{"id":17612,"date":"2022-06-14T09:31:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T13:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=17612"},"modified":"2022-06-14T15:01:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T19:01:12","slug":"cws-2022-super-regional-recap-and-cws-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=17612","title":{"rendered":"CWS 2022: Super Regional recap and CWS Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Reminder, here&#8217;s my set of CWS resources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Resources\/links I use heavily during CWS time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>D1baseball&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/d1baseball.com\/college-baseball-tournament-central\/\">tournament central page<\/a>, which has all the games in one place.<\/li><li>Top 25 lists according to d1baseball, baseballamerica, and usatoday Coaches poll.   <\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.warrennolan.com\/baseball\/2022\/rpi-live\">WarrenNolan&#8217;s RPI rankings<\/a> <\/li><li>Full <a href=\"https:\/\/d1baseball.com\/columns\/2022-ncaa-field-of-64-bracket\/\">Field of 64 at d1baseball.com<\/a> <\/li><li>Full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/news\/baseball\/article\/2022-05-30\/2022-ncaa-di-baseball-championship-bracket-announced\">field of 64 with some great data points at NCAA.com<\/a> <\/li><li>CWS tournament <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/news\/baseball\/article\/2022-05-28\/2022-college-baseball-conference-tournament-brackets-schedules-auto-bids\">resource page from NCAA.com<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a quick run-through of the Super Regionals (the higher seed is the host in all cases; the teams are listed in classic 1-16, 8-9, 5-12 &#8230; format as this dictates the pools in Omaha.  Bold = Winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>#1 Tennessee vs <a href=\"http:\/\/rball.pro\/A92A91\"><strong>Notre Dame<\/strong><\/a>: Notre Dame shocked the #1 team in the nation in Game 1, jumping way ahead early and holding on.  Tennessee rebounded to blow out ND in game two 12-4 and force the decider.  In that decider, ND&#8217;s senior leadership led to a huge upset, downing the #1 overall seed and ensuring that the #1 overall seed misses Omaha for the 3rd successive season with a 7-3. win.<\/li><li>#8 ECU vs #9 <strong>Texas<\/strong>: ECU dominated game 1, with Battlefield grad <strong>Zach Agnos<\/strong> playing SS and pitching the last two innings for the save.  Texas turned the tables on ECU in game two, coming from 2-7 down in the 7th to walk it off in the 9th to force the game 3 decider.  Unfortunately for ECU, Texas came out swinging in game 3 and blew away the Pirates to advance.<\/li><li>#5 <strong>TAMU <\/strong>vs #12 Louisville: TAMU got a walk-off win in game 1, winning in the 9th.  In game 2 TAMU held on for a 4-3 win to be the first team to punch a ticket to Omaha.<\/li><li>#4 Virginia Tech vs <strong>Oklahoma<\/strong>: VaTech&#8217;s starter was wild early, and the Hokies couldn&#8217;t recover, dropping game 1 to the Sooners.  Tech blew out Oklahoma in game two 14-8 to force the decider.  In that decider, Oklahoma scored in 7 of the game&#8217;s 9 innings to overpower tech 11-2 to move to Omaha.<\/li><li>#3 Oregon State vs #14 <strong>Auburn<\/strong>: Game 1 turned into a bullpen game, and Auburn held on for the upset win.  Oregon State won a tense 4-3 battle in game 2 to force the monday finisher.  there, the SEC team held serve and held on to take another close battle to advance.<\/li><li><strong>Ole Miss<\/strong> vs #11 Southern Miss: USM&#8217;s pitching melted down to give up 7 runs to put the game 1 out of reach.  In Game 2, Ole Miss&#8217; pitching was dominant, giving up just 3 hits to a 5-0 win and a two game sweep.  Lest we forget, Ole Miss was a 3-seed in its regional, now they&#8217;re going to Omaha.<\/li><li><strong>Arkansas <\/strong>vs #10 UNC: Arkansas controlled game one with stellar starting pitching.  In a thrilling game 2 finish, Arkansas scored two in the 9th to get a comeback, walk-off win to break UNC&#8217;s hearts and advance.<\/li><li>#2 <strong>Stanford <\/strong>vs UConn: UConn destroyed Stanford&#8217;s starter (the Pac12 pitcher of the year <strong>Alex Williams<\/strong>, getting him for 7 runs in the first inning and a half &#8230; then somehow survived Stanford scoring 6 in the bottom of the ninth to come up just short in a 13-12 thriller. Stanford 1st rounder <strong>Brock Jones<\/strong> had a 3-homer day and it still wasn&#8217;t enough.  Stanford won comfortably 8-2 in the second game to force the Monday close-out game.  Stanford controlled game three and was never really in jeopardy, punching their ticket to Omaha as the favorite thanks to #1 Tennessee&#8217;s ouster.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Summary: the seeds and hosts got shredded.  #1 out, #3 out, #4 out, #10 and #11 swept by non-seeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My Super Regional predictions: #1 Tennessee, #9 Texas, #5 TAMU, Oklahoma, #14 Auburn, Ole Miss, Arkansas, #2 Stanford.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Super Regional actuals: Notre Dame, #9 Texas, #5 TAMU, Oklahoma, #14 Auburn, Ole Miss, Arkansas, #2 Stanford<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I got 7 of 8 predictions right.  Missed on Tennessee like everyone else &#8230; though i will say the d1baseball guys really thought Notre Dame had a chance there, so its not a huge surprise.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s your 2022 CWS field.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>top half: : Notre Dame, #9 Texas, #5 TAMU, Oklahoma<\/li>\n<li>bottom half: #14 Auburn, Ole Miss, Arkansas, #2 Stanford<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Field discussion\/Conference representation:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ACC: 1: Notre Dame<\/li>\n<li>SEC: 4: TAMU, Ole Miss, Arkansas, Auburn<\/li>\n<li>Big12: 2: Texas, Oklahoma (ironically, both moving to SEC soon)<\/li>\n<li>Pac12: 1: Stanford<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SEC comes up big here, sending 4 teams to Omaha and 2 more who are actively moving to the SEC.&nbsp; The ACC, despite being nearly on a par with the SEC from a conference ranking perspective, really came up short.<\/p>\n<hr>\n\n\n<p>Star Power in the CWS: Here&#8217;s some of the big names and top 2022 draft prospects in the CWS.  Not a lot; maybe a couple guys who could go in the back half of the first, maybe a couple 2nd rounders.  This is definitely not like years past where we had upper 1st round arms all around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Notre Dame: <strong>Jack Brannagan<\/strong>, RHP\/3B two way guy, might be a 6th\/7th rounder<\/li><li>Arkansas: <strong>Cayden Wallace<\/strong>, 3B.  Perhaps a 3rd rounder.  Helium guy, can play 3B or OF, great arm, showing a ton of power.<\/li><li>Arkansas: <strong>Robert Moore<\/strong>, 2B.  Son of KC GM <strong>Dayton Moore<\/strong>, may be a 4th\/5th rounder.  Bat has struggled but still has speed.<\/li><li>Arkansas: <strong>Peyton Pallette<\/strong>, RHP: TJ surgery earlier this year, so not actually playing but projected as a 1st rounder perhaps before surgery.  Might go 2nd round.<\/li><li>Oklahoma: <strong>Peyton Graham, <\/strong>SS.  Perhaps a 2nd rounder.  Really tall and skinny guy, unclear if sticking at short.<\/li><li>Oklahoma: <strong>Jake Bennett<\/strong>, LHP: Nats pick in 2019, big body lefty who can bring it mid 90s.  2nd\/3rd rounder.  His showing against Virginia Tech may have bumped him up a round or so, could be a riser.<\/li><li>Texas: <strong>Ivan Melendez<\/strong>, 1B; national leader in homers this year with 29 and made a run at the division 1 triple crown.  1B only, but will get drafted 2nd\/3rd round<\/li><li>Texas: <strong>Silas Ardoin<\/strong>, C.  Little recruited out of HS 3 years ago, now a solid C prospect;  Perhaps 3rd round.<\/li><li>Texas: <strong>Trey Faltine<\/strong>, SS: defense-first, has slipped since being more highly regarded out of HS.  Seems like a 5th rounder<\/li><li>Texas: <strong>Pete Hansen<\/strong>, LHP.  Pitchability guy without overpowering stuff, maybe an 8th rounder<\/li><li>Ole Miss:<strong> Hayden Dunhurst<\/strong>, C.  Not a big bat, likely an 8th-10th rounder<\/li><li>Ole Miss: <strong>Derek Diamond<\/strong>, RHP; not big stuff, might go in the teens.<\/li><li>Stanford: <strong>Brock Jones<\/strong>, OF who blew up in the super regional and looks like a late 1st rounder.<\/li><li>Stanford: <strong>Kody Huff<\/strong>, C might be a 5th\/6th rounder.  <\/li><li>Auburn: <strong>Sonny Dichara<\/strong>, 1B who is the team&#8217;s biggest slugger.  Has just ridiculous stats this year (.392\/.560\/.809) but was undrafted out of HS and may go in the 5th-6th round.<br><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Predictions?&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In the top-half&#8230;#5 TAMU over #9 Texas.<\/li><li>In the bottom half&#8230;#14 Auburn over #2 Stanford<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Final: TAMU wins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reminder, here&#8217;s my set of CWS resources: Resources\/links I use heavily during CWS time: D1baseball&#8217;s tournament central page, which has all the games in one place. Top 25 lists according to d1baseball, baseballamerica, and usatoday Coaches poll. WarrenNolan&#8217;s RPI rankings Full Field of 64 at d1baseball.com Full field of 64 with some great data points [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17612"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17634,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17612\/revisions\/17634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}