Valley Tourney

[SycamoreFanatic]

What is the format for the Valley tourney?
Heard some blurb about pods like in CWS?
Thanks in advance for any information.

[Ta town]

Re: Valley Tourney

What is the format for the Valley tourney?
Heard some blurb about pods like in CWS?
Thanks in advance for any information.

Believe pods were used last year and noboby cared for it. I believe it's just a double elimination format this year.

[1979Shocker]

Re: Valley Tourney

What is the format for the Valley tourney?
Heard some blurb about pods like in CWS?
Thanks in advance for any information.

Go to the last page of this link and it shows the 2010 MVC Baseball bracket.

https://www.nmnathletics.com//pdf8/691574.pdf

[Shocker85]

Now that the league is down to 8 teams, a bracket including all 8 teams is easy and far less confusing than the 6 team double elimination or the idiotic pod schemes. What I don't like is the fact that it makes the regular season far less meaningful. There isn't much of a bonus for winning the league, other than the privilege of playing the #8.

This is the CWS format, with the difference being the intent to play the whole thing in 5 days rather than 9 days as they do in Omaha.

With 4 games scheduled for the first three days, weather issues could really wreck the schedule. The good thing is that Friday is almost a built-in rain-check day, with only the 'if-necessary' bonus game scheduled if a team gets hot in the losers side of each bracket. The 5-day schedule will also bring to bear the possibility of Game 1 starters being used in the Championship Game - much better for the league's exposure on TV, IMO.

There will certainly be a premium on pitching. If a team gets to the championship game without losing, only 4 starters (3 if the game 1 starters is used). There will be complaining about teams over-using pitchers. There will be complaining about too many games in a short time. Teams and coaches will have to shut-up, suck it up, and just win.

--'85.

[tru2thaduce]

Stay in the winners bracket and you will be fine.I like this fornat.Last years was awful with the meaningless games.

[shocker3]

....... What I don't like is the fact that it makes the regular season far less meaningful. There isn't much of a bonus for winning the league, other than the privilege of playing the #8.

.....

--'85.

Actually this format really gives the #1 seed a lot more of an advantage then the old 6 team double elimination format did.

Under this format, the #1 seed can't face a seed better than the #4 seed
until the championship game.

That is a pretty good advantage that the old format didn't provide.