Megan Good lead the country in wins going 36-1 along with being second in ERA at .48.
I think it's pretty clear at this point that if she had 100 wins it wouldn't matter because unless they were all against the SEC they don't count.
Megan Good lead the country in wins going 36-1 along with being second in ERA at .48.
LSU lost to PennSt. & Tulsa
KY lost to Pitt twice.
what's your point?
The only dig against JMU in comparison to some of these other teams is strength of schedule.
JMU certainly on the bubble, at best, to host a regional. But Minnesota? That's a serious snub.
I disagree. Baylor is a very good team this season.
They have the goods to go very far.
The strength of schedule becomes a financial factor for northern schools. How much would MN had to have spent to make the committee happy? They can't hop on a bus and be at a dozen top 25 schools in 3 or 4 hours. And they can't get anyone to come to MN in February now can they? So they can spend a ton of money to go on the road to play a couple series with SEC/PAC-12 schools who have been practicing outside all season in February to make someone on the committee happy?
And then, how stupid is it to say in effect, ''We don't use the top-25 polls, except to see how many top-25 teams you've beaten.''
The bigger travesty will be when Megan Good doesn't win player of the year. While she didn't have the year some others did on the mound, she was still dominant on the mound while also being one of the best hitters in the country.
Given that Washington was on the road five weekends in a row to start the season and traveled to Puerto Vallarta and then four times to California I am sure it was very significant. They also took a trip to play Alabama during their one weekend off from Pac-12 play. They did those to improve their SOS. They also hosted Minnesota in their Husky Classic tournament and dealt the Gophers two of their three losses. Coach Tarr scheduled as tough as possible to make sure the Huskies had the resume to earn a top 8 seed. If there are teams that want to host, they need to show that they have played the best competition they could possibly play.... I can only imagine the travel cost for Washington.