Super in Hattiesburg.

[dog99walker]

Southern out bid Tennessee 1000 seats for the super, by adding Temp seats.

This should spur Tennessee to get off their wallet and build something besides the “band box” that Lindsey Nelson Stadium is, but nothing still sucks like a Big Orange, so we shall see.

Welcome to toasty South Mississippi, y’all.

 

[Ghostman]

I don't think that is correct as I don't think that ballpark has any room to just throw up temporary seating.

Southern's avg attendance is more than TN and the Eagles had about 900 more for their Super last year than the Vols did. Currently, I believe the park in Hattiesburg can house more than the one in Nashville.

 

[Tomas Smid]

Deja vu as the Buzzards hosted a super last year although a much tougher draw then.

 

[The Peeper]

Both screenshots taken from their baseball home pages. Buzzards claim 6,346 last season against the Bears though.

 

[Ghostman]

Both screenshots taken from their baseball home pages. Buzzards claim 6,346 last season against the Bears though.


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I think that capacity number is actual seats at Southern Miss. They have a lot of standing room only tickets and also a number of fans with tailgating spots that have a number of people out in right field.

 

[thatsbaseball]

"This should spur Tennessee to get off their wallet and build something besides the “band box” that Lindsey Nelson Stadium is, but nothing still sucks like a Big Orange, so we shall see."

I think you can pretty well bet your house on this.

 

[dog99walker]

Knoxville news reports that number of seats was the committee’s deciding factor.
With temp seats, Southern had one thousand seats more.

 

[Perd Hapley]

Knoxville news reports that number of seats was the committee’s deciding factor.
With temp seats, Southern had one thousand seats more.

Got a link? Because I’m calling BS. Just like with MSU-Vandy in 2018, it was merit based. USM was the much higher 2-seed coming into the tourney with a more well thought of resume which is why they got paired with a lower 1-seed. The NCAA hasn’t given a crap about seating capacities or ticket sales since the mid-90’s. Now that they are officially seeding the Top 16 teams, it follows an S-curve….whether the NCAA formally admits that or not.

 

[Barkman Turner Overdrive]

"This should spur Tennessee to get off their wallet and build something besides the “band box” that Lindsey Nelson Stadium is, but nothing still sucks like a Big Orange, so we shall see."

I think you can pretty well bet your house on this.

Nah. It’s a non-revenue generating club sport. Sunk cost.*******

 

[dog99walker]

Perd go to Rockytopinsider.com

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Got a link? Because I’m calling BS. Just like with MSU-Vandy in 2018, it was merit based. USM was the much higher 2-seed coming into the tourney with a more well thought of resume which is why they got paired with a lower 1-seed. The NCAA hasn’t given a crap about seating capacities or ticket sales since the mid-90’s. Now that they are officially seeding the Top 16 teams, it follows an S-curve….whether the NCAA formally admits that or not.

Why make all this fuss? It's just a niche sport anyway.

 

[NukeDogg]

How much does the committee really try to keep the regional pairings regional though? I mean, you have Oregon St. traveling to LSU for a regional. Two years ago LSU went to Oregon. Penn got sent to Alabama. Texas Tech went to Florida....there's nothing regional about it anymore except for someone like Samford always staying local/1 state away.

The reason I ask is because I figure this is the only reason why the committee seeds the top 16 teams and they don't actually seed all 64 teams. If they seed everyone, then "who hosts the super" when the regional hosts are eliminated becomes automatic. Or is there some other reason why they don't seed all 64 that I'm not aware of?