The conference season is finally upon us!! Let’s just say Nebraska is not alone in wishing the non-conference schedule had gone differently. Only 2 teams sit in a good spot RPI-wise to be in the NCAA tournament at this point, Michigan and Maryland. A few have records above and beyond what they could have hoped for, but the vast majority are way below where they probably thought they would be at this point in the season. A few things could be contributing to that.
Defense is waaaaay down. Fielding percentages are down for all but a couple teams in the league.