[LUDad]

Reading Chris Lang's comment about Presbyterian not being a layup this week-end in the UVA thread prompted me to look at the current RPI's of all the Big South schools (and the conference as a whole).

School Rank
Coastal Carolina - 54
High Point - 63
Presbyterian - 69
Campbell - 74
Gardner-Webb - 104
Liberty - 122
Winthrop - 136
Longwood - 147
Radford - 158
North Carolina-Asheville - 185
Charleston Southern - 219

Conference Rank
C-USA - 9
Big South - 10
Sun Belt - 13

Edit: http://www.boydsworld.com/baseball/rpi/currentrpi.html

[ballcoach15]

We need to take 2 of every 3 games in some series, and sweep some , remainder of season.

[krh44]

Glad the conference is doing so well but not good we are 6th in rpi

[LUDad]

Big swings this time of year. SoS accounts for app. 75% of RPI. Libery's RPI rank jumped from 122 to 98 overnight. Last night's win obviously helped but SOS (wins by teams we've played & wins by the teams they have played) apparently kicked in bigtime.

[jinxy]

Who wouldve thought a weekend sweep of presby at home would have put us up to 67. Now we have to keep building

[jinxy]

We climbed up to number 39 after another sweep. If we maintain a top 40 rpi and get a couple ranked wins then were a lock. Coastal was in the 40s and campbell the 60s so we will need to show well there.

[SuperJon]

The Big South is a top ten league. I thought we had know at large chance after the way we started but we are right in the thick of it. Gotta win the games we are supposed to, not get swept by Coastal, and pick up a signature win or two and we will be in good shape.

[ATrain]

Looking at it this morning, Coastal, Radford, High Point, Campbell and us all have top-100 RPIs. Winthrop sits just outside of the top 100 right now. There is no doubt that the Big South is a good baseball league.

[LUDad]

Looking at it this morning, Coastal, Radford, High Point, Campbell and us all have top-100 RPIs. Winthrop sits just outside of the top 100 right now. There is no doubt that the Big South is a good baseball league.

I believe that both Coastal and Liberty are/will be in good shape to draw an at large bid to NCAA tournament should the other team win the conference tournament. However, should some team not named Coastal or Liberty win the tournament we will be in a precarious situation. The selection committee may not believe that the Big South is ready to be a three bid conference yet (especially if other conferences have upsets in their tournaments). In that case, we would have to contend with Coastal for one at large bid. We know how that usually turns out. To maximize our chances, we need to be in the bracket opposite Coastal in the tournament.

[PAmedic]

as much as I hate to admit it- there's a team out there named Radford which definitely had our number earlier in the season

we narrowly avoided being swept IIRC (which I do)

we are sitting 3rd (t-2 in conf) and on the outside looking in barring a run in the tourney

Coastal may not lose a conf series all season- they are definitely back in form

[PAmedic]

stuff that aint good right now:

Team Stats Category:
Team Avg.
1 Campbell .299
2 Winthrop .281
3 Presbyterian .280
4 Coastal Carolina .279
Charleston Southern .279
6 High Point .277
7 Radford .274
8 Longwood .265
9 Liberty .259
10 Gardner-Webb .248
11 UNC Asheville .239


Team Stats Category:
Team Hits
1 Campbell 315
2 Presbyterian 314
3 Winthrop 300
4 Coastal Carolina 291
High Point 291
6 Charleston Southern 285
7 Longwood 275
Radford 275
9 Liberty 273
10 Gardner-Webb 271
11 UNC Asheville 255

[PAmedic]

stuff that is good right now:

Team Stats Category:
Team HR
1 Coastal Carolina 39
2 Liberty 23
3 Campbell 21
4 High Point 17
5 Radford 15
6 Gardner-Webb 14
Longwood 14
UNC Asheville 14
9 Presbyterian 11
10 Charleston Southern 8
11 Winthrop 7


Team Stats Category:
Team ERA
1 Campbell 2.93
2 High Point 3.46
3 Liberty 3.70
4 Coastal Carolina 3.71
5 Radford 3.83
6 Winthrop 3.90
7 Gardner-Webb 3.91
8 Presbyterian 4.45
9 Longwood 5.30
10 Charleston Southern 5.52
11 UNC Asheville 5.66


Team Stats Category:
Team Fielding %
1 Liberty .974
2 Gardner-Webb .972
3 Winthrop .971
4 Charleston Southern .970
5 Coastal Carolina .967
6 Radford .966
7 Presbyterian .965
8 Campbell .964
9 UNC Asheville .962
10 High Point .961
11 Longwood .955

[PAmedic]

stuff that is "meh" right now:

Team Stats Category:
Team RBI
1 Coastal Carolina 214
2 Campbell 170
3 Radford 158
4 Winthrop 154
5 Presbyterian 153
Liberty 153
7 High Point 149
8 UNC Asheville 138
9 Gardner-Webb 128
Longwood 128
11 Charleston Southern 123


Team Stats Category:
Team Runs
1 Coastal Carolina 241
2 Campbell 197
3 High Point 190
4 Presbyterian 181
5 Radford 177
6 Liberty 176
7 Winthrop 170
8 UNC Asheville 164
9 Longwood 150
10 Charleston Southern 146
Gardner-Webb 146


Team Stats Category:
Team Strikeouts
1 Charleston Southern 288
2 Coastal Carolina 270
3 Gardner-Webb 266
4 Winthrop 252
5 Presbyterian 244
6 Liberty 240
7 Radford 230
8 Campbell 226
9 Longwood 223
10 High Point 221
11 UNC Asheville 177

[PAmedic]

all stats from http://www.bigsouthsports.com/sports/baseball

so honestly looks like 3rd is @ right. not awful but not last season.

we are what we thought we are

I don't see a big run coming but hey... surprise me

/glasshalfempty

[Flamepop]

I think we are in a 4 horse race for two spots. Radford and Campbell will be in the conversation along with CC and LU come the end of the season. We have a tougher schedule than all but CC. We need to win our week day games to have a chance.

[jinxy]

Radford has been a pain for us the last 3 years. Weve beaten them in the tournament but theyve won 3 of the last 4 series against us i believe. In all honesty if we won one more game against them won that uncg game i would absolutely love where we are.

[PAmedic]

agreed but I'd add the Duke (2), UVa and UNC games in there too

those performances were mortifying

esp UVa

VMI beat them for cryin out loud

IN Charlottesville

[jam90]

Radford always plays us tough, and always loses a series they shouldn't.

[LUDad]

Threshold's needed to attain various Season Ending RPI's as of today...

Remaining: 12 home, 9 road, 0 neutral
Current RPI: 42
ROWP: 0.571

Top 45:

4 home wins, 9 road wins
5 home wins, 8 road wins
6 home wins, 7 road wins
7 home wins, 6 road wins
8 home wins, 5 road wins
9 home wins, 4 road wins
10 home wins, 3 road wins
11 home wins, 1 road wins
12 home wins, 0 road wins

Top 32:

7 home wins, 8 road wins
8 home wins, 7 road wins
9 home wins, 6 road wins
10 home wins, 5 road wins
11 home wins, 4 road wins
12 home wins, 2 road wins

Top 16:

10 home wins, 9 road wins
11 home wins, 8 road wins
12 home wins, 7 road wins

http://www.boydsworld.com/baseball/rpi/rpineeds.html#L

[Chippy]

Coastal 33
Liberty 35
Radford 37
Campbell 66

[ATrain]

Currently:

Radford 16
Coastal 34
Liberty 42
High Point 82
Winthrop 87
Campbell 98

Upcoming opponent ECU is #47

[Sly Fox]

6 Big South schools ranked in the Top 100 is pretty cool to see. It would have bene tough to envision that just a few years ago.

[Chippy]

Currently:

Radford 16
Coastal 34
Liberty 42
High Point 82
Winthrop 87
Campbell 98

Upcoming opponent ECU is #47

As of today D1 has Radford 18 and CCU at 29 and us at 47, HPU 64, Winthrop 70 and Campbell 91.

[ballcoach15]

How did Radford get so high ?

[BJWilliams]

Simple really..they scheduled up and then they win games and they are getting help from other teams, even the ones they lost to. Auburn is 29-16 but they are in the SEC, which is the top conference in college baseball and have wins over Alabama, Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt among others, which boosts their SoS, and as a result, their RPI, which by extension, boosts Radford's.