Previous top-50 team Kansas pulled off the upset at #1 LSU (11-9), as part of 10 upset losses suffereed by CB360 top-50 teams on a busy Friday that included six rainouts, 40 total top-50 games and seven top-50 head-to-head matchups (Stanford and Fairfield were the only CB360 top-50 teams not slated to play on March 12). #2 Virginia won 5-0 at #4 Florida State, in the nation’s biggest head-to-head matchup of the month-old season.
Illinois joined Kansas in posting a noteworthy upset (11-10, at #5 Coastal Carolina) while three teams reprised their Thursday results with a repeat upsets over the same teams: Pepperdine vs. #12 East Carolina (10-3), California at #23 Rice (6-4), and BYU big over #40 Washngton (16-4). Boston College added a shutout win at #12 Miami (3-0) and #46 Liberty had a nice win over #34 St. John’s (9-0), with the other top-50 upsets including: at The Citadel 4, #36 Western Carolina 0 … Samford 20, at #47 College of Charleston 13 … and Maryland 0, ar #48 Virginia Tech 0.
In addition to the wins referenced above by Virginia and Liberty, Friday’s five other top-50 matchups went as follows: #7 Louisville 6, at #18 Mississippi 1 (in 12 innings) … at #27 Texas A&M 4, #29 Washington State 3 … at #20 Oklahoma 16, #44 Mississippi State 5 … #33 North Carolina State at #9 Clemson was postponed … and at #6 Arizona State 9, #49 Auburn 8. (front-page photo courtesy of LSU)
A variety of pregame coverage links are included below, as are various postgame links.
Friday’s Top-50 Games (March 12, 2010)
RESULTS (upsets in italics)
• Kansas 11, at #1 LSU 9 | Final Stats
KU Recap | LSU Recap | Quotes (KU)
• #2 Virginia 5, at #4 Florida State 0 | Final Stats
UVa Recap | FSU Recap (w/ postgame video)
• at #3 Texas 2, Iowa 1 (10 inn.) | Final Stats
TX Recap | Iowa Recap | Quotes
• Illinois 11, at #5 Coastal Carolina 10 | Final Stats
ILL Recap | CC Recap
• at #6 Arizona State 9, #49 Auburn 8 | Final Stats
ASU Recap | AUB Recap
• #7 Louisville 6, at #18 Mississippi 1 (12 inn.) | Final Stats
LOU Recap | Ol’Miss Recap
• #8 UCLA 11, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 3 (Corpus Christi, TX) | Final Stats
UCLA Recap | TAMU-CC Recap
• #33 North Carolina State at #9 Clemson – postponed
• at #10 Florida 6, Charleston Southern 0 | Final Stats
FL Recap (w/ postgame notes) | CS Recap
• #11 North Carolina 21, at Duke 9 | Final Stats
UNC Recap | Duke Recap
• at Pepperdine 10, #12 East Carolina 3 | Final Stats
PEP Recap | ECU Recap
• at #13 TCU 8, Texas Tech 7 | Final Stats
TCU Recap | TT Recap | Notes (TT) | Postgame Video
• Utah at #14 Oregon State – postponed
• at #15 Vanderbilt 14, Ohio 13 | Final Stats
VAN Recap | Ohio Recap
• at #16 Arkansas 14, Wisconsin-Milwaukee 6 | Final Stats
ARK Recap | UWM Recap
• at #17 Georgia Tech 9, Wake Forest 1 | Final Stats
GT Recap | WFU Recap
• at #19 Kentucky 10, IPFW 1 | Final Stats
KY Recap | IPFW Recap
• #20 Oklahoma 16, #44 Mississippi State 5 (Corpus Christi, TX) | Final Stats
OK Recap | MSU Recap
• Boston College 3, at #21 Miami 0 | Final Stats
BC Recap | MIA Recap
• California 6, at #23 Rice 4 | Final Stats
Cal Recap | Rice Recap
• Brown at #24 South Carolina – postponed
• at #25 Alabama 15, Stony Brook 8 | Final Stats
ALA Recap | SB Recap
• #26 Ohio State vs. Marshall (Knoxville, TN) – postponed
• at #27 Texas A&M 4, #29 Washington State 3 | Final Stats
A&M Recap | WSU Recap
• #28 UC-Irvine at Sacramento State – postponed
• #30 Appalachian State at Georgia Southern – postponed
• #31 Wichita State 8, at Long Beach State 0 | Final Stats
WICH Recap | LBSU Recap
• at #32 New Mexico 13, Louisiana Tech 10 | Final Stats
UNM Recap | LT Recap
• at #46 Liberty 9, #34 St. John’s 0 | Final Stats
LIB Recap | SJU Recap
• at #35 Kansas State 11, Kent State 8 | Final Stats
KSU Recap | Kent Recap
• at The Citadel 4, #36 Western Carolina 0 | Final Stats
CIT Recap | WCU Recap
• at #37 Southeastern Louisiana 10, Texas-San Antonio 9 | Final Stats
SELA Recap | UTSA Recap
• at #38 Southern Mississippi 4, Missouri State 3 | Final Stats
SMS Recap | MoSt Recap | Photos
• at #39 Hawaii 8, USC 2 | Final Stats
HI Recap | USC Recap
• at BYU 16, #40 Washington 4 | Final Stats
BYU Recap | WASH Recap
• #41 Western Kentucky 17, at New Orleans 1 | Final Stats
WKU Recap | UNO Recap
• #42 Cal State Fullerton 11, at San Diego State 1 | Final Stats
CSF Recap | SDSU Recap
• at #43 Northwestern State 9, McNeese State 2 | Final Stats
NWLA Recap | McN Recap
• at #45 Oregon 5, Seattle 0 | Final Stats
ORE Recap | SEA Recap
• Samford 20, at #47 College of Charleston 13 | Final Stats
SAM Recap | CofC Recap
• Maryland 10, at #48 Virginia Tech 0 | Final Stats
MD Recap | VT Recap
Friday’s Big-Game Matchups (all in top-50 of CB360 Composite Nat’l Rankings)
• 6:00 ET – #2 Virginia at #4 Florida State
live coverage: Live Stats | FSU Audio | Video
FSU info.: Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
UVa info.: Preview | Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats
• 9:30 ET (7:30 MT) – #49 Auburn at #6 Arizona State
live coverage: Live Stats | Audio
ASU info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats
AUB info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
• 7:30 ET (6:30 CT) – #7 Louisville at #18 Mississippi
live coverage: Live Stats | MS Audio | LOU Audio | Video
LOU info.: Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Quick Facts
Ol’Miss info.: Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
• 4:30 ET – #33 North Carolina State at #9 Clemson
live coverage: Live Stats
CLEM info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
NCS info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
• 3:00 ET (2 CT) – #44 Mississippi State at #20 Oklahoma (Corpus Christi, TX)
live coverage: Live Stats (none listed) | OU Audio | MS Audio
OU info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
MS info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts (top-menu link)
• 7:30 ET (6:30 CT) – #29 Washington State at #27 Texas A&M
live coverage: Live Stats | WSU Audio | Video
WSU info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
A&M info. – Games Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
• 12:45 ET – #34 St. John’s at #46 Liberty
live coverage: Live Stats
SJU info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats| Quick Facts
LIB info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
Friday’s Other Top-50 Games
• 1:00 ET (12:00 CT) – #26 Ohio State vs. Marshall (Knoxville, TN)
live coverage: Live Stats
OSU info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats| Media Guide
MAR info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
• 1:00 ET – Maryland at #48 Virginia Tech
live coverage – Live Stats | Audio
VT info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
MD info.– Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats| Media Guide
• 4:00 ET – Illinois at #5 Coastal Carolina
live coverage – Live Stats | CC Audio
CC info. – Games Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
ILL info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
• 4:00 ET (3 CT) – Wisconsin-Milwaukee at #16 Arkansas
live coverage – Live Stats | ARK Audio | Video
ARK info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
UWM info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats| Media Guide
• 4:00 ET – IPFW at #19 Kentucky
live coverage – Live Stats | IPFW Audio | KY Audio | Video
UK info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
IPFW info. – Roster | 2010 Stats| Quick Facts
• 4:00 ET (3 CT) – Kent State at #35 Kansas State
live coverage – Live Stats | KSST Audio
KSU info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats| Media Guide
Kent info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
• 5:00 ET (2 PT) – #12 East Carolina at Pepperdine
live coverage – Live Stats | Audio (ECU) | Video
ECU info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
PEP info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
• 5:00 ET (4 CT) – Ohio at #15 Vanderbilt
live coverage – Live Stats | Live Video
VAN info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
Ohio info. – Roster | 2010 Stats
• 5:00 ET (2 PT) – #28 UC-Irvine at Sacramento State – postponed (to 3/13)
• 5:00 ET (3 MT) – #40 Washington at BYU
live coverage – Live Stats | Video
WASH info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats
BYU info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
• 6:00 ET – Wake Forest at #17 Georgia Tech
live coverage – Live Stats | Live Audio
GT info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
WF info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats| Media Guide
• 6:00 ET – #11 North Carolina at Duke
live coverage – Live Stats | Audio
UNC info. – Pregame Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
• 6:00 ET – #36 Western Carolina at The Citadel
• 6:00 ET – Samford at #47 College of Charleston
• 6:30 ET – Charleston Southern at #10 Florida
live coverage – Live Stats | Audio | Video
FLA info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
• 7:00 ET (6 CT) – Iowa at #3 Texas
live coverage: Live Stats | Audio | Video
TX info.: Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
• 7:00 ET (6 CT) – #8 UCLA at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
• 7:00 ET – Boston College at #21 Miami
live coverage: Live Stats
MIA info.: Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
• 7:00 ET – Brown at #24 South Carolina
SC info. – Game Notes | Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
• 7:00 ET – #30 Appalachian State at Georgia Southern
• 7:00 ET (6 CT) – Texas-San Antonio at #37 Southeastern Louisiana
live coverage – Live Stats | Audio
SELA info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Quick Facts (sidebar link)
• 7:30 ET (6:30 CT) – Texas Tech at #13 TCU
live coverage – Live Stats | Audio | Video
TCU info: Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
• 7:30 ET (6:30 CT) – California at #23 Rice
live coverage – Live Stats | Audio | Video
Rice info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
Cal info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats
• 7:30 ET (6:30 CT) – Stony Brook at #25 Alabama
‘Bama info. – Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
• 7:30 ET (6:30 CT) – Missouri State at #38 Southern Mississippi
SM info.: Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
• 7:30 ET (6:30 CT) – #41 Western Kentucky at New Orleans
WKU info.: Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts (top-menu link)
• 7:30 ET (6:30 CT) – McNeese State at #43 Northwestern State
• 8:00 ET – Kansas at #1 LSU
live coverage: Live Stats | Audio | Video
LSU info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
KU info. – Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
• 8:00 ET – Louisiana Tech at #32 New Mexico
NM info.: Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
• 8:00 ET (5 PT) – Seattle at #45 Oregon
ORE info. – Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
• 9:00 ET (6 PT) – Utah at #14 Oregon State
OSU info. – Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide
• 9:00 ET (6 PT) – #42 Cal State Fullerton at San Diego State
live coverage: Live Stats | Webcast
CSF info.: Game Notes | Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts
• 9:30 ET (6:30PT) – #31 Wichita State at Long Beach State
WSU info. – Roster | 2010 Stats | Media Guide | Quick Facts