Every team in the top 40 of teh RPI made the tournament except for:

[dallasvt]

Arizona St., Maryland, Wake Forest and Virginia Tech.

Arizona St. is ineligible because of probation.

I think the ACC shoudl have had 8-9.

Some teams that received bids instead of ACC teams:

Charleston gets in: RPI-49, 6-9 vs. top-50 RPI teams, SOS-96
Sam Houston St.: 52, 4-5, 116
Michigan St.: 45, 3-6, 76
Louisville: 42, 8-6, 83
Texas: 50, 7-8, 46
TCU: 38, 7-7, 55
Appy St.: 40, 6-5, 118
NMST: 39, 5-5, 38

ACC teams
MD: 33, 12-18, 11
WF: 34, 15-19, 16
VT: 36, 10-16, 36

All had excellent out-of-conference records.
MD had a series win at UCLA and wins vs Purdue and ECU (all top-30 RPI teams)
Tech beat Coastal Carolina (RPI of 35) twice.

I think MD has the biggest gripe, but as a whole, I think the ACC was robbed.
WF

[48tnhokie]

I too think WF got hosed. Don't think we did, of all the OOC teams we played, if read it right. CC is only team we beat that got in, and they were a automatic bid. 11-19 in ACC is not good. 15-15, think were in no sweat. Just like ACC in football, we (vt baseball) have to play better against the better teams in this league.

Wonder if we will change our OOC sched. philosophy.

[70tech]

Just win the games we are scheduled to play and it will take care of itself, same in basketall, we use our schedule as an excuse, but we need to WIN a few of the games. Plus how about making the tournament in baseball, no team that cannot participate in it's own conference tournament has no business belly aching about not making the NCAA tournament. ( I think I used too many double negatives but you get the picture ).

[HOKIES#6]

All I need to say is 0-3 to Duke at home. Enough said. Win that series your in no questions asked.

[hokiepro]

All I need to say is 0-3 to Duke at home. Enough said. Win that series your in no questions asked.

Yep...that's what I thought at the time too...I knew we were better than that and showed it after that series, but you cannot have a breakdown like that...at worst we should've been 2-1 and that would have put us in the ACC tourney and left out...wait for it...eventual champion GT.

[hokiepro]

I too think WF got hosed. Don't think we did, of all the OOC teams we played, if read it right. CC is only team we beat that got in, and they were a automatic bid. 11-19 in ACC is not good. 15-15, think were in no sweat. Just like ACC in football, we (vt baseball) have to play better against the better teams in this league.

Wonder if we will change our OOC sched. philosophy.

I will say this though...we were undefeated vs. the Big South (CC, Rad, VMI, High Point...6-0)...so that should show how tough the ACC is...we went 11-19. If we played in the Southern (App. State and C of C both got in), Big Ten (see Mich St....or Big East...see Louisville), I'm sure our conf. record would've been above .500). We went 4-11 against #1 regional seeds. I'm sure NONE of the bubble teams that got in even played that many games against #1 seeds.

[Hokie'79]

got to play every game on the schedule and not get swept by a worse team

[Hamburger]

Arizona St., Maryland, Wake Forest and Virginia Tech.

Arizona St. is ineligible because of probation.

I think the ACC shoudl have had 8-9.

Some teams that received bids instead of ACC teams:

Charleston gets in: RPI-49, 6-9 vs. top-50 RPI teams, SOS-96
Sam Houston St.: 52, 4-5, 116
Michigan St.: 45, 3-6, 76
Louisville: 42, 8-6, 83
Texas: 50, 7-8, 46
TCU: 38, 7-7, 55
Appy St.: 40, 6-5, 118
NMST: 39, 5-5, 38

ACC teams
MD: 33, 12-18, 11
WF: 34, 15-19, 16
VT: 36, 10-16, 36

All had excellent out-of-conference records.
MD had a series win at UCLA and wins vs Purdue and ECU (all top-30 RPI teams)
Tech beat Coastal Carolina (RPI of 35) twice.

I think MD has the biggest gripe, but as a whole, I think the ACC was robbed.
WF

Wake had the biggest gripe in my opinion. Michigan State was the puzzling addition to the field.

[givemeabreak]

Arizona St., Maryland, Wake Forest and Virginia Tech.

Arizona St. is ineligible because of probation.

I think the ACC shoudl have had 8-9.

Some teams that received bids instead of ACC teams:

Charleston gets in: RPI-49, 6-9 vs. top-50 RPI teams, SOS-96
Sam Houston St.: 52, 4-5, 116
Michigan St.: 45, 3-6, 76
Louisville: 42, 8-6, 83
Texas: 50, 7-8, 46
TCU: 38, 7-7, 55
Appy St.: 40, 6-5, 118
NMST: 39, 5-5, 38

ACC teams
MD: 33, 12-18, 11
WF: 34, 15-19, 16
VT: 36, 10-16, 36

All had excellent out-of-conference records.
MD had a series win at UCLA and wins vs Purdue and ECU (all top-30 RPI teams)
Tech beat Coastal Carolina (RPI of 35) twice.

I think MD has the biggest gripe, but as a whole, I think the ACC was robbed.
WF

Wake should be in over MSU. TX isnt in the tourny. Otherwise, the selections look fine.

[BAMAHOKIE]

If you are good enough to go to your conference tournament you don't belong in the NCAA tournament.
Disappointed the Hokies didn't make it but they had their chance. Win a couple key games and they are in.