Updated: FSU scored the games only run in the bottom of the 8th inning on a sacrifice fly. Down 3-0 in the count, NC State chose to pitch to the best hitter in the ACC and Buster Posey made us pay. The potential #1 draft pick in this year’s draft hit the ball off the right field wall to put himself in scoring position. It was a questionable decision not to put him on first base intentially down that far in the count.
Updated: Today’s weather in Tallahassee has been questionable for the most of the day as a big line of storms moved through earlier in the afternoon. However, the the regional radar shows that the thunderstorms appear to have already cleared the area. There are still showers moving towards Tallahassee as showers are forecasted for the rest of the evening.
The Wolfpack baseball team beat #3 ranked FSU badly last night 12-2:
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In what was probably the biggest game of the year to date, NC State didn’t come up big; the 18th-ranked Wolfpack came up huge. Matt Payne led a 14-hit attack with three hits and three RBIs, and Eric Surkamp and two relievers combined on a three-hitter to lead the Pack past third-ranked Florida State 12-2 at Dick Howser Stadium.
Game 2 of the series is tonight and can be seen on Time Warner cable channel 320 with the first pitch scheduled for 7:00 pm. You may have to order the Fox Sports package that costs about $3.50 per month. If you call the cable company, then they will turn it on in a matter of minutes once you order the package(which I had to do last night).
Time Warner for eastern NC can be contacted at: 1-800-TWCABLE (1-800-892-2253)
Right now the Pack is currently #11 and #9 by www.boydsworld.com and www.warrenolan.com respectively. From looking at the NCAA field from the last two years, there does appear to be strong correlations between RPI rating, hosting a regional, and receving a top 8 national seed. Here are the 16 teams that hosted and the top 8 national seeds for each of the last two years:
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2006
1. Clemson, #1 seed
2. Rice, #2 seed
3. Cal St. Fullerton, #5 seed
4. UNC
5. GT, #8 seed
6. Georgia, #7 seed
7. Alabama, #4 seed
8. Oklahoma
9. Miami
10. Texas, #3 seed
11. Nebraskas, #6 seed
13. Ole Miss
14. UVA
15. Oregon St
18. Oklahoma St
25. Pepperdine
#12 FSU and #16 Arkansas did not host out of the top 16 teams in the RPI.
NC State was #17 in the RPI.
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2007
1. Rice, #2 national seed
2. Vandy, #1 national seed
3. UNC , #3 national seed
4. Texas, #4 national seed
5. ASU, #5 national seed
6. USC
7. Texas A&M
8. FSU, #8 national seed
9. UVA
10. Ole MIss
11. Long Beach State
12. Missouri
13. Coastal Carolina
17. Arkansas, #7 national seed
21 San Diego, # 8 national seed
23 Wichita St.
NC State was rated #20 in 2007.
Over the last two seasons, 27 of the possible 32 teams ranked in the top 16 from www.boydsworld.com have hosted regionals. Additionally, 12 of the 16 teams rated in the top 8 for these two years received a top 8 national seed. Note that the RPI ratings used may actually reflect wins and losses accumulated in tournament play. So the correlations drawn here could actually be somewhat inaccurate in either direction.
