11Point7: The College Baseball Podcast

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BONUS EPISODE: Field of 64 Bracketology With Rocco Miller (Bracketeer.org) May 06, 2025

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Ben Upton and Noah Bieniek build a field of 64 from scratch, and they were joined by full-time Bracketologist, Rocco Miller, owner of Bracketeer.org and it was a lot of fun. We started with the 16 regional hosts and the auto-bids. Then we go to the at-large picture and fill out potential at-large teams from every conference. Next we have to go to the chopping block and establish the bubble teams that we don't have room for. Lastly we filled out the bracket and place teams where they need to go geographically. Hopefully y'all like this bonus episode with a guest who specializes in building brackets for a living. We will be back soon for our regularly scheduled weekend preview episode. 00:00 Introduction and Special Guest Announcement 00:44 Rocco Miller's Background and Expertise 01:59 Bracketology Insights and Committee Dynamics 06:10 Discussion on College Baseball Teams and Projections 16:21 Conference Auto and At-Large Bid Breakdown 01:04:25 Field of 64 Bubble Talk 01:17:35 Placing 2-Seeds Into Regionals 01:25:28 Sending 3-Seeds Into Regionals 01:30:33 What Regionals Should The 4-Seeds Go Into? 01:36:44 Wrapping Up and Reflections

Arkansas Sweeps Texas, FSU Outlasts Clemson, College Baseball Weekend 12 Recap May 04, 2025

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SEC Recap to begin the show. Arkansas sweeps Texas, A&M wins over LSU, Vandy crazy comeback, Auburn stuns Tennessee, and Mississippi State + Florida are rolling! Next is ACC recap starting off with the crazy series of FSU vs Clemson, Miami is red hot winning 10 ACC games in a row and put themselves in hosting picture. Noah then talks about his trip this weekend for Michigan St vs Oregon. He breaks down the Ducks lineup and what they will need to do in order to make a deep postseason run. That leads into BigTen recap, where Iowa still leads the conference after droppiing a series to Washington. Four of the top 5 teams in the conference are former Pac12 teams. USC beats UCLA 2/3 and feels more comfortable in their at-large picture. Big 12 is West Virginia's for the taking after Kansas gets swept by Cincinatti. The Bearcats made a statement to the Big 12, going on the road and sweeping, thrusting themselves in the at-large picture. Lastly we hop around to miscellaneous Mid-Major conferences and talk about regional hosts and teams who need more work in order to feel comfortable making the Field of 64

College Baseball Weekend 12 Preview + Who's Going To Be The Next Mississippi State Head Coach May 01, 2025

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Since Dimitri slept thru the last episode (LOL) he gave his thoughts on last weekends LSU vs Tennessee series, + Texas's sweep over A&M

Then we talk about Mizzou's historic run of 0-21 in SEC play... Is Chris Lemonis going to be the next Mizzou HC?

Next we talk about WHO IS GOING TO BE THE NEXT HEAD COACH OF MISSISSPPI STATE

Lastly we make our weekend series pick'em picks

UCLA vs USC

TCU vs Arizona

NC State vs Miami

Clemson vs FSU

Lamar vs SELA

LaTech vs Western Kentucky

College Baseball Weekend 11 Recap + UT vs A&M + LSU vs Tenn + ACC, Big12, B1G, Mid Major Recap Apr 27, 2025

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The Texas Longhorns sweep A&M. One positive and one negative takeaway for each team. Jack had boots on the ground and gives his insight

LSU vs Tenn was must watch late night tv this weekend. What a treat.

We then bounce around the rest of the SEC and talk HOT-COLD-HOT Theory

ACC coverage lead by NC State sweeping Clemson, Louisville wins a huge series at home against FSU, and then Miami continues to roll

West Virginia is running the Big 12 right now with their 14th straight conference win. We then recap the rest of the Big 12 with AZ State, TCU, Kansas, KState

The Iowa Hawkeyes are 20-4 in B1G play!! What a great season. Other that them, its a battle of previous Pac 12 teams for 2nd thru 5th place

Mid Major talk wraps it up. SunBelt, Big West, CUSA, AAC

WHOS GOING TO WIN THE GOLDEN SPIKES???

College Baseball Weekend 11 Preview + Conference By Conference Breakdown Of All 29 Conferences Apr 22, 2025

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Started the show with a Weekend 10 Recap from across the country

We talk the big series from Power 4 Conferences and Mid Major

Then we do the Weekend Series Pick'em

Rhode Island vs George Mason

Tennessee vs LSU

Texas A&M vs Texas

Oregon State vs Oregon

UC Irvine vs Cal Poly

San Diego vs Gonzaga

Then we go conference by conference and visit potential conference champions, regional bids, and regional hosts. All 29 conferences are visited

College Baseball Weekend 10 Preview + Golden Spikes + MLB Draft + Midweek Recap Apr 15, 2025

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We start our show promoting our partners at Homefieldapparel.com (promo code CWS25 for 15% off)

Live Club Bromaha this Thursday at 5pmET to promote the 20 new jerseys and hats that they are releasing

Next we did Golden Spikes talk and pick who we think will play the best down the stretch and win the award

MLB Draft discussions about who are the top position players and top pitchers this year since it's so wide open

We have a fun segment of baseball business ideas that is pretty funny

Lastly we make our Weekend Series Pick'em picks

FAMU vs Bethune-Cookman

Charlotte vs USF

Auburn vs Texas

Cal Poly vs UC Santa Barbara

UCLA vs Oregon

Kansas vs Kansas State

College Baseball Recap (Weekend 9) + SEC, Big12, BigTen, ACC, MidMajors Conference Breakdowns Apr 13, 2025

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The show starts with SEC Talk (the full first hour of the show)

We breakdown all of the weekend series of the SEC and what it means to hosting, and postseason chances.

Then we move into the Big 12 and discuss TCU, West Virginia, Arizona as the top 3 teams right now in the conference

Next we talk Iowa, UCLA, Oregon, and the other teams in the BigTen who are looking good for postseason

We spend a good amount of time breaking down the ACC and how it's a mess right now with conference standings, and the teams are bi-polar

Lastly we go over the new Mid Major Top 25 and talk Big West, SunBelt, American, CUSA, Sothland conferences as all multibid leagues

College Baseball Weekend #9 Preview + Midweek Recap + La Salle Baseball Will Be Back In 2026 Apr 10, 2025

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We open the show welcoming back La Salle Baseball, who was shut down in 2020, but after 5 years of fundraising, they announce they will be back in 2026

Then we shoutout a few mid major players who have shined this year so far.

Next we talk about the 40 Division 1 teams who have never played in an NCAA Regional

Midweek was fun and we recap what happend

Lastly we preview the weekend:

Kansas vs TCU

Arkansas vs UGA

Charleston Southern vs Mercer

Kent State vs Miami OH

Vandy vs Oklahoma

Louisville vs NC State

College Baseball Weekend 8 Recap + Mid Major Top 25 + Dimitri's Guaranpee Apr 06, 2025

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Well, we start the show with Dimitri following thru with his "Guaranpee" bet of Texas A&M winning the series at Tennessee LMAO

Jack talks Knoxville, Noah talks Bowling Green

Then we talk SEC, ACC, BIG 12, Big 10, SunBelt, American, and Southland

Lastly we take time to pick our 6 Weekend series for next week.

College Baseball Weekend 8 Preview + SunBelt/Southland Talk + Midweek Recap + At-Large Teams Destiny Apr 02, 2025

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We start the show with a quick midweek recap

Then we talk about the fate of the SunBelt (Southern Miss, Texas State, Louisiana, Georgia Southern Coastal) and the fate of the Southland as a 2 bid league (Lamar, UTRGV, McNeese, SELA)

We move into SEC and ACC talk with upcoming weekend series that are important for resume

Next we make picks to see which ranked team will get upset by unranked teams this weekend

Lastly we do our Weekend Series Pick'em

Arizona @ Arizona State

Georgia @ Texas

WKU @ DBU

Northeastern @ Campbell

Alabama @ Auburn

UC Irvine @ Oregon State