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Southern Miss, Ole Miss get pleasant surprises from NCAA committee
The NCAA Baseball Match regional brackets had been introduced simply an hour in the past and already I’ve been requested a few dozen instances: What’s your response?
Reply: Shocked.
Not shocked, thoughts you, simply stunned and pleasantly so.
Shocked that Southern Miss was in at a No. 11 seed, even after dropping twice at dwelling to Texas-Antonio (UTSA), which wasn’t chosen, within the Convention USA Match.
Shocked that Ole Miss was chosen, significantly after all of the surprising happenings in convention tournaments this previous weekend.
What appears clear is that NCAA Baseball Committee, of which Mississippi State athletic director John Cohen is a member, put tons extra worth on a staff’s achievements over the course of a 55-game common season than what occurred within the varied convention tournaments.
That was talked about to Southern Miss coach Scott Berry throughout a press convention following the choice present. “I agree, I completely agree,” Berry stated. “And, to me, that’s the best way it ought to be.”
Berry went on. “In our case, the committee acknowledged our achievements over the lengthy haul. We received the common season championship by three video games in an excellent convention. We completed 43 and 17. We had been 23 and seven within the league. That’s a heckuva achievement proper there. To me, what you do over the course of a complete season is rather more vital than what you do in a double elimination match.”
I’d agree.
Southern Miss will open the Hattiesburg Regional towards Military on Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. LSU, the 2-seed, will play Kennesaw State at 7 p.m. within the different half of the four-team, double elimination bracket. This marks the third time in historical past the Golden Eagles have hosted a regional.
Berry was requested about Ole Miss receiving a bid — the Rebels are a 3-seed at Miami and can play Arizona on Friday evening — whereas UTSA and Previous Dominion each didn’t.
Berry stated he felt for each UTSA and Previous Dominion, however added, “I believe it’s nice for Ole Miss. I like Coach (Mike) Bianco, who a terrific coach and a cultured particular person, and couldn’t be happier for him or his staff.”
Some random ideas on the NCAA Match:
- I’ve by no means been one to take one staff towards the sector, and I’m not certain I’d this time. But when there was ever a time to do it, that is it. Tennessee, SEC common season and match champ, is by far the category of the sector, fairly presumably the perfect school staff these eyes have ever seen.
- Military? The Black Knights received their fourth straight Patriot League championship this season. Military is available in at No. 154 in RPI and was 0-6 towards High 50 competitors this season. The Knights hit .301 as a staff and like to run. They stole 101 of 120 bases this season. Their pitching ace, the man Southern Miss probably will face, is Connelly Early, a left-hander with a 7-3 report a 3.39 earned run common. He’s seemingly a great matchup towards the Eagles’ heavy left-handed hitting lineup.
- Arizona? For Ole Miss, the Wildcats will probably be a rematch of final season’s Tremendous Regional matchup at Tucson, which Arizona received two video games to at least one. The 2022 Wildcats completed 37-23, 16-14 within the Pac-12. High-seeded and host Miami completed 39-18 with a No. 15 RPI.
- Is Ole Miss able to profitable the Miami Regional? Sure. Little doubt. If the Rebels pitch it effectively and hit as they’re succesful, they might win.
- And that would probably arrange an Ole Miss-Southern Miss Tremendous Regional showdown. Requested about that risk, Berry laughed, “Maintain on now, we’ve each received an entire lot of labor to do earlier than we discuss that,” he stated.
- Kennesaw State, which is able to play LSU Friday evening within the Hattiesburg Regional, is led by former Mississippi State Bulldog Josh Hatcher, who hit .386 with 13 dwelling runs and 55 runs batted in for the American Solar Convention champions.
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