[Papa John]

Stanford just beat Santa Clara 3-1

Caught bits and pieces of the games while I was doing work around the house. One of the announcers said that Stanford has a shot at a top 16 seed for the NCAA tournament. The good news is that the Cardinal had a #16 RPI entering the Santa Clara game. The bad news is that Santa Clara's RIP was #157 and Stanford has home games remaining vs Cal x 3 (#133 RPI and tied for last in the ACC), Pacific (#215) and UC Davis (#163). Stanford could sweep those games and see its RPI go down?

At the moment, Stanford is in 4th place in the ACC but tied in losses with 5th-place Va Tech. Va Tech has series remaining vs 9th-place North Carolina and @ 13th-place Syracuse. I have no idea how the tiebreaker would work if Stanford and Va Tech finish tied in the conference standings--they did not play each other during the regular season--but the top four seeds get first-round byes in the conference tournament, so it matters. (If the stars align perfectly, Stanford could finish as high as second.)

With that being said, I'll close with this: BEAT CAL!

[Papa John]

Stanford just beat Santa Clara 3-1

Caught bits and pieces of the games while I was doing work around the house. One of the announcers said that Stanford has a shot at a top 16 seed for the NCAA tournament. The good news is that the Cardinal had a #16 RPI entering the Santa Clara game. The bad news is that Santa Clara's RIP was #157 and Stanford has home games remaining vs Cal x 3 (#133 RPI and tied for last in the ACC), Pacific (#215) and UC Davis (#163). Stanford could sweep those games and see its RPI go down?

At the moment, Stanford is in 4th place in the ACC but tied in losses with 5th-place Va Tech. Va Tech has series remaining vs 9th-place North Carolina and @ 13th-place Syracuse. I have no idea how the tiebreaker would work if Stanford and Va Tech finish tied in the conference standings--they did not play each other during the regular season--but the top four seeds get first-round byes in the conference tournament, so it matters. (If the stars align perfectly, Stanford could finish as high as second.)

With that being said, I'll close with this: BEAT CAL!