Popular Post Old Titan Posted May 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 28, 2023 Latest update for possible Regionals hosts most likely to involve ORU: FAYETTEVILLE: SEC No. 2 seed Arkansas fell to No. 10 Texas A&M in Saturday's single elimination semi-final game, but is still a virtual lock to host a regional. If ORU is sent to Fayetteville, it would most likely be as a "weak 3-seed" rather than as a "strong 4-seed": the Hogs are so highly-rated in RPI, they should draw one of the weakest 4-seeds in the 64-team draw. STILLWATER: Big 12 No. 2 seed Oklahoma State survived the loser's bracket after falling on opening day in Arlington, sweping Texas Tech Saturday in back-to-back elimination games. OSU plays No. 4 seed TCU in the winner-take-all championship game Sunday evening. If OSU hosts and our guys are sent to Stillwater, ORU has been predicted for weeks as a "strong 4-seed" vs. OSU's "weak 1-seed" ranking. DALLAS: C-USA No. 1 seed Dallas Baptist faces No. 3 seed Charlotte in the winner-take-all championship game on Sunday at 1pm in Houston. If DBU wins and hosts a regional including ORU, the Golden Eagles would probably be a "strong 4-seed" opposite DBU's "weak 1-seed". You can also count on the likes of Texas, Texas A&M, TCU and Oklahoma being somewhere in the mix in the Fayetteville and Stillwater-or-Dallas regionals. Very unlikely that OSU and Dallas Baptist would both host as conference tournament champions; bracketologists favor the Cowboys winning that beauty contest via the usual P5-over-mid-major biases. Also a stone-cold lock that ANY regional that might include ORU as a 4-seed will automatically be deemed by the experts as the "Group Of Death" among the 16 sites. All will be revealed at 11am Monday morning on ESPN! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted May 28, 2023 Author Share Posted May 28, 2023 Dallas Baptist falls to Charlotte 5-2 in Sunday’s C-USA title game; pretty unlikely they would earn a regional now, even if Oklahoma State loses as well today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted May 28, 2023 Author Share Posted May 28, 2023 FYI: All 16 regional sites will be announced Sunday evening by the NCAA, but I can't find a specific time. Guessing it will be between 6pm to 8pm Central time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlue82 Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 2 hours ago, Old Titan said: Dallas Baptist falls to Charlotte 5-2 in Sunday’s C-USA title game; pretty unlikely they would earn a regional now, even if Oklahoma State loses as well today. I agree. DBU’s 2-7 record against Q1 opponents probably did them in. Unfortunately, that also opens the door for the Patriots to be the 2 seed in Stillwater, and a potential first round matchup with 3 seed ORU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted May 29, 2023 Author Share Posted May 29, 2023 The 16 sites are out: Fayetteville and Stillwater the only ones nearby. The SEC gets EIGHT sites. #smh One curious site I don’t remember seeing in any of the projections: Terry Haute (IN) for Indiana State. Fayetteville AR Stillwater, OK Baton Rouge, LA Lexington, KY Gainesville, FL Tuscaloosa, AL Nashville, TN Auburn, AL Columbia, SC Winston-Salem, NC Charlottesville, VA Clemson, SC Coral Gables, FL Stanford, CA Conway, SC Terre Haute, IN NOTE: Auburn is the only host not in the top 16 of the RPI. They weren’t even in the Top 25 a couple of weeks ago The chairman of the selection committee? The athletic director from….Auburn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlue82 Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 Stillwater is the second-most western regional. There’s Stanford, and then a 1,665 mile gap. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis 83 Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 Membership has it’s privileges. A bit surprised OSU gets to host after losing the Big XII tournament but I guess they were running out of options geographically. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted May 29, 2023 Author Share Posted May 29, 2023 First time since 2013 - and just the second time since the 16-site regional format was adopted in 1999 - that a Texas school is not hosting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlue82 Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 My best guess before the selection show: 1 Oklahoma State 2 Dallas Baptist 3 ORU 4 Sam Houston State Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUSwagger Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 12 hours ago, Old Titan said: The 16 sites are out: Fayetteville and Stillwater the only ones nearby. The SEC gets EIGHT sites. #smh One curious site I don’t remember seeing in any of the projections: Terry Haute (IN) for Indiana State. Fayetteville AR Stillwater, OK Baton Rouge, LA Lexington, KY Gainesville, FL Tuscaloosa, AL Nashville, TN Auburn, AL Columbia, SC Winston-Salem, NC Charlottesville, VA Clemson, SC Coral Gables, FL Stanford, CA Conway, SC Terre Haute, IN NOTE: Auburn is the only host not in the top 16 of the RPI. They weren’t even in the Top 25 a couple of weeks ago The chairman of the selection committee? The athletic director from….Auburn. Must be a nice kickback to host a regional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted May 29, 2023 Author Share Posted May 29, 2023 8 hours ago, TrueBlue82 said: My best guess before the selection show: 1 Oklahoma State 2 Dallas Baptist 3 ORU 4 Sam Houston State My guess: Oklahoma State (12 seed nationally) SEC team (Texas A&M or Tennessee) West Coast team (Southern Cal, Cal State-Fullerton, or UC-Irvine) ORU 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManiacAlum Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 4-seed in Stillwater seems most likely. Would love to get a 3 there but the limited number of "western" regionals makes it tough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUSwagger Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 No Miami for the boys… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasgrip Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 Stillwater it is - third time’s a charm. #GOBLUE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theeagleman5 Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 Pokes can't be happy with that draw......should be a lot of ORU fans in attendance plus a shot at redemption vs. Dallas Baptist.....TheEagleman loves it!! Longest current win streak in NCAA D-1 and a 46-11 record....disappointing ORU didn't get a 3 seed but guessing that sweep by DBU probably cost us....... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted May 29, 2023 Author Share Posted May 29, 2023 2 hours ago, Old Titan said: My guess: Oklahoma State (12 seed nationally) SEC team (Texas A&M or Tennessee) West Coast team (Southern Cal, Cal State-Fullerton, or UC-Irvine) ORU Let’s call it a draw, Blue: we both got Stillwater, you got DBU as a 2; I got ORU as a 4 and a West Coast team as a 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasgrip Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 11 minutes ago, theeagleman5 said: Pokes can't be happy with that draw......should be a lot of ORU fans in attendance plus a shot at redemption vs. Dallas Baptist.....TheEagleman loves it!! Longest current win streak in NCAA D-1 and a 46-11 record....disappointing ORU didn't get a 3 seed but guessing that sweep by DBU probably cost us....... Interesting that they mentioned that OSU and DBU split their series this year, but no mention of ORU sweeping OSU. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasgrip Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 When will the game times be announced? - I'm loosely planning on driving over Friday for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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