Lubbock Regional Baseball Prep | 23 Personnel Podcast – 096

Intro

Keith’s walk up music
Art Briles hired by Mount Vernon HS

Softball

Season wrap
42-16; 8-10
Baton Rouge Regional
- 3-2; W vs LT, L vs LSU, W vs LT & LSU, L vs LSU (in championship game, would have advanced to Supers with win)
Second highest win total in program history; Adrian Gregory’s best season with .724 winning percentage

Track

Prelims recap
- Nation leading 19 qualifiers for men’s team; 2 for women
- Men’s 4×100 39.00
- Men’s 200M
  - Andrew Hudson 20.04
  - Divine Oduduru 20.08

Baseball

Big 12 tournament recap
- Would you change tournament format?
  - JL suggested changing Saturday games to single elimination; removes double advantage for 2-0 team who already had Friday off
Selection Sunday/Monday results
- Texas Tech, Oregon State, Stanford & Arkansas only 4 teams to host regionals last 4 years
- Other Big 12 Top 16 seeds
- Other Big 12 tournament appearances
- Notable teams/regional draws
- Regional/Super conference alignments
  - Louisville as 7 seed
Lubbock Regional preview; Friday-Monday
- 1 Tech 39-17
  - Dallas, Killian, Bonnin (Dobbins) rotation?
  - Hit .301, 57 HR
- 2 Dallas Baptist 41-18
  - Hit .282, 70 HR
  - Main hitter Bryce Ball; .308/.603/.428 17 HR
  - Probable early starters:
    - MD Johnson 9-2, 2.46 ERA (.97 WHIP), 91.1 IP, (only 7 2B all season), 105K:23BB
    - Jordan Martinson 8-3, 2.5 ERA (1.05 WHIP), 93.2 IP, 108K:25BB
- 3 Florida 33-24
  - Hits .281, 70 HR
  - Main hitter Brady McConnell, .341/.594/.392 15 HR 47 RBI
  - Also Nelson Maldonado .332/.571/.393 10 HR
  - Probable early starters
    - Tommy Mace 8-4, 4.99 ERA (1.40 WHIP), 88.1 IP, 73K:38BB
    - Jack Leftwich 5-5, 5.82 ERA (1.52 WHIP), 55.2 IP 55K:17BB
- 4 Army 35-24
  - Patriot League Tournament Champs (vs Navy)
  - Hit .273, 27 HR
  - Main hitter Anthony Giachin .323/.518/.413 6HR, 67 RBI
  - Beware of small ball
    - Jacob Hurtubise leads regional with 45 stolen bases (52 attempts); .550 OBP
  - Probable early starters
    - Daniel Burggraaf 5-2, 2.85 ERA (1.15 WHIP) 82 IP, 82K:21BB
    - Tyler Giovinco 8-5, 3.43 ERA (1.28 WHIP); 89.1 IP, 66K:19BB
- Game 1 (3pm)