D1Baseball Weekly Chat: March 10 • D1Baseball
Another big weekend of college baseball action is in the books, and our Aaron Fitt and Kendall Rogers answer your burning questions.
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Southern Miss: Is the middle of the pack in the sun belt having a down year? The top seems as good as ever.
Kendall Rogers: Definitely feels like some usual suspects are scuffling in the middle. I’m not sure I’m that surprised that JMU is off to a slow start after losing both Mancini and Trimble from last year’s club. Those were two very accomplished hitters. ODU, however, looked solid on paper, as did Texas State and Louisiana. And all three have had warts so much this spring. I think I’m still a believer in Louisiana, but the non-conference resume is not great entering league play — that’s for sure.
USM Golden Eagles: How do you predict USM to end up in the sun belt? How about the job Coach Oz is doing with a slew of freshmen arms?
Kendall Rogers: I think USM has an Omaha caliber pitching staff, so I will lean the Golden Eagles as the Sun Belt regular season title winner at this point. I also really liked what Coastal Carolina did over the weekend against ECU. Troy is the one team I still like but feel is a bit more unproven than the other two stalwarts in this league.
