SEC Baseball/Softball Update: 03/21/08
| SEC Baseball Standings 03/18/08 |
SEC Softball Standings 03/18/08 |
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| 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) |
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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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
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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
by bammer on Mar 21, 2008 9:38 AM CDT 0 recs
It was
by bammer on
Mar 21, 2008 11:41 AM CDT
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with vandy and ole miss
by gerry dorsey on Mar 21, 2008 10:00 AM CDT 0 recs
its
by bammer on Mar 21, 2008 11:10 AM CDT 0 recs
Updates...
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
by bammer on Mar 22, 2008 8:28 AM CDT 0 recs
Yes...
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.
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Mar 23, 2008 12:47 AM CDT
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