Shocks pre-season #12 in Ping Baseball Poll

[shocks771]

http://www.pingbaseball.com/rankings.php

Ping!Baseball Preseason Top 30
1. Arizona State
2. Vanderbilt
3. Oregon State
4. Miami, Fla.
5. North Carolina
6. South Carolina
7. Ole Miss
8. UCLA
9. Long Beach State
10. Virginia
11. Rice
12. Wichita State
13. Missouri
14. Florida State
15. San Diego
16. Baylor
17. Louisiana-Lafayette
18. Texas
19. Coastal Carolina
20. North Carolina State
21. Michigan
22. Cal State Fullerton
23. Arizona
24. St. John’s
25. Creighton
26. Wake Forest
27. UC Irvine
28. East Carolina
29. Louisville
30. Mississippi State

[shockerofandover0943]

Nice. I have to admit, with basketball off to its slow start, baseball season couldn't come any sooner.

[BenWSU]

I figured ASU would be in the top 2 based on their amount of all americans.

[shocks02]

well deserved, should be a fun season :goshocks:

[t7017s]

and Creighton checking in at #25. Is Travis Wycoff still a coach with them...?

[vbird53]

and Creighton checking in at #25. Is Travis Wycoff still a coach with them...?

I thought Travis moved on, and is a head coach somewhere. Am I wrong?

[Shocker85]

and Creighton checking in at #25. Is Travis Wycoff still a coach with them...?

I thought Travis moved on, and is a head coach somewhere. Am I wrong?

Use the 'net, Luke.

Associate Head Coach Dallas Baptist

[RUShock75]

Looks like a down year for Nebraska? I bet their fans get tired of a little private school named Creighton beating them at everything.

[ShockCity]

where's arkansas in the poll?

[haysdb]

where's arkansas in the poll?

They've been good for so many years that it's a shock not to see them on the list. Must be a rebuilding year at Arkansas.

[vbird53]

and Creighton checking in at #25. Is Travis Wycoff still a coach with them...?

I thought Travis moved on, and is a head coach somewhere. Am I wrong?

Use the 'net, Luke.

Associate Head Coach Dallas Baptist

Ahh! Thanks.

[CharlieHog]

where's arkansas in the poll?

They've been good for so many years that it's a shock not to see them on the list. Must be a rebuilding year at Arkansas.

Yeah, it is definitely a rebuilding year.

I'm excited about the freshmen we have on campus, though, and the class we just signed.

[Shirley Schmidt]

What happened?

How did VanHorn let this take place?

[CharlieHog]

What happened?

How did VanHorn let this take place?

Our weekend rotation was all juniors and they all got drafted in the first two rounds. We had a couple of other juniors leave early, and a couple of seniors who were four year starters who we have to replace.

I don't know that DVH let anything "take place." Our program isn't the dregs of college baseball, we just have too many question marks to be ranked in the top 25.

[shocks771]

The very same thing is likely to happen to WSU after this season. We will lose Dirks, Weber, Womack, Musgrave and Hill to graduation and will likely lose Shafer, Capra, Gillaspie and Workman in the draft. If WSU does lose that much firepower it is very unlikely to see us in next year's preseason top 25. It is a transition that every major college goes through every few years, but programs like Arkansas & WSU are lucky enough to be able to reload instead of rebuilding.