Random Thoughts on a 'Stormy' Night....

• Tim Ernst, Robert Pavelka, Andrew Tulowitzky, and Matt Woodruff have walked across the stage and have graduated! Congrats!
• Recruiting continues to go forward in a positive direction. Its a good mix of pitchers, catchers and middle infielders. More to come..
• DIII Baseball will select the field of 53 for its Championship Tournament on Sunday night. It is not an exact science by any stretch of the imagination, but they use a Quality of Wins Index to help determine the at large berths. This thing is comparable to the BCS....and on a smaller scale creates just as much controversy. There are 33 Automatic Qualifiers who have won their conferences. Austin College is representing the SCAC as an AQ. There are another 6 selected from Pool B. Pool B are teams are in conferences that do not have an AQ....Emory is a Pool B team. Then there are 14 Pool C selections...these are for anybody who did not get a A or B selection. This is where the QOWI comes in play. To even have a chance you need a 9.5 or better (just for fun I figured ours to be 6.6, not bad considering we only won 10 games, more on that in a minute). Rhodes (36-10) and Millsaps (35-11) are in consideration for a Pool C berth....both have QOWI's around 9.5. With a load of upsets in the conference tournaments around the country their chances are dwindling slowly....Stay tuned to http://www.d3baseball.com/ for updates.
• OU's QOWI in 2007 was 6.6. We play one of the hardest, if not the hardest in-region schedules in the south. 25 wins would get us some serious consideration for an at-large berth next year. Obviously winning the SCAC is #1 on the goal sheet and as a consolation you get the AQ to the Championships.