The pitching just isn't there---nor the hitting given the pitching.

I think the ONLY (and very minor) hope is to finish .500 in the ACC and about 8-10 games over .500 overall, and hope the order is high enough in the ACC to win favor with the committee. Crazy, I know.

Saddest part is that this kind of finish will be lauded by the administration. He only needs to clean up on these MAC level teams to finish above .500 to keep his job. I'm convinced of it.

That would put us in "Pool D" against the 4th and 5th seeds, which as of now would be Wake Forest and Virginia. I would not like our chances in that pool.

Current seeds and pool assignments:

POOL A:
1. Louisville
8. NC State
12. Va. Tech

POOL B:
2. UNC
7. FSU
11. Duke

POOL C:
3. Clemson
6. Miami
10. Pitt

POOL D:
4. Wake
5. UVa
9. ND

NON-QUALIFIERS:
13. BC
14. Ga. Tech

The best possible hope would be the Louisville/NC State pool. The only one I can see where ND might be the 2nd best team, but that's just death by Cardinal.

This weekend we try again in the deep end, against the birds with teeth.

pool.