Raleigh Regional Preview (sort of)

Wolfpack Baseball (35-20) didn’t necessarily have a stellar ACC Tournament showing in Durham last week. But after falling in consecutive games to Florida State and Miami, the Pack rebounded with a much needed win over Georgia Tech.

In all likelihood, the win kept the Pack from losing the opportunity to be named a regional host for the first stage of the NCAA Baseball Tournament. And even if that’s not true, the victory over the Jackets was good for the Pack to get back in the win column and build some confidence/momentum as they get set to host the opening round this weekend.

Raleigh Regional

My apologies in advance, but due to some unexpected “lack of free time” issues this week, this is going to be mostly links. And probably from more smarterer folks than me anyway. If we advance to Super Regionals, I semi-promise a better write up next week.  Probably.

NC State Hosts Raleigh Regional (GoPack.com)
(links, info, tickets, etc.)

Navy Baseball Selected to Participate in Raleigh Regional (NavySports.com)

At 35-20, overall, and 15-13 in ACC play, North Carolina State will be hosting a regional for the fifth time in program history. Under the guidance of 20th-year head coach Elliott Avent, the Wolfpack were the fifth seed in this past weekend’s ACC Tournament and went 1-2 with a 7-5 victory over Georgia Tech and setbacks to Florida State, 7-3 and Miami, 8-7.

The second-seeded Chanticleers of Coastal Carolina are 44-15 and come in with an RPI of 12 after going 4-0 and winning the Big South Championship. Saint Mary’s will be participating in its first-ever NCAA Tournament after defeating Gonzaga on Saturday in the finals of the West Coast Conference championship. The Gaels from Moraga, Calif. went 3-0 at the WCC tournament over the weekend.

“Winning an automatic bid as the Patriot League champion was a goal of team since last fall,” said Kostacopoulos. “Now we have a new challenge and goal ahead of us and I know we are all looking forward to it.”

All games of the regional will be streamed live on ESPN3.com.

 

Coastal Carolina baseball draws No. 2 seed in Raleigh regional (MyrtleBeachOnline.com)

Coastal Carolina, which swept the Big South regular-season and tournament titles, was hoping its No. 12 RPI and No. 7-rated non-conference strength of schedule would be enough to make it one of the 16 regional host sites for the first time since 2010. The Chants won their last 10 games and 31 of their last 37, but that momentum wasn’t enough to sway the selection committee.

Five teams that finished behind the Chants in the RPI earned the right to host, including a Virginia team they beat early in the season.

By Monday, though, Gilmore said he and his team had moved on from that slight.

 

Buncha damned whiners.  But yeah, they’re good.  Arguably just as good as we are.  And in all honestly, they did deserve a hosting bid.  And if they’ve got a chip on their shoulder it makes them good AND motivated.

This is why Coastal scares the bejesus out of me.

2016 NCAA Raleigh Regional Schedule

Friday, June 3
Game 1 – No. 2 Coastal Carolina vs. No. 3 Saint Mary’s, 2 p.m. – ESPN3
Game 2 – No. 1 North Carolina State vs. No. 4 Navy, 7 p.m. – ESPN3

Saturday, June 4
Game 3 – Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 2 p.m. – ESPN3
Game 4 – Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 7 p.m. – ESPN3

Sunday, June 5*
Game 5 – Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 1 p.m. – ESPN3
Game 6 – Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 4, 6 p.m. – ESPN3

Monday, June 6
Game 7 – Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 6, 7 p.m. (if necessary) – ESPN3

*Because of Sunday’s Ironman event being held in Raleigh, if you’re planning on attending either of Sunday’s games, you’re gonna want to take a look at this road closure map and choose an alternate route to The Doak.

 

No highlights to share this week, so instead I’ll give you a few clips of some guys who really hate umpires (and also bullpen phones….apparently). Also, that was a helluva cover up Dustin Pedroia. Well done.

George Brett is still a huge…ummmm…jerk (family site profanity editor…ENGAGED).

And even minor league skippers have their moments.

OK, that’s all I got. If the Pack advances, they are most likely to face LSU in Baton Rouge for the Super Regionals. I promise I will start doing advanced research on the Bayou Bengals so I don’t drop a badly done preview like this one on you next week. Which probably assures that LSU will get upset and I’ll have to research someone else instead at the last minute.

Meh, it’s baseball, who cares?

Go Pack!!!!!

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  • #104207
    TheCOWDOG
    Moderator

    RE: Pickle.

    The guy on first should have been standing on second, keeping a runner in scoring position following a gaffe.

    #104208
    Gowolves
    Participant

    RE: Pickle.

    The guy on first should have been standing on second, keeping a runner in scoring position following a gaffe.

    You are right. The runner was able to make back to second and avoided the tag. But my point was to get in the base path and run him to third and toss relatively quickly. If you don’t get him then make sure he ends up back on second base and not on third where a sac fly scores him. My ultimate point I was making though was not run at him while still on the infield grass. He gives the runner the ability to get around the tag without leaving the base path and possibly being called out for leaving the base path. Just basic positioning yourself.

    #104209
    Wufpacker
    Participant

    Duke goes home, SCar survives.
    And I’ll be damned…Xavier all over Vandy. Yikes.

    #104210
    Wufpacker
    Participant

    Xavier has their own version of Carlos Rodon, btw. That kid’s good…wish he’d transfer to Raleigh.

    #104211
    Gowolves
    Participant

    Xavier just blew it open after it being a tight game for a bit.

    You have to think that the death of the Vandy pitcher then the game being rained out last night put them in a really bad place. I think if they had played last night it would have been better for them. Instead they had time to sit around and dwell on it more. If you haven’t read the details about the drowning it’s horrible.

    #104212
    Wufpacker
    Participant

    Yeah, I switched away to watch the end of SCar/Duke, then when I switched back I was like WTF???

    #104213
    ncsu1987
    Participant

    Rebs in trouble in Oxford. Tulane 2 run homer, top of 9th to take a one run lead. Loss would eliminate Ole Miss.

    #104214
    Wufpacker
    Participant

    tOSU getting Louisville’d in a driving rain. That’s gotta feel good.

    #104215
    Gowolves
    Participant

    ECU better not act like a real team and beat UVA. They need to know their place.

    #104216
    Wufpacker
    Participant

    Neither Navy nor St.Mary’s appears ready to go home just yet. Knotted at 5 going to bottom (St.Marys’ half) of the 9th, Navy left the bases loaded in their half.

    #104217
    TheAliasTroll
    Participant

    I can’t find a preview for tonight’s game.. tried gopack & google and not a damn thing. Anybody got anything or we’ll just find out about the matchups at 7?

    #104218
    Wufpacker
    Participant

    No idea. I was looking earlier and similarly came up with bupkus.

    #104219
    Wufpacker
    Participant

    When manager’s turn in lineup cards, the twitter feed usually tweets the lineups, but given how Navy/St.Mary’s is going, that could be a while yet.

    #104220
    Gowolves
    Participant

    Xavier has their own version of Carlos Rodon, btw. That kid’s good…wish he’d transfer to Raleigh.

    Speaking of Rodon the White Sox traded for James Sheilds. Expected to be third in the rotation. Not good for Rodon. He has struggled this year. He is 1-0 in his last three starts. I bet he is still having trouble getting that slider down in the zone.

    #104221
    TheAliasTroll
    Participant

    Glad it’s not just me not being able to use the internet then! Sounds like this game probably won’t start on time.

    #104222
    Wufpacker
    Participant

    Yeah, I saw that on the ticker about the Shields trade.

    #104223
    Wufpacker
    Participant

    Glad it’s not just me not being able to use the internet then! Sounds like this game probably won’t start on time.

    I believe it will start no earlier than 55 minutes after first game ends. I could be wrong on that but I believe that is correct. So yeah, we’re already 15 minutes in the hole and they show no signs of ending anytime soon.

    #104224
    BJD95
    Keymaster

    I tried desperately to come up with a trade proposal to beef up my man Barry’s team for a WS run before he leaves office AND send Rodon to Most Glorious el beisbol Cardinals.

    Making the Small Bears angry would have been a lovely bonus.

    #104225
    Wufpacker
    Participant

    I might have spoken too soon…St.Mary’s threatening.

    #104226
    TheAliasTroll
    Participant

    I’m surprised Barry’s not more of a San Fran kinda fan.

    #104227
    BJD95
    Keymaster

    I hope our wolven nine are good nappers.

    #104228
    Wufpacker
    Participant

    Nope. Dammit…going to 13th.

    #104229
    TheAliasTroll
    Participant

    I might have spoken too soon…St.Mary’s threatening.

    we probably won’t start till midnight

    #104230
    Wufpacker
    Participant

    I hope our wolven nine are good nappers.

    Yeah, no shit. And whoever is the probably already shaky starter has even more time to get into his own head now soooo…BONUS.

    #104231
    TheAliasTroll
    Participant

    Anybody know the starting pitchers tonight for both teams?

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