Nebraska (15-9-1) vs. K State (19-11) Game Thread

[Bugeaters1]

Any ideas on who will start?

 

[hskr4life]

4 minutes ago, Bugeaters1 said:

Any ideas on who will start?

 

Personally would start Walsch.  Limited pitch count maybe so he’s a go for Sunday as well.  Tuesday/Sunday isn’t a terrible schedule/recovery time.

[Bugeaters1]

23 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

Personally would start Walsch.  Limited pitch count maybe so he’s a go for Sunday as well.  Tuesday/Sunday isn’t a terrible schedule/recovery time.

I was thinking Brockett, But maybe Garza?

[throwback]

Sounds like it'll be Clark starting - guessing they don't want to risk Walsh for even a short outing tonight so he can be ready to go Sunday. At this point, conference games are 100x more important.

 

The coaches loved Clark last fall, but he has been getting way too much of the plate so far this spring. (Kind of the opposite problem of most of our pitchers.) If they can get him going, he has a plus arm, so I suppose it's worth a shot. Maybe they found something to tweak in his delivery working on the side, because I don't think he's pitched in 3 weeks.

 

[Bugeaters1]

https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/eaf5b001-92ac-4b2b-a77b-5259ca625827

 

This a pay per veiw site, So I don't know if it'll be free or not.

[hskr4life]

Watching-- would like a few more insurance.  

 

After how that first inning started... I didn't know.  But happy with where we're at.

[Bugeaters1]

 

[Bugeaters1]

WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER!!! 

Shay looked good tonight.

[Huskerpapa]

Nice win!

[brfrad]

Much needed pitching in a mid week game.

[hskr4life]

Big win in the RPI too…. Ok, maybe not a big win, but a much needed win.

[longtimefan]

It was  nice to not see our relief pitchers walk and hit batters and throw wild pitches with runners on base.  I kept waiting for bad things to happen and we'd lose.  

[AuroranHusker]

I'll take a mid-week victory. GBR

 

 

[HuskerActuary]

16 hours ago, throwback said:

At this point, conference games are 100x more important.

Curious why you say that. All games have equal weight in the RPI. Maybe conference games are slightly more important so that we can argue we are a top-3 or top-4 Big Ten team or whatever.

[throwback]

6 hours ago, HuskerActuary said:

Curious why you say that. All games have equal weight in the RPI. Maybe conference games are slightly more important so that we can argue we are a top-3 or top-4 Big Ten team or whatever.

I don't think our RPI has much of a chance to be able to get into the Top 50 at this point - barring about 19 or 20 B1G wins.

 

Our schedule is too weak for RPI purposes. An RPI in the 51-70 range leaves us as a bubble team. Winning the B1G regular season at least gets us on the selection committee's radar, should we not win the B1G tournament. Then we have to hope for a northern team bump.

 

I just keep going back to Rutgers from last year - went 41-14 in regular season, tied for 2nd in B1G regular season at 17-7, and finished as B1G tournament runner-up. They had 26 games versus below 150 RPI. Rutgers even had a #43 RPI. But they got left out of the NCAAs.

 

Our resume this season probably is going to be very similar to theirs - outside of the RPI ranking. We're on pace for 25-30 games vs teams below 150 RPI. I can't see us climbing into the 40s in RPI ranking, though. Maybe winning the B1G regular season would have put RU over the top last year.

 

It's just a hunch on my part. 

 

Having said that, last night was a big win. K-State is likely to have a Top 100 RPI once they start playing Big 12 games, so that's a helpful win. The rest of our remaining non-con games are no help from an RPI standpoint. Our B1G home series vs Minny, NW, and PSU are about in the same boat. 

 

Edited April 5, 2023 by throwback

[hskr4life]

Our play this past week jumped us into the top 100 RPI.  We’re going to have to win…. A lot… if we want to feel comfortable on selection day.  Now— we could just win the B1G and guarantee ourselves that spot, but crazy things happen in tournament play.