TCU, UConn & Cal Upset …
Wednesday’s 16 scheduled games involving top-50 teams in the CB360 Composite National Rankings (CNR) resulted in four upsets, led by Baylor’s 14-4 win over TCU (#11 in the CNR). The #18 team in the CNR, Connecticut, saw its program-best win streak end at 22 games (7-3 vs. Central Connecticut), while UC Davis rallied to knock off #25 California (6-5) and Georgia beat #49 Western Carolina (13-10). (front-page photo courtesy of UC Davis)
With the end of the regular season on the horizon, many of the nation’s top teams have begun to scale back their midweek schedules (and quality of those midweek opponents) – instead opting to focus on the crucial weekend conference games and opting to rest pitching staffs for the key innings in those games.
Only one of Wednesday’s 16 games involving CB360 top-50 teams was a head-to-head matchup between CB360 top-50 squads, as#9 Louisville emerged from a wild 9th inning with a 10-9 win over #40 Kentucky (the visiting Wildcats scored 5 in the top of the 9th for a 9-6 lead, but the Cards answered with 4 to claim the thrilling win).
Note that the Composite National Rankings (CNR) have been updated and will be posted later tonight via the CNR homepage. The new CNR positions are indicated below for teams on the April 28 schedule of games. … There are three changes in terms of the teams that comprise the CNR top-50 – as Appalachian State (#42), Portland (#45) and New Mexico State (#50) are part of the updated top-50, with Rutgers, Baylor and North Carolina State dropping outside the top-50 in the CNR.
The usual assortment of postgame links have been added below for each of Wednesday’s games involving the CB360 top-50.
Wednesday’s Top-50 Results (cb360 Composite Nat’l Rank; 4/28/10; upsets in italics)
• at #1 Arizona State 21, San Francisco 3 | Final Stats
ASU Recap | USF Recap
• at #3 Virginia 10, Georgetown 5 | Final Stats
VA Recap | G’town Recap
• at #5 Arkansas 5, Missouri State 4 | Final Stats
ARK Recap | MS Recap | Blog Recap
• at #9 Louisville 10, #40 Kentucky 9 | Final Stats
LOU Recap | KY Recap
• at Baylor 14, #11 TCU 4 (8 inn.) | Final Stats
BAY Recap | TCU Recap | Quotes
• at #14 Miami 14, South Florida 7 | Final Stats
MIA Recap | USF Recap | Blog Recap (USF)
• at #17 Mississippi 15, Tenessee-Martin 6 | Final Stats
OleMiss Recap (w/ Video HiLites) | TM Recap
• Central Connecticut 7, at #18 Connecticut 3 | Final Stats
CC Recap | UConn Recap | Photos
• at UC Davis 6, #25 California 5 | Final Stats
UCD Recap | Cal Recap
• Eastern Kentucky at #28 Western Kentucky – canceled
• at #31 Kansas State 20, Chicago State 2 | Final Stats
K-St Recap | CS Recap | Photos
• at #32 Alabama 5, Mississippi Valley State 1 | Final Stats
ALA Recap | MVSU Recap
• #41 North Carolina 5, at Charlotte 0 | Final Stats
UNC Recap | CHAR Recap
• at #42 Appalachian State 10, Wake Forest 5 | Final Stats
APP Recap | WFU Recap
• at #43 Florida Atlantic 8, Bethune-Cookman 4 | Final Stats
FAU Recap | B-C Recap
• at Georgia 13, #49 Western Carolina 10 | Final Stats
GA Recap | WCU Recap