tefftdj23

"I don't really put a lot of stock into the whole tournament thing, and all that talk. Honestly, we're just gonna roll out there with the guys that are most prepared to play. I'm not saying Brett's not — he's still recovering from his last start, and he'll be fine. It just wasn't his day to pitch, but it was a lot of other guys' day to pitch, and they did a really good job. A super job." Not the most insightful answer, but the whole situation makes me feel like Szefc thought the team was a lock for a regional, even with a loss. Mark Berman asked him about that and said he felt good about it like he has been, but derailed a bit thinking about that RPI hit last week: "Think our RPI is probably in the low 40s, which is — we lost [10 spots] last week. We lost one game to Clemson. That, to me, is ridiculous. I've never seen that before in my life. I don't know what that is. I could use a lot of adjectives, but I won't. It should be somewhere in the 30s, minimum."

Plus, indirect RPI impact games broke really poorly for Clemson and VT today. Hokies took a small hit from those, but the Tigers lost 16 RPI points (per Warren Nolan, assuming my math is right), and VT lost to them to at home. Just salt on the wound of an already costly home loss, which was just enough to place it at the bottom of that cluster. ** Edited by tefftdj23 at 5/16/2026, 10:23:15 PM

Hokies are cemented as the No. 7 seed in the ACCT and will play the winner of the 10/15 game on Wednesday at 5 p.m. Clemson is the No. 15 seed. It gets tricky after that, but the No. 10 seed will be NC State OR Notre Dame. If Stanford beats Cal (playing right now), the tenth seed would be NC State. STAN/NCS/UVA would all be 14-16 but they'd move into a highest-common-opponent tiebreaker, that being FSU. Head-to-head applies first but is bypassed because the three teams did not all play one another. - STAN beat FSU 3-0 (moves to No. 8 seed) - UVA lost 1-2 (No. 9 seed) - NCS lost 1-2 (No. 10 seed) UVA did not play NCS, but owns the tiebreaker because it beat highest-standing common opponent UNC 2-1, while NCS lost 1-2. Now, if Stanford LOSES to Cal, the No. 10 seed is a tie between Stanford, Notre Dame and Louisville, all 13-17. They've all played each other, so the head-to-head- tiebreaker applies. ND would play Clemson on Tuesday. - ND finished those games 4-2 (No. 10 seed) - Louisville 3-3 (No. 11) - Stanford 2-4 (No. 12) At least I think. This was painful to parse.

"Injury note: Utility player Hudson Lutterman is day-to-day with a sprained ankle, according to Szefc. Lutterman collided with the fence at Liberty on Wednesday and sat out that game on crutches. As of Saturday, he is still on crutches with a boot on his right foot."

At the ACC Tournament. Rogers initially reported that the SEC was going to use ABS. ** Edited by tefftdj23 at 5/5/2026, 6:52:24 PM

He'd probably like to slug a touch higher (three HRs in ACC play, though lots of doubles) but this is one of the craziest turnarounds I've ever seen — even more dramatic than Ben Watson last year. Cooke's ACC numbers are only behind some pretty ridiculous baseball players.