Friday was a good day for the favorites, as the higher-ranked teams won 84% of the games involving CB360 top-50 teams (37-6). #15 Texas A&M was the highest-ranked upset victim, dropping a 2-1 game to Utah (at Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros). front-page photo courtesy of St. Mary’s
Utah's Rick Anton
Friday’s other CB360 top-50 upsets included: at San Diego State 2-1 vs. #20 California … St. Mary’s 1-0 vs. #22 UC Irvine 0 … Hawaii 3-2 at #42 Loyola Marymount … Bryant 3-2 at #43 Virginia Tech … and Georgia Southern 4-3 vs. #48 St. John’s.
All six of Friday’s head-t0-head matchups between CB360 top-50 teams went to the higher-ranked teams, including #5 South Carolina besting #8 Clemson, 6-3, in the first game of that rivalry series and #11 Texas holding off #12 Stanford, 4-3. Other finals included: #1 Florida 8-3 vs. #24 Miami … #9 TCU 9-0 at #37 Texas Tech … #16 Oregon State 5-0 at #49 Long Beach State … and #36 Washington State 5-0 vs. #44 Oklahoma State (in Tucson, AZ).
FRIDAY’s TOP-50 MATCHUPS (3/4/11)
(based on CB360 Composite National Rankings … upsets in italics)
South Carolina's Michael Roth (pictured during the 2010 CWS)
at #1 Florida 8-12-2 def. #24 Miami 3-10-2
Final Stats | FL Recap | MIA Recap (w/ video)
at #5 South Carolina 6-9-1 def. #8 Clemson 3-7-1
Final Stats | SC Recap (w/ video) | CLEM Recap
#9 TCU 7-14-0, at #37 Texas Tech 0-4-1
Final Stats | TCU Recap | TT Recap | Photos | Notes | Quotes
at #11 Texas 4-9-0 def. #12 Stanford 3-6-1
Final Stats | TX Recap | STAN Recap | Photos | Quotes
#16 Oregon 5-5-0 at #49 Long Beach State 0-6-3
Final Stats | ORE Recap | LBSU Recap
#36 Washington State 13-15-0 def. #44 Oklahoma State 2-12-2 (Tucson, AZ)
Final Stats | WSU Recap | OkSt Recap
SATURDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 GAMES (3/4/11)
(based on CB360 Composite National Rankings … upsets in italics)
at #2 Vanderbilt 3-8-1 def. Brown 1-3-1
Final Stats | VAN Recap (w/ video) | Brown Recap
#3 Oklahoma 7-11-0 won at San Diego 1-8-4
Final Stats | OU Recap | USD Recap
#4 UCLA 1-4-1 won at Nebraska 0-3-2 (11 inn.)
Final Stats | UCLA Recap | NEB Recap | Video Highlights
#6 Florida State 6-8-1 won at Georgia 5-6-1
Final Stats | FSU Recap (w. video) | GA Recap | Photos
#7 Arizona State 10-13-1 won at vs. Northern Illinois 9-13-1 (Surprise, AZ)
Final Stats | ASU Recap | NIU Recap
at #10 Cal State Fullerton 10-12-0 def. USC 1-1-3
Final Stats | CSF Recap | USC Recap
at #13 Virginia 12-13-0 def. Cornell 1-7-0
Final Stats | VA Recap | COR Recap | Video Highlights
at #13 Virginia 12-5-0 def. Rider 0-3-2
Final Stats | VA Recap | Rider Recap| Video Highlights
at #14 LSU 8-9-2 def. Princeton 2-3-3
Final Stats | LSU Recap | PRIN Recap | Photos | Video Highlights
San Diego State's Ethan Miller
Utah 2-8-0 def. #15 Texas A&M 1-6-1 (Minute Maid Park; Houston)
Final Stats | Utah Recap | A&M Recap
at #17 Arizona 6-13-2 def. Utah Valley State 5-9-0
Final Stats | AZ Recap | UV-St Recap
#18 Rice 8-15-1 def. Kentucky 7-13-0 (Minute Maid Park; Houston)
Final Stats | Rice Recap | KY Recap
#19 Fresno State 12-15-1 won at UC Davis 4-6-0
Final Stats | FRES Recap | UCD Recap
at San Diego State 2-8-1 def. #20 California 1-8-0
Final Stats | SDSU Recap | Cal Recap
at #21 North Carolina 5-7-0 def. Stony Brook 1-12-1
Final Stats | UNC Recap | SB Recap | Photos-1 | Photos-2
St. Mary's ace Mark Anderson
at St. Mary’s 1-8-0 def. #22 UC Irvine 0-4-2
Final Stats | SMC Recap (w/ video) | UCI Recap
#23 Auburn 6-10-3 won at New York Tech 3-1-0
Final Stats | AUB Recap | NYT Recap
at #25 Georgia Tech 10-18-1 def. Rutgers 0-4-0 (gm-1)
Final Stats | GT Recap | RUT Recap
at #25 Georgia Tech 9-13-2 def. Rutgers 5-7-3 (gm-2)
Fnal Stats | GT Recap | RUT Recap
at #26 Arkansas 15-1-1 def. Wisconsin-Milwaukee 6-9-4
Final Stats | ARK Recap | MIL Recap
at #27 College of Charleston 7-9-1 def. Western Kentucky 5-12-3
Final Stats | CofC Recap | WKU Recap
#29 Wichita State 11-9-3 def. New Orleans 2-8-2 (at Dallas Baptist)
Final Stats | WICH Recap | UNO Recap
at #30 Louisville 3-7-0 def. Kent State 2-7-2 (11 inn.)
Final Stats | LOU Recap (w/ audio) | Kent Recap | Photos | Notes
#31 Baylor 5-9-2 def. Houston 2-8-4 (Minute Maid Park; Houston)
Final Stats | BAY Recap | HOU Recap | Quotes
at #32 Mississippi 5-8-0 def. Tulane 1-6-1
Final Stats | OleMiss Recap | TUL Recap | Photos
at #33 San Jose State 4-1-1 def. Santa Clara 2-5-0
Final Stats | SJSU Recap | SCU Recap
Sacred Heart rained out at #34 Southeastern Louisiana (now Sat. at 4 CT; Sun DH at 2 CT; Mon. at 6 CT)
at #35 Coastal Carolina 11-10-1 def. Ball State 1-3-3
Final Stats | CC Recap | BSU Recap
Hartford at #38 Oregon State – rained out (DH on Sat. at 12 PT & Sun. at 1 PT)
at #39 Alabama 7-10-1 def. Northwestern (La.) State 5-10-4
Final Stats | AL Recap | NwLa Recap | Quotes & Notes
at #40 Central Florida 9-17-0 def. Dartmouth 2-7-2
Final Stats | UCF Recap | DART Recap
Bryant's Kevin Brown
Louisiana-Lafayette at #41 Southern Mississippi – postponed (Sat. at 6 CT; Sun. DH at 1 CT)
Hawaii 3-9-0 won at #42 Loyola Marymount 2-7-1
Final Stats | HI Recap | LMU Recap
Bryant 3-5-1 won at #43 Virginia Tech 2-5-1 (gm-1)
Final Stats | BRY Recap | VT Recap
at #43 Virginia Tech 4-7-0 def. Bryant 0-2-1 (gm-2)
Final Stats | VT Recap | BRY Recap
at #45 Charlotte 3-0-0 def. UNC Asheville 2-1-0
Final Stats | CHAR Recap | UNC-A Recap
at #46 Kansas State 6-5-3 def. Western Illinois 4-9-2
Final Stats | K-St Recap | WIU Recap
#47 James Madison 5-8-0 won at William & Mary 4-7-4
Final Stats | JMU Recap | W&M Recap
Georgia Southern's Matt Murray
at Georgia Southern 4-13-5 def. #48 St. John’s 3-5-0
Final Stats | GS Recap (w. video) | SJU Recap
at #49 East Carolina 2-7-0 def. Pepperdine 0-2-0
Final Stats | ECU Recap | PEP Recap | Video Highlights | Postgame Video