I really like Guerry's "by the numbers" columns. Here's some "add ons"
5: Consecutive games we've played against teams with RPI’s of 200 or more
4: The last four games—a bad stretch. We’ve been held to 0 or 1 run 3 times (only happened 6 times all season) and have been outscored 15-11 by truly bad teams (at least against everyone else).
3: Losses this year to teams with RPI’s of 200 or more. For comparison, the top 20 RPI teams are a combined 105-5 against such squads.
2: Losses to Nichols State (ugh!) Of course, NIchols could move into the top 199 if they win 2 of 3 from UNO this weekend.
1: Number of times we’ve been shut out this year. Last year we were shut out 7 times and the year before, 8 times. Even in 2005, with livelier bats and balls, we were shut out three times.
0: The number our chances of hosting is approaching; but we’re not there yet.
If we sweep Houston and then sweep through the AAC tournament 4-0, our RPI will likely (depending on a lot of factors) get to the low 20’s; that would do it. Not winning the conference tourney (adding two more losses to teams ranked below us) would drop us to the high 20’s even with a Houston sweep Those three losses to “bad” teams will likely offset our 8-4 record against “good” teams (RPI <50). Aaron Fitts all but dismissed our chances yesterday due to poor RPI.
We need to get back on the winning track quickly and run out the season. Our longest winning streak ever is 15 games. Let's break that record and come back from Omaha as the champs.
Roll Wave!!
5: Consecutive games we've played against teams with RPI’s of 200 or more
4: The last four games—a bad stretch. We’ve been held to 0 or 1 run 3 times (only happened 6 times all season) and have been outscored 15-11 by truly bad teams (at least against everyone else).
3: Losses this year to teams with RPI’s of 200 or more. For comparison, the top 20 RPI teams are a combined 105-5 against such squads.
2: Losses to Nichols State (ugh!) Of course, NIchols could move into the top 199 if they win 2 of 3 from UNO this weekend.
1: Number of times we’ve been shut out this year. Last year we were shut out 7 times and the year before, 8 times. Even in 2005, with livelier bats and balls, we were shut out three times.
0: The number our chances of hosting is approaching; but we’re not there yet.
If we sweep Houston and then sweep through the AAC tournament 4-0, our RPI will likely (depending on a lot of factors) get to the low 20’s; that would do it. Not winning the conference tourney (adding two more losses to teams ranked below us) would drop us to the high 20’s even with a Houston sweep Those three losses to “bad” teams will likely offset our 8-4 record against “good” teams (RPI <50). Aaron Fitts all but dismissed our chances yesterday due to poor RPI.
We need to get back on the winning track quickly and run out the season. Our longest winning streak ever is 15 games. Let's break that record and come back from Omaha as the champs.
Roll Wave!!
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