Congrats to DBU!

Could have an all Baptist Super regional. Who's gonna buy the beer????

Congrats DBU!!! Coach Heefner has put a great program together. Good Luck in the Super Regionals!!!

Congrats to Staff Daddy and Chris Haney!

****! Baylor couldn't hang on, Cal won with a walk off 2 rbi single. They are both #3 seeds, could it happen that DBU could host a Super Regional???? That would be AWESOME!!!!! DBU has a much better record than Cal so it could happen!

Final RPI rankings have DBU one spot ahead of Cal. Things just got really interesting on where the super regional will be this weekend.

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/baseball/d1

Quick Trip Park in Grand Prairie...just guessing of course.

It will be a neutral site

My son hung up the cleats at DBU last May, but is still absolutely thrilled to be associated with the program and to know so many guys out there on the field. What a thrilling time for the Dallas Baptist program!

If anyone is being recruited by DBU now or in the future, give serious consideration. You could not ask for better coaches to not only help you develop as a player, but as a person as well. The coaches still text my son and email me and my husband to see how he is doing. They genuinely care about every one of their players. The character they exhibit is extremely rare in college baseball circles. Don't miss out on the chance to play for them.

Congrats to DBU, Chris Haney, Josh Wilson, and Jarred Stafford!

Wow what a game!

Patriots Clench First-Ever NCAA Super Regional Berth

Not much of a neutral site if you ask me.

Are super regionals typically played at neutral sites?

Super Regionals are hosted by the higher seeded team. DBU has a higher RPI than Cal. Neither team has a facility suited to host, so the NCAA is putting them at Santa Clara, which is across the Bay from Cal. I would think a neutral sight would be Vegas, BYU, or Utah.

But, it's an NCAA tournament, so baseball is not the key component.

Money is the key component.

So, from an attendance and money point of view, (the NCAA point of view) it's better to have the games hosted by one of the teams instead of making both sets of fans travel.

FO,

I agree, so why not play it at QT park in GP, or at TCU since DBU is the higher seed. Wait, I'm trying to put logic and the NCAA in the same thought. What was I thinking?

Right, FD, but I'm betting that they think the attendance will be better in CA, since Berkley is a larger school.

I wished it was going to be here, though, since Haney, Stafford, Wilson, and Collins are my younger sons former teamates.

Hopefully, it will be televised locally.

At least an internet feed.

DBU will win anyway! I'm headed to Omaha this year anyway so it would be that much more fun.

Lived in the Bay Area while in the service. Cal can't draw at Berkeley much less Santa Clara.

That's a bad deal for DBU.

Cal, does not have lights, that was the first glich. DBU, should not be there. They got hot, enough, said.

Heck, they went 0-4 against UTA. UTA, did not even make their conference tournament.

Yes, UTA definitely had their number. The same can't be said, however, for Rice, TCU, Oklahoma, etc. According to Warren Nolan, DBU is 8-4 against Top 50 teams this year.

DBU most definitely should be there. Nationally, they are third in OBP, 6th in SLG, 2nd in runs, 8th in doubles, 7th in HR's, 2nd in RBI's, etc. Kinda hard to argue with those numbers.

I aggree with you infield08 that DBU should be where they are. Not to sway from the subject but look at this year's Super Bowl winner. Had it not been for Desean Jackson scoring the last touchdown against The New York Football Giants, the Packers would not have even been in the playoffs!!! And they were a 6th seed and had to go on the road for 3 weeks to get to the Big Dance!!!

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Cal, does not have lights, that was the first glich. DBU, should not be there. They got hot, enough, said.

Heck, they went 0-4 against UTA. UTA, did not even make their conference tournament.

Put down the crack pipe.

Cal, does not have lights, that was the first glich. DBU, should not be there. They got hot, enough, said.

Heck, they went 0-4 against UTA. UTA, did not even make their conference tournament.


DBU SHOULD BE THERE BECAUSE THEY ARE THERE. IF A TEAM MAKES IT TO THE SUPER REGIONALS, IT IS BECAUSE THAT TEAM DESERVES TO BE THERE. BESIDES THAT, THIS TEAM HAS PLAYED GOOD BALL ALL YEAR.

You guys are about to wake up a sleeping giant. HAHA Don't be bagging on my boys. They 100% deserve to be there. I had lunch with a head coach that played DBU this year and he said they are the best hitting team they played all year.

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Originally posted by Infield08:
Yes, UTA definitely had their number. The same can't be said, however, for Rice, TCU, Oklahoma, etc. According to Warren Nolan, DBU is 8-4 against Top 50 teams this year.

DBU most definitely should be there. Nationally, they are third in OBP, 6th in SLG, 2nd in runs, 8th in doubles, 7th in HR's, 2nd in RBI's, etc. Kinda hard to argue with those numbers.

These numbers are not a fluke. Coach Heefner often has his team in the top 5 of these hitting categories. He is an excellent hitting coach as well as leader of young men.

DBU is going to shock the world this weekend.

Interesting that for DBU's new conference (Missouri Valley Conference) they have to play a full conference schedule next year that doesn't count for the conference standings and they are not eligible for post-season conference tournament, then at the end of the season the conference will take a vote to see if they get in??? Seems like they would be better off staying independent and continuing to schedule a competitive D1 schedule against Big 12 schools.

DBU and MV Conference

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Originally posted by Old School79:
Cal, does not have lights, that was the first glich. DBU, should not be there. They got hot, enough, said.

Heck, they went 0-4 against UTA. UTA, did not even make their conference tournament.

Put down the crack pipe.

Could not plate a run in game one, anyone who thinks that DBU is one of the top 16 teams in the country, is the one with the pipe to their lips.

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Originally posted by Old School79:

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Originally posted by Ken Guthrie:

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Originally posted by Old School79:
Cal, does not have lights, that was the first glich. DBU, should not be there. They got hot, enough, said.

Heck, they went 0-4 against UTA. UTA, did not even make their conference tournament.

Put down the crack pipe.

Slowing push the keyboard away. Your 0-2 with the hat trick probable.


Could not plate a run in game one, anyone who thinks that DBU is one of the top 16 teams in the country, is the one with the pipe to their lips.

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Slowing push the keyboard away. Your 0-2 with the hat trick probable.

LOL KG, not confrontational. Just do not feel IMHO, that they are one of the top 16 in the country. I'm also not locally biased, for them. Heck, I don't feel that Cal deserves to be there either. But both, have earned the right.
The DBU program has come a long way, in just a few short years, removed from NAIA.
They swing the bat with the best of them, that is not where their weakness lies.

oldschool,

I don't think anyone is saying that DBU is a one of the best 16 teams in the nation. They are however, 1 of the final 16 teams still playing. They played their way into the super regionals by beating the likes of Oklahoma, TCU and Oral Roberts. That was the Regional that the NCAA Baseball committee placed them.

If they lose to Cal, then so be it. I don't think Cal is one of the 16 best teams in the country, but they played their way to where they are. Heck, their school cancelled their program and if it wasn't for alumni kicking in $9 million, this would be their swan song.

I love UTA, and I want them to be a team that we are watching in the super regionals. I've been a friend to the program and always will be. Fact is they are not playing so I will enjoy watching Ryan Behmanesh and the rest of the Mansfield gang. playing for DBU.

Congratulations to DBU on an outstanding season!

Sorry to see it end but impressed to see what the team accomplished this year!

Congrats to Coach Heefner and the rest of the Patriots on a great season! I'm looking forward to the schedule you are going to play next year. Here's hoping it eventually gets you in the Missouri Valley Conference.

The late great Clay Gould used to say, "if The Citadel can make it to Omaha, why can't we?" Exactly!

To my nephew Austin Elkins, congratulations on a nice year. You never complained during the tough times, the position switches, batting slump(s), injuries, etc. In my book, you never gave up.

I am amazed by your faith and dedication to the good lord and am humbled to be your uncle.

Good luck in the Cape this summer. You may want to choke up a half inch, because you are about to see some filth from 60 feet 6 inches...

Godspeed.

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Godspeed.

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Good luck in the Cape this summer. You may want to choke up a half inch, because you are about to see some filth from 60 feet 6 inches...

Godspeed.

Very Nice, an honor, reserved for few.