Need to follow it up with one of WSU then we'll really be cooking.
Good job by this team of being focused and taking the right attitude into each game. They stay with that and they can really go far.
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Need to follow it up with one of WSU then we'll really be cooking.
Good job by this team of being focused and taking the right attitude into each game. They stay with that and they can really go far.
Yeah, Wichita iz the key. UConn and Memphis are probably sweeps for both of us. We gotta sweep Wichita St. at home, and hope USF loses one to them on the road to tie. Then we win the conference on a tie-breaker. That loss to ECU put us in a bad position.
TU is #25 in the latest ESPN/USA Today poll. They're getting recognized as a squad who can do some damage
That should be high enough to keep them out of Norman. OSU is currently #17. I could see TU ending up in a Stillwater regional if OSU stays hot.
Or Arkansas. Not sure where they are in this mix. Or Texas. I think staying away from OU is paramount to our chances to getting to weekend #2. The Sooners are a freaking machine under Patti Gasso. They're the Alabama of college softball.
Friendly reminder tomorrow game will be shown on ESPNU so the nation will get to see the girls shine.
Crush them ladies! Keep up the hard work and building that momentum!
Crush them ladies! Keep up the hard work and building that momentum!
I don't think many of us were. They started slow, sure but I think everyone could see that Bargfeldt seems to reload every single year with some really good players. The only person on here who was consistently negative is SoftballDad and apparently he had an ax to grind with Bargfeldt.
It was more a comment about how the team was viewed as weak without Watson. Nice to have a sport where we reload not rebuild. Mac, McNamara and even Nolan struggled to do that.
UCONN isn't very good and we seem to have handled them since joining the AAC. Is the USF/WSU series in Tampa or Wichita? WSU is pretty good and hasn't been a good matchup for us the last couple of seasons for whatever reason. Again, Bargfedlt has been throwing everyone in the circle each series and hasn't over worked Pochop or Delce. And this team is young overall in the circle. Pochop is a Soph and Delce is a FR and I think the other P he uses to start a lot is also a FR. Future is bright.
Wichita winning 2/3 would be best for everyone. Wichita needs a little help in the rpi, we want the title, sets up a lot of attention for the tourney with 5 likely top 50 teams and maybe 5 bids depending on who does what.
He will be able to let our two main starters dominate all post season. Can even stretch them by stealing an inning or two to close games with big leads and some other very capable arms.
I expect we will see nearly everybody vs UConn just to get everyone in the groove and the team tuned up to make a run. Pretty sure OSU doesn't want us in their regional.
Hosting is probably out of reach this year, but next year with the team pitching and how good the conference will be it's a real possibility.
Always nice to have a great year going and enjoy it while it happens knowing the next year could be special too.
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Softball is on the upswing in my opinion. Which is quite an amazing thing since we have steadily been a good to great team. Now we are heading towards great to spectacular. It will be an exciting 2-3 years.
His input even outside his hate filled rants gave me gray hairs. He had a basic knowledge of the game but was so misguided with his stats and "expertise" it made my head spin. Hopefully, he moved onto an SEC school and is giving horrible advice there.
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We just need to win ball games. Lose this series and we’re looking at an RPI in the upper 20s. That would be an invitation for the committee to place us in the Norman regional. We need to be in Stillwater.
Welll..... USF hasn't been exactly killing it, they have struggled with UConn on the road and ECU/Memphis at home. Wichita beat them last night and really could use the sweep to bolster their own NCAA credentials.
Tulsa takes care of business the next two games and let's see what happens.
I wish it would be true, but I doubt it. USF will be extremely motivated tommorrow to pay back Wichita St and protect their lead over us. Too bad Wichita skunked them, will provide extra motivation tommorrow. We can always hope. Too bad we didn't sweep Uconn, then it would be a moot point.
They need to sweep or they need one in the tourney to be sure. Less than that and they are too borderline for my taste. I don't follow it close but anything over 50 or so puts you in danger. They'll be close.
Interesting to see who puts more teams in this year AAC softball or AAC baseball.
Girls just need to go play and get rolling for the tourney down in Houston. Still can do some damage for seeding with the conference being so strong. Looking like five top 50ish teams of eight.
Anyone inside the top 50 rpi has a very good shot at an at large. Last year Pitt was the highest left out at number 49 I believe.
A sweep of USF will put Wichita right at the cut off line. Currently UCF is just outside the top 50, both will have a good chance to be an at large. Five bids is very possible. This league stacks up very well in both baseball and basketball. It sent four last year in each and looks likely to repeat that this year.
