(05-29-2018 02:33 PM)DownEastPirate Wrote: I don't think our regional is overly difficult compared to the others honestly. They all are tough for the most part and even though it's a major factor, RPI doesn't always tell the whole story on a team. The SEC is really top heavy which leads to the rest of their conference looking a lot better than they are. USCe has a Non Conf SOS of 194 compared to ours that is 33rd. Their Non Conf RPI is 154 compared to our 6th.
OSU looks on paper like a good solid team, pretty decent schedule, decent RPI and SOS, looks like they can hit the ball well, I think their the 2nd best team in this thing.
We know what UNCW is but we've beaten them them twice, they beat UNC but so did we, they also lost series to Elon & Deleware this year that were both 100+ RPI teams.
That said I expect all teams to be ready to go, especially in the environment we will have going @ Clark-LeClair. UNCW/USCe will be familiar with it and of course USCe has played in tougher than ours, or more fans at least. I think if we play OSU our crowd will have a good chance to rattle them, our Left Field guys in the Jungle are tough and OSU has never seen a crowd like we'll have.
Long story short -- our old stadium had a bit of a forest behind the left field fence that was affectionately known as "The Jungle". The name stuck and shifted over to the new stadium when it was completed, albeit with fewer trees.
(05-29-2018 03:15 PM)TU4ever Wrote: Wait, what are pirates doing in a Jungle?
I realize a 'Hurricane in Oklahoma'....
(05-29-2018 03:17 PM)NBPirate Wrote: Long story short -- our old stadium had a bit of a forest behind the left field fence that was affectionately known as "The Jungle". The name stuck and shifted over to the new stadium when it was completed, albeit with fewer trees.
Greenville have the highest rated 4 in UNCW it also has the weakest 2 South Carolina.
NCSU has the highest 2 in Auburn.
(05-29-2018 02:33 PM)DownEastPirate Wrote: I don't think our regional is overly difficult compared to the others honestly. They all are tough for the most part and even though it's a major factor, RPI doesn't always tell the whole story on a team. The SEC is really top heavy which leads to the rest of their conference looking a lot better than they are. USCe has a Non Conf SOS of 194 compared to ours that is 33rd. Their Non Conf RPI is 154 compared to our 6th.
OSU looks on paper like a good solid team, pretty decent schedule, decent RPI and SOS, looks like they can hit the ball well, I think their the 2nd best team in this thing.
We know what UNCW is but we've beaten them them twice, they beat UNC but so did we, they also lost series to Elon & Deleware this year that were both 100+ RPI teams.
That said I expect all teams to be ready to go, especially in the environment we will have going @ Clark-LeClair. UNCW/USCe will be familiar with it and of course USCe has played in tougher than ours, or more fans at least. I think if we play OSU our crowd will have a good chance to rattle them, our Left Field guys in the Jungle are tough and OSU has never seen a crowd like we'll have.
(05-30-2018 01:48 PM)Chappy Wrote: Yeah, I was wanting to get individual session tickets but the ticket office doesn't think there will end up being any.
We gotta stay winners bracket so I can cover all the games we would be in. I can't wait to shoot it.
(05-30-2018 01:48 PM)Chappy Wrote: Yeah, I was wanting to get individual session tickets but the ticket office doesn't think there will end up being any.
Same here. Some guys on BYB are selling a few games, but everyone seems to be going to the Friday night UNCW game, which i wanted to go to.
The NCAA is a bunch of communist. Now their limiting media.
They've already tried their best to limit our homefield traditions this weekend. God forbid a team that was one of the best in country all year and earned a hosting spot actually have a home field advantage.
All they've done is rile up an ECU fan base that is already at a fever pitch. Tomorrow's electricity @ 7pm is going to rival a football game (under someone not named Mo).
(05-31-2018 03:08 PM)DownEastPirate Wrote: The NCAA is a bunch of communist. Now their limiting media.
They've already tried their best to limit our homefield traditions this weekend. God forbid a team that was one of the best in country all year and earned a hosting spot actually have a home field advantage.
All they've done is rile up an ECU fan base that is already at a fever pitch. Tomorrow's electricity @ 7pm is going to rival a football game (under someone not named Mo).
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