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Kevin Warren will everything he can to counter the good vibes. That's just who he is.Talk about HUGE baseball news! Instant conference upgrade.
Nobody will go to it in sunny Southern California. I wonder if they will adopt the SEC format and expand it to 12 teams?Question for me is will the conference tournament stay in Omaha or move to sunny Southern California?
Also, that 3v6 9am game in Omaha will feel like a 7am game to those two teams.
That SEC format is strange, but does increase access and reduce the number of games for many teams.Nobody will go to it in sunny Southern California. I wonder if they will adopt the SEC format and expand it to 12 teams?
I don't disagree with what you're saying, but the league will soon be at 16 and likely go to 20-24 quickly after that so I doubt they can stick with an 8 team format for long. Regardless of any of that, they need to sign a lifetime contract with Omaha.That SEC format is strange, but does increase access and reduce the number of games for many teams.
The SEC has the luxury of doing that as they will already be getting a bunch of teams into the NCAA tournament and they know they have bigger goals in mind.
The Big Ten doesn't have that luxury and teams getting bounced also bounces them from the NCAA tournament. The Big Ten is very much a mid-major conference in baseball. Take a look at some of the basketball low- and mid-major conference tournaments. They arrange double byes in not huge conferences to make sure their top teams are exposed to little risk and to give them a better opportunity to get to the NCAA tournament.
What about something like some of the hockey conferences do (or did) and stretch out the conference tournament a little bit longer.I don't disagree with what you're saying, but the league will soon be at 16 and likely go to 20-24 quickly after that so I doubt they can stick with an 8 team format for long. Regardless of any of that, they need to sign a lifetime contract with Omaha.
The Big Ten is very much a mid-major conference in baseball.
I stand corrected. Recency bias must have gotten to me (2022: 2 B1G)The actual data doesn't support your statement. 2022 is an outlier...
2021
6 PAC
4 B12
3 B1G
2019
5 B1G
5 B12
5 PAC
2018
5 B12
4 B1G
4 PAC
2017
7 B12
5 B1G
4 PAC
2016
4 PAC
3 B1G
3 B12
2015
6 PAC
5 B1G
3 B12
Nebraska entering - 2014 = 1 or 2.
No actual mid-major has averaged 4+ teams per season in the tournament like the B1G has. We trail the B12 by 2 total bids over this same 6 season period.
LA schools are going to hate playing in B1G weather in March..
I gotta imagine UCLA would love playing the conference tournament in OmahaRegardless of any of that, they need to sign a lifetime contract with Omaha.