Episode 15: Bubble Talk - a podcast by Cespedes Family BBQ

from 2018-05-08T01:19:40

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Welcome to Episode 15 of The Podcast About Division III Baseball. 16 of the 40 automatic bids have been clinched, and the regional field will be set in less than a week. Before we head into the last week of the regular season, we wanted to take a snapshot of the postseason picture and give an initial look at oh-so-terrifying at-large bubble. This episode has two primary parts:

  • Rapid fire reviewing the conference tournament results thus far (at 2:24)
    • We scroll down the Playoff Central page (so we go alphabetically) and run through all the conference tournament results thus far, with a few quick thoughts on some of the more entertaining tourneys, and the some of the more surprising results. 16 teams have clinched automatic bids. 
  • Our first look at the at-large bubble
    • First, we offer our usual disclaimers about what this conversation is, and what we are aiming to do with our bubble preview (at 12:40)
    • Presenting THE BUBBLE as it currently stands (on the evening of Monday, May 7th)
      • Pool B favorites and possibilities (at 16:00)
        • UW-Whitewater, UW-Oshkosh, Case Western
      • Pool C tiers 
        • The teams that we feel are fairly safe (at 17:30)
          •  TCNJ, CNU, Ramapo, Redlands, Cortland, Trinity (TX)
          • Other conference runner-ups that could be in good position to get an at-large (NCAC, OAC, LEC, ODAC)
        • The teams that are in good position but not quite locks (at 25:50)
          • Heidelberg, Berry, Case Western
        • The teams that have strong resumes but will need a good amount of help (at 33:20)
          • Alvernia, La Verne, Texas-Tyler, Rutgers-Camden
          • Empire 8 runner-up?
        • The teams that will need *a lot* of help (at 38:30)
          • Wash U, Piedmont, Methodist,  Johns Hopkins, MIT, UW-La Crosse, UW-Stevens Point
          • CCIW runner-up
  • Then we wish you all the best of luck and say goodbye.

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