Xavier beat LSU today. In baseball.
Xavier beat LSU today. In baseball.
Sea Ray (03-17-2024)
Well, X is certainly no longer a basketball school, so they’ve gotta have something!Originally Posted by Boston Red
What would you say.....ya do here?
A Dayton fan would certainly know the symptoms of no longer being a basketball school. Bummer for X, then.
RedTeamGo! (03-11-2024)
Not so fast, my friend, Flyers are going dancing this year
What would you say.....ya do here?
Yes, they did squeak out a 2-1 win but they also lost 4-0 and 8-2. It's baseball. Losses happen.
Now Tennessee on the other hand is worth bragging about. They're 18-2 and ranked 5th in the country. They will be Xavier's opponent on Tuesday
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Their baseball team is 8-11. Is that "something"?
Last edited by Sea Ray; 03-17-2024 at 01:03 PM.
Given the early schedule, it's actually not too bad. Good for #45 in the RPI.
Yeah, they're hangin' right there with Rutgers and McNeese. Their schedule's been hard but they haven't done much with it. 6 of their 8 wins have been vs quad 4 teams. Amazing that going 2-9 vs quads 1-3 gets you a #45 RPI ranking but such is the case
With the exception of Duke, very few top-25 teams have played each other so far this season.
"One problem with people who have no vices is that they're pretty sure to have some annoying virtues."
There will be a lot of top 25 matchups in the SEC now that they've started conference play. Tennessee has already played top 25 teams 4x, (3 with 'Bama and 1 with Tx Tech)
Xavier does have some decent pitchers. Their 6’5” right hander Bailey was particularly impressive. They kicked the ball around a bit defensively early but Tennessee won as expected, 10-2. Xavier had only 4 hits
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We had quite a throwback weekend here in Wichita: Rice vs. Wichita State. Late '90s/early '00s would have been two of the premier programs in college baseball going after it. In 2024, it was a horrible team getting swept by a mediocre one. Kind of sad.
After sweeping #9 LSU over the weekend, Arkansas cemented their hold of #1 overall in BA's Top-25.
https://www.baseballamerica.com/stor...p-25-rankings/
Clemson holds @ #2, holding MIA to only 5 runs over the weekend in Florida.
Texas A&M pulled off a sweep of Arkansas, despite giving up at least 7 runs in every game. They'll take their #3 ranking @ #15 South Carolina this weekend.
After losing badly (10-run rule) to #12 Florida State early in the weekend, #4 Florida came back to take 2 of 3 from #17 Mississippi State and take over as the new #4 team in the nation.
Tennessee rounds out the Top-5 this week after taking 2 of 3 from #24 Georgia in Tallahassee, where the Vols love to play (21-2 at home this season).
Oregon State fell from #3 to #9 after losing 2 games to USC in Los Angeles, the second one and ugly 17-4 loss.
LSU had the biggest drop falling from 9th to 25th after getting swept by Arkansas in a 3-game series, falling to 2-7 in the ACC and 2-5 vs top-25 teams.
Oregon had the biggest rise to get into the rankings reaching 20th overall after not being ranked last week. They currently lead the Pac-12 at 6-3 and have won 9 of 10.
North Carolina had the biggest jump moving up 6 spots from #19 to #13 after sweeping #13 Wake Forest. Their power was on display with 14 homeruns over the week, including 4 against Chase Burns, giving Burns his first loss of the season. They'll try to continue this momentum during a 3-game set @ #12 Virginia this weekend.
"One problem with people who have no vices is that they're pretty sure to have some annoying virtues."
Tennessee did take two out of three from Georgia this weekend (they run ruled them in those 2 games) but they played in Knoxville
All I know about Tennessee is that Graceland is in Memphis.
"One problem with people who have no vices is that they're pretty sure to have some annoying virtues."
Sea Ray (04-01-2024)
The latest Top-25 from Baseball America that came out Monday, April 8th.
https://www.baseballamerica.com/stor...p-25-rankings/
The biggest surprise was Kentucky's dominating sweep of Alabama, moving the Wildcats to an SEC tying lead at 11-1 in Conference. They held Alabama to just 3 runs over the weekend.
#3 Texas A&M will host #5 Vanderbilt this weekend.
Biggest jump to get into the rankings is #18 Wake Forest, who swept a series at then #17 Virginia Tech thanks to #1 Prospect Nick Kurtz going bananas with 6 homeruns during the week.
"One problem with people who have no vices is that they're pretty sure to have some annoying virtues."
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