Our baseball schedule has been published for 2020 and I, for one, am not happy. You never know what team will make a one year jump from a 200 RPI to a 25 or, for that matter, go in the other direction. But, in general, I believe teams perform pretty similarly from one year to another despite the occasional “wild card.” For example, no one thinks scheduling Cal Fullerton on the road is an effort to pick up a sure series win despite their 115 RPI last year. Historically, they are a good to great team. An RPI in the top 50 (if not better) is expected. That said, we are set to play 11 games out-of-conference against teams with RPI’s in 2019 at 200 or worse. One game against LSU (21), three against Dallas Baptist (26), one against Gonzaga (75) and two against SELA (84) comprise our seven OOC games against “top 100” teams. Our other 14 games are against teams with RPIs in 2019 between 100 and 199. Of course, our conference schedule is more difficult with all but two teams from the AAC finishing in the top 100 RPI-wise. (We finished at #98) Hopefully we can “clean up” out of conference and some of these opponents can move up significantly. Otherwise…another long year with no regional invitation.
Roll Wave!!!
Roll Wave!!!
