Winner tonight doesn’t play Friday

[Ndorefin]

If we win tonite, we don’t have to play Friday. Saturday will begin a single elimination with the final 4 teams...the 2 winners from Thursday nite and the 2 winners from Friday.

[CLTDore]

Is this the way it's always worked? I seem to remember it being double elimination all the way through...

[commadore]

At one time, when we were a 12 team conference it was. Teams would beat themselves up to win and then lose early in the big tourney.

[Titans309fan]

Is this the way it's always worked? I seem to remember it being double elimination all the way through...

This particular format has been in effect starting in 2013.

[CLTDore]

Is this the way it's always worked? I seem to remember it being double elimination all the way through...

This particular format has been in effect starting in 2013.

Guess I've been living under a rock.

[Titans309fan]

Guess I've been living under a rock.

It's probably because Vandy hasn't done anything in the tournament in a few years. If Vandy isn't playing, I don't pay attention to the tournament.

[fldore]

Didnt it used to be a true double elimination? Where even in the finals if one team was undefeated and the other had one loss, that the one loss team had to win back to back games? And then I think they got rid of that 20 years ago or so where they changed the final to a one game winner take all regardless of record.

And now theyve changed it again where the semi-final is a one game winner take all regardless of the fact that you'll have a one loss team and an undefeated team. Makes sense. Too many potential games otherwise.

[Titans309fan]

Didnt it used to be a true double elimination? Where even in the finals if one team was undefeated and the other had one loss, that the one loss team had to win back to back games? And then I think they got rid of that 20 years ago or so where they changed the final to a one game winner take all regardless of record.

Up through 1997, it was that way. It was changed in 1998 to follow the Ohama format used by the CWS, and the two bracket winners faced off in a single elimination championship.

[Ndorefin]

I really like this format. Going into Sat’s game, we still have an advantage by being undefeated in that we only have to use a third starter. State will be using their 4th starter and LSU will be using their 5th (on Sat.) From our standpoint, this is similar to a regular week as we play a max of 4 games....anything more than that and you begin to have to use tired or inexperienced arms.

[MountainDore]

I really like this format. Going into Sat’s game, we still have an advantage by being undefeated in that we only have to use a third starter. State will be using their 4th starter and LSU will be using their 5th (on Sat.) From our standpoint, this is similar to a regular week as we play a max of 4 games....anything more than that and you begin to have to use tired or inexperienced arms.

And both State and LSU essentially played an extra game Wednesday night/Thursday morning.