M Baseball: On Sportscenter (Maloney on 6pm edition)
On in like 2 minutes. Repeating throughout the day. 15-run comeback. Must watch.
Update: Maloney will be on the 6pm edition to talk the comeback. Somebody get me the clip to watch when I get home.
Thanks FA
Just a low res feed of the final two home runs from mgoblue. Still... SUCK IT SEC! We made Sports Center.
WOW is the only thing that comes to mind, just wow
My favorite part is the Northwestern CF punching the wall in disgust as the last home run goes over the fence. Schadenfreude!
I just wish I could see the Northwestern moms who were celebrating victory in the 9th inning. The look on their faces after the Berset game-tying blast had to be priceless.
begun paying attention to college baseball, so forgive this stupid question.
Is the NCAA baseball tournament like the basketball tournament? Does the winner of the BTT get an automatic place in the NCAA tournament? How many at large bids are there, and what's the pre-requisite for them? I know the south and the east generally has the more prestigious baseball schools. Do those schools always have the at larges locked up?
Yes, the winner of the Big Ten Tournament receives an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The Big Ten is a "mid major" in baseball, and will get one or two at large bids in a good year, but none at all in a bad year.
This is a bad year.
Generally, a Big Ten team would have to win about 40 games total to get an at large bid. That is not going to happen for anybody in the conference this year.
Almost all of the at large bids go to teams in the South and West, but there are one or two at large bids every year for good teams from the Northeast and the Upper Midwest. The Big East conference will use up all of these at large bids--Connecticut, Louisville and Pittsburgh are all NCAA material.
There are about 30 auto-bids and the rest of the field of 64 is at large. At this point, it looks like 8-9 SEC teams will get a bid (they usually get 6-7 minimum). "They just beat up on each other." Basically, take every football argument they throw out there and multiply it by 100. It's horrible. Big 12 generally gets 5-6 as well (they only have 10 teams compared to the SEC's 12). They may be short a few this year due to a weak conference after Texas.
Baseball's RPI formula weights opponent winning percentage way high. SEC schools snack on weak northern schools most of the beginning of the year, and they load up on home games (UNC has like 38 home games on a 56 game schedule, Michigan had 19 I think). Then they play each other, which makes teams like 14-36 Georgia a top 115 team. As the last place SEC team, they've been slaughtered by the other teams in conference but their opponent winning percentage is so high they remain high in the rankings (they won't make the tourney, 50-60 is the bubble).
But at least we're the ones on Sports Center.
To be a Michigan Wolverine!
Its Great- to see- our baseball team on tv- sportscenter especially.
I wonder what the Northwestern coach said to his team after the game....how do you blow a 14 run lead???
I am glad the boys turned it around- especially on Senior Day- what a way to remember your last home game as a Wolverine in Ann Arbor!!!
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for anyone who wants to view it immediately, the same(i think) segment is on the front page of espn.com
Cowlishaw hates on Big 10 baseball, Michael Smith gives us love on Around the Horn. Point to Smith
I won't give any one on that show points.
Maloney is going to be on the 6pm edition of Sports Center.