Saturday’s action-packed day produced 11 upsets of CB360 top-50 teams – including Maryland‘s 10-1 win at #6 Texas and Eastern Michigan‘s 7-6 game at #7 Clemson – while #17 Rice evened its home series vs. #13 Stanford and #15 Virginia won a top-25 matchup at #22 Auburn. ftont-page photo of Daniel Russell courtesy of EMU
Maryland's Alfredo Rodriguez
There were 52 games slated for Sat., Feb. 19, involving top-50 teams in the CB360 Composite National Rankings and 48 of those games were played, with the higher-ranked teams going 37-11. In addition to Rice’s win over Stanford, three other teams posted upsets in CB360 top-50 matchups: #30 North Carolina 4-3 at #8 CS Fullerton … #41 Hawaii rallying again vs. #11 Oregon (11-10) … and #48 Minnesota 3-2 vs. #16 Connecticut (Clearwater, Fla.). The day’s other CB360 top-50 upsets included: Rutgers 6-5 at #20 Miami (10 inn.) … Cal State Bakersfield 11-10 vs. #34 Washington State … Mercer vs. #48 Liberty (7-2; 17-5) … at Elon 12-2 vs. #48 North Carolina State.
Virginia's Tyler Wilson
There was one other game on Saturday between CB360 top-50 teams, with #23 Georgia Tech again beating #43 Kent State (8-1).
CB360′s updated gameday page (see below) now includes links to game recaps from each team, along with links to final boxscores/play-by-play, video highlights & postgame interviews and photo galleries (photos from some key games also are included on this page – courtesy of the various schools).
North Carolina's Ben Bunting
(Always be sure to follow the top college baseball feed on Twitter – with more than 2,500 followers – at cb360updates … see direct feed in right sidebar on collegeebaseball360.com … the sidebar feed includes the past 30 tweets and typically includes a quick rundown from every game involving a CB360 top-50 team, plus other info. throughout each week.)
Rice's Matthew Reckling
SAT. CB360 TOP-50 SHOWDOWNS (2/19/11)
(based on CB360 Composite Nat’l Rank … italics = upsets)
at #17 Rice 7-8-1, #13 Stanford 1-7-2
Final Stats | Rice Recap | STAN Recap (w/ video) | Photos
#15 Virginia 13-17-0 won at #22 Auburn 2-8-2
Stats | UVa Recap | AUB Recap | Photos | Video
#30 North Carolina 4-11-1, at #8 CS Fullerton 3-9-1
Final Stats | UNC Recap | FULL Recap | Photos
#4 Vanderbilt vs. #36 San Diego (at SD State) – postponed to DH on Sun., 2/10, at USD (11 PT)
at #41 Hawaii 11-14-2 def. #11 Oregon 10-10-2
Final Stats | HI Recap | ORE Recap
at #23 Georgia Tech 8-13-0 def. #42 Kent State 1-4-1
Final Stats | GT Recap | Kent Recap
Minnesota's AJ Pettersen
#48 Minnesota 3-4-2 def. #16 Connecticut 2-6-2 (Clearwater, FL)
Final Stats | MN Recap | UConn Recap
SATURDAY’S OTHER CB360 TOP-50 SCORES (2/19/11)
(based on CB360 Composite National Rankings … upsets in italics)
at #1 UCLA 4-8-1 def. San Francisco 1-8-2
Final Stats | UCLA Recap | SanFran Recap
at #2 Florida 4-10-0 def. So. Florida 1-11-1
Final Stats | FL Recap | SoFL Recap | Postgame Notes
at #3 TCU 7-11-1, Kansas 1-1-1
Final Stats | TCU Recap | KU Recap (w/ quotes) | Photos
#4 Vanderbilt 7-10-3 won at San Diego State 3-7-0
Final Stats | VAN Recap | SDSU Recap
at #5 Oklahoma 9-8-0 def. William & Mary 6-8-2 (gm-1)
Final Stats | OU Recap | W&M Recap
at #5 Oklahoma 13-13-1 def. William & Mary 4-8-0 (gm-2)
Final Stats | OU Recap | W&M Recap
Eastern Michigan's Daniel Russell
Maryland 10-10-0 won at #6 Texas 1-5-2 (gm-1)
Final Stats | MD Recap | TX Recap
at #6 Texas 7-8-1 def. Maryland 4-8-1 (gm-2)
Final Stats | MD Recap | TX Recap
Eastern Michigan 7-11-2 won at #7 Clemson 6-9-0
Final Stats | EMU Recap | CLEM Recap
at #8 CS Fullerton 2-5-0 def. Long Beach St. 1-7-0
Final Stats | FULL Recap | LBSU Recap
at #9 South Carolina 2-8-0 def. Santa Clara 1-5-0
Stats | SC Recap (video) | SCU Recap | Quotes | Photos
New Mexico at #10 Arizona St. – DH suspended (ASU leads 5-1 top-4; resume Sun., 2/20, 12:30 MT)
at #12 Florida State 9-10-1 def. VMI 2-8-1
Final Stats | FSU Recap | VMI Recap
at #14 Texas A&M 10-14-1 def. Le Moyne 2-7-0
Final Stats | A&M Recap | LEM Recap
at #18 Arizona 12-14-1 def. North Dakota State 1-2-1
Final Stats | AZ Recap | ND-St Recap
at #19 LSU 4-10-1, Wake Forest 3-9-0
Final Stats | LSU Recap | WFU Recap | Photos | Video Highlights | Condensed Video
Rutgers has plenty of experience playing (and winning) early-season games at Miami.
Rutgers 6-8-0 won at #20 Miami 5-6-1 (10)
Final Stats | RUT Recap | MIA Recap (w/ postgame video)
at #21 Coastal Caro. 6-8-1, TN Tech 2-8-1
Final Stats | CC Recap | TT Recap
Utah at #24 California – doubleheader rained out (DH on Sun, Feb. 20, at 11 PT)
at #25 Baylor 9-11-0, Oral Roberts 4-12-2
Final Stats | BAY Recap (w/ video highlights) ORU Recap | Quotes
at #26 College of Charleston 6-8-0 def. Miami (OH) 2-5-1
Final Stats | CofC Recap | MIA Recap
#27 Louisville 2-6-0 def. Ohio State 0-6-0 (Clearwater, FL)
Final Stats | LOU Recap (w/ postgame audio) | OSU Recap
at #28 UC Irvine 15-13-1 def. Nevada 3-9-1
Final Stats | UCI Recap | NV Recap
at #29 Arkansas 9-11-1 def. Delaware State 2-3-4
Final Stats | ARK Recap | DelSt Recap | Photos
#31 St. John’s 13-17-2 def. Michigan 5-12-2 (St. Petersburg, FL)
Final Stats | SJU Recap | MICH Recap | Photos (MI) | Notes (MI)
at #32 Fresno State 10-11-1 def. Gonzaga 4-7-2
Final Stats | FRES Recap | GON Recap
#33 Wichita State 11-14-0, Niagara 1-4-3
Final Stats | WICH Recap | NIA Recap
at Cal State Bakersfield 11-19-2, #34 Washington State 10-13-2
Final Stats | CSB Recap | WSU Recap
at #35 Florida Atlantic 10-11-0 def. Hofstra 5-14-3
Final Stats | FAU Recap | HOF Recap
Pitt's Ray Black
at #36 San Diego 7-14-1 def. Winthrop 5-8-0
Final Stats | USD Recap (w/ video) | WIN Recap
at #37 Alabama 5-8-0, Alcorn State 1-6-0
Stats | AL Recap | ALC Recap | Quotes & Notes
at #38 Tulane 3-6-1, Sam Houston State 2-6-0
Final Stats | TUL Recap | SHS Recap | Quotes
#39 Pittsburgh 3-9-1 def. Iowa 2-10-1 (11 inn. … Clearwater, FL)
Final Stats | Pitt Recap | Iowa Recap | Photos
#40 Kansas State 5-8-1 won at Univ. of the Pacific 3-10-0 (gm-1)
Final Stats | K-St Recap | UOP Recap
at #40 Kansas St. 7-9-4, U. Pacific 4-6-7 (gm-2)
Final Stats | K-St Recap | UOP Recap
at #43 Mississippi 5-10-2 def. Wright State 4-10-2 (10 inn.)
Final Stats | OleMiss Recap | Wright Recap | Photos | Video Highlights
#44 Oregon State 4-10-2 def. Gonzaga 3-7-1 (11 inn.; at Fresno St.)
Final Stats | OrSt Recap | GON Recap
#45 Virginia Tech 11-11-2 def. Tennessee Tech 9-9-2 (at Coastal Carolina; Conway, SC)
Final Stats | VT Recap | TT Recap
at #46 Southern Mississippi 9-12-0 def. Eastern Illinois 1-4-1
Final Stats | SoMiss Recap | EIU Recap
at #47 Central Florida 10-1-1 def. Siena 1-8-2
Final Stats | UCF Recap | Siena Recap
Elon's Kyle Webb
at Mercer 7 def. #48 Liberty 2 (gm-1)
Final Stats | MER Recap | LIB Recap
at Mercer 17-19-1, #48 Liberty 5-13-1 (gm-2)
Final Stats | MER Recap | LIB Recap
at Elon 12-12-0 def. #48 North Carolina State 2-6-1
Final Stats | Elon Recap | NC-St Recap