[Husker] Baseball Question

[Mike Jaixen]

I'm not sure, but I'd bet that this is probably an
attempt to improve their RPI.  I don't know if RPI is
as important in baseball as it is in basketball or
hockey, but NCAA tournament bids frequently are
awarded based on how you perform in games against top
competition.  For a school like Northern Colorado,
they may view a game against Nebraska as more
important than a conference game this weekend.  (Just
like some may view our football game against USC as
more important than our game against Oklahoma
State...)

Example:  Nebraska-Omaha's hockey team finished 5th in
their conference, but received an NCAA tournament bid
based in large part on going 6-2 in their
non-conference games, including 2-0 against other
teams who made the tournament.


--- Merlin Green <mgreen at nebraska.edu> wrote:

> 
> >Especially when you're throwing your number 4
> starter versus their ace.
> I have a question for someone in the know.  It seems
> that every time
> Nebraska loses or has problems with a mid-week
> opponent,
> I hear the above statement or something similar.  
> Why do the mid-week foes
> always throw their aces at us?  Don't these teams
> have week-end games of their own to save their aces
> for?


Mike Jaixen
Blog: http://huskermike.blogspot.com

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