I went to the game. It started lightly raining in the 2nd inning. I could see my breath. I stayed until the Devils no-no was broken up in the 6th. ASU cruised 11-1 against a bad Gonzaga team.
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Weekend sweep against a totally overmatched Gonzaga team. I have been to almost every home game the previous 3 seasons and this year is, by far, the best I’ve felt about the pitching during the Bloomquist era. We’re seeing the bullpen establish roles and the weekend starters are settling in. Hitting is picking up but this offense has not hit its stride yet.
Up next, a solo weekday non-conference game in Tucson then they open conference play against a good TCU team on the road. Currently sitting at 12-4, this week will give us a good idea where this team is really at.
Side note: New polls were released this morning and not a single BigXII team is in any top 25 poll
Up next, a solo weekday non-conference game in Tucson then they open conference play against a good TCU team on the road. Currently sitting at 12-4, this week will give us a good idea where this team is really at.
Side note: New polls were released this morning and not a single BigXII team is in any top 25 poll
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Great to see this support and outcome. The hitting streak from the Grambling transfer K. Walker continues, too.
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I’m missing this weekend’s games due to a funeral out town but my son used the tickets and said place was packed as evidenced by the pic. ASU takes first game of the weekend series. Let’s continue to ruin the Kansas March
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Sun Devils salvage the final game of a three game series with Arizona.
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Recap:
To open the season, predictions had ASU a 5th place team in the conference.
ASU currently at 34-18 , 18-9 in conference and in 2nd place holding some tie breakers.
This is the last week of the season with a midweek against GCU and weekend series in Stillwater. Team is playing pretty well generally. Bullpen can make things more interesting than one would hope.
Currently they are pretty firmly in the postseason. There is a path for them to host a regional. Getting to a regional is a great next step and hosting would be huge. I feel like this team is slowly starting to peak.
To open the season, predictions had ASU a 5th place team in the conference.
ASU currently at 34-18 , 18-9 in conference and in 2nd place holding some tie breakers.
This is the last week of the season with a midweek against GCU and weekend series in Stillwater. Team is playing pretty well generally. Bullpen can make things more interesting than one would hope.
Currently they are pretty firmly in the postseason. There is a path for them to host a regional. Getting to a regional is a great next step and hosting would be huge. I feel like this team is slowly starting to peak.
One weekend put us at 2nd and probably a good bet for the tourney to desperation. Awesome. Does Willie survive this if we get bounced by BYU?
Yes I think he survives. Rossini and Willie are buddies and so I think it likely he will give him one more year and Willie will have the full compliment of 34 scholarships to play with which hasn’t been the case. Also, I feel like the word out there is their NIL situation has improved. Maybe not enough but it’s improved
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NIL and scholarships are important, for sure, but CWB has also underachieved, given the talent he has available. He's gotta be on the hot seat, especially if ASU misses the postseason.
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SeattleCardinal
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Still not looking good in the 9th inning.
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Really disappointing, with everything on the line. Not sure if WB survives this, especially if this was the last game for ASU.
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I think he survives this although it is certainly disappointing. It is still possible they make the postseason although I fear they just played themselves out of it. This is the problem with a single elimination tournament. One poor outing and that’s it. No excuses. They crapped the bed.
Willie will likely get next season with a full compliment of 34 scholarships and that is huge considering not every school out there is increasing. NIL needs to improve as well so that is an issue.
The problem for Willie is the talent drain after this season officially ends. Tobias and King are gone. So is Cromwick. Most certainly Walker, Compton and Jackson will be gone. Good chance Vu. That is 7 players out of your position player group that’ll all need to be replaced if they are all in fact gone. Plus you likely lose your talented but inconsistent Friday starter, you lose your Saturday starter and an important bullpen arm in Jonah Goblin Giblin.
That is alot to replace. I also think losing Nu’u Contrades a couple weeks ago to his stupid injury was really more debilitating than people understand and I think is directly responsible for one of the reasons this season has ended the way it has
SeattleCardinal
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Not too optimistic about ASU backing into a bid. Too many bid-stealers won this weekend. The Sun Devils have only themselves to blame. They should not be in such a precarious situation.
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ASU gets lucky! A winnable bracket, close to home.
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It's a bit surprising ASU making the NCAA Tournament after losing their last four games.
I don’t really think it was all that lucky. Yes they seemed to play themselves into the bubble but there is no earthly reason they should have been left out if the committee was bringing in Oklahoma St, Kentucky and Cincinnati. Straight W/L records and ASU had all 3 of them beat. The RPI which nobody can really quantify to have it make sense and perhaps the 4 game playing streak made things more difficult.
This is a winnable regional for sure. Irvine is good but they are still a mid major and ASU split earlier this year with UCLA.
The more I looked into it the more convinced I was they were likely in but unfortunately they played in such a way that they left it up to the committee to decide rather than bullying their way in
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Yeah, the luck I was referring to was where they got slotted. ASU could have been shipped off to a much tougher, more distant regional.
