2008 ncaa college baseball tournament Stories - Dawg Sports
Intangibles and Long Odds
I want to first say that I love Boyd World’s site. I think it is an invaluable resource for college baseball fans, and he is the foremost guy on the net applying some sort of statistical rigor to college baseball. I think his ISR rankings are a better metric than RPI, which is horribly...
The Regionals Begin
In a bizarre twist of fate, I will be unable to watch the first day of the regionals because I'm in Austin for a conference of my fellow law nerds. So Pittman, who graciously turned things over to me for the baseball tournament, gets control of this site again for the first day. I'll be back and...
Better Know Your Opponent: Southern Miss
TEAM: University of Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles CONFERENCE: C-USA (2nd place)RECORD: 40-20 (15-9)RPI: 36RS/RA: 376/328Expected W-L: 35-25 The 2-seed in this regional is no stranger to the tournament. This is their sixth straight regional, and the team routinely wins 40 games and...
Better Know Your Opponent: UNO
TEAM: University of New Orleans Privateers CONFERENCE: Sun Belt (2nd RECORD: 42-19 (18-11)RPI: 44RS/RA: 555/396Expected W-L: 40-21 You think the 3-seed is afraid of LSU? They have played LSU three times this year and won twice. Their one loss to LSU was the biggest threat to the 20-game win...
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