Can UMBC knock off a #1 seed in 2 different sports? That would be weird
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SEC Bias! Florida gets the overall 5 seed despite a .500 record in the conference. Bullshit!
Yeah but .500 in the SEC is like .900 in all the other inferior conferences.
SEC Bias? Bama got the 8 seed after winning the conference. If you swapped those two, no one would have flinched, so I think its pretty much a wash.
Gotta have something to bitch about. I have no idea if they are any good.
Detroit is in too!
Minnesota gets a higher seed than us even though we won both B1G titles? wth?
They played the toughest non-conference schedule
They won't win their regional. Can't even sweep Illinois.
Plus Michigan stumbled early in the season which basically set this in stone. It hurt their RPI and they had no chance to recover during conference play. I've said it plenty of times before but B1G softball really doesn't help anyone.
It's not looking good. Not many spots left.
But I also heard on the radio today that we faced the 9th toughest non-conference schedule in the country this season, so there's that.
Given that the NCAA brackets local mid majors I'm guessing we will face UofD in the Opening Round (if we host). Horizon League autobid team usually goes to our regional.
Do they look at rpi much? Only 2 seeds left.
Only 2 more regionals left...
Michigan gets the #15 seed and hosts a regional. Whew!
We are the #15 seed.
Hosting a regional next weekend!!!
There we go
There's a bit of a surprise---Northwestern hosting as a #16 seed.
And their regional couldn't be any easier. But if they come out, they'll have to go to Norman. Where they probably get stomped.
Where Sparty at? Poor Sparty
They can't even qualify for the BIG TEN Tournament. They hang a banner for their ONE NCAA Tournament appearance.
Sparty is staeeing home
I see what you did there (dot gif)!
15 Michigan will face Saint Francis on Friday at 4:30pm in the Opening Round of the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional.
DePaul vs James Madison is the game that will happen before ours.
DePaul is an old nemesis from past NCAA Tournaments in the early 2000s so that's interesting. James Madison beat us but it was early on in the season when we were struggling. They're gonna be a tough out.
I like our chances because this team isn't even in the same zip code as they were back in March when that game was played. We're one of the hottest teams in the country right now.
Annnnnd...ALL 13 SEC teams are in the field of 64.
Color me surprised. NOT!
Color Pete pleased.
Pete F may be pleased, but this Pete is definitely not. Your knowledge of SEC softball could make one question what the F in your last name stands for. Thankfully you have a track record of consistent and intelligent support of the Michigan Wolverines, so I wont assume he is your uncle or anything.
+1
Zinged
Positive: the NCAA seems OK with the Big Ten again. Northwestern at 16 is a surprise. So is Minnesota potentially hosting a super-regional.
Negative: James Madison develops pitchers like no other small school. They won't come in here intimidated. They're good. As in senior Megan Good.
Uh-Oh: If it's off to a super-regional, it's going to be UCLA. Michigan beat the Bruins early, and it might have been Beaubien's best game this season. But they faced UCLA's number-two pitcher and only got four very timely hits. UCLA's ace is one of the top five pitchers in the country.
Virginia Tech Hoosiers ??
... that's what the screen graphic just showed as they played a short clip of the Hokie gals celebrating their selection.
ESPulleeze!N
I don't care what Minnesota did early, it doesn't justify them being a 7 and us 15! Is there any way this is fair? Sorry for not being a very knowledgeable softball fan.
It's fine. They took on as hard a non-conference schedule as anyone and they did really well. Amber Fiser is a terrific pitcher.
And, honestly, as tough as James Madison is, Minnesota's regional is crazy. Both Georgia and Drake are ranked teams and Georgia is probably unhappy enough about not hosting one.
Yes, this is 100% fair. The Big Ten schedule isn't balanced, Michigan avoided NW and MN in the regular season, as well as just facing MN in the title game.
Also, if you are familiar with almost every college sport, non conf schedule is going to be weighted heavily as its the one part of your schedule you can control. MN had the hardest non conf schedule on the year and did pretty good with that schedule.
Michigan might be a couple spots lower than I thought they would be, but MN deserves a top 8 seed.
Thanks. Very helpful. Will Hutch agree?
Does any coach ever agree with their seed unless its #1?
I think she would agree, but she certainly won't say anything but positives about another Big Ten school. It's in everyone's best interests to have more strength in the conference.
Here we're talking about the top team in the Big Ten losing an All-America player in Kendyl Lindaman this year. Lindaman transferred to Florida where she only started at catcher half of the time. Simply because she didn't think the Big Ten schedule could prepare her for playing on the national team.
I don't notice a huge difference b/t M's and Minn.'s Schedules. Both have double digit losses overall. Both have solid OOC schedules to start. Minn lost to every SEC team they played. They did beat Tex 2/3.
I have to assume their mid majors were mid level RPI teams, where as M's RPI probably got dragged done by playing directional M. and MSU.
Bama fans are melting down on the level of MSU fans after the basketball bracket came out. It's awesome.
Now to find two tickets for the regionals.
Sorry to threadjack...
But does anyone (WD?) know if Michigan's Women's Lacrosse will receive points in the Director's Cup this year? And if so how much, I couldn't find the scoring structure anywhere.
GO BLUE!!!
It looks like last year making the sweet 16 got a team 25 points. So I would guess they will score points.
I'm pretty sure it's 53 pts. That's what a 9-16 finisher gets in a bracketed 32-team field gets and women's lax has a 32 team field.
Can Coach Hutch Coach Basketball Too/Two?