Bradley baseball

[tornado]

well, here it is...
bottom of the 9th down 5-2 to the #8 ranked team...

Go get 'em Braves...if Bradley fails to secure the auto-bid to the NCAA, we cannot afford to leave this to the decision of the selection committee...we know how this has happened in the past...

the seeding and at-large bids go out Monday and according to those in the know...
the factors considered are RPI, conference record, and strength of schedule

http://www.baseballamerica.com/college/breaking-bubble-gets-teams/

[tornado]

double play to end the inning...game over...
Bradley's regular season ends with a 5-2 loss in the MVC Championship game

Good season Braves - let's hope for a bid Monday

Bradley's RPI is around 20 (one comment was that it was up to 18 before title game)
Bradley's conference record was 10-11
Strength of Schedule is not widely rated but some people have it around 100
Road record was 13-11

[tornado]

Dallas Baptist has an RPI of #3, 43-13, and 19-7 road record
they deserve an at-large bid also and perhaps have a sronger claim than just about anyone in the MVC or elsewhere
..that would be pretty incredible if 3 MVC teams made it but I wouldn't hold my breath

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/baseball/d1/rpi

Here's a FIRST -- BU Baseball is hosting an NCAA Selection Party!!
At Buffalo Wild Wings (GRand Prairie) Monday at 11am

https://twitter.com/BPtheBrave/status/602535391955156992

[Bobby Parker]

For the record, our SOS is 23 and non-con RPI is 5. Nothing soft about it.

double play to end the inning...game over...
Bradley's regular season ends with a 5-2 loss in the MVC Championship game

Good season Braves - let's hope for a bid Monday

Bradley's RPI is around 20 (one comment was that it was up to 18 before title game)
Bradley's conference record was 10-11
Strength of Schedule is not widely rated but some people have it around 100
Road record was 13-11

[Chico]

Dallas Baptist has an RPI of #3, 43-13, and 19-7 road record
they deserve an at-large bid also and perhaps have a sronger claim than just about anyone in the MVC or elsewhere
..that would be pretty incredible if 3 MVC teams made it but I wouldn't hold my breath

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/baseball/d1/rpi

Here's a FIRST -- BU Baseball is hosting an NCAA Selection Party!!
At Buffalo Wild Wings (GRand Prairie) Monday at 11am
https://twitter.com/BPtheBrave/statu...35391955156992

Sorry if I'm off the subject a little T, but I hope this party isn't like the one in 1982 when a big crowd showed up at the fieldhouse to see who the Braves were going to play in the NCAA, but we were snubbed. But the guys went on to dominate the NIT and showed the selection committee they made a mistake. Too bad the baseball team can't go anywhere else if they get left out. If you go or not, great season guys, you surprised us all. Go get EM next season.

[tornado]

but there's no baseball NIT...
and everyone's a little nervous - this is a very good team and only an outstanding #8 ranked Missouri State kept Bradley from getting the autobid..

Bradley also swept Top 20 Iowa in two games and knocked off top-3 RPI and Top 10 ranked Dallas Baptist

but it all boils down to the bias of the members who make the selections

http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2015-05-10/college-world-series-2015-selection-show-time-date-tv-espnu-college-world-series

The Big Ten is expecting six bids. ..possibly seven!!! Does this worry ya??
Their 7th best team, Michigan or Ohio State, are five places behind Iowa (who Bradley swept), and has an RPI of about 70, while Bradley's is 18.

http://www.hawkcentral.com/story/sports/college/iowa/baseball/2015/05/21/leistikow-analysis-big-ten-bids/27726955/

[Chico]

Guy on ESPN2 a few minutes ago said the Braves were probably in.

[bigjimmy]

The 16 regional host sites have been announced for the NCAA Men's Baseball Tournament. Great news for the MVC as both Missouri State and Dallas Baptist were named as hosts. Hopefully that's a good sign for BU. Also Illinois will be a regional host as well. This is the 1st time for all 3 schools to be regional hosts.

[Da Coach]

Story from BUBraves.com

http://m.bradleybraves.com/mobile/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=210106191

ESPNU will televise the NCAA selections at 11 am Monday.
Bradley will host a selection party at Buffalo Wild Wings open to the public....see article.

[tornado]

saw a selection preview show last night on ESPNU, and their gurus thought the "bubble" was very small - only a few teams that were debatable - but they had Bradley IN --
they also had South Florida on the bubble - where Mark Kingston (who was just recently at ISU) took over.... but had them OUT

[Old Coach]

Is anyone heading to BWW to the event?

[tornado]

hope so - I am out of town with an event - but hope there's a huge crowd..

[Da Coach]

Bradley gets a #2 seed and plays #3 seed Michigan at the Louisville Rergional on Friday 5/29

https://twitter.com/BradleyBraves/status/602875391028535296

Congratulations Braves and Coach Dominguez!

The other 2 teams in the Louisville Regional-
#1 Louisville vs. #4 Morehead State

[Da Coach]

Michigan was the Big Ten Tournament champion as the #3 seed (they were tied for 3rd place with Maryland).

http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2015/05/michigan_4_maryland_3_wolverin.html

The Wolverines were the team that ousted #1 seeded Illinois in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament 5-3 with 5 unearned runs-

http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2015/05/michigan_5_illinois_3_wolverin.html#incart_story_package

They finished their season 37-32-0

[SycamoreFanatic]

Way to go Braves! Now go put the hurt on somebody...............