Emory should be able to go with him. I’d rather have a diploma from Rice than SMU (unless I wanted to be a Methodist pastor).

I had a HS teacher who got her doctorate in history from Rice. Soon after she was NC’s teacher of the year. Soon after that she joined WCU’s faculty.

We’re not going to get an at large bid. We have to build for the conference tournament. If we do well in conference we’ll get a more favorable draw.

Right now I don’t see enough pitching depth to do well in tournament play. Maybe we’ll find/develop some by then.

N Carolina knocked Mich State out earlier. They jumped out to a pretty big lead and held on when the Spartans fought back to make it close. I think the future is bright in E Lansing.

I hope our pitching continues to improve. Maybe we’ll figure out what we’re doing and who needs to be on the field to do it for conference play.

We scored 11 in the 2nd!

Another WTF? They went 20-13 this year. They improved over his 1st season.

Somebody will hire him. If they have a brain (meaning they give him 3 or 4 years) they’ll end up w a successful program.

Dayton plays AZ in the first game. I doubt Dayton’s body clock advantage carries the day.

Today there are games in Charlotte, Pittsburgh, Omaha, and Salt Lake City. The first game starts at 12:45 eastern. Naturally the NCAA and CBS chose to start with the Salt Lake City games. That means they are starting before 11 am local time.

Spadone came as a walk-on. He has played well enough to merit a scholarship somewhere.

Aside- the Colonial Athletic Association is no more. Now they’re the Coastal Athletic Association.

Warren Nolan has spent a long time tinkering w his formula. His results are pretty good. The NCAA Tournament Committee has been accused of major conference bias by folks like us, who support teams outside the P5 plus Big East. Comparing Nolan’s ratings to tournament seedings shows some discrepancies...

I’m disappointed but not surprised. I think he expected the apparent step down to result in more PT, but for some reason it didn’t.

Entirely possible- his name is Zecola. He also used to hunt for 4 leaf clovers during batting practice to sell to guys from NYC who couldn’t easily find their own. That tells you something about field maintenance at Siena and SUNY Binghamton (DIII at the time- home of our New York Summer Collegiate ...

I have good memories of a summer league teammate from Siena. People usually put their name or # on the bill of their cap to help keep tabs on it. He put “Not Yours”.

Not trying to be picky, but a long home run is not a walk that scored

I don’t feel like looking this up. How many conference Players of the Year have we had? I think we’ve had 7 in the 2000s.

Edit- now I can think of 8.