Mizzou Baseball Quotes & Notes

RockMNation posts a graphic showing Big 12 fan interest by school and by sport, based on fan posts on the various SBNation sites. Baseball is not a big contender at any school.

Recruits

Three MU recruits matched up in a game at Rock Bridge High School yesterday: John Miles of Rock Bridge, plus Brett Graves and Jake Ivory of Francis Howell

■ Miles leads Rock Bridge baseball team to decisive victory (Columbia Missourian)

John Miles pitched a complete game and went 2-for-2 at the plate while also reaching on a walk and an error in the Bruins' 13-3 six-inning victory.

After getting off to a slow start because of the delay, Miles got comfortable around the third inning and ended the game with eight strikeouts.

“It just kind of sucked because we were all just waiting,” he said. “When I saw that umpire coming up, I threw like three warm-up pitches. I probably was stale and cold.”

MU vs. KSU GameDay: What's at stake

■ Big 12 Baseball notebook: NCAA bids outlook (Austin American Statesman)

Although the Big 12 standings show no clarity after the fourth spot, the league is likely to earn at least one more invitation.
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Baylor and Kansas State have the best shots , with Texas Tech also in the discussion. The Bears (38 RPI) are banking on a 9-7 road record . The Wildcats' 28 RPI is almost too good to ignore. The Red Raiders (42 RPI) need a strong finish.

■ Stat of the Week:

34

Teams that have earned at-large bids to the NCAA tournament with losing records in conference play, since 2002. The last two Division I Baseball Committees under the leadership of Tim Weiser have made it clear they do not emphasize conference records, taking five teams with sub-.500 conference records in 2009 and six in 2010. Over the previous seven years, an average of just about three teams per year got at-large bids with losing conference records.
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All of which suggests that Louisiana State need not panic about its 7-14 SEC record, that Kansas State is still doing fine with an 8-12 mark in the Big 12 . . . All those teams rank in the top 35 in the Ratings Percentage Index, and Weiser's committees have valued RPI more highly than conference records.