I'm returning for now. I'd like to say sorry for the earlier post, where I yelled, I was drunk. But I was so excited that B-Rush returned to school, then I found out it was because he hurt his knee in a pick up game, then I found out his ACL was torn. Good times. Thanks B, really appriciate it.
Anyway, the big news of the past week is Billy Donovan is leaving the back-to-back national champion Florida Gators for the NBA's Orlando Magic. Really? Really Donovan? You say no to Kentucky, but this is a better job? Oh ok. The Orlando Magic? They were only good one time in their history, and that was when they had Penny Hardaway and Shaw on the same time, and they weren't even that good then. Rather than go to the NBA and seeing if you can actually make the transititon, how about you do this: Go back in time, take the Kentucky job thereby keeping Gilespe at Texas A&M, and Mark Turgeon at Wichita St, and Gregg Marshall at Winthrop. Why does Marshall matter? Becuase then Mo State could get the guy after next season. Thanks Billy! Here's hoping you fuck up in the pros, then you have to coach to Mo State. Sucker.
The College Baseball playoffs are going on right now. If you don't know how this system works, here you go:
Each conference gets to send one team automaticly to the tournament, and selection committee selects the at-large teams to create a 64-team field.
16 regionals are selected, with four teams each. In each regional, each team is ranked 1-4, with the first seed playing the fourth, and second and third playing. From there, each regional holds a double elimination tournament until there is only one.
Each regional winner advaces to one of eight Super Regionals at a site determined by the NCAA. Two teams to each Super Regional, the teams play a best of three series. Winning teams advance to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb.
Eight teams advance to Omaha. The schools are seeded 1-8, then split into two groups. With 1, 4, 5, 8 in one group and 2, 3, 6, 7 in the other. Each group plays a double elimination tournament until each produces a group champion. The two champions play a best of three series to determine the national champion.
Today is when a lot of schools will be securing bids into the Super Regional round, most regionals are down to the final two schools:
Chapel Hill Regional--1) North Carolina can advance with win over East/West Carolina (they had a rain delay)
Charlottesville Regional--1) Virginia can advance with win over Rutgers/Oregon St (also being delayed)
College Station Regional--2) Louisiana-Lafayette can advance with a win over 1) Texas A&M.
Columbia, Mo. Regional--1) Missouri can advance with a win over 3) Louisville
Columbia, S.C. Regional--Honestly, this regional has been so fucked with rain, we're not going to be down to two teams until Monday.
Fayetteville Regional--3) Oklahoma St can advance with win over 1) Arkansas.
Houston Regional--1) Rice can advnace with win over 2) TCU.
Long Beach Regional--2) UCLA can advance with win over Long Beach/Illinois-Chicago (what are they doing still alive?)
Myrtle Beach Regional--Again another regional where rain has screwed everything up. Tomorrow we'll have some championships.
Nashville Regional--2) Michigan can advance with win over 1) Vanderbilt.
Oxford Regional--1) Old Miss can advance with win over 4) Sam Houston St.
Round Rock Regional--2) UC Irvine can advnace with win over 1) Texas
San Diego Regional--2) Cal St-Fullerton can advance with win over Minn./Fresno St. I believe this is the only regional where the #1 seed and host has been eliminated.
Tallahassee Regional--2) Mississippi St can advance with win over 1) Florida St
Tempe Regional--1) Arizona St can advance with win over Nebraska/UC Riverside.
Wichita Regional--2) Arizona can advnace with win over 1) Wichita St.
As always, the team(s) listed second can win the regional by winning twice.
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