Tuesday’s college baseball action produced another big effort from the underdogs, as the unranked/lower-ranked teams won 43% of the day’s games involving CB360 top-50 teams (12-16). front-page photo courtesy of Nebraska
Fieve top-20 teams in CB360’s recently-updated Composite National Rankings were upset victims, as: #19 TCU won 4-2 at #7 Texas A&M … Mercer 6-3 vs. visiting #11 Georgia Tech … Cal Poly 5-4 at home vs. #13 Fresno State … Dallas Baptist 3-2 at #18 Oklahoma … and South Florida 5-2 vs. visiting #20 Stetson.
South Alabama's Brad Hook
Tuesday’s other top-50 upsets include: South Alabama 7-1 vs. #27 Auburn … High Point 3-0 at #38 Elon … UAB 8-1 at #33 Troy .. Nebraska 2-1 vs. #35 Creighton (opening game at at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha) … UNLV 7-4 at #43 Baylor … and Virginia Tech 13-6 at #44 East-Tennessee.
There were three games on Tuesday’s docket featuring head-to-head clashes between CB360 top-50 teams – including Mississippi State’s 6-1 win over #39 Mississippi, in the fifth annual Governor’s Cup game (played in Pearl, Miss.).
Mississippi State's Kendal Graverman
In addition to those three head-to-head matchups, several other games held the promise to produce competitive battles (current top-50 vs. team previously in the top-50 this season) and produced several CNR upsets: #2 South Carolina at College of Charleston … Wichita State at #16 Oklahoma State … San Diego at #27 UC Irvine … Nebraska at #35 Creighton … Virginia Tech at #42 East Tennessee … UNLV at #44 Baylor … and Florida Atlantic at #46 Central Florida.
The 18 CB360 top-50 teams not slated for Tuesday action included: #3 Florida, #4 Vanderbilt, #5 Cal State Fullerton, #8 Oregon State, #12 Arizona State, #15 Rice, #16 Southern Mississippi, #21 Miami, #23 Arizona, #25 Clemson, #29 Georgia, #31 Texas State, #32 LSU, #34 Gonzaga, #40 Cal State Bakersfield, #45 Texas Tech, #48 Jacksonville and #49 Charlotte.
North Carolina State and Texas Tech have re-entered the CB360 top-50 with today’s update. The teams that dropped out of the top-50 are Louisville and Southeastern Louisiana.
TUESDAY’S TOP-50 MATCHUPS (4/19/11)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings … upsets in italics)
TCU's Stefan Crichton
at #6 North Carolina 8-9-2 def. #41 Coastal Carolina 3-10-1
Final Stats | UNC Recap | CC Recap | Photos
#19 TCU 4-9-1 won at #7 Texas A&M 2-4-0
Final Stats | TCU Recap | A&M Recap
#36 Mississippi State 6-9-3 def. #39 Mississippi 1-6-3 (Pearl, MS)
Final Stats | MS Recap | OleMiss Recap
TUESDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 GAMES (4/19/11)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings … upsets in italics)
#1 Virginia 12-16-0 won at Radford 0-2-1
Final Stats | VA Recap | RAD Recap | Video Highlights (VA)
Mercer's Matt McCall
#2 South Carolina 8-10-2 won at College of Charleston 3-7-0
Final Stats | SC Recap | CofC Recap
at #9 Texas 4-7-0 def. Texas Pan-American 2-6-0
Final Stats | TX Recap | UTPA Recap | Photos | Quotes
Cal Poly's Chris Hoo
at #10 Florida State 13-13-0 def. Florida Gulf Coast 2-7-1
Final Stats | FSU Recap | FGC Recap
at Mercer 6-9-0 def. #11 Georgia Tech 3-11-2
Final Stats | MER Recap | GT Recap
at Cal Poly 5-8-1 def. #13 Fresno State 4-7-2
Final Stats | CP Recap | FS Recap
Dallas Baptist's Jason Krizan
#14 Arkansas 6-7-0 won at Oral Roberts 5-7-1
Final Stats | ARK Recap | ORU Recap
at #17 Oklahoma State 5-12-1 def. Wichita State 3-9-2
Final Stats | OK-St. Recap | WICH Recap
Dallas Baptist 3-6-1 won at #18 Oklahoma 2-10-1
Final Stats | DB Recap | OU Recap (w/ postgame video)
at South Florida 5-9-0 def. #20 Stetson 2-5-1
Final Stats | SF Recap (w/ video) | STET Recap
South Florida's Zach Pietrzyk
at #22 California 4-6-0 def. UC Davis 1-14-0
Final Stats | Cal Recap | UCD Recap
at #24 UCLA 14-18-0 def. San Diego State 6-5-1
Final Stats | UCLA Recap | SDSU Recap | Postgame Video
#26 Stanford 10-17-0 won at Santa Clara 3-6-2
Final Stats | STAN Recap | SCU Recap
South Alabama 7-14-2 won at #27 Auburn 1-7-1
Final Stats | SA Recap | AUB Recap
UAB's Patrick Palmiero
at #28 UC Irvine 8-13-1 def. San Diego 7-14-1
Final Stats | UCI Recap | USD Recap
at #30 East Carolina 17-22-2 def. UNC Wilmington 13-11-2
Final Stats | ECU Recap | UNC-W Recap
UAB 8-11-1 won at #33 Troy 1-7-3
Final Stats | UAB Recap | Troy Recap
Nebraska's Logan Ehlers
Nebraska 2-5-0 def. #35 Creighton 1-6-3 (at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha)
Final Stats | NEB Recap | Creighton Recap | Photos (NEB)
#37 Alabama 7-11-1 won at Samford 5-9-3
Final Stats | AL Recap | SAM Recap
High Point's Ryan Retz
High Point 3-7-0 won at #38 Elon 0-2-1
Final Stats | HP Recap | Elon Recap
at #42 North Carolina State 3-9-0 def. Campbell 2-7-2
Final Stats | NC-St. Recap | CAMP Recap
UNLV 7-15-1 won at #43 Baylor 4-7-0
Final Stats | UNLV Recap | BAY Recap (w/ video) | Quotes (BAY)
UNLV's Zack Hartman
Virginia Tech 13-20-0 won at #44 East Tennessee State 6-13-1
Final Stats | VT Recap | ETSU Recap
at #46 Connecticut 13-16-2 def. Fairfield 2-6-3
Final Stats | UConn Recap | FAIR Recap
at #47 Central Florida 12-6-0 def. Florida Atlantic 0-8-0
Final Stats | UCF Recap | FAU Recap
#50 Kent State at Cleveland State – postponed (makeup May 16th)