Big XII Tournament

[H2Orange]

Big XII Tournament starts Wednesday.

Baylor v. KU
UCF v. Utah
BYU v. Houston

Cowgirls play Thursday at 11:00 am vs. Arizona State. If they win that game, they will most likely play Texas Tech on Friday at 3:00. Championship game is Saturday at 11:00. Single elimination.

This tournament is winnable if the offense shows up and we can a few quality innings from someone not named Meylan. Tech and Arizona are probably long shots to get a top 8 seed. Arizona has a better chance since their RPI is 11 and Techs is 20.

Fourteen of the top 30 teams in the latest NCAA softball ranking are SEC schools. The only SEC school not in the top 30 is Kentucky. The top six teams are from the SEC.

Speaking of the OSU offense, team batting average is .300, which is down from .307 last year. In 2023, the team BA was .324, which was Whitney Cloer’s only season as hitting coach. Team average was .291 in 2022, which was Cottrill’s last season. Don’t know the reasons for letting Cloer go (and don’t really care at this point) but she was statistically our best hitting coach in several years. Missouri hit .255 this season, so Cottrill may be out of work soon.

 

[Chairman of the Board]

Big XII Tournament starts Wednesday.

Baylor v. KU
UCF v. Utah
BYU v. Houston

Cowgirls play Thursday at 11:00 am vs. Arizona State. If they win that game, they will most likely play Texas Tech on Friday at 3:00. Championship game is Saturday at 11:00. Single elimination.

This tournament is winnable if the offense shows up and we can a few quality innings from someone not named Meylan. Tech and Arizona are probably long shots to get a top 8 seed. Arizona has a better chance since their RPI is 11 and Techs is 20.

Fourteen of the top 30 teams in the latest NCAA softball ranking are SEC schools. The only SEC school not in the top 30 is Kentucky. The top six teams are from the SEC.

Speaking of the OSU offense, team batting average is .300, which is down from .307 last year. In 2023, the team BA was .324, which was Whitney Cloer’s only season as hitting coach. Team average was .291 in 2022, which was Cottrill’s last season. Don’t know the reasons for letting Cloer go (and don’t really care at this point) but she was statistically our best hitting coach in several years. Missouri hit .255 this season, so Cottrill may be out of work soon.

Good info!

I agree that they can win it. I think Meylan and Crandall will be enough, if they are at the top of their game. They are going to have to starting coming through with RISP, though.

I know I'm kind of a broken record, but those batting numbers reflect the difference between being a CWS contender versus being a true national title contender. We've had the pitching, just haven't been conistent enough with the bats to beat the best teams. The top team average this year is .373 (Indiana). The 10th best average is .350. We are 84th.

 

[H2Orange]

Baylor beats KU 7-3. They will play Tech tomorrow.

 

[H2Orange]

UCF over Utah 7-5. They will play Arizona tomorrow.

 

[H2Orange]

BYU over Houston 4-0. They get the very favorable draw of Iowa State tomorrow.