NCAA baseball tournament thread

Ole Miss' Mike Bianco is surely going to be answering questions about this one today.

 

Hey back off Moddy ... you seen the basketball teams the Aces have been running out onto the court lately? I'm just pleased UE's doing something.

I can't see them getting past USC, though.

 

I spent much of Spring 05 in Louisiana and was amazed at how big college baseball was. There was also a huge rivalry between LSU and Tulane; so I'm not surprised that the coach got canned after not making the tourney. Saddened, but not surprised. I wonder if LSU will go after the Tulane coach now?

 

So .... since Skip Bertman retired:

 

Not if he's picking out the uniforms they shouldn't.

 

Smoke Laval, media relations expert...
Way to go out with class, Smoke. :
http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/2927106.html

 

He can't do that to one of our pledges. Only we can do that to our pledges.

 

Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't get it. I guess missing one NCAA tournament (that you were screwed to miss) is less important than two CWS appearances in five years. But they love their baseball down there, and they're expectations are ridiculously high for a program with 11.7 schollies, just like everyone else. Down years happen to everyone in this sport.

Maybe having an assistant named Turtle was a mistake, though.

Anyone hear who they're looking at? Wells? Corbin?

 

Actually, LSU unofficially has more scholarships to work with. The state has what is called the Taylor Plan to award scholarships to high schools students with B averages (unlike Georgia's HOPE scholarships, this isn't funded with lottery money). Therefore, LSU can recruit in-state players who qualify for this plan (since it's available to non-jocks, it passes NCAA muster) and save the 11.7 for out of state talent. Several other SEC schools benefit from similar setups.