10 RPI and ELO and has 30+ wins and a .500 record in the toughest conference in the country. A top 10 RPI and you are slotted behind roughly 25 teams below you and sent as the #2 seed to the region with the #2 overall seed? GTFOH Kendall.

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I think they actually did a really good job.

There are 6 West Coast teams that are a #1 or #2 seed. That's gonna get them 3 hosting spots most likely..

There are 4 Texas teams.. which is 2 hosting spots.

That leaves 11 other hosting spots and 22 teams.

As a reminder, once the hosts are determined, all of the #2 seeds are considered equal and moved around to create the best regional matchups.. Alabama as an example isn't #25 as you say.. they could be #17, but they slot best where they put them.. You have to also remember that SEC teams can't play SEC teams in regionals.. likewise, ACC teams can't either.. etc etc.

It really limits the spots that teams can be placed with 12 SEC teams listed as a #1 or #2.

So if you assume Texas teams get 2 and West Coast teams get 3.. here are the other 11.
2. Clemson
3. Arkansas vs 14. WVU
4. LSU
5. Tennessee vs 12. Coastal Carolina
6. FSU vs 11. Auburn
7. Oregon State vs 10. Georgia
8. Vanderbilt vs 9. UNC

ELO Rankings

1 Texas (1)
2 Clemson (2)
3 Arkansas (3)
7 LSU (4)
5 Tennessee (5)
8 Florida State (6)
4 Oregon State (7)
10 Vanderbilt (8)

6 North Carolina (9)
9 Georgia (10)
12 Auburn (11)
26 Coastal (12) this is another one I don't agree with, but they do have an RPI of 13
17 Arizona (13)
11 WVU (14)
38 UCLA (15) should have been 16 UC Irvine imo (both RPI's in the Top 20)
27 TCU (16) or 28 Dallas Baptist

SOG, you should put a bracket together for the #1 and #2 seeds and you will see some of what I'm saying.. plus I'd be interested in seeing the bracket you put together.

Probably has to do with location and interest more than anything. I would think they would try to milk as much money as they can out of the regionals and supers.

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I down-voted you for piling on. Have a little grace! Remember Chad Morris?

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Well, they are still beating their chests about beating that shitshow and the downfall it caused. But you’re right, it’s all they have to brag about in anything I guess. I couldn’t care less about their baseball program, he’ll, they don’t care about it either…..