Duke Baseball 2016

[chrishoke]

Duke hits a 2 run homer in the ninth to tie the game but gives up an rbi double in the bottom half to lose to the lowly Hokies. Bye, bye ACC tourny eligibility.

[chrishoke]

Duke waited until the second game of the double header to score 18 runs. Damn!

[chrishoke]

The Devils manage enough offense to take the rubber game beating VPI 3-1.

[jimsumner]

With apologies to Meatloaf, two out of three ain't bad.

But there's not much wiggle room down the stretch.

[BlueDevil14]

I need someone to explain the RPI formula to me. It is supposed to reward playing road games, so losses there count less. We went 3-1, all on the road, for the week. UNC went 1-4, including being swept by Wake. Their RPI was unchanged (16); ours took a nose dive, going from 45 (in bubble) to 62. UNC also lost to Va Tech 2 weeks ago, AT HOME, which should have had a more negative affect, yet their RPI did not take a hit. I'm getting flashbacks to two years ago when we had a winning ACC record (only 2nd one of those ever, I think!!), played well in ACC tourney, and got snubbed from NCAA tournament.

[jv001]

I need someone to explain the RPI formula to me. It is supposed to reward playing road games, so losses there count less. We went 3-1, all on the road, for the week. UNC went 1-4, including being swept by Wake. Their RPI was unchanged (16); ours took a nose dive, going from 45 (in bubble) to 62. UNC also lost to Va Tech 2 weeks ago, AT HOME, which should have had a more negative affect, yet their RPI did not take a hit. I'm getting flashbacks to two years ago when we had a winning ACC record (only 2nd one of those ever, I think!!), played well in ACC tourney, and got snubbed from NCAA tournament.

It's a Uncheat/NCAA thing. They are joined at the hip. It will never make sense. GoDuke!

[Olympic Fan]

Amazingly, despite the disappointing failure to sweep VPI, Duke moved into a tie for 10th place in the ACC standings -- the last spot that will make the ACC Tournament play-in game.

As it now stands the top six (a bye into the round-robin round):

1. FSU 13-4
2. Miami 14-5
3. Louisville 14-7
4. NC State 10-6
5. Virginia 11-10
6. Georgia Tech 10-10

The teams competing for the four play-in spots (two single games -- the two winners advance to the round robin):

7. Pitt 8-9
8. Notre Dame 9-10
9. Wake 10-11
10. (tie) Duke 9-12
UNC 9-12
Clemson 9-12

We lose the tiebreaker -- we were 0-3 vs. UNC and 2-1 vs. Clemson ... UNC and Clemson don't meet this season, so UNC wins the three-way tiebreaker

Of course, still nine games to go (for Duke), starting with three game this weekend at NC State. After that, we get FSU for three games at the DBAP, then finish with three games at Pittsburgh.

I'd kill for a 2-1 weekend with a strong Wolfpack team.

[devildeac]

Damn. Lost in the bottom of the 9th to the Pack:

http://www.goduke.com/fls/4200/stats...16_NCState.pdf

[chrishoke]

Duke bounced back from a heart breaking Friday loss and a trouncing Saturday to take the final from NC State 2-1. This was probably the b est we could hope for against a top 10 team on the road. Exam break next.

[arnie]

Duke bounced back from a heart breaking Friday loss and a trouncing Saturday to take the final from NC State 2-1. This was probably the b est we could hope for against a top 10 team on the road. Exam break next.

Both Clemson and UNC are marginally ahead of us. Heels have series with Louisville, NC State and ND left. Clemson has one game with Florida State and series with NC State and ND. We have series Florida State and Pitt.

We only need to finish ahead of Clemson OR Heels to make tourney (assuming BC doesn't erupt and we eliminate Pitt). Seems plausible, particularly if we can win 4 of 6. .

[Olympic Fan]

Both Clemson and UNC are marginally ahead of us. Heels have series with Louisville, NC State and ND left. Clemson has one game with Florida State and series with NC State and ND. We have series Florida State and Pitt.

We only need to finish ahead of Clemson OR Heels to make tourney (assuming BC doesn't erupt and we eliminate Pitt). Seems plausible, particularly if we can win 4 of 6. .

There is still a chance, but we can't get swept by FSU.

I hate to dwell on what ifs, but we've lost three ACC games in the ninth -- our one loss to Clemson, our one loss top VPI and one of our two losses to NC State. We are SO close to being in good shape.

[chrishoke]

Here are the current ACC standings with two series to go, Pitt and FSU.



STANDINGS (as of May 09, 2016)

Atlantic Division

ACC Overall
Team W L T Pct W L T Pct
Florida State.... 14 6 0 .700 32 13 0 .711
Louisville...... 16 8 0 .667 38 10 0 .792
NC State....... 13 9 0 .591 32 14 0 .696
Clemson...... 13 14 0 .481 31 16 0 .660
Wake Forest..... 11 13 0 .458 28 19 0 .596
Notre Dame...... 10 12 0 .455 26 20 0 .565
Boston College... 11 14 0 .440 27 18 0 .600


Coastal Division

ACC Overall
Team W L T Pct W L T Pct
Miami........ 16 6 0 .727 36 9 0 .800
Virginia....... 14 10 0 .583 31 17 0 .646
Georgia Tech.... 11 12 0 .478 31 16 0 .660
Pitt........ 10 13 0 .435 24 19 0 .558
North Carolina... 10 14 0 .417 30 17 0 .638
Duke........ 10 14 0 .417 27 20 0 .574
Virginia Tech.... 5 19 0 .208 18 31 0 .367

[Olympic Fan]

Here are the current ACC standings with two series to go, Pitt and FSU.



STANDINGS (as of May 09, 2016)

Atlantic Division

ACC Overall
Team W L T Pct W L T Pct
Florida State... 14 6 0 .700 32 13 0 .711
Louisville... 16 8 0 .667 38 10 0 .792
NC State.... 13 9 0 .591 32 14 0 .696
Clemson... 13 14 0 .481 31 16 0 .660
Wake Forest.... 11 13 0 .458 28 19 0 .596
Notre Dame... 10 12 0 .455 26 20 0 .565
Boston College... 11 14 0 .440 27 18 0 .600


Coastal Division

ACC Overall
Team W L T Pct W L T Pct
Miami.... 16 6 0 .727 36 9 0 .800
Virginia.... 14 10 0 .583 31 17 0 .646
Georgia Tech... 11 12 0 .478 31 16 0 .660
Pitt.... 10 13 0 .435 24 19 0 .558
North Carolina... 10 14 0 .417 30 17 0 .638
Duke.... 10 14 0 .417 27 20 0 .574
Virginia Tech... 5 19 0 .208 18 31 0 .367

Divisional standings are pretty meaningless in the context of the ACC Tournament. A better way to list it is:

Six teams leading for a bye into the round-robin:
1. Miami 16-6
2. FSU 14-6
3. Louisville 16-8
4. N.C. State 13-9
5. Virginia 14-10
6. Clemson 13-14

The four teams leading for the play-in spots (two teams will win one game to join the round-robin):

7. Georgia Tech 11-12
8. Wake 11-13
9. Notre Dame 10-12
10. Pitt 10-13

Fighting to get in the field

Boston College 11-14
Duke 10-14
UNC 10-14

Only Virginia Tech (5-19) is out at this point.

Interesting how close it is at the bottom. Only five ACC teams have a winning record in the league ... if Duke could somehow go 5-1 in its two final series to get to 15-15, there is a reasonable chance that Duke could get a first-round bye into the round-robin. But I think that's unlikely with this week's three-game set with FSU (Friday-Sunday at the DBAP). We'll be lucky to get one. We need to be in range for our final three-game series at Pitt ... we could be fighting them (as well as UNC and BC) for the last spot or two in the field.

[chrishoke]

Duke is now 29-20 after beating Norfolk State today.

Olympic, tx for organizing the standings better.

[chrishoke]

Duke beat #6 Florida State tonight 5-4 for its biggest win of the year. The Devils are now 30-20 and 11-14.

[Olympic Fan]

Duke beat #6 Florida State tonight 5-4 for its biggest win of the year. The Devils are now 30-20 and 11-14.

Keeps he ACC Tourney hopes alive ...

[dukie’s_daughter]

Whoo-Hoo! I vote for a repeat performance tomorrow!

[chrishoke]

Whoo-Hoo! I vote for a repeat performance tomorrow!

So far so good. 2-1 in the fourth. Go Devils!

[Bob Green]

Duke goes up 3-1 with a Justin Bellinger home run to right field.

[Bob Green]

Duke wins 3-1. The post season resume gets another impressive win.