Wear your pajamas inside out... Say your prayers.... whatever it takes. Tomorrow is going to be a good day.
Hopefully we're all breathing easier about Oregon State's odds at qualifying for a regional now that the sweep of Pacific is out of the way and several NCAA tournament predictions around the internet have shown Oregon State as being one of the last teams to get in the tournament. We'll take a look at those in just a second, but if you are one of those pessimists out there who thinks Oregon State is done for, watch this video:
See? Anything is possible.
Now, on to some predictions:
SEBaseball.com has the Beavers going to Ann Arbor as a #3 seed in a regional with Michigan, Eastern Michigan, and Florida. I'd take that.
Also, Baseball America's Aaron Fitt also has the Beavers making the tournament. He sees us going as a #4 seed in the Conway, S.C. regional (host team: Coastal Carolina). The winner of that regional has a potential date with North Carolina in the Super Regionals, which would be interesting.
Aaron has the Beavers as the last at-large team to make the tournament, which is the same exact position we were in last year, if that rumor is official. I know that we have a completely different team this year, but it's still ironic to think that we won the National Championship as the last team in the field of 64 a year ago.
I think people are starting to see what Oregon State baseball has been all about this year. We've played a very strong schedule, and won series against Georgia, Pepperdine, Arizona, Arizona State, and UCLA. Those series wins make our resume look better than any of the other bubble teams, which could help us sneak in.
I'll see ya'll in the morning.
GO BEAVERS!
--JB--
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So after pouring over information all night
I think the Beavers manage to squeak into a regional. Bubble teams caught some good breaks when Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, TCU and Wichita State all won their conference tournaments to ensure all their conferences would be one bid leagues. Kansas St. also lost in the Big XII title to keep them out of a regional and Clemson went 1-2 in the ACC tourney to keep them out.
The NCAA never likes sending dangerous west coast teams to the midwest or east. They’re scared that the west coast teams will play too well and take too many teams to Omaha. Last year they figured Oregon St. couldn’t take down mighty Virginia and UC Irvine couldn’t beat Texas or Wichita St., but they did and we ended up with 4 west coast teams in Omaha. Now does the committee consider Oregon St. dangerous again this year and keep them out west or are they confident a top seed will knock them off east of the Rockies?
I think they get shipped out, but being sent to Ann Arbor would be intriguing. First of all, Michigan would get the Beavers on home turf after being sent to Corvallis in last year’s Supers because of their stadium issues. Plus, Oregon St. would be in one of the easier regionals, giving them a chance to screw with the NCAA’s anti-west plans. I’m rooting for that solely for the intriguing subplots.
by Ryan Rosenblatt on May 25, 2008 11:07 PM PDT reply actions

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