Spaghetti Dinner, PhD

@ShotgunSprD1 @WVUBaseball Kegler's when I used to live there but the baseball NCAA Tournament announcement party was at The Goat. It looked pretty cool.

I'm heading out for the Morgantown Super Regional this weekend. Since the games are early, @WVUBaseball fans, where's the best place to watch the rest of the slate of games after the conclusion of WVU-Cal Poly each day?

@moose17wvu @deucemcb11 You can see Newark and Manhattan at the same time when driving on the NJ Turnpike.

@DoctorDinner @deucemcb11 I don’t know my NJ geography, so not sure what would be considered NYC for NJ and not. But yes, Da’Sean is one of the GOATS for any list!

WVU has always had a strong NYC metro presence. Very cool to see it continue in baseball :) Canute Curtis, Amos Zereoué, Kevin Jones, Truck Bryant, Chris Brooks, Seldon Jefferson, Scooter Berry just to name a few right off the top of my head. Plus @deucemcb11 playing for Knicks!

@CF_Budge This seems like pre-Spring power rankings.

My Post-Spring Power Conference Power Rankings. Which power four team will surprise people the most this year?

@OleMissRebel90 @pigskinpetey @partypruden A bunch of old people in polo shirts with no food or beverages = football heaven?

@pigskinpetey @partypruden #1 is easy. Football heaven ❤️

Ranking the top 10 traditions in college football. Thoughts?

@Jeffery_Cobb I'm pulling for < 100 pitch complete games from Cole and Yehl.

I think we'll primarily see 8 pitchers used for the Supers vs Cal Poly. Starter: Cole-Fri starter Yehl-Sat starter Korn-Sun starter (if necessary) In the mix all weekend: Montesa Hagen McDougal Bassinger Estridge Break glass in case of emergency: Surigao Stiffler Huether Yoak

@Hoopss Never had to play anybody as good as the Spurs to get there, and he had top 75 all-time teammates each of those times, usually multiple.

After OKC lost to the Spurs, it makes you wonder: how did LeBron James make 8 straight NBA Finals? 🤯

@liljimmy86 @fauxcaridi I agree for all but once in a lifetime. Little Rock was 4 outs from us hosting a super last year. This is the new standard.

@fauxcaridi So what? Who cares? We’re in a once snd a lifetime opportunity here and mountaineer fans still arnt happy.

The NCAA and ESPN really saw the most electric atmosphere in college baseball and said “give em two noon games”. Unreal. Not unexpected.

@JamesPierc3450 @fauxcaridi They will have to compete with work, which has the attention of more people than all of those combined.

@fauxcaridi Saturday at noon is fine, WVU will NOT have to compete with NBA Finals, MLB and Stanley Cup Finals for viewers.

@PistolRick I don't understand why every NBA logo needs a basketball. I know other sports have teams that incorporate their ball sometimes, but like 90% of NBA teams seem to think we wouldn't know the sport without a basketball in it.

Why does every logo become a circle

@Hoopss MJ won 6 straight, and he didn't have years where he only beat one team with a winning record to get there or need game 7s over teams as bad as the 2010s Pacers or Boston without their two best players.

LeBron made y’all believe going to the Finals every year was easy. 8 straight will NEVER happen again.

@quazydawg @DrLoafCFB @evanscbb What if WVU's ace didn't have a bicep flare up game 1? Maybe Kentucky doesn't make it back up to play WVU. Your hypotheticals are equally as useless.

@DoctorDinner @DrLoafCFB @evanscbb Not seeing the point. 12-9 hits for the game and nonchalant missed tag on a pick off play ended up WVU run. Both games were extremely close and could have gone either way. The what if., if nick would have used Jelkin in the 9th in game 2 would we have seen game 3. He gambled.

POST-REGIONALS TAKEAWAYS IN THE COLLEGE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT: 1. NC State should NOT have made the tournament 2. Virginia Tech should’ve been way closer to the bubble like we all thought 3. Kentucky still should not have made it as they can not win a 3 game series if their life depended on it 4. The SEC still runs College Baseball and it’s not really close 5. The ACC was INCREDIBLY overrated 6. Expect the unexpected (most 4-seed advancements in tournament history) 7. Mercer still got robbed (I’ll never forget you Mercer)

@quazydawg @DrLoafCFB @evanscbb Keep in mind, Kentucky only had 3 total hits from the first 23 batters. Then suddenly generated 4 runs. Fluke situation.

@quazydawg @DrLoafCFB @evanscbb WVU was up 5-1 with 4 outs left and in an 0-2 count. Kentucky scored 4 runs within the next 5 minutes. If his pitch is up one inch, WVU wins 5-1 and you aren't chirping. Instead, WVU kept a guy in a little too long and made it unnecessarily interesting.

@MustachedMenace @PEARatings Looks like it. Finally right of center as well (some luck, finally).

@PEARatings Did WVU finally break through to the almighty Trap?

Tournament Trapezoid of Excellence There are 5 teams still alive in the trapezoid, both Ole Miss and Mississippi State outside the bounds. Florida, Texas A&M, UCLA, and Georgia Tech were all teams inside the trapezoid that lost in regionals. UCLA lost before the regional final.

@ben_onabike @OldUncleBenny @PEARatings I think it's basically saying you are lucky and luck has its limitations, that's why nobody outside of the trapezoid ever wins. UCLA kept going further and further right with all of their walk-offs, only to get eliminated by a mid-major.

@OldUncleBenny @PEARatings KPOE says: "There's no way you can be that clutch" KU baseball says: "We are what we repeatedly do" Perfect example from regionals is Josh Dykhoff. 0 for 7 going into Sunday, then goes 3 for 5 including the 3 run bomb that secured the W. Clutch is their identity

@BaseUnstitched @MattParsons1621 @11point7 I believe you, but they were outscored 2-26 against USC, the only team with a similar NIL situation as WVU. They did beat up on Virginia Tech, though. Are you looking at raw numbers or weighted numbers?

@MattParsons1621 @11point7 Really good arms

My Omaha 8 now that the Super Regional field is set:

@Stitch_Head @CalPolyBSB @WVUBaseball A couple things: 1. WVU doesn't get to host in front of a full force of fans. It's noon on a workday. 2. WVU just played Arizona State in Arizona until 2:47am Eastern last weekend and played a championship with no pitchers left at 3pm the next day. No tears will be shed.

The NCAA needs some situational awareness here. @CalPolyBSB is playing 3 time zones away at @WVUBaseball for the Supers. They’ll fly from the Central Coast to WV, possibly a 3-leg trip. Yet they make Game 1 a 9am pacific start time. C’mon guys, this shouldn’t happen.

@PEARatings If UNC and Auburn get upset, and WVU doesn't, what percentage of that 27% slice to they consume?

Odds to Win Championship During regionals, the #1, #2, #7, and #9 teams in PEAR's odds all went down. Georgia overtakes as the favorite to win the National Championship. North Carolina with higghest odds to reach the Finals. Alabama with the highest odds to reach Omaha.

@CBCJakeMck Agreed. I posted this elsewhere. Neither fanbase is happy.

@DoctorDinner Both things can be true

Total screw job against Cal Poly having to travel across the country and play at 9 West Coast Time.