i guess i was too much in disbelief over the pairings to not notice but USL has been passed over? I dont think they lost a conference series all year...maybe one. im no USL fan but thats hard to believe. oh I avoid local news if possible so sue me. how low was their rpi?
56 per boyds world. http://www.boydsworld.com/baseball/rpi/currentrpi.html edit: south alabama which finished below ULL in SBC play had a much higher rpi of 39. i think they didnt' want to send ULL back to the Alabama regional site. plus they had a much cleaner regional site featuring alabama, troy, and south alabama. (#5, #22, and #39 RPI teams).
RPI was 48. SOS was 101. They took the 3rd place team South Alabama over USL. They had a better RPI (40) and SOS (63), but finished 2.5 games behind USL. How Missouri and Stanford got in is a mystery. Their numbers really suck. EDIT: numbers from Warren Nolan
Don't forget that they're also a member of that awesome Pac-10 conference. You know, the one where there last place team could beat the sh!t out of the champion of every other conference!!! o:
