Two publications have us a #8 national seed after Arky

RichmondVAReb · Tue May 19, 2009 11:11 am

Here is a link to SEBaseball's site which has us hosting Missouri (2) Middle Tennessee (3) and Army (4) : http://sebaseball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=947113

Here is an ESPN blog showing us a #8 national seed and hosting (2) Middle Tennessee, (3) Baylor and (4) Eastern Illinois: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/ind ... ege_sports

olemissreb10 · Tue May 19, 2009 12:03 pm

This is the odd one

Louisville Regional
Alabama
Louisville
Western Kentucky
Dayton

Do they really think that UL will pull in a bigger crowd than Bama?

rrlynch · Tue May 19, 2009 12:30 pm

olemissreb10 wrote:This is the odd one

Louisville Regional
Alabama
Louisville
Western Kentucky
Dayton

Do they really think that UL will pull in a bigger crowd than Bama?

Didn't UL just win the Big East? That's what matters.

mpzreb17 · Tue May 19, 2009 12:56 pm

by that logic do we get the regional or does baton rouge?

olemissreb10 · Tue May 19, 2009 2:29 pm

rrlynch wrote:
olemissreb10 wrote:This is the odd one

Louisville Regional
Alabama
Louisville
Western Kentucky
Dayton

Do they really think that UL will pull in a bigger crowd than Bama?
Didn't UL just win the Big East? That's what matters.

UL only averages 1,100 fans per game though. And Bama would be the #1 seed but not hosting. That only happens when the #1 seed can't draw in the fans. It just doesn't make sense

GtownRebel · Tue May 19, 2009 2:42 pm

olemissreb10 wrote:This is the odd one

Louisville Regional
Alabama
Louisville
Western Kentucky
Dayton

Do they really think that UL will pull in a bigger crowd than Bama?

Yes. It happens when the #1 seed doesn't draw as well as one of the other seeds. That bodes well for us in that we have a large home crowd each game.

oxfordrebel · Thu May 21, 2009 9:28 am

olemissreb10 wrote:
rrlynch wrote:
olemissreb10 wrote:This is the odd one

Louisville Regional
Alabama
Louisville
Western Kentucky
Dayton

Do they really think that UL will pull in a bigger crowd than Bama?
Didn't UL just win the Big East? That's what matters.
UL only averages 1,100 fans per game though. And Bama would be the #1 seed but not hosting. That only happens when the #1 seed can't draw in the fans. It just doesn't make sense

But I could see it if Ole Miss is going to host and you're going to try to be more "regionalized".

UL pulled a great crowd either last year or year before when they hosted the SR. I could see them getting the nod over Bama. Still different, but wouldn't be the most outrageous thing the selection committee's ever done.