SEC Baseball/Softball Update: 03/21/08

by Todd on Mar 21, 2008 8:48 AM CDT in Baseball

SEC Baseball Standings 03/18/08		SEC Softball Standings 03/18/08
Eastern Division		Eastern Division
Florida - 15-3 (3-0) Kentucky - 19-0 (3-0) Tennessee - 13-5 (3-0) Georgia - 10-7 (2-1) Vanderbilt - 13-4 (2-1) South Carolina - 12-5 (1-2)		Florida - 32-2 (7-1) Tennessee - 26-4 (4-3) Georgia - 26-8 (3-3) Kentucky - 13-10 (1-2) South Carolina - 13-13 (2-5)
Western Division		Western Division
Ole Miss - 14-6 (2-1) Arkansas - 13-6 (1-2) Mississippi State - 9-9 (1-2) Alabama - 9-10 (0-3) Auburn - 12-8 (0-3) LSU - 12-6 (0-3)		LSU - 24-4 (3-0) Auburn - 27-4 (7-1) Alabama - 24-3 (6-2) Mississippi State 23-9 (1-5) Arkansas - 21-11 (1-7) Ole Miss - 15-12 (0-6)
Over the Weekend		Over the Weekend
Vandy at Alabama Arkansas at LSU Kentucky at Auburn Florida at Ole Miss Tennessee at Georgia Mississippi State at South Carolina		Alabama at Kentucky Tennessee at Arkansas Auburn at LSU Florida hosts Longwood Georgia hosts Albany (Georgia Spring Fling) Georgia hosts Kent State (Georgia Spring Fling) Mississippi State at Ole Miss

Crimson Tide Baseball 9-10 (0-3)		Crimson Tide Softball 24-3 (6-2)
Last Five		Last Five
03/14 at Kentucky - L - 5-7 03/15 at Kentucky - L - 2-15 0316 at Kentucky - L - 1-5 03/18 vs New Orleans - L - 5-8 03/19 vs New Orleans - L - 8-17		03/15 at Mississippi State - W - 2-0 03/16 at Mississippi State - W - 4-2 03/17 at Mississippi State - W - 3-0 03/19 vs Kent State (Chattanooga) - Cancelled 03/19 at UT-Chattanooga - Cancelled
Next Five		Next Five
03/21 vs Vanderbilt 03/22 vs Vanderbilt 03/23 vs Vanderbilt 03/25 vs Jacksonville State 03/26 at Jacksonville State		03/21 at Kentucky 03/22 at Kentucky 03/25 vs UAB 03/29 vs Ole Miss (DH) 03/30 vs Ole Miss

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I know

we are bunch of crazy bama fans but to put alabama ahead of Auburn and LSU is pretty funny. We sit below .500 and they are far from it. Just thought it was funny.

by bammer on Mar 21, 2008 9:38 AM CDT 0 recs

Alphabetical order...

...is a killer.

by Todd on Mar 21, 2008 11:10 AM CDT up 0 recs

It was

more of a joke. This will probably be the last time we actually see Alabama anywhere near the top of the SEC West.

by bammer on Mar 21, 2008 11:41 AM CDT up 0 recs

with vandy and ole miss

coming up for baseball, 0-9 in conference is not out of the question.

by gerry dorsey on Mar 21, 2008 10:00 AM CDT 0 recs

its

almost at the point where all you can do is laugh.

by bammer on Mar 21, 2008 11:10 AM CDT 0 recs

We fell to 0-4 in conference play tonight after losing to Vanderbilt. If there was any good news, I guess, it was that at least we had a respectable showing tonight, losing to a top ten team in a 2-1 game.

Unfortunately, Auburn beat Kentucky and LSU squeaked by Arkansas in extra innings, meaning that we are now dead last in the conference, and the sole remaining winless team.

Things aren't going to get any easier from here on out. Though 0-9 is a legitimate possibility, I imagine we beat someone somewhere, but at this point if we go to Baton Rouge at better than 1-8, I'd be fairly surprised. And honestly, I'd be surprised if we came out of Baton Rouge better than 2-10. LSU baseball is a shell of what it once was in their glory days, and they aren't looking very good this year either, but we make them look like the '27 Yankees.

Harsh truth: We're in dead last in the SEC for a while now, and will probably remain there for several more weeks, if not the entire year. Making the SEC Tournament, much less the NCAA Tournament, would have to qualify as a big shock right now.

The real question, I think, is whether or not Jim Wells returns. His glory days are long since passed, and we could use some new blood. Don't get me wrong, we don't commit anywhere near the resources needed to win at baseball -- sorry, but that's a fact, particularly without having an in-state scholarship program to help us get around the NCAA scholarship limits -- and a new coach probably won't change that in any real, long-term manner. However, it's hard to see a year play out as bad as this one might and not have some sort of change; especially with a guy who just "retired" last year.

by outsidethesidelines on Mar 21, 2008 11:38 PM CDT 0 recs

You know i don't

Follow college baseball that much. Is there a harsh NCAA guideline for recruiting in baseball? If so, what are they?

by bammer on Mar 22, 2008 8:28 AM CDT 0 recs

Yes...

You have scholarship limitations in baseball just like you do in other sports.

The big thing in baseball is that the limitation is so low that you really give out partial scholarships. You don't give out full rides like you do in football and basketball. For example, I may give you one-third of a scholarship, which would cover one-third of the cost of attendance.

That really hurts us because we, i.e. the state of Alabama, do not have an in-state scholarship program that will cover the cost of tuition. A lot of other SEC schools -- Georgia and LSU for example -- benefit from that, and it effectively gives them more scholarships. There players can get free tuition anyway, and all of that means you can just bring in more players or offer other players more money -- in the form of an increased amount on their scholarship -- and that gives them a huge recruiting advantage. In a real world effect, it's basically gives teams with in-state scholarship programs more scholarships than those that don't.

by outsidethesidelines on Mar 23, 2008 12:47 AM CDT up 0 recs