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Call me a cynic, but probably not the worst thing to happen. Nothing to be gained from a win, just the potential for an ugly loss.

I'm not quite sure that's cynical, but there is a decent chance that even a win over Pacific (23-26) would lower our RPI. While I am under the general impression that at this point the RPI train has left the station, I do note:
that the loss to the Beavs dropped Stanford by 0.004, 
Stanford is currently at #16, 0.003 out of 12th, 0.009 out of 9th,
a road wins counts as 1.4 wins (as the loss to the Beavs was 1.4 losses),
ASU still has a pretty good overall record (36-15) which will help with the opponents' record half of the RPI.



With the midweek game off, I wonder what they'll do with Williams. I was thinking he'd be the fourth starter in the regional, though I suppose they could bring Palisch back to that role. Palisch has pitched quite well out of the pen lately.

Mark: What has to happen to have Beavs or Cardinal top 8 seed?

Kendall Rogers: Personally, I think either the Cardinal or Beavers have to win the Pac 12 regular season crown, and I just don’t see the pathway right now unless UCLA stinks it up the final weekend of the regular season. I would have teams like Texas Tech, ECU and even Oklahoma State ahead of those two teams in the pecking order. Not impossible, but difficult to get there, IMO.

The slightly odd thing is he doesn't appear to actually believe what he writes. He's part of the staff that has voted Stanford at #4, Texas Tech #10, ECU #8 and Oklahoma State #11. So, which is it?

[CTcard]

Call me a cynic, but probably not the worst thing to happen. Nothing to be gained from a win, just the potential for an ugly loss.

I'm not quite sure that's cynical, but there is a decent chance that even a win over Pacific (23-26) would lower our RPI. While I am under the general impression that at this point the RPI train has left the station, I do note:
that the loss to the Beavs dropped Stanford by 0.004, 
Stanford is currently at #16, 0.003 out of 12th, 0.009 out of 9th,
a road wins counts as 1.4 wins (as the loss to the Beavs was 1.4 losses),
ASU still has a pretty good overall record (36-15) which will help with the opponents' record half of the RPI.



With the midweek game off, I wonder what they'll do with Williams. I was thinking he'd be the fourth starter in the regional, though I suppose they could bring Palisch back to that role. Palisch has pitched quite well out of the pen lately.

Mark: What has to happen to have Beavs or Cardinal top 8 seed?

Kendall Rogers: Personally, I think either the Cardinal or Beavers have to win the Pac 12 regular season crown, and I just don’t see the pathway right now unless UCLA stinks it up the final weekend of the regular season. I would have teams like Texas Tech, ECU and even Oklahoma State ahead of those two teams in the pecking order. Not impossible, but difficult to get there, IMO.

The slightly odd thing is he doesn't appear to actually believe what he writes. He's part of the staff that has voted Stanford at #4, Texas Tech #10, ECU #8 and Oklahoma State #11. So, which is it?