Weekend #5 Preview + World Baseball Classic

00:00 Introduction and Sponsor Shoutout 01:25 Survivor Contest Results 03:17 Mid-Major Top 25 Rankings 07:03 Conference Tournament 18:46 Weekend Recap: Missouri vs. Texas A&M 28:53 Vanderbilt vs. Tennessee Series Highlights 36:03 Florida's Hosting Prospects and Texas Analysis 45:44 Mississippi State's Turnaround 48:24 Ole Miss and Kentucky's Postseason Hopes 52:38 Oklahoma's Struggles and Kentucky's Strategy 55:58 Arkansas vs. LSU Recap 01:03:20 Georgia vs. Alabama Series 01:07:02 Army's Patriot League Championship 01:08:53 Virginia's Tournament Chances 01:14:36 Clemson's Struggles 01:18:15 ACC Championship Race 01:29:10 ACC Baseball Overview 01:29:26 Notre Dame's Surprising Run 01:31:31 Big 12 Baseball Insights 01:37:23 West Virginia's Bullpen Woes 01:42:58 Oklahoma State 01:50:16 Big 10 Baseball Analysis 01:59:23 Southland Conference Tournament 02:06:01 Wrapping Up and Future Plans

We start the show with an hours worth of Weekend Series Pick'em  UGA vs Bama Nc St vs UNC WVU vs Kansas St Arkansas vs LSU Sac State vs Utah Valley Xavier vs Creighton Ole Miss vs Miss St Norfolk St vs Delaware St Miami vs Virginia The last hour is all dedicated to Field of 64 projections and bubble teams

Ben Upton and Noah Bieniek build a field of 64 from scratch, and they were joined by full-time Bracketologist, Rocco Miller, owner of Bracketeer.org and it was a lot of fun. We started with the 16 regional hosts and the auto-bids. Then we go to the at-large picture and fill out potential at-large teams from every conference. Next we have to go to the chopping block and establish the bubble teams that we don't have room for. Lastly we filled out the bracket and place teams where they need to go geographically. Hopefully y'all like this bonus episode with a guest who specializes in building brackets for a living. We will be back soon for our regularly scheduled weekend preview episode. 00:00 Introduction and Special Guest Announcement 00:44 Rocco Miller's Background and Expertise 01:59 Bracketology Insights and Committee Dynamics 06:10 Discussion on College Baseball Teams and Projections 16:21 Conference Auto and At-Large Bid Breakdown 01:04:25 Field of 64 Bubble Talk 01:17:35 Placing 2-Seeds Into Regionals 01:25:28 Sending 3-Seeds Into Regionals 01:30:33 What Regionals Should The 4-Seeds Go Into? 01:36:44 Wrapping Up and Reflections

SEC Recap to begin the show. Arkansas sweeps Texas, A&M wins over LSU, Vandy crazy comeback, Auburn stuns Tennessee, and Mississippi State + Florida are rolling! Next is ACC recap starting off with the crazy series of FSU vs Clemson, Miami is red hot winning 10 ACC games in a row and put themselves in hosting picture. Noah then talks about his trip this weekend for Michigan St vs Oregon. He breaks down the Ducks lineup and what they will need to do in order to make a deep postseason run. That leads into BigTen recap, where Iowa still leads the conference after droppiing a series to Washington. Four of the top 5 teams in the conference are former Pac12 teams. USC beats UCLA 2/3 and feels more comfortable in their at-large picture. Big 12 is West Virginia's for the taking after Kansas gets swept by Cincinatti. The Bearcats made a statement to the Big 12, going on the road and sweeping, thrusting themselves in the at-large picture. Lastly we hop around to miscellaneous Mid-Major conferences and talk about regional hosts and teams who need more work in order to feel comfortable making the Field of 64

Since Dimitri slept thru the last episode (LOL) he gave his thoughts on last weekends LSU vs Tennessee series, + Texas's sweep over A&M  Then we talk about Mizzou's historic run of 0-21 in SEC play... Is Chris Lemonis going to be the next Mizzou HC?  Next we talk about WHO IS GOING TO BE THE NEXT HEAD COACH OF MISSISSPPI STATE Lastly we make our weekend series pick'em picks  UCLA vs USC TCU vs Arizona NC State vs Miami Clemson vs FSU Lamar vs SELA LaTech vs Western Kentucky

The Texas Longhorns sweep A&M. One positive and one negative takeaway for each team. Jack had boots on the ground and gives his insight LSU vs Tenn was must watch late night tv this weekend. What a treat.  We then bounce around the rest of the SEC and talk HOT-COLD-HOT Theory  ACC coverage lead by NC State sweeping Clemson, Louisville wins a huge series at home against FSU, and then Miami continues to roll  West Virginia is running the Big 12 right now with their 14th straight conference win. We then recap the rest of the Big 12 with AZ State, TCU, Kansas, KState The Iowa Hawkeyes are 20-4 in B1G play!! What a great season. Other that them, its a battle of previous Pac 12 teams for 2nd thru 5th place Mid Major talk wraps it up. SunBelt, Big West, CUSA, AAC WHOS GOING TO WIN THE GOLDEN SPIKES???  

Started the show with a Weekend 10 Recap from across the country We talk the big series from Power 4 Conferences and Mid Major Then we do the Weekend Series Pick'em  Rhode Island vs George Mason Tennessee vs LSU Texas A&M vs Texas Oregon State vs Oregon UC Irvine vs Cal Poly San Diego vs Gonzaga Then we go conference by conference and visit potential conference champions, regional bids, and regional hosts. All 29 conferences are visited 

We start our show promoting our partners at Homefieldapparel.com (promo code CWS25 for 15% off) Live Club Bromaha this Thursday at 5pmET to promote the 20 new jerseys and hats that they are releasing Next we did Golden Spikes talk and pick who we think will play the best down the stretch and win the award MLB Draft discussions about who are the top position players and top pitchers this year since it's so wide open We have a fun segment of baseball business ideas that is pretty funny Lastly we make our Weekend Series Pick'em picks FAMU vs Bethune-Cookman Charlotte vs USF Auburn vs Texas Cal Poly vs UC Santa Barbara UCLA vs Oregon Kansas vs Kansas State

The show starts with SEC Talk (the full first hour of the show) We breakdown all of the weekend series of the SEC and what it means to hosting, and postseason chances.  Then we move into the Big 12 and discuss TCU, West Virginia, Arizona as the top 3 teams right now in the conference Next we talk Iowa, UCLA, Oregon, and the other teams in the BigTen who are looking good for postseason We spend a good amount of time breaking down the ACC and how it's a mess right now with conference standings, and the teams are bi-polar Lastly we go over the new Mid Major Top 25 and talk Big West, SunBelt, American, CUSA, Sothland conferences as all multibid leagues  

We open the show welcoming back La Salle Baseball, who was shut down in 2020, but after 5 years of fundraising, they announce they will be back in 2026 Then we shoutout a few mid major players who have shined this year so far.  Next we talk about the 40 Division 1 teams who have never played in an NCAA Regional Midweek was fun and we recap what happend Lastly we preview the weekend:  Kansas vs TCU Arkansas vs UGA Charleston Southern vs Mercer Kent State vs Miami OH Vandy vs Oklahoma Louisville vs NC State