Rutgers Baseball Not Selected To NCAA Tournament

[Tango Two]

Ugh


First four out #42

 

[shields]

Beat a good team.

 

[Local Shill]

Terrible.

 

[RUHotTrumpetMonkeyLove]

What. The. F***. This makes that loss yesterday even more painful.

 

[RUtix4me]

Hosed

 

[mikemarc1]

Only have ourselves to blame.

 

[RCBeta79]

Double Elimination: Michigan should have needed two win a second game.

How many at large teams made the field without reaching their conference final?

Auburn Regional​

1. Auburn (14)
2. UCLA
3. Florida State
4. Southeast Louisiana

Austin Regional​

1. Texas (9)
2. Louisiana Tech
3. Dallas Baptist
4. Air Force

Blacksburg Regional​

1. Virginia Tech (4)
2. Gonzaga
3. Columbia
4. Wright State

Chapel Hill Regional​

1. North Carolina (10)
2. Georgia
3. VCU
4. Hofstra

College Park Regional​

1. Maryland (15)
2. Wake Forest
3. UConn
4. Long Island

College Station Regional​

1. Texas A&M (5)
2. TCU
3. Louisiana
4. Oral Roberts

Coral Gables Regional​

1. Miami (6)
2. Arizona
3. Ole Miss
4. Canisius

Corvallis Regional​

1. Oregon State (3)
2. Vanderbilt
3. San Diego
4. New Mexico State

Gainesville Regional​

1. Florida (13)
2. Oklahoma
3. Liberty
4. Central Michigan

Greenville Regional​

1. East Carolina (8)
2. Virginia
3. Coastal Carolina
4. Coppin State

Hattiesburg Regional​

1. Southern Miss (11)
2. LSU
3. Kennesaw State
4. Army

Knoxville Regional​

1. Tennessee (1)
2. Georgia Tech
3. Campbell
4. Alabama State

Louisville Regional​

1. Louisville (12)
2. Oregon
3. Michigan
4. Southeast Missouri State

Stanford Regional​

1. Stanford (2)
2. Texas State
3. UC Santa Barbara
4. Binghamton

Statesboro Regional​

1. Georgia Southern (16)
2. Notre Dame
3. Texas Tech
4. UNC Greensboro

Stillwater Regional​

1. Oklahoma State (7)
2. Arkansas
3. Grand Canyon
4. Missouri State

 

[newell138]

Wow

 

[newell138]

Grand Canyon?

 

[rufeelinit]

The message is that we need to improve OOC schedule. We also did not do well enough against the best teams in our conference, which overall was not highly regarded by the committee.

 

[RUDave_01]

I'm actually shocked. I thought they had it locked up after the 3 wins in the B1G tournament.

I guess when you mix a very weak OOC schedule, losing 2 of 3 to both MD and Michigan at the end of the year and two horrible losses, it was too much to overcome for the committee. I think they should have gotten in, but I'm guessing that was the rationale. It sucks.

 

[rucoe89]

When presented with opportunity, close on it and don't leave it to chance. Lesson learned the hard way.

 

[Rutgers56]

An absolute farce. An equal farce is the Big Ten not having a representative on the committee. Athletic leadership continues to be a joke, not that I’d ever expect anyone at conference headquarters to do anything to benefit or support Rutgers.

 

[knight82]

An absolute farce. An equal farce is the Big Ten not having a representative on the committee. Athletic leadership continues to be a joke, not that I’d ever expect anyone at conference headquarters to do anything to benefit or support Rutgers.

you can be sure that if Ohio State or Michigan was snubbed, they would be very vocal

 

[Rutgers56]

you can be sure that if Ohio State or Michigan was snubbed, they would be very vocal

100% a thousand times over!

 

[anon_ivydyf0amkzay]

you can be sure that if Ohio State or Michigan was snubbed, they would be very vocal

THIS … SO VERY THIS! 🤬

 

[knight82]

I looked at the list of teams that made it. Only five Rutgers opponents in the field, three of them only becuase they won their conference tournament. Strength of schedule killed us

 

[RU Husky]

Shocking but that’s what losing series to Maryland, Iowa, Michigan will do to you. We got no respect for beating up on the rest of our schedule.

 

[CJ1987]

I understand a 1 game B1G Championship was established years ago but the logic still makes no sense to me. Going undefeated prior to that provides no reward once the Championship game arrives. I'm not complaining and I know we can't change the format but someone should reconsider this process.

 

[shields]

Grand Canyon someone wrote beat Stanford. Think we have win as good as that? Also beat Texas Tech.

 

[RCBeta79]

A Farce
Rutgers is first in NCAA runs per game, finished second in the Big Ten, played in the final, and lost one tournament game.

The ACC (ESPN Property) got (9) teams into the NCAA tournament.
Really?

Florida State (33-23; 15-15 conference) bowed out early in their tournament and was mediocre in their own conference. See the other mediocre teams in the ACC Conference that got at-large bids below:

COASTAL
ATLANTIC
Louisville (in)	18-11-1	.617	38-18-1	.675	29-6	8-9-1	1-3
Notre Dame (in)	16-11	.593	35-14	.714	17-3	10-8	8-3
Wake Forest (in)	15-14-1	.517	40-17-1	.698	26-7-1	13-9	1-1
Florida State (in)	15-15	.500	33-23	.589	26-8	6-13	1-2
NC State	14-15	.483	36-21	.632	22-10	11-10	3-1
Clemson	13-16	.448	35-23	.603	26-8	6-12	3-3
Boston College	5-25	.167	19-34	.358	10-14	9-19	0-1
Virginia Tech (in)	19-9	.679	41-12	.774	29-5	11-6	1-1
Miami (in)	20-10	.667	39-18	.684	28-8	11-8	0-2
Virginia (in)	17-13	.567	38-17	.691	29-5	7-10	2-2
North Carolina (in)	15-15	.500	38-19	.667	29-6	5-12	4-1
Georgia Tech (in)	15-15	.500	34-22	.607	22-9	11-11	1-2
Pitt	13-16	.448	29-27	.518	12-11	10-11	7-5
Duke	10-20	.333	22-32	.407	17-16	5-16	0-0

 

[shields]

Big Ten basketball got 9 teams in. Better baseball conference. Runs per game? Scored 24 runs versus a horrible Iona team. My point is people probably think Big Ten bb did not deserve 9 bids.

 

[RCBeta79]

Big Ten basketball got 9 teams in. Better baseball conference. Runs per game? Scored 24 runs versus a horrible Iona team.

Agreed, the ACC is a better baseball conference, but wins and losses on a field should count more than RPI Rankings.

It seems like the selection committee took the at-large teams from the RPI Rankings order.

Rutgers RPI was 42 on May 29, 2022.

The Big Ten need representation on the selection committee.

Through Games May. 29 2022

RANK	PREVIOUS	SCHOOL	CONFERENCE	RECORD	ROAD	NEUTRAL	HOME	NON DIV I
RANK	PREVIOUS	SCHOOL	CONFERENCE	RECORD	ROAD	NEUTRAL	HOME	NON DIV I
1	1	Tennessee	SEC	53-7	13-2	6-2	34-3	0-0
2	2	Oregon St.	Pac-12	44-15	12-5	13-2	19-8	0-0
3	3	Stanford	Pac-12	41-14	13-8	8-1	20-5	0-0
4	4	North Carolina	ACC	38-19	5-12	4-1	29-6	0-0
5	5	Virginia Tech	ACC	41-12	11-6	1-1	29-5	0-0
6	6	Wake Forest	ACC	40-17	13-9	1-1	26-7	0-0
7	7	Vanderbilt	SEC	36-21	12-7	3-2	21-12	0-0
8	15	East Carolina	AAC	42-18	15-10	4-0	23-8	0-0
9	9	Maryland	Big Ten	45-12	19-7	2-3	24-2	0-0
10	10	Oklahoma St.	Big 12	39-20	16-5	5-5	18-10	0-0
11	8	Ga. Southern	Sun Belt	40-18	13-11	3-1	24-6	0-0
12	11	Florida	SEC	39-22	12-9	5-2	22-11	0-0
13	13	Notre Dame	ACC	35-14	10-8	8-3	17-3	0-0
14	14	Auburn	SEC	37-19	10-8	5-2	22-9	0-0
15	16	Miami (FL)	ACC	39-18	11-8	0-2	28-8	0-0
16	12	Texas	Big 12	42-19	13-9	5-3	24-7	0-0
17	17	Southern Miss.	C-USA	43-16	19-6	2-0	22-10	0-0
18	19	Louisville	ACC	38-18	8-9	1-3	29-6	0-0
19	24	Oklahoma	Big 12	37-20	8-7	10-5	19-8	0-0
20	18	Georgia	SEC	35-21	9-10	3-2	23-9	0-0
21	21	Georgia Tech	ACC	34-22	11-11	1-2	22-9	0-0
22	20	Texas A&M	SEC	37-18	12-6	3-3	22-9	0-0
23	22	DBU	MVC	34-22	12-11	2-2	20-9	0-0
24	23	Virginia	ACC	38-17	7-10	2-2	29-5	0-0
25	25	LSU	SEC	38-20	10-7	2-4	26-9	0-0
26	26	Texas St.	Sun Belt	45-12	18-5	1-1	26-6	0-0
27	27	Gonzaga	WCC	36-17	20-10	4-3	12-4	0-0
28	28	Oregon	Pac-12	35-23	10-11	0-2	25-10	0-0
29	29	Florida St.	ACC	33-23	6-13	1-2	26-8	0-0
30	31	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	36-18	14-10	0-1	22-7	0-0
31	33	Liberty	ASUN	37-21	14-12	3-1	20-8	0-0
32	38	Louisiana Tech	C-USA	42-19	14-10	4-1	24-8	0-0
33	32	NC State	ACC	36-21	10-10	4-1	22-10	0-0
34	34	Clemson	ACC	35-23	6-12	3-3	26-8	0-0
35	30	Wofford	SoCon	42-16	15-7	2-5	25-4	0-0
36	36	TCU	Big 12	36-20	11-10	6-3	19-7	0-0
37	35	UTSA	C-USA	38-20	16-13	1-1	21-6	0-0
38	39	Arizona	Pac-12	37-23	12-10	5-2	20-11	0-0
39	40	Ole Miss	SEC	32-22	12-8	1-2	19-12	0-0
40	42	Old Dominion	C-USA	41-17	16-4	3-2	22-11	0-0
41	41	Arkansas	SEC	38-18	7-8	3-3	28-7	0-0
42	37	Rutgers	Big Ten	44-15	22-9	3-1	19-5	0-0
43	48	UConn	Big East	46-13	23-8	4-1	19-4	0-0
44	43	UC Santa Barbara	Big West	43-12	20-7	2-0	21-5	0-0
45	44	Texas Tech	Big 12	37-20	13-9	3-6	21-5	0-0
46	45	Kennesaw St.	ASUN	35-26	15-15	2-2	18-9	0-0
47	47	San Diego	WCC	36-18	15-9	1-0	20-9	0-0
48	46	UCLA	Pac-12	38-22	11-10	5-3	22-9	0-0
49	51	West Virginia	Big 12	32-22	12-12	4-4	16-6	1-0
50	50	Grand Canyon	WAC	41-19	21-6	3-3	17-10	0-0
51	49	Alabama	SEC	31-27	7-14	2-2	22-11	0-0
52	52	Kentucky	SEC	33-26	7-13	3-2	23-11	0-0
53	54	Louisiana	Sun Belt	36-21	14-10	3-3	19-8	0-0
54	56	Columbia	Ivy League	30-16	15-14	0-0	15-2	0-0
55	53	Penn	Ivy League	33-15	16-10	0-0	17-5	0-0
56	57	VCU	Atlantic 10	40-18	15-9	5-1	20-8	0-0
57	55	Iowa	Big Ten	35-18	12-7	8-5	15-6	1-1
58	58	Missouri	SEC	28-23	9-15	2-0	17-8	0-0
59	59	Campbell	Big South	40-17	17-6	6-2	17-9	0-0
60	60	Mercer	SoCon	40-18	15-11	1-2	24-5	0-0
61	71	Michigan	Big Ten	32-26	10-13	7-4	15-9	0-0
62	61	Xavier	Big East	33-27	19-17	2-6	12-4	0-0
63	62	Belmont	OVC	39-20	16-8	2-2	21-10	0-0
64	64	Southeast Mo. St.	OVC	37-20	11-17	3-1	23-2	0-0
65	63	Ball St.	MAC	40-19	20-10	2-3	18-6	0-0
66	65	Pittsburgh	ACC	29-27	10-11	7-7	12-9	0-0
67	68	Southern Ill.	MVC	44-16	18-9	3-0	23-7	0-0
68	66	Middle Tenn.	C-USA	29-26	16-12	4-4	9-10	0-0
69	67	Col. of Charleston	CAA	37-20	11-13	1-2	25-5	0-0
70	69	Davidson	Atlantic 10	43-13	13-5	2-2	28-6	0-0
71	74	Central Mich.	MAC	41-17	21-11	1-4	19-2	1-0
72	70	South Carolina	SEC	27-28	4-14	2-2	21-12	0-0
73	73	South Alabama	Sun Belt	31-23	10-15	0-2	21-6	0-0
74	72	Washington St.	Pac-12	26-26	10-16	4-3	12-7	1-0
75	75	Charlotte	C-USA	36-22	10-9	2-3	24-10	0-0
76	76	FGCU	ASUN	35-23	13-10	0-0	22-13	0-0
77	77	California	Pac-12	29-27	9-11	4-3	16-13	0-0
78	78	Illinois	Big Ten	30-22	12-10	3-8	15-4	1-0
79	79	Houston	AAC	37-24	11-9	4-5	22-10	0-0
80	80	Baylor	Big 12	26-28	4-13	2-3	20-12	0-0
81	81	Evansville	MVC	32-24	13-14	2-1	17-9	0-0
82	82	Nevada	Mountain West	29-26	14-17	1-4	14-5	0-0
83	83	UC Irvine	Big West	32-24	13-15	0-0	19-9	0-0
84	85	UCF	AAC	35-25	14-9	1-2	20-14	0-0
85	84	William & Mary	CAA	26-23	11-15	0-1	15-7	0-0
86	86	Fla. Atlantic	C-USA	35-23	10-11	2-1	23-11	0-0
87	87	Tulane	AAC	33-26	11-12	2-2	20-12	0-0
88	88	Portland	WCC	32-23	15-13	0-2	17-8	0-0
89	89	Washington	Pac-12	30-26	12-14	0-2	18-10	0-0
90	91	UNCW	CAA	31-24	9-12	0-1	22-11	0-0
91	90	Creighton	Big East	31-18	12-12	2-2	17-4	0-0
92	92	UAB	C-USA	30-25	13-13	0-1	17-11	1-0
93	96	Missouri St.	MVC	30-27	12-12	1-2	17-13	0-0
94	107	UNC Greensboro	SoCon	34-28	12-12	6-2	16-14	0-0
95	93	Georgia St.	Sun Belt	29-27	11-14	0-2	18-11	1-0
96	94	CSUN	Big West	32-22	18-15	0-0	14-7	0-0
97	95	Duke	ACC	22-32	5-16	0-0	17-16	0-0
98	97	Arizona St.	Pac-12	26-32	6-16	1-3	19-13	0-0
99	98	Troy	Sun Belt	32-24	12-13	1-1	19-10	0-0
100	100	Cal Poly	Big West	37-21	14-9	2-1	21-11	0-0

 

[RUTrack94]

It took a few years of success to get Lacrosse over the hump, looks like it’s the same for baseball.

 

[Tango Two]

 

[rufeelinit]

Maybe playing Miami early in the season is not such a bad idea after all? Fred Hill regularly scheduled tough OOC slates and took his chances with his overall W/L once he got into conference play.

While this team set records I don’t think it was better than some Hill’s best squads. Not saying Owens approach at this juncture of his program building is wrong, but I am sure even he would admit to those in his circle that the roster still needs a lot of work.

Playing better competition and establishing the ability to win some of those games should help recruiting.

 

[William J. Leggett]

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[Tango Two]

Rutgers baseball misses out on NCAA Tournament bid despite historic season

Despite having one of the greatest seasons in program history, the Rutgers baseball team did not earn an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.

www.nj.com

 

[RUJMM78]

Grand Canyon?

They won their league championship just like St.Peters in mens basketball.

 

[mikemarc1]

h

They won their league championship just like St.Peters in mens basketball.

This is innacurare. They didn’t win. . They were on the bubble like us and got in. Their OOC schedule was much better. 4 top 10 wins by them were the difference

 

[RU Husky]

Has Coach Owens made any public comments about the selections?

 

[knightfan7]

This is innacurare. They didn’t win. . They were on the bubble like us and got in. Their OOC schedule was much better. 4 top 10 wins by them were the difference

Rutgers was 1-3 vs the top 50, 8-8 overall vs the Top 100, and 26-7 against 101-300. This gave the southern leaning committee all they needed to keep them out.

 

[dconifer]

I was expecting Rutgers to get in, and am disappointed that they didn't. I think they deserved it, and if Michigan hadn't stolen the auto-bid, they would have been in.

But it was no accident that a team with that record rarely appeared in the national rankings, and in the end, was not picked. It's not safe to play such an anemic schedule when it's known beforehand that the conference schedule is not going to impress anybody either.

I almost feel like it hurt them to score twenty runs against schools nobody had every heard of so often. It somehow highlighted the level of schedule, and was definitely noticed.

I'm really sad and surprised that they didn't slip in, though...

 

[RUScrew85]

Sadly this is our heritage and if it ever changes it will take a looong time.

 

[RUTrack94]

So much promise coming into the weekend only to end up with so much disappointment. Most wins in team history, 2nd in P5 standings and tourney … deserved to be in the top 64.

Once I saw Baseball America had RU as last four in, I knew RU was in trouble.

Thought the WSoccer, Lacrosse, WLacrosse, MBB, and Field Hockey success got us over the benefit of the doubt hump.

Screwed over by Michigan again.

 

[DJ Spanky]

That sucks! Doesn't help that there isn't a Big 10 rep on the selection committee.

 

[dconifer]

Just in case I overdid my blabbing about the out-of-conference schedule: I was sure that Rutgers would be in the tournament as a 3-seed somewhere, and feel pretty badly that they aren't. They deserved it, but the B1G is not a league that gets a lot of respect in baseball...

 

[APKnight]

So Grand Canyon is more worthy than us? If our name were anything but what it is, we would easily have gotten in. There is something wrong in the state of Denmark.

 

[LETSGORU91]

Rutgers baseball is the new lacrosse. Keep winning and their time will come. Great season but their strength of schedule doomed them.

 

[Knight Shift]

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