ppudge

May 20th, 2015 at 11:20 AM ^

We're 81 in RPI and Indiana is 34, despite us being the 3 seed and them the 6 seed in the Big Ten. We need a pretty strong showing here to jump onto the NCAA bubble.

Man, I wish our baseball program could be like our softball program.

Wolverine Devotee

May 20th, 2015 at 11:58 AM ^

BTN is such a joke. Their excuse for not having this on BTN is that their crew would be too tired. What are you getting paid for?!

Wolverine Devotee

May 20th, 2015 at 11:59 AM ^

Attendance is awful as expected. Neutral site at a MLB park where the local team isn't even in the tournament. What could go wrong?

Wolverine Devotee

May 20th, 2015 at 12:18 PM ^

B1G Freshman of the Year Jake Bivens up to bat. First B1G FOY since Jason Alcaraz in 1996.

BigCat14

May 20th, 2015 at 3:33 PM ^

Jake went to my alma mater Battle Creek Lakeview Highschool.  For me it is pretty cool to see his success knowing his family.  As I work at the country club here in town that his family is a part of.  I also played baseball, graduating in '95 so I have been able to have awesome baseball talks with them.  He looks to be a special player!  

Go Blue!  

Go Lakeview Spartans!

Harbaugh is my…

May 20th, 2015 at 2:29 PM ^

Does the team have an outside chance to make the tournament without winning the Big Ten Tournament? They just beat Indiana for the 3rd time in 4 meetings. Which is a quality win because Indiana was rising up the RPI rankings recently.  They also beat Okie State and Iowa each once.  If Michigan beats Iowa or OSU tomorrow, is that enough to get them in?

Alton

May 20th, 2015 at 3:01 PM ^

Even if Michigan were to win two more games and then lose to Illinois (the best case scenario short of winning the tournament), I wouldn't expect an at large bid.  The NCAA has rarely gone as deep as #70 in the RPI for at large bids--normally the worst at large team is somewhere around #50.

Michigan can't make up 15 spots in the RPI with 3 wins and a loss, and they don't have the profile of the sort of team that they would take from the #50-#70 group:  those tend to be teams (from the Big West as often as not) with ridiculously difficult non-conference schedules and several wins against the top 25. 

It has been a good season, but without a win this Sunday, not an NCAA tournament season.