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[colt13]

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/softball/d1/usa-todaynfca-coaches

In a mild surprise, Florida isn't #1. And dark horse NC State isn't even in the Top 25.

And I will go on record that Brittany Duncan of Louisville(formerly of Valpo) will be the most important transfer.

[dinkytown]

Minnesota is 5-0 for the first time since 2003 winning the Tiger Classic at LSU this weekend. Included in the 5 wins is a 1-0 upset over #17 LSU.

Hopefully they can keep it up at UNLV next weekend where they will meet #4 Florida.

Go Gophers!

[colt13]

[dinkytown]

With the NCAA Tournament a month away standings are becoming more important. The current RPI Top 25 has 4 SEC teams in the top 5 and 7 in the Top 16. Could be a lot of SEC hosts.

1. Alabama
2. Florida
3. Georgia
4. UCLA
5. Missouri
6. Oregon
7. Louisiana-Lafayette
8. Florida State
9. Arizona
10. Arizona State
11. Tennessee
12. Baylor
13. Nebraska
14. Oklahoma
15. Texas A&M
16. Kentucky
17. South Alabama
18. Michigan
19. Minnesota
20. Tulsa
21. Washington
22. LSU
23. Auburn
24. James Madison
25. Notre Dame

[colt13]

Georgia may be a bubble team to host. The RPI is 4, but the ranking is 18, and they are one of only 2 teams in the top 30(Auburn), that has a losing record at home. But you are right, half of the 16 hosts will be SEC/PAC-12.

[colt13]

http://espn.go.com/espnw/news-commentary/article/10890028/espnw-ncaa-softball-teams-mercy-rpi

Projected field of 64 from Graham Hays.

[gpark33]

The SEC tournament has been fabulous so far. The finals are tonight featuring the #5 and #7 seeds. I'm taking Kentucky to win it.

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The teacher and the student.

[scfastpitch]

[dinkytown]

Minnesota wins the B1G Tournament over Michigan with a walk off single in the bottom of the 7th with 2 outs! First Gopher title since 1999! Long shot, but hoping for a seed. They were #17 in RPI before conference tournaments started.

[GEF34]

On Sunday the brackets for the 2014 Tournament were announced, I'm excited to see what happens, this should be an exciting tournament.

Here are the Top 16 seeds
1. Oregon
2. Alabama
3. UCLA
4. Georgia
5. Florida
6. Louisiana-Lafayette
7. Oklahoma
8. Florida State
9. Arizona State
10. Tennessee
11. Arizona
12. Washington
13. Baylor
14. Kentucky
15. Missouri
16. Minnesota

And here is the bracket.
http://espn.go.com/pdf/2014/0512/espnw_softball_d1_2014.pdf

[GEF34]

Here is an interactive bracket, so you can look at any game, and go the the game center of which ever game you are interested in. I believe last year all games not on an ESPN network were shown live through the game centers on here, but I'm not positive about that.

Also I ready today that the Pac-12 Network will be showing the Oregon Regional. (It sounds like it will just be Oregon's games though)

Here are the Regionals on the ESPN networks.

Arizona State Regional - ESPNU
Florida State Regional ESPN 2
Alabama Regional ESPN 3
Oklahoma Regional ESPN 3
Louisiana-Lafayette Regional ESPN 3
Arizona Regional ESPNU/ESPN 3
UCLA Regional ESPN 3

[dinkytown]

Little late, but the Minneapolis Regional games are available for free at http://ulive.cbssports.com/index-ncaa.html?media=446925.

Friday's Results
North Dakota State 5, Auburn 2
Minnesota 10, Green Bay 1 - F/5

Saturday's Games
1:30 CT - #16 Minnesota v. North Dakota State
4:00 - Auburn v. Green Bay
6:30 - MINN/NDSU loser v. AUB/GB winner

Sunday
If Minnesota is playing, games will be on BTN. Otherwise, free video will be available again.

[GEF34]

I just realized I didn't post the interactive bracket I reference above, so here it is.

http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/softball/d1




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Today #12 Washington became the first team to advance to the Super Regionals, winning their Regional 3-0, beating Northwestern to advance. The Washington Regional started on Thursday to accommodate BYU who doesn't play on Sundays.

All 16 seeds have advanced to the Regional Championship game, with #4 Georgia being the only seeded team to lose a game, so Georgia will need to win 2 games tomorrow while the other 14 seeded teams will only need to win one game to advance.

[GEF34]

For those who remember the 2010 WCWS when it seemed like everyone, especially Florida's pitcher Stephanie Brombacher, was called for an illegal pitch. It seems like it is going to be called again this year. I don't remember watch/hearing about many being called this season, I think Ally Carda was called for 4-5 all season, at least in all the games I saw this year, and they said today she was called for 4, and in the Florida State Regional South Florida pitcher Sara Nevins was called for 4 all season, according to her coach, and was called for at least 20 in just this weekend.

It will be interesting to see how much this continues with other pitchers going into Super Regionals and the WCWS.

[PamelaT]

Thanks for the updates!

[GEF34]

The Super Regionals are set. 14 of the 16 top seeds advanced, with #9 Arizona State being upset by Michigan and #15 Missouri being upset by Nebraska.

Below are the Super Regional matchups:

1 Oregon vs 16 Minnesota
8 Florida State vs Michigan
5 Florida vs 12 Washington
4 Georgia vs 13 Baylor

3 UCLA vs 14 Kentucky
6 Louisiana Lafayette vs 11 Arizona
7 Oklahoma vs 10 Tennessee
2 Alabama vs Nebraska

If you look at the interactive bracket above it will have information on each series.

[GEF34]

Here is a breakdown of how each team did in Regionals by conference. The top 16 seeds went a combined 47-9, with 9 going 3-0, and #4 Georgia being the only top seed that lost before the Regional Championship round.

AAC 5-8
Central Florida 2-2
Houston 1-2
Louisville 0-2
South Florida 2-2

ACC 8-6
Florida State 3-0
North Carolina State 2-2
Notre Dame 2-2
Virginia Tech 1-2

America East 1-2
Albany 1-2

Atlantic 10 0-2
Fordham 0-2

Atlantic Sun 4-6
Lipscomb 2-2
South Carolina Upstate 1-2
Stetson 1-2

Big 12 9-5
Baylor 3-1
Kansas 1-2
Oklahoma 3-0
Texas 2-2

Big East 3-2
DePaul 3-2

Big Sky 0-2
Southern Utah 0-2

Big South 0-2
Charleston Southern 0-2

Big Ten 15-7
Michigan 4-1
Minnesota 3-1
Nebraska 4-1
Northwestern 2-2
Wisconsin 2-2

Big West 1-2
Long Beach State 1-2

Conference USA 4-4
Tulsa 3-2
UAB 1-2

Colonial 2-4
Hofstra 1-2
James Madison 1-2

Horizon League 0-2
Green Bay 0-2

Ivy League 0-2
Dartmouth 0-2

MAAC 0-2
Iona 0-2

MEAC 0-2
Florida A&M 0-2

Mid-American 0-2
Ohio 0-2

Missouri Valley 0-2
Bradley 0-2

Mountain West 1-2
San Diego State 1-2

NEC 0-2
Bryant 0-2

Ohio Valley 0-2
SIU Edwardsville 0-2

Pac-12 14-3
Arizona 3-1
Arizona State 2-2
Oregon 3-0
UCLA 3-0
Washington 3-0

Patriot League 1-2
Boston University 1-2

SEC 28-14
Alabama 3-0
Auburn 3-2
Florida 3-0
Georgia 4-1
Kentucky 3-1
LSU 3-2
Mississippi State 1-2
Missouri 2-2
South Carolina 1-2
Tennessee 3-0
Texas A&M 2-2

Southern 0-2
Chattanooga 0-2

Southland 0-2
Northwestern State 0-2

Summit League 1-2
North Dakota State 1-2

Sun Belt 5-2
Louisiana Lafayette 3-0
South Alabama 2-2

SWAC 0-2
Texas Southern 0-2

WAC 0-2
Utah Valley 0-2

WCC 1-2
BYU 1-2

[scfastpitch]

Some great games on TV . Great catch to end the Michigan game !

[dinkytown]

All Super Regional games will be on ESPN, ESPN2, or ESPNU. The schedule (you can also sort by day):

http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2014/05/ncaa-division-i-softball-championship-super-regional-schedule-region-by-region/

[GEF34]

[GEF34]

Today the 3 finalist for the 2014 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year were announced.

Ally Carda, UCLA
Sierra Romero, Michigan
Lacey Waldrop, Florida State

http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Softball/News/2014/May/21/ASAUSA-Softball-announce-Top-3-Finalists-for-2014-USA-Softball-Collegiate-Player-of-the-Year