Hellerball is on fire!!

[iowajerms]

I know Iowa baseball is no national powerhouse and has been blessed with an easy schedule so far. But right now they are top of the conference (above 2 ranked teams) by more than a game. Iowa will probably crack Top 25 in Coaches Poll this week.

- Iowa has won 16 of there last 20
- Won all 8 conference series so far, 4 were sweeps
- Has 3 good starting pitchers

 

[iowajerms]

I hope i didn't jinx Iowa and they fall apart the rest of the season.

 

[PeoplesChicken]

I hope i didn't jinx Iowa and they fall apart the rest of the season.

What are you going to do if they lose every game the rest of the season?

Have you no shame?

 

[Red_Alert]

I know Iowa baseball is no national powerhouse and has been blessed with an easy schedule so far. But right now they are top of the conference (above 2 ranked teams) by more than a game. Iowa will probably crack Top 25 in Coaches Poll this week.

- Iowa has won 16 of there last 20
- Won all 8 conference series so far, 4 were sweeps
- Has 3 good starting pitchers

Y'all got a good coach. For Big 10 talent.

Post in thread 'B1G Tourney'

May 25, 2023

Nice win. I've always liked your coach.

Need a Nebraska/Iowa championship to fill Charles Schwab Field with 24,000.

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[iowajerms]

 

[iowajerms]

Y'all got a good coach. For Big 10 talent.

Post in thread 'B1G Tourney'

May 25, 2023

Nice win. I've always liked your coach.

Need a Nebraska/Iowa championship to fill Charles Schwab Field with 24,000.

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[iowajerms]

Iowa's remaining schedule could be a great thing for Iowa or it could be a horrible thing for Iowa.

May 2-4 - @ Washington (3 games series)
May 7 - @ UI-Chicago
May 9-11 - Oregon State (3 game series)
--- D1Baseball #7/Coaches Poll #12
--- Game played at Principal Park in Des Moines
May 15-17 - Oregon (3 game series)
---D1Baseball #6/Coaches #10

May 20-25 - B1G Tournament (in Omaha)
B1G teams in rankings
--- D1Baseball - #6 Oregon, #14 UCLA
--- Coaches - #10 Oregon, #14 UCLA

B1G Standings
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[Red_Alert]

Iowa's remaining schedule could be a great thing for Iowa or it could be a horrible thing for Iowa.

May 2-4 - @ Washington (3 games series)
May 7 - @ UI-Chicago
May 9-11 - Oregon State (3 game series)
--- D1Baseball #7/Coaches Poll #12
--- Game played at Principal Park in Des Moines
May 15-17 - Oregon (3 game series)
---D1Baseball #6/Coaches #10

May 20-25 - B1G Tournament (in Omaha)
B1G teams in rankings
--- D1Baseball - #6 Oregon, #14 UCLA
--- Coaches - #10 Oregon, #14 UCLA

B1G Standings
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Y'all have had a good season thus far (relatively).

Iowa is probably sub .500 in the SEC.
They're not ranked in the Top 25 because their RPI is 60. Winning the Washington series will certainly help in winning the Big 10 regular season, but it's not gonna help your RPI since Washington's RPI is 80th.

I wouldn't put much stock in it if Iowa beats Oregon St. Nebraska won their 3 game series against them. It should improve Iowa's RPI somewhat. I'm actually surprised you're playing an OOC 3 game series with the Beavs this far into your Big 10 schedule, but y'all really need to win that series.

If Iowa holds on to win the Big 10 'regular season' they're probably pretty safe to get into the NCAA Tournament come Selection Monday even without getting an auto-bid by winning the Big 10 Tournament too.

In 2022 Rutgers had 44 wins and an RPI of 42nd but still got dissed by the selection committee. However, they did not win the regular season or the Big 10 tournament. They were #2 in conference play behind Maryland.

Just keeping you grounded.

Rutgers Baseball left out of NCAA Tournament as historic season ends

The Scarlet Knights fell just short of its first bid since 2007.

www.onthebanks.com

 

[iowajerms]

Y'all have had a good season thus far (relatively).

Iowa is probably sub .500 in the SEC.
They're not ranked in the Top 25 because their RPI is 60. Winning the Washington series will certainly help in winning the Big 10 regular season, but it's not gonna help your RPI since Washington's RPI is 80th.

I wouldn't put much stock in it if Iowa beats Oregon St. Nebraska won their 3 game series against them. It should improve Iowa's RPI somewhat. I'm actually surprised you're playing an OOC 3 game series with the Beavs this far into your Big 10 schedule, but y'all really need to win that series.

If Iowa holds on to win the Big 10 'regular season' they're probably pretty safe to get into the NCAA Tournament come Selection Monday even without getting an auto-bid by winning the Big 10 Tournament too.

In 2022 Rutgers had 44 wins and an RPI of 42nd but still got dissed by the selection committee. However, they did not win the regular season or the Big 10 tournament. They were #2 in conference play behind Maryland.

Just keeping you grounded.

Rutgers Baseball left out of NCAA Tournament as historic season ends

The Scarlet Knights fell just short of its first bid since 2007.

www.onthebanks.com

I am grounded. I am not actually worried too much about the Oregon State game. It was a great game to feature in Des Moines, but it means nothing to the B1G race.

Oregon worries me though. Even though Iowa is Top 10 NCAA in ERA and Top 15 in WHIP, Oregon is Top 10 in HR and Top 15 in fielding percentage. Oregon also has series win over UCLA, so they will be hoping to catch them if UCLA drops a few games. And of course, catching Iowa would be bigger. Oregon would win a 3-way tie with Iowa and UCLA.

 

[Red_Alert]

I am grounded. I am not actually worried too much about the Oregon State game. It was a great game to feature in Des Moines, but it means nothing to the B1G race.

Oregon worries me though. Even though Iowa is Top 10 NCAA in ERA and Top 15 in WHIP, Oregon is Top 10 in HR and Top 15 in fielding percentage. Oregon also has series win over UCLA, so they will be hoping to catch them if UCLA drops a few games. And of course, catching Iowa would be bigger. Oregon would win a 3-way tie with Iowa and UCLA.

I wouldn't complain if Nebraska were in Iowa's shoes right now. There's just no guarantee of a Big 10 team making the NCAA Tourney without getting an auto-bid for winning the Big 10 Tourney.

Adding Washington, Oregon, UCLA, and USC should help RPI's some.

 

[iowajerms]

I wouldn't complain if Nebraska were in Iowa's shoes right now. There's just no guarantee of a Big 10 team making the NCAA Tourney without getting an auto-bid for winning the Big 10 Tourney.

Adding Washington, Oregon, UCLA, and USC should help RPI's some.

I am actually excited about Iowa in the post-season. I think this is one of the more complete teams Iowa has had since I started following them (whenever Jake Adams led the NCAA in HRs, 2017 I think). Iowa since then, Iowa has had a few regional finals. I think with their depth in pitching, they could be a surprise team. I almost want them to have a seed not as good as what they want. I think they would play better with a chip on their shoulder.

 

[iowajerms]

Was a good night for UCLA. Iowa and Oregon both lost and UCLA won.

 

[iowajerms]

What a crazy game for Olbermueller.

Had 7 strikeouts in 4 innings with only two allowed on base.

Then in the 5th inning, had 2 hit batters and 3 walks - allowing 2 unforced runs.

 

[Red_Alert]

Y'all have had a good season thus far (relatively).

Iowa is probably sub .500 in the SEC.
They're not ranked in the Top 25 because their RPI is 60. Winning the Washington series will certainly help in winning the Big 10 regular season, but it's not gonna help your RPI since Washington's RPI is 80th.

I wouldn't put much stock in it if Iowa beats Oregon St. Nebraska won their 3 game series against them. It should improve Iowa's RPI somewhat. I'm actually surprised you're playing an OOC 3 game series with the Beavs this far into your Big 10 schedule, but y'all really need to win that series.

If Iowa holds on to win the Big 10 'regular season' they're probably pretty safe to get into the NCAA Tournament come Selection Monday even without getting an auto-bid by winning the Big 10 Tournament too.

In 2022 Rutgers had 44 wins and an RPI of 42nd but still got dissed by the selection committee. However, they did not win the regular season or the Big 10 tournament. They were #2 in conference play behind Maryland.

Just keeping you grounded.

Rutgers Baseball left out of NCAA Tournament as historic season ends

The Scarlet Knights fell just short of its first bid since 2007.

www.onthebanks.com

I am grounded. I am not actually worried too much about the Oregon State game. It was a great game to feature in Des Moines, but it means nothing to the B1G race.

Oregon worries me though. Even though Iowa is Top 10 NCAA in ERA and Top 15 in WHIP, Oregon is Top 10 in HR and Top 15 in fielding percentage. Oregon also has series win over UCLA, so they will be hoping to catch them if UCLA drops a few games. And of course, catching Iowa would be bigger. Oregon would win a 3-way tie with Iowa and UCLA.

Iowa gonna choke the Big 10 regular season conference championship away?

Y'all could end up 3rd now.



Iowa: Oregon (Iowa RPI 67th)
UCLA: Northwestern (UCLA RPI 10th)
Oregon: @ Iowa (Oregon RPI 19th)

UCLA and Oregon are into the NCAA Tourney regardless of what happens. However, unless Iowa wins the Oregon series and the Big 10 regular season championship, I can see them needing the Big 10 Tournament auto-bid to get into the NCAA Tournament.

 

[iowajerms]

Iowa gonna choke the Big 10 regular season conference championship away?

Y'all could end up 3rd now.

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Iowa: Oregon (Iowa RPI 67th)
UCLA: Northwestern (UCLA RPI 10th)
Oregon: @ Iowa (Oregon RPI 19th)

UCLA and Oregon are into the NCAA Tourney regardless of what happens. However, unless Iowa wins the Oregon series and the Big 10 regular season championship, I can see them needing the Big 10 Tournament auto-bid to get into the NCAA Tournament.

I think Iowa could have won 2 games vs Oregon State if it weren't for errors. Would be interesting to see if they would have won yesterday (ended in a tie after 10th inning due to commercial flight schedule).

I think Iowa has the pitching and hitting to beat Oregon in a series, but I think their fielding will cost them.

 

[iowajerms]

 

[iowajerms]

Here is a graphic I made today. I had ChatGPT help out with a few scenarios, especially if Iowa and UCLA tied at 22-8 with Oregon being 21-9. Iowa and UCLA would be considered co-B1G champions, but UCLA would get the #1 seed because the RPI criteria.

 

[Red_Alert]

Y'all have had a good season thus far (relatively).

Iowa is probably sub .500 in the SEC.
They're not ranked in the Top 25 because their RPI is 60. Winning the Washington series will certainly help in winning the Big 10 regular season, but it's not gonna help your RPI since Washington's RPI is 80th.

I wouldn't put much stock in it if Iowa beats Oregon St. Nebraska won their 3 game series against them. It should improve Iowa's RPI somewhat. I'm actually surprised you're playing an OOC 3 game series with the Beavs this far into your Big 10 schedule, but y'all really need to win that series.

If Iowa holds on to win the Big 10 'regular season' they're probably pretty safe to get into the NCAA Tournament come Selection Monday even without getting an auto-bid by winning the Big 10 Tournament too.

In 2022 Rutgers had 44 wins and an RPI of 42nd but still got dissed by the selection committee. However, they did not win the regular season or the Big 10 tournament. They were #2 in conference play behind Maryland.

Just keeping you grounded.

Rutgers Baseball left out of NCAA Tournament as historic season ends

The Scarlet Knights fell just short of its first bid since 2007.

www.onthebanks.com

Iowa gonna choke the Big 10 regular season conference championship away?

Y'all could end up 3rd now.

View attachment 136300

Iowa: Oregon (Iowa RPI 67th)
UCLA: Northwestern (UCLA RPI 10th)
Oregon: @ Iowa (Oregon RPI 19th)

UCLA and Oregon are into the NCAA Tourney regardless of what happens. However, unless Iowa wins the Oregon series and the Big 10 regular season championship, I can see them needing the Big 10 Tournament auto-bid to get into the NCAA Tournament.

And Iowa's regular season crashed and burned in a resounding sweep to Oregon.

1) Oregon: (22-8) End of regular season
2) Iowa: (21-9) End of regular season
2) UCLA (21-9) Final game now vs Northwestern (UCLA 2-1, Mid 3rd inning)

Iowa to potentially drop to 3rd in the Big 10 regular season final standings.

Even if they hang on to 2nd place they'll likely need to win the Big 10 Tournament to get an auto-bid to the NCAA Tournament.

As I'd said before, Rutgers was left out of the 2022 NCAA Tourney with 44 overall wins, an RPI of 42nd and a #2 finish in the Big 10 regular season.

Iowa's got 32 wins and an RPI of 73rd going into today.