Here's our chance

Ok boys, Nebraska beat KU last night, so the seedings are set for the Big 12 tournament. Here's our draw...

Wednesday, 1 p.m., Texas
Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Nebraska
Saturday, 10 a.m., Texas A&M

If we're looking for a chance to play our way in to the NCAA tournament, well, we got our shot. We get to play the #2, #10 and #26 teams in the RPI. Of course, that doesn't mean jack if we go 0-3, but let's remember, the Bat Cats beat each of those three teams once in conference play this year. Also, in the A&M and Nebraska series, the team was very competitive, losing two games by a combined three runs to A&M and two games by a combined four runs to NU.

Also, the format puts the teams into two pools for play. Our pool is us, UT, A&M and NU, with the teams with the top two records advancing to the championship rounds. Basically, if we go 2-1 in pool play, we're almost guaranteed to advance (it's possible for three teams to go 2-1, but that would require one team to go 0-3, which is highly unlikely if we are one of the 2-1 teams).

Of course, nobody knows what even two wins against our pool opponents would do for us. Maybe it would be enough, maybe it wouldn't. But there's one way to guarantee a tournament appearance, and that's by winning the whole thing, like that school to the east did last year. Unlikely? Sure, but anything's possible.

Go Cats.