Baseball America preseason rankings

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1. Texas A&M
2. Louisiana State
3. North Carolina
4. Texas
5. Cal State Fullerton
6. Mississippi
7. Rice
8. Baylor
9. UC Irvine
10. Missouri
11. San Diego
12. UCLA
13. Arizona State
14. Georgia
15. Stanford
16. Oklahoma
17. Pepperdine
18. Kent State
19. Clemson
20. Georgia Tech
21. Alabama
22. Arkansas
23. Louisville
24. Florida State
25. Oregon State

[CharlieHog]

I'm glad to see somebody ranking the Hogs.

[ShockerFever]

A&M, really?

[CharlieHog]

from the chat:

Q: Chuck from Wichita asks:
What do you think of Wichita State's very young roster, and will they be able to win the Valley and make the tournament yet again?
A:

Aaron Fitt: That's a very young team. I've got Missouri State as the preseason Missouri Valley Conference favorite, but the Shockers might be the No. 2 team in that league if they can mature quickly. I am very high on their freshman class.

[shocks02]

from the chat:

Q: Chuck from Wichita asks:
What do you think of Wichita State's very young roster, and will they be able to win the Valley and make the tournament yet again?
A:

Aaron Fitt: That's a very young team. I've got Missouri State as the preseason Missouri Valley Conference favorite, but the Shockers might be the No. 2 team in that league if they can mature quickly. I am very high on their freshman class.

I wonder if Mr. Fitt knows of Johnny Coy? :D

If not, he might change his mind.

[ShockCity]

Every time WSU has a young team and another valley team looks decent, the Shox are picked second. Lets just say, my money's on the Shox, young team or not.

[SpanglerFan316]

Every time WSU has a young team and another valley team looks decent, the Shox are picked second. Lets just say, my money's on the Shox, young team or not.

:yes:

[ShockerFever]

Every time WSU has a young team and another valley team looks decent, the Shox are picked second. Lets just say, my money's on the Shox, young team or not.

I dunno, we kinda hadda rough stretch in the early to mid-2000's when we were young and MSU and Evansville claimed the top spot over us. I just wanna know where our bats are gonna come from. I hope to hell we mature more quickly than ever, but for now, I'll remain cautiously optimistic.

[t7017s]

Every time WSU has a young team and another valley team looks decent, the Shox are picked second. Lets just say, my money's on the Shox, young team or not.

I dunno, we kinda had a rough stretch in the early to mid-2000's when we were young and MSU and Evansville claimed the top spot over us. I just wanna know where our bats are gonna come from. I hope to hell we mature more quickly than ever, but for now, I'll remain cautiously optimistic.

The new kids this year have much more plate potential than we have had for quite some time in a recruiting class. I also hope they will mature and figure it out quickly. Our pitching also took a big hit but the new kids again are as deep and more talented than I think we have seen in some time as well. I think they will mature much quicker and really be the steady force this year.

[BenWSU]

Let the boys decide it on the field instead of a writer sitting at a PC. 8)

[SB Shock]

Let the boys decide it on the field instead of a writer sitting at a PC. 8)

I think all the pre-season ranking are just for the fans to have fun discussing in this dead period before the season starts. :good:

[RussDaBus]

http://proxy.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=3863555

Says we will miss the tourney.

[ShockerFever]

http://proxy.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=3863555

Says we will miss the tourney.

They also had UCLA as their preseason #1 team last year. UCLA didn't even make the tournament.

While I think we'll be down, I'm not gonna let BA influence me on what's gonna happen either.

[WuDrWu]

Until proven otherwise, I'll stick with Gene, Brent and the boys.

[RussDaBus]

http://proxy.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=3863555

Says we will miss the tourney.

They also had UCLA as their preseason #1 team last year. UCLA didn't even make the tournament.

While I think we'll be down, I'm not gonna let BA influence me on what's gonna happen either.

I am the same way. I just think it is funny that they have us ranked in the top 40 or so but won't make the tournament.