SEC WEEKEND Thread (4/17-4/20)

[A_R_K_A_N_S_A_S]

Thursday's SEC/ESPN game of the week is #8 LSU at #12 Ole Miss and starts at 6:30pm on ESPNU.


I'm not sure who I want to win this series?




I won't be able to do the whole scoreboard thing this weekend.

[A_R_K_A_N_S_A_S]

      WARNING: SCORES OF THE RAZORBACK GAMES MAY BE SHOWN IN THIS THREAD BEFORE THE GAME IS OVER!

[dotnet]

Thursday's SEC/ESPN game of the week is #8 LSU at #12 Ole Miss and starts at 6:30pm on ESPNU.


I'm not sure who I want to win this series?

Easy - Ole Miss.  I want Arkansas to have a chance to beat a top ten team next weekend. 

[A_R_K_A_N_S_A_S]

Easy - Ole Miss.  I want Arkansas to have a chance to beat a top ten team next weekend.

Makes sense.

Ole Miss' RPI is #6 right now. Playing them on the road is actually a better chance for us to move up than it was against LSU and USCe. And, I like our chances of winning better.

[A_R_K_A_N_S_A_S]

Aaron Nola got out pitched tonight by Ole Miss' C. Ellis.

Nola, 7.2IP, 2 ER, 8 Hits
Ellis, 8.0 IP, 1 ER, 8 Hits

LSU       4
Ole Miss 3  Final 13 innings

LSU       (9-6-1)
Ole Miss (9-7)

[A_R_K_A_N_S_A_S]

            SEC STANDINGS heading into Weekend of (4/17-4/20)
**Updated standings after Fridays games are shown down in the thread below**


         UPDATED RPI AND STANDINGS AS OF THURSDAY 4/17 GAMES 

                              WEST 
Nat'l                                                             Record
Rank    RPI     Team              SEC        GB       vs Hogs
#8       20      Alabama         10-5          -        1-2     
#10       6      Ole Miss           9-6         1.0      At Oxford
#7      17      LSU                8-6-1       1.5      2-1
#22     46      Miss St             7-8         3.0      2-1
nr       74      ARKANSAS       7-8         3.0       ---
nr       54      Tex A&M           7-8         3.0      At Baum
nr       51      Auburn             6-9         4.0      At Baum


                               EAST
Nat'l                                                           Record
Rank    RPI     Team         SEC          GB       vs Hogs
#12      1       Florida        9-6            -        2-1 Hogs lost twice by 1 run                       
#6       8       So. Car       8-7          1.0       1-2 Hogs only loss was by 1 run
nr       42      Georgia       7-7-1       1.5       DNP
#12     14      Vanderbilt    7-8          2.0       At Baum, this weekend
#22     10      Kentucky      7-8          2.0       DNP
#29     18      Tennessee     6-9         3.0       DNP
   nr     91      Missouri        6-9         3.0       Final series of regular season, at Mo.

[TikiHog]

I wouldn't say he got outpitched he got left in to long but i'm sure he's back at the Hotel with a smile on his face

[jacobp]

Agreed

[dbhog]

Easy - Ole Miss.  I want Arkansas to have a chance to beat a top ten team next weekend.

Hear what you are saying but we play Auburn next weekend, not Ole Miss

[dotnet]

Hear what you are saying but we play Auburn next weekend, not Ole Miss

Oh yeah - oops

[hogman64]

So if we have played the toughest SEC schedule so far  and have played it almost at .500, which seems to merit a much better RPI than 74,  isn't  it  obvious that  we need to be scheduling better non conference games which includes getting the 5 SWAC games off the schedule.
To me those are nothing but a negative.

[ricepig]

So if we have played the toughest SEC schedule so far  and have played it almost at .500, which seems to merit a much better RPI than 74,  isn't  it  obvious that  we need to be scheduling better non conference games which includes getting the 5 SWAC games off the schedule.
To me those are nothing but a negative.

Yep, just need to replace those 5 games with 300 RPI's with 5 with 200.

[Lake City Hog]

LSU lost to Ole Miss today 5-1
Kent beat ATM                 6-3
Alabama beat Tenner        8-5
Miss St beat Missouri        3-2

[Sueie]

LSU lost to Ole Miss today 5-1
Kent beat ATM                 6-3
Alabama beat Tenner        8-5
Miss St beat Missouri        3-2

WITHOUT Nola they are nothing.

[A_R_K_A_N_S_A_S]

LSU lost to Ole Miss today 5-1Kent beat ATM                 6-3
Alabama beat Tenner        8-5
Miss St beat Missouri        3-2

Is Ole Miss for real?

[kennymayne]

Is Ole Miss for real?

I think they're the best team in the west. For some reason I just don't buy Alabama. Maybe it's because even when we were mired in a hitting slump we handled em pretty well after the Friday night game when they were allegedly stealing signs. Ole Miss is legit, though.

[A_R_K_A_N_S_A_S]

I think they're the best team in the west. For some reason I just don't buy Alabama. Maybe it's because even when we were mired in a hitting slump we handled em pretty well after the Friday night game when they were allegedly stealing signs. Ole Miss is legit, though.

I don't think Alabama will stay at the top either, but I'm just not sure about Ole Miss.

[ucahogfan]

I don't think Alabama will stay at the top either, but I'm just not sure about Ole Miss.

Me either.  Last weekend on the road against a struggling Mississippi State team was their first impressive series win in SEC play.  Outside of that, they swept both Mizzou and Auburn at home and got swept by Alabama and lost to South Carolina on the road.  If they beat LSU this weekend, I will be impressed then.

I really hope the Hogs win 5 of 6 games against Auburn and Mizzou, but will be happy with 4 wins.

[A_R_K_A_N_S_A_S]

**FULL UPDATES AT BOTTOM OF THREAD**
        SEC STANDINGS / UPDATED during SATURDAY's GAMES(4/19)[/b

              RPI / UPDATED DOWN IN THE THREAD BELOW 

                              WEST 
Nat'l                                                               
Rank    RPI     Team              SEC        GB       Record vs Hogs
#8       18      Alabama         12-5          -        1-2     
#10       4      Ole Miss          10-8        2.5      At Oxford on 5/2
#7      15      LSU                10-7-1     2.0      2-1
#22     42      Miss St             9-8         3.0      2-1
nr       56      ARKANSAS       8-9         4.0       ---
nr       58      Tex A&M          7-10        5.0      At Baum on 5/9
nr       55      Auburn             7-10        5.0      At Baum on 4/25


                               EAST
Nat'l                                                             
Rank    RPI     Team         SEC          GB       Record vs Hogs
#12      1       Florida        10-6          -        2-1 Hogs lost twice by 1 run                       
#6       8       So. Car       9-8          1.5       1-2 Hogs only loss was by 1 run
nr       43      Georgia       7-8-1       2.5       DNP
#22      9       Kentucky      9-8         1.5       DNP
#12     16      Vanderbilt    8-9          2.5       At Baum, this weekend, 1-1
#29     26      Tennessee    6-11        4.5       DNP
   nr     96      Missouri       6-11        4.5       At Mo, final series of regular season, 5/15

**Ole Miss and LSU have already completed their series this weekend.
**USCe and Auburn playing 2 Sat.
**Georgia and Florida playing 2 Sat.

[A_R_K_A_N_S_A_S]

Tennessee needs to start winning some conference games or they could be the team with the highest RPI in the country that doesn't make the NCAAT.

[TNhawgfan]

Tennessee needs to start winning some conference games or they could be the team with the highest RPI in the country that doesn't make the NCAAT.

Here's to hoping that happens 

[ladynbraids]

Ole Miss & LSU are not correct on the Friday night update.  They began the series Thursday night & have played 17 games:         

Western Division                              
Alabama   11   5    0.688   --   27   11    0.711    7-3    W-5    at Tennessee (4/19)
Ole Miss   10   7    0.588   1.5   30   10    0.75    8-2    W-1    LSU (4/19)
LSU   9   7    0.563   2   29   10    0.744    8-2    L-1    at Ole Miss (4/19)
Arkansas   8   8    0.5   3   24   15    0.615    6-4    W-3    Vanderbilt (4/19)
Mississippi State   8   8    0.5   3   24   15    0.615    5-5    W-2    at Missouri (4/19)
Texas A&M   7   9    0.438   4   23   16    0.59    5-5    L-1    Kentucky (4/19)
Auburn   6   9    0.4   4.5   21   17    0.553    3-7    L-3    DH South Carolina (4/19)

                                                                     

[jacobp]

Rooting for LSU today.

From a standpoint of us possibly jumping to the top of the west if we continue to play well

[JHicks3636]

Saturday finals

Game 1
Auburn   4
#6 USCe 2

Game2
USCe    3
Auburn  2

LSU        2 
Ole Miss  0

Game 1
Florida    3
Georgia   2

MSU       6
Missouri  2

Kentucky  11
A&M          4

Alabama    7
Tennessee  6

[TikiHog]

WITHOUT Nola they are nothing.

Seriously LOL...LSU 2-0 to win the series at Ole Miss

[A_R_K_A_N_S_A_S]

 
        SEC STANDINGS / UPDATED AFTER SATURDAY's GAMES(4/19)[/b

              RPI / UPDATED as of 9:00pm Saturday   

                              WEST 
Nat'l                                                               
Rank    RPI     Team              SEC        GB       Record vs Hogs
#8       15      Alabama         12-5          -        1-2     
#7       14      LSU                10-7-1     2.0      2-1
#10       8      Ole Miss          10-8        2.5      At Oxford on 5/2
#22     40      Miss St             9-8         3.0      2-1
nr       55      ARKANSAS       8-9         4.0       ---
nr       68      Tex A&M          7-10        5.0      At Baum on 5/9
nr       54      Auburn             7-10        5.0      At Baum on 4/25


                               EAST
Nat'l                                                             
Rank    RPI     Team         SEC          GB       Record vs Hogs
#12      1       Florida        11-6          -        2-1 Hogs lost twice by 1 run
#22      7       Kentucky     9-8         2.0       DNP
#6        5       So. Car        9-8          2.0     1-2 Hogs only loss was by 1 run
#11     17      Vanderbilt    8-9         3.0      1-1, At Baum this weekend
nr       46      Georgia       7-9-1       3.5      DNP
#29     27      Tennessee   6-11        5.0      DNP
   nr    110      Missouri      6-11        5.0     At Mo, final regular season series, 5/15

**Ole Miss and LSU have already completed their series this weekend.
**USCe and Auburn playing 2 Sat.
**Georgia and Florida playing 2 Sat.

UPDATED AFTER SATURDAY GAMES

[A_R_K_A_N_S_A_S]

As of Saturday night, the Hogs have lost a total of 4 games to teams in the EAST division.

All 4 losses were by 1 run.

4 losses by a TOTAL of 4 runs. OUCH!

The Hogs are 4-4 against the East division and the lowest ranked team we have played is #12.

[Kevin]

Yeah, and our rpi cannot get out of the 50's

[Dr. Starcs]

Update after today?

[Lake City Hog]

#6 South Carolina   4
     Auburn                   3

#11 Vanderbilt   1
       Arkansas    3

#17 Alabama    9
#29 Tennessee   10

       Georgia        3
#18 Florida   10

#22 Mississippi State   9
       Missouri           7

#24 Kentucky     2
      Texas A&M   14

Eastern Division                              
Florida          12   6   
South Carolina  10   8   
Kentucky           9   9   
Vanderbilt           8   10   
Georgia         7   10     1   
Tennessee    7   11   
Missouri           7   11   
Western Division                              
Alabama          12   6   
LSU                  10   7    1   
Ole Miss          10   8   
Mississippi State   10   8   
Arkansas            9   9   
Texas A&M          8   10   
Auburn            7   11   

I think that this would be the current standings.

Corrected Vandy's record.
Thanks Tiki!

[TikiHog]

nope Vandy is 8-10

[A_R_K_A_N_S_A_S]

Just got in and saw where Miss St beat Missouri again, that doesn't help. We need to get a game ahead of MSU because they own the head to head tiebreaker.

[A_R_K_A_N_S_A_S]

Tenner beating Bama helps. Tennessee is really struggling and I didn't think they were going to win one against Bama. That puts us back to 3 games out.

[jry04]

Just got in and saw where Miss St beat Missouri again, that doesn't help. We need to get a game ahead of MSU because they own the head to head tiebreaker.

If we are talking in terms of winning the SEC, you are correct. However, at this point, I don't see us winning the SEC.

However, in terms of RPI, MSU winning helps it at this point. Also, Tennessee beating Alabama hurts our RPI.

[A_R_K_A_N_S_A_S]

        SEC STANDINGS / UPDATED AFTER SUNDAY's GAMES(4/20)[/b

              RPI / UPDATED as of 10:30pm Sunday   

                              WEST 
Nat'l                                                               
Rank    RPI     Team              SEC        GB       Record vs Hogs
#8       16      Alabama         12-6          -        1-2     
#7       13      LSU                10-7-1     1.5      2-1
#10       9      Ole Miss          10-8        2.0      At Oxford on 5/2
#22     40      Miss St            10-8        2.0      2-1
nr       51      ARKANSAS       9-9         3.0       ---
nr       64      Tex A&M          8-10        4.0      At Baum on 5/9
nr       58      Auburn            7-11        5.0      At Baum on 4/25


                               EAST
Nat'l                                                             
Rank    RPI     Team         SEC          GB       Record vs Hogs
#12      1       Florida        12-6          -        2-1 Hogs lost twice by 1 run
#6        6       So. Car       10-8        2.0      1-2 Hogs only loss was by 1 run
#22     11       Kentucky     9-9         3.0      DNP
#11     15      Vanderbilt    8-10       4.0      1-2,Hogs only loss was by 1 run
nr       46      Georgia      7-10-1     4.5       DNP
#29     26      Tennessee   7-11        5.0      DNP
   nr    121      Missouri      7-11        5.0     At Mo, final regular season series, 5/15




***UPDATED AFTER SUNDAY'S GAMES***

[A_R_K_A_N_S_A_S]

If we are talking in terms of winning the SEC, you are correct. However, at this point, I don't see us winning the SEC.

However, in terms of RPI, MSU winning helps it at this point. Also, Tennessee beating Alabama hurts our RPI.

Yep still talking about winning or finishing high in the conference. Not giving up yet.

[josh_sec33]

man, the SEC is beating the snot out of each other this year. No teams in a run away dominant situation, and no guaranteed cellar dwellers. A sweep in one of the next two series would do wonders for us.

[A_R_K_A_N_S_A_S]

As of Saturday night, the Hogs have lost a total of 4 games to teams in the EAST division.

All 4 losses were by 1 run.

4 losses by a TOTAL of 4 runs. OUCH!

The Hogs are 4-4 against the East division and the lowest ranked team we have played is #12.

And, in those 4 losses we gave up a total of 7 runs.
1-2
0-1
1-2
1-2

[A_R_K_A_N_S_A_S]

man, the SEC is beating the snot out of each other this year. No teams in a run away dominant situation, and no guaranteed cellar dwellers. A sweep in one of the next two series would do wonders for us.

I'm kinda thinking 4 games back at this point is going to be to difficult, with 12 games left. I may be way off, just guessing. We stayed in the race today, the way I see it.

[A_R_K_A_N_S_A_S]

Next Weekend:

Alabama
So Carolina  *

Auburn
Arkansas   *  **

Georgia  *
Vandy    **

Missouri  *
Florida   **temporarily

Ole Miss **
Kentucky *

Tenn *
LSU  **

Texas AM  *
MSU  **temporarily

  * = win would help our conference race
** = win would help our RPI
(assuming we sweep Auburn)

[A_R_K_A_N_S_A_S]

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