Spaghetti Dinner, PhD

@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.

@CBCJakeMck Nobody seemed to care when WVU played Arizona State last weekend until 2:47am Eastern and then had to turnaround and play Kansas at 3pm Eastern with no pitchers left.

@CBCJakeMck You think WVU fans want a noon game on a workday?

@BooThisManN @nhathcoat413 @Theinsiders @CalPolyBSB @WVUBaseball WVU fans would still rather the game be in the evening, instead of noon on a workday. Media highlighted all night and morning about the atmosphere in Morgantown. Now, it's neutered.

@nhathcoat413 @Theinsiders @CalPolyBSB No offense but that's the benefit @WVUBaseball gets by being the better seed and having home field advantage.

So @CalPolyBSB who hasn’t played a game further east than California since February 14th…is being forced to open their Super Regional play at 9am PT. NCAA proving again they don’t have anyone with a brain making decisions.

@nhathcoat413 @CalPolyBSB WVU certainly doesn't want to play their first super host ever at noon on a workday. Not like it's super beneficial to them either.

@CaliforniaWager @Theinsiders Also, saying there's nothing to do in WV is lazy. It's the most naturally gifted state east of the Rockies. World class hiking, biking, skiing, white water rafting, climbing, etc all near campus. Places like this within 5 minutes of Morgantown.

@CaliforniaWager @Theinsiders Every major sports outlet, even those that have never shown to care about college baseball, praised WVU's environment last night. So they put them on at noon on a workday...

What’s your biggest grief with the Super Regional schedule? There are definitely a couple that stand out.

@d1sportsball @PEARatings Texas did not deserve to have an easier path than the 1-5 seeds. Look at UNC's (a higher seed's) path comparatively.

@DoctorDinner @PEARatings Well when the 4 SEC teams are the 4 best teams remaining... logic says they should have the 4 easiest paths

Path to Supers Difficulty This takes who each team faced in the regional round and adds up the total TSR faced by that team. Oklahoma facing Georgia Tech three times is the hardest path out of anyone. Even though Auburn lost game one, they still had one of the easier paths.

@noahdarling_ Yuck. WVU and Cal Poly both hating that noon slot. All of social media were praising WVU's atmosphere last night. They reward them with noon on a workday and noon on a Saturday. For Cal Poly fans and players: 9am baseball? 🤮

The Super Regional schedule has been revealed

@JDDeSensi @RoushKSR @DrewFranklinKSR

@RoushKSR @DrewFranklinKSR At least we don’t live in West Virginia

The Country Roads celebration looks fun. Remember when we had fun?

@SECbaseball @DixieNormaughs 7 runs on errors and 9 hit batters (mostly Kentucky leaning in to take the hit) made it closer than it needed to be.

@DixieNormaughs The atmosphere in Morgantown looked incredible this weekend and I have no qualms with WVU (I actually picked them to go to Omaha!) but I’m not sure if needing extras in game 7 to beat the 13th place SEC team is quite the time to dunk on the SEC! Idk maybe that’s just me

Kentucky fought back to force extras but West Virginia walks it off in the 10th to win the Morgantown regional. These two played 28 innings the past 3 days and were separated by 1 run, but WVU pulls it out. In a cruel bit of irony that’s been the story of Kentucky’s season.