2026 NCAA Tournament

[TwentySix]

Okay what just happened in Auburn might have topped the non-overturn from our game the other night. wtf is the point of challenges lol

What happened?

Just about the most clear missed tag I’ve ever seen on Auburn trying to stretch a single to a double and they kept the out call on review.

Ump came out and said call stands runner is safe before correcting himself to out which got everyone confused and the fans nice and ****ed off lol

 

[NC_Canes_11]

They've had decent, not great, seasons. Not sure what the point was supposed to be.

Troy had very similar, and in some cases better, stats than Florida. Oh, and Troy played a top 10 schedule. Troy can absolutely play.

Sometimes it's okay to just admit that you don't watch a lot of baseball other than Miami games. It doesn't make you a bad person.

32-30
7-13 Q1 record before this weekend

It’s ok to admit they got hot and aren’t that good. If you were worried about them being good, you wouldn’t have agreed that Evans should’ve been saved for UF and been mad they beat us. It’s all revisionist history bc of what they just did.

 

[TaylorWalls]

32-30
7-13 Q1 record before this weekend

It’s ok to admit they got hot and aren’t that good. If you were worried about them being good, you wouldn’t have agreed that Evans should’ve been saved for UF and been mad they beat us. It’s all revisionist history bc of what they just did.

Saving Evans for game two was the only chance to win the regional. We weren't playing at Troy.

 

[NC_Canes_11]

Saving Evans for game two was the only chance to win the regional. We weren't playing at Troy.

That doesn’t make any sense according to your own assessment. If Troy is better than UF, you throw your best against them and deal with the worse team (UF) later.

 

[QuattroCane]

I think at the end of the day as pertains to the south there are no more real upsets in college baseball. The only teams that are at a distinct disadvantage are the ones that play in cold weather climates that don’t even get a home game until six weeks into the season. Outside of that as evident with Florida Atlantic and Florida Gulf Coast, anyone can beat anyone at any time.
Stetson went up to Fayetteville and gave Arkansas an absolute fit and if you know anything about Arkansas baseball the amount of money in that program is mind-boggling.

 

[Hold My Beer]

I think at the end of the day as pertains to the south there are no more real upsets in college baseball. The only teams that are at a distinct disadvantage are the ones that play in cold weather climates that don’t even get a home game until six weeks into the season. Outside of that as evident with Florida Atlantic and Florida Gulf Coast, anyone can beat anyone at any time. Stetson went up to Fayetteville and gave Arkansas an absolute fit and if you know anything about Arkansas baseball the amount of money in that program is mind-boggling.

That's also why St. John's winning in Tally and hopefully this week in Tuscaloosa is good for the sport as a whole.

Same with when Michigan made the CWS finals in 2019 and of course Oregon State's rise to three national championships from 2006-2018

 

[TaylorWalls]

That doesn’t make any sense according to your own assessment. If Troy is better than UF, you throw your best against them and deal with the worse team (UF) later.

It does make sense. If your goal is to win the entire regional, you go with your best shot to win TWO games, not one. We weren't playing at Troy.

 

[TaylorWalls]

I think at the end of the day as pertains to the south there are no more real upsets in college baseball. The only teams that are at a distinct disadvantage are the ones that play in cold weather climates that don’t even get a home game until six weeks into the season. Outside of that as evident with Florida Atlantic and Florida Gulf Coast, anyone can beat anyone at any time.
Stetson went up to Fayetteville and gave Arkansas an absolute fit and if you know anything about Arkansas baseball the amount of money in that program is mind-boggling.

This, exactly. We have people in this thread who act like it's 1985 and that teams like Troy and Cal Poly can barely afford uniforms.

 

[MedleyCane]

To think this whole side discussion got started because someone at CIS was less than happy that Troy extinguished UF's season

It's crazy.
I shut down my interest in college beisbol after that shtshow Saturday, where our guys could not make simple infield plays.
Had no idea Troy subsequently beat the GaTards.
Bwahahaha.

 

[NC_Canes_11]

It does make sense. If your goal is to win the entire regional, you go with your best shot to win TWO games, not one. We weren't playing at Troy.

So you wanted to throw your 2nd best guy against the best team?

Why does being at UF matter? Troy is just flat out better than them. Doesn’t matter where the games are played.

 

[TaylorWalls]

So you wanted to throw your 2nd best guy against the best team?

Why does being at UF matter? Troy is just flat out better than them. Doesn’t matter where the games are played.

Since when does home field not matter?

 

[NC_Canes_11]

Since when does home field not matter?

It doesn’t when one team is clearly better than the other. I’m still trying to get my head around you wanting to throw the second best guy against the best team. In a must win game. Are you gonna square that up or keep avoiding it?

 

[TaylorWalls]

It doesn’t when one team is clearly better than the other. I’m still trying to get my head around you wanting to throw the second best guy against the best team. In a must win game. Are you gonna square that up or keep avoiding it?

There you go again. You keep thinking it's about one game, when I'm trying to explain that the goal should be to win two games.

 

[NC_Canes_11]

There you go again. You keep thinking it's about one game, when I'm trying to explain that the goal should be to win two games.

You can’t win 2 games without winning one. Your hindsight assessment of the teams does not match what you say JD should have done. So we would’ve been 0-1 and never had a chance to throw Evans against UF.

 

[BP Joe]

Only 1 ACC team in the Sweet Sixteen - pitiful.

 

[TaylorWalls]

You can’t win 2 games without winning one. Your hindsight assessment of the teams does not match what you say JD should have done. So we would’ve been 0-1 and never had a chance to throw Evans against UF.

You're agreeing with JD Arteaga. That's how bad you're doing.

 

[NC_Canes_11]

You're agreeing with JD Arteaga. That's how bad you're doing.

I’m not. I was the one who said throwing Evans would be the reason you lose to Florida. You’re the one agreeing with him. You throw your best against the best. Troy was the best and you knew that before the regional, right? You’re saying to throw your 2 against the best. Which is not a defendable decision.

 

[Fatboycane]

Cousins win over Poly, 12-2

 

[CTCanes]

Carolina getting the liberal strike zone at home. 5-2 heels 6th

 

[TaylorWalls]

I’m not. I was the one who said throwing Evans would be the reason you lose to Florida. You’re the one agreeing with him. You throw your best against the best. Troy was the best and you knew that before the regional, right? You’re saying to throw your 2 against the best. Which is not a defendable decision.

Wait, who said we knew that before the regional?