YTD Record: 49-37 for +18.55 units
Lines aren?t out yet, but ?futures? on the regionals are. A quick note is that I believe the Regional and Super Regional hosts will likely advance at a higher rate than they have in past years. Outside of the LA Regional hosted by UCLA, every other host will have a pretty raucous crowd. With the new bats this year that have lead to considerably less scoring and therefore closer games, I expect some tight contests that nerves of visitors and the home crowd should play a factor in. Some 2 or 3 seeds that elect to save their ace for the second game when they may play the #1 seed still have a shot, I just don?t believe there will be many shocking upsets.
Just going with one future at this point:
Zona +385 (to win College Station regional) for 1/2 un it ? Zona?s top 2 starters of Heyer and Simon may not be the best starting tandem in the country, but they definitely give the Wildcats a chance against anyone they will face. Looking at the 3 and 4 seeds in the regional briefly, Hall gets in on their Big East tourney win, but just doesn?t have the offense to win against the deep pitching of Zona and A&M. Wright St. has a decent offense but their pitching staff is not good enough to get them multiple wins. Now A&M is without their ace John Stilson but still has a pretty deep staff and some starters in Wacha and Stripling that will allow them to be in any game they play. However, Zona?s offense is noticeably better than the Aggies and lined up one-on-one, Heyer and Simon edge out Wacha and Stripling. Should be one of the more interesting regionals and whomever wins, I like their chances of going to Omaha (would be paired against FSU in the Super Regionals).
gl guys
Lines aren?t out yet, but ?futures? on the regionals are. A quick note is that I believe the Regional and Super Regional hosts will likely advance at a higher rate than they have in past years. Outside of the LA Regional hosted by UCLA, every other host will have a pretty raucous crowd. With the new bats this year that have lead to considerably less scoring and therefore closer games, I expect some tight contests that nerves of visitors and the home crowd should play a factor in. Some 2 or 3 seeds that elect to save their ace for the second game when they may play the #1 seed still have a shot, I just don?t believe there will be many shocking upsets.
Just going with one future at this point:
Zona +385 (to win College Station regional) for 1/2 un it ? Zona?s top 2 starters of Heyer and Simon may not be the best starting tandem in the country, but they definitely give the Wildcats a chance against anyone they will face. Looking at the 3 and 4 seeds in the regional briefly, Hall gets in on their Big East tourney win, but just doesn?t have the offense to win against the deep pitching of Zona and A&M. Wright St. has a decent offense but their pitching staff is not good enough to get them multiple wins. Now A&M is without their ace John Stilson but still has a pretty deep staff and some starters in Wacha and Stripling that will allow them to be in any game they play. However, Zona?s offense is noticeably better than the Aggies and lined up one-on-one, Heyer and Simon edge out Wacha and Stripling. Should be one of the more interesting regionals and whomever wins, I like their chances of going to Omaha (would be paired against FSU in the Super Regionals).
gl guys
