With NCAA tournament positioning on the horizon, midweek games still can yield key results – and Tuesday saw 10 different teams in the CB360 top-50 lose to unranked/lower-ranked teams. Most notably: #9 Florida State beat #2 Florida, 3-1, to take that season midweek series (by the same 3-1 margin) … The Citadel rode the pitching of Logan Cribbs to a 2-0 shocker vs. #4 South Carolina … and #24 Rice topped #6 Texas A&M, in another 2-0 pitching duel. front-page photo courtesy of The Citadel
Oklahoma beat TCU in one of Tuesday's six head-to-head matchups between CB360 top-50 teams.
………. The underdogs rose up to win 31% of Tuesday’s games involving CB360 top-50 teams (10-22), with another top-20 team upset as Jacksonville (Ala.) State edged #20 Troy, 7-6 in 10 innings.
Rice's John Simms
The 12 teams from the CB360 top-50 that did not play on Tuesday included: #8 Arizona State, #12 Fresno State, #13 Oregon State, #22 Arizona, #23 California, #28 Miami, #35 Auburn, #38 Mississippi State, #41 Cal State Bakersfield, #43 Charlotte. #44 Coastal Carolina, #48 Elon
There are five teams that have returned to the top-50 this week – #33 Kent State, #38 Mississippi State, #40 Central Florida, #46 Southeastern Louisiana and #50 Jacksonville … with the College of Charleston, Houston, Tulane, San Jose State and Long Beach State dropping outside the top-50.
TUESDAY’S TOP-50 MATCHUPS (4/12/11)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings … upsets in italics)
Georgia Tech's Matthew Grimes
at #9 Florida State 3-6-1 def. #2 Florida 1-6-1
Final Stats | FSU Recap | FL Recap | Photos
at #5 North Carolina 5-8-0 def. #34 East Carolina 3-9-5
Final Stats | UNC Recap | ECU Recap
at #24 Rice 2-6-0 def. #6 Texas A&M 0-4-1
Final Stats | Rice Recap | A&M Recap
at #10 Georgia Tech 5-10-0 def. #29 Georgia 3-12-0
Final Stats | GT Recap (w. video) | GA Recap
Southern Mississippi's Collin Cargill
at #15 Oklahoma 13-12-0 def. #17 TCU 6-11-4
Final Stats | OU Recap (w. video) | TCU Recap | Photos
#18 Southern Mississippi 8-12-4 def. #42 Mississippi 6-11-4 (12 inn.; Pearl, MS)
Final Stats | SoMiss Recap | OleMiss Recap
TUESDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 GAMES (4/12/11)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings … upsets in italics)
at #1 Virginia 4-5-0 def. Georgetown 0-2-0 (5 inn.)
Final Stats | VA Recap | GU Recap | Video Highlights
The Citadel's Logan Cribbs
#3 Vanderbilt 1-9-0 won at Middle Tennessee 0-3-1
Final Stats | VAN Recap (w. video) | MidTN Recap | Photos
at The Citadel 2-7-0 def. #4 South Carolina 0-8-0
Final Stats | CIT Recap | SC Recap
#7 Cal State Fullerton 5-11-1 won at Loyola Marymount 0-4-0
Final Stats | CSF Recap | LMU Recap | Postgame Video (LMU)
at #11 Texas 3-7-1 def. Dallas Baptist 1-4-0
Final Stats | TX Recap | DB Recap
Jacksonville (AL) State's Blake Seguin
#14 Arkansas 2-8-0 won at Missouri State 1-6-1
Final Stats | ARK Recap | MoSt Recap
at #16 Stanford 3-8-1 def. Univ. of the Pacific 1-3-3
Final Stats | STAN Recap | UOP Recap | Photos
at #19 Stetson 9-16-2 def. South Florida 1-8-0
Final Stats | STET Recap | SoFL Recap
at Jacksonville (AL) State 7-10-3 def. #20 Troy 6-8-4 (10 inn.)
Final Stats | JS Recap | Troy Recap
at #21 Oklahoma State 9-8-1 def. Arkansas-Little Rock 6-9-0
Final Stats | OK-St Recap | UALR Recap
at #25 UCLA 6-13-0 def. Long Beach State 4-8-1
Final Stats | UCLA Recap | LBSU Recap
Northwestern (La.) State's Mason Melotakis
at #26 Clemson 7-12-1 def. Presbyterian 2-5-0
Final Stats | CLEM Recap | PRES Recap
Northwestern (La.) State 5-8-0 won at #27 LSU 2-7-0
Final Stats | NW-La. Recap | LSU Recap | Photos | Video Highlights
at #30 Alabama 10-9-1 def. Mississippi Valley State 1-5-2
Final Stats | AL Recap | MVS Recap
at #31 UC Irvine 3-7-0 def. San Diego State 0-3-2
Final Stats | UCI Recap | SDSU Recap
Kentucky's Jordan Cooper
#32 East Tennessee State 6-10-2 won at Univ. of South Carolina Upstate 3-7-2
Final Stats | ETSU Recap | USC-U Recap
at #33 Kent State 7-11-2 def. Youngstown State 0-6-4
Final Stats | Kent Recap | YS Recap
Kentucky 3-11-1 won at #36 Louisville 2-7-2
Final Stats | KY Recap | LOU Recap | Photos (KY) | Photos (LOU) | Postgame Audio | Notes
Florida Atlantic's Sean Bukovich
at #37 Texas State 3-8-1 def. Houston Baptist 2-8-1 (13 inn.)
Final Stats | TxSt Recap | HB Recap
at Washington State 3-9-1 def. #39 Gonzaga 1-5–0
Final Stats | WSU Recap | GON Recap
at Florida Atlantic 3-13-1 def. #40 Central Florida 2-7-2
Final Stats | FAU Recap (w/ video) | UCF Recap | Photos
at Yale 10-8-1 def. #45 Connecticut 7-8-2 (8 inn.)
Final Stats | Yale Recap | UConn Recap
Yale knocked off the nutmeg state's top-ranked team, Connecticut.
at #46 Southeastern Louisiana 10-9-3 def. Southern 4-9-1
Final Stats | SE-La.. Recap | Southern Recap
#47 Baylor 9-16-1 won at Texas Arlington 4-10-0 (10 inn.)
Final Stats | BAY Recap | UTA Recap | Photos | Quotes (BAY)
at #49 Creighton 7-9-3 def. Kansas State 6-9-2
Final Stats | CU Recap | KSU Recap
Georgia Southern posted another quality midweek win, outslugging Jacksonville.
at Georgia Southern 20-17-2 def. #50 Jacksonville 7–9-4
Final Stats | GS Recap | JU Recap | Postgame Video