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hosting is key
Jun 3, 2013, 9:48 AM
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we had to play liberty and st louis while
usc got to play st louis and liberty
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crap is rigged***
Jun 3, 2013, 9:49 AM
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Playing at home is key. Winning the first game is key.
Jun 3, 2013, 10:06 AM
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Hosting helps on both fronts.
Hosting guarantees nothing of course, but improves your odds exponentially.
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Considering the "home field" advantage some schools
Jun 3, 2013, 10:52 AM
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like the baseball programs Clemson, MissSt, chickentech, FlaSt, etc. have, can't help but agree. Its tough to go into those ennvironments and win. And its doubly tough to drop the first regional game and battle back out of the losers bracket
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Orange Blooded [2929]
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Re: Considering the "home field" advantage some schools
Jun 3, 2013, 11:07 AM
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Is home field really that important in baseball?
An honest question as I don't go to many baseball games. I just don't see a crowd of 5,000 giving anywhere near the sort of advantage that you see in college football.
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There's more to it than just the size of the crowd ...
Jun 3, 2013, 12:14 PM
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The comfort level of being at home in familiar surroundings is an advantage.
Not having to travel is an advantage, and yes, having 5,000 fans on your side is a big boost as well.
There's a reason why schools bid big bucks to have the privilege of hosting an NCAA Regional and why the top 8 national seeds are so coveted when they guarantee a Super Regional.
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Re: Considering the "home field" advantage some schools
Jun 3, 2013, 9:59 PM
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Ranger, home field advantage is just as important in baseball as football imho. Witness our last game in cootlumbia. A couple thousand chickens yelling at the plate ump will get into his head after a while and can alter his decisions on the strike zone. At least it looked that way to me. Not saying that's why we lost to Liberty but I can't help but feel we would have fared better in DKS.
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No excuses - but Columbia is probably the worst place we
Jun 3, 2013, 11:41 AM
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could have played. Any place else might not have been friendly, but at least not hostile.
Ditto on ACC tournament, Durham it is an advantage to State and UNC (our first two opponenets), no doubt.
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Orange Blooded [3788]
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Friday didn't seem hostile on tv
Jun 3, 2013, 11:46 AM
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place seemed pretty quiet and empty.
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Oculus Spirit [75680]
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There were maybe 5 more wins
Jun 3, 2013, 1:27 PM
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this team could have found in the regular season that would have taken care of the hosting issue. Fact is, they beat FSU that first game, then packed it up for the season.
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The 5 straight loses before the regionals sealed our fate.***
Jun 3, 2013, 3:42 PM
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Starting your ace in game 1 is key....
Jun 3, 2013, 11:44 AM
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If you don't win game 1, you're screwed the rest of the way. no matter what your seed.
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Orange Blooded [3788]
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If you can't beat Liberty with your #2 or #3 guy
Jun 3, 2013, 11:57 AM
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then you don't deserve to advance anyway. Erwin, who started on Friday, only gave up 2 earned runs (3 total).
The bigger problem is that Boulware, Krieger, Gibson, Bradley, and Triller/Costigan were all held hitless.
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At least until UCONN comes to town***
Jun 3, 2013, 12:21 PM
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Beating teams you are supposed to beat is more key***
Jun 3, 2013, 12:42 PM
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it's possible that the hosts could go 16-0 this year
Jun 3, 2013, 9:52 PM
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All the hosts have either won their regional or are leading the final game except for Oregon who is still in the first inning.
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Re: it's possible that the hosts could go 16-0 this year
Jun 3, 2013, 9:53 PM
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vpi lost
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Orange Blooded [2609]
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Plus Liberty were welcomed as guests while we were not***
Jun 3, 2013, 11:30 PM
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liberty***
Jun 5, 2013, 9:48 PM
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Re: hosting is key
Jun 6, 2013, 8:19 PM
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Home is great and all but people forget that at tournament time, the home team is the home team usually because they have a better RPI/season than the other teams invited so of course it should be no surprise that the favorite wins more often whether home or away.
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