Staying The Same Is Backing Up

Last June after both Carolina and NC State both assumed that the road to return to Omaha was a fore gone conclusion they have found this year to be a different.  Both this weekend lost two out of three games.  Yes, Carolina lost to the top team in the country while State lost the the last place team in the league.  State was starting a 15 game home stand that would catapult them into the ACC Tournament.
Carolina at 10-11 in conference play is in the midst of their hardest stretch of games they will play all year.   They have their finger nails dug in hanging and clinging to a spot to make  ACC Tournament.

The Pack losing two of three puts them in a position where they really don't need to lose another conference the rest of the way.  They are 7-14 and are closer to 14th spot than 10th to get in the tournament.

We live every day with expectations of what we want to accomplish and we set goals to reach those expectations.  Who in the world would expect Duke and Wake to be vastly improved.  Who would expect Carolina and State to be such average hitting teams.  Neither is getting hits when they need them.  It's called getting a big hit and neither is getting them this year.

Every time two teams take the field one wins and the other loses.  When you add all the wins and losses up they come out to 50-50 wins and losses.  Duke and Wake have improve their win totals greatly.  State and Carolina have basically flip flopped records this year.

Virginia, Florida State, Are top five teams.  Maryland who was awful in the past is top 30 along with Miami.  Clemson and Georgia Tech are top forty.  There are six teams right there ahead of State and Carolina and that list doesn't include Duke and Wake.

Every year in baseball juniors get drafted  and both Carolina and State lost their share.  Each had valuable seniors that the newcomers have not replaced them  as they played a year ago.  Regardless of the sport you had better be improving or somebody is going to pass you who is when you are not.  Looks as though if the ACC gets a team or teams back in Omaha it will not be two from the Triangle.