Saturday’s College Baseball Top 50 Scoreboard & Wrapup

March 3, 2012
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The favorites in Saturday’s games involving top-50 teams from the CB360 Composite National Rankings flexed their muscles in a big way throughout the day, combining to win 82% of their games (37-8) while putting a stop to the season-long rash of upsets. The nine head-to-head games between top-50 teams did produce a couple of upsets – namely #47 Tennessee beating the “other UT” in a 5-4 battle vs. #19 Texas (at Houston’s Minute Maid Park). Out east, #3 South Carolina remained unbeaten #1 Florida clinched its series at #10 Miami (13-5).  front-page photo courtesy of Tennessee

Drew Stechenrider (Tennessee)

CLICK HERE for Friday’s CB360 top-50 scoreboard & wrapup page

South Carolina (9-0) remained one of only three Division I baseball teams that has yet to lose this season (min. 5 DI games), along with fellow 9-0 team Gonzaga and 10-0 Kentucky. The Palmetto State rivalry will shift to Clemson on Sunday, after game-1 was played Friday in Charleston and game-2 on SC’s home field in Columbia.

Adam Matthews (South Carolina)

Due to the decrease in upsets and the fact that many teams are playing in tournament settings this weekend, there are only six  CB360 top-50 teams that are due to play series-deciding games on Sunday (all are 1-1; there also are a few 4-gm series with the favorite holding a 2-1 edge):

• #2 Stanford at Fresno State
• #42 Pepperdine at #21 Louisville
• Oklahoma State at #22 TCU
• Miami (Ohio) at #23 Mississippi
• Alabama at #45 Tulane
• Radford at #49 UNC Greensboro

One other top-50 series still could go to the underdog, but Lehigh would need to win both games of Sunday’s doubleheader at #24 California.

Joe Sever (Pepperdine)

In addition to Saturday’s wins by Tennessee and Louisville, the day’s other top-50 upsets included Houston posting a 4-1 win over #7 Arkansas (at Minute Maid Park), along with:
• Lamar 8-0 at #25 Baylor
• Southern Illinois 8-1 at #26 Stetson
• Wright State 5-4 at #27 Virginia
• Wagner 11-4 at #36 Charlotte
• Alabama 6-2 at #45 Tulane

David Miller (Purdue)

Saturday’s nine head-to-head games between CB360 top-50 teams included the wins by Florida and South Carolina, plus a split between Pepperdine and Louisville. #4 Rice bounced back from its first loss of the season by beating #37 Texas Tech (6-2, at Minute Maid) while #6  North Carolina clinched its series vs. #30 USC (in a rare 1-0 game) and #25 Baylor beat #31 UC Irvine for the second time (6-1) during action at the Baylor Classic. In other tournament action, #40 Purdue picked up a solid win, 10-9 vs. #48 Southern Mississippi (at Auburn).

#9 Florida State and #34 College of Charleston were the only CB360 top-50 teams that were idle on Saturday. The daily top-50 results are included below, with results and an assortment of postgame links. A special dedicated Twitter feed is included, featuring team tweets from the weekend’s CB360 top-50 head-to-head games and from the “baker’s dozen” top-13. …

For convenience, here’s a bonus grouping of postgame media links (also included below w/ result listings) for game photos, video highlights and postgame video:

Saturday (3/3/12) Photo Galleries (links also listed below w/ game score & other links):
South CarolinaNorth CarolinaArkansas LSULouisville-1 … Louisville-2
TCU … BaylorMaryland … Texas Tech … Tennessee

Saturday (3/3/12) Postgame Video (highlights and/or interviews):
South CarolinaArkansas-1Arkansas-2Arkansas-3Georgia Tech … Arizona … Georgia
LSU … Arizona State … Baylor VirginiaUCFVanderbilt … Charlotte
Mississippi State-1Mississippi State-2 … Tennessee

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Taylor Gushue (Florida)

SATURDAY’S TOP-50 MATCHUPS  (March 3, 2012)
… based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings

upsets in italics

• #1 Florida 13-16-0 … won at #10 Miami 5-9-3
(Gators have clinched series, 2-0) … FL now 9-1, Miami 8-2
Final Stats  |  FL Recap  |  Miami Recap

• at #3 South Carolina 9-11-2 … def. #14 Clemson 6-8-1
(SC has clinched series, 2-0; gm-1 in Charleston) … SC now 9-0, CLEM 4-4
Final Stats  |  SC Recap  |  CLEM Recap  |  Quotes
Photos  |  Video Highlights  |  Postgame Video (w/ 3 links)

Chris Munnelly (North Carolina)

• #4 Rice 6-9-1 … def. #37 Texas Tech 2-4-1
(tournament; Minute Maid Park; Houston) … Rice now 10-1, TT 8-3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Rice Recap  |  TT Recap  |  Notes  |  Photos (TT)

Matthew Reckling (Rice)

• at #6 North Carolina 1-7-1 … def. #30 USC 0-5-0
(UNC has clinched series, 2-0) … UNC now 8-1, USC 7-3
Final Stats  |  UNC Recap  |  USC Recap  |  Photos

#47 Tennessee 5-7-0 … def. #19 Texas 4-10-1
(tournament; Minute Maid Park, Houston) … TN now 7-3, TX 4-6
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  TN Recap  |  TX Recap  |  Photos (TN)  |  Postgame Video (TN)

• #42 Pepperdine 3-3-0 … won at #21 Louisville 2-7-0
(DH, gm-1; series opener) … PEP now 8-2, LOU 6-3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  PEP Recap  |  LOU Recap  |  Photos

Zak Wasserman (Louisville)

• at #21 Louisville 3-9-0 … def. #42 Pepperdine 1-6-0
(DH, gm-2; series tied; rainout on Fri.) … LOU now 7-3, PEP 8-3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  LOU Recap  |  PEP Recap  |  Quotes  |  Notes  |  Photos

• at #25 Baylor 6-12-0 … def. #31 UC Irvine 1-4-1
(tournament; BAY beat UCI on Fri.) … BAY now 9-3, UCI 5-5
Final Stats  |  BAY Recap  |  UCI Recap  |  Quotes  |  Photos  |  Video Highlights

Josh Ludy (Baylor)

• #40 Purdue 10-15-0 … def. #48 Southern Mississippi 9-13-0
(tournament; at Auburn) … PUR now 7-1, SoMiss 7-4
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  PUR Recap  |  SoMiss Recap

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SATURDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 GAMES  (March 3, 2012)
… based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings

upsets in italics

• #2 Stanford 6-18-2 … won at Fresno State 0-4-2
(series tied) … STAN now 9-1, FRES 5-6
Final Stats  |  STAN Recap  |  FS Recap  |  Quotes

• at #5 Texas A&M 4-5-2 … def. Michigan State 0-5-2
(A&M has clinched series, 2-0) … A&M now 10-1, MSU 4-5
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  A&M Recap  |  MSU Recap

Casey Grayson (Houston)

Houston 4-8-1 … def. #7 Arkansas 1-6-1
(tournament; Minute Maid Park, Houston) …  HOU now 6-4, ARK 10-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  HOU Recap   |  ARK Recap (w/ video)  |  Postgame Video  (HOU)
Photos  |  Video Highlights (ARK)  |  More Postgame Video: Ark-1  &  Ark-2

• at #8 Georgia Tech 9-14-0 … def. Rutgers 4-7-1
(GT has clinched series, 2-0) … GT 9-2, RUT 3-5
Final Stats (via tab) |  GT Recap  |  RUT Recap  |  Postgame Video

• at #11 Arizona 3-10-1 … def. Harvard 1-4-1
(AZ has clinched series, 2-0) … AZ now 7-2, HARV 0-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  AZ Recap  |  HARV Recap  |  Video (Highlights w/ Postgame)

• at #12 Georgia 3-6-1 … def. Western Illinois 2-8-2
(UGa has clinched series, 2-0) … UGa now 10-1, WIU 3-8
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UGa Recap (w/ video) |  WIU Recap

• at #13 LSU 16-15-1 … def. Dartmouth 3-8-5
(Tigers have clinched series, 2-0) … LSU now 9-2, DART 0-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  LSU Recap  |  DART Recap  |  Photos  |  Video Highlights

• at #15 Cal State Fullerton 2-6-3 … def. Utah Valley 0-5-3
(Titans have clinched series, 2-0) … CSF 7-3, UV 2-7
Final Stats  |  CSF Recap  |  UV Recap

• #16 Arizona State 17-19-2 … def. Winthrop 2-6-0
(tournament; Surprise, AZ) … ASU now 8-1, WIN 1-10
Final Stats  |  ASU Recap  |  WIN Recap  |  Postgame Video (ASU)

• #17 Oklahoma 10-15-1 … won at New Mexico 5-8-3
(Sooners have clinched series, 2-0) … OK now 6-3, NM 2-7
… Final Stats HTML & PDF  |  OK Recap  |  NM Recap

• at #18 UCLA 6-20-2 … def. Sacramento State 2-8-0
(Bruins have clinched series, 2-0) … UCLA now 7-3, SAC 4-6
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UCLA Recap  |  SAC Recap

• at #20 Oregon 3-11-2 … def Long Beach State 2-9-1
(Ducks have clinched series) … ORE now 9-1, LB 4-6
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ORE Recap  |  LBSU Recap  |  Quotes

Jonathan Dziedzic (Lamar)

• at #22 TCU 2-5-0 … def. Oklahoma State 0-6-1
(series tied) … TCU now 3-6, OK-St 6-5
Final Stats  |  TCU Recap  |  OK-St Recap  |  Notes  |  Quotes  |  Photos

• at #23 Mississippi 11-18-2 … def. Miami, Ohio 3-3-3
(series tied) … OleMiss now 8-2, Miami 4-4
Final Stats  |  OleMiss Recap  |  MIA Recap

• at #24 California 9-13-0 … def. Lehigh 3-9-3
(series opener) … Cal now 6-2, LEH 2-3
Final Stats  |  Cal Recap  |  LEH Recap

Lamar 8-15-0 … won at #25 Baylor 0-6-1
(tournament) … Lamar now 3-5, BAY 8-3
Final Stats  |  Lamar Recap  |  BAY Recap

Southern Illinois 11-14-3 … won at #26 Stetson 8-10-1
(tournament) … SIU now 6-4, STET 8-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  SIU Recap  |  STET Recap

Justin Kopale (Wright State)

• at #27 Virginia  10-12-1 … def. Seton Hall 4-6-2
(tournament) … UVa now 6-2-1, SHU 3-6
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UVa Recap  |  SHU Recap  |  Video Highlights

Wright State 5-10-1, at #27 Virginia 4-9-0
(tournament) … WS now 2-6, UVa 6-3-1
Final Stats  |  WS Recap  |  UVa Recap  |  Video Highlights

• at #28 Central Florida 6-12-0 … def. Siena 4-5-0
(UCF has clinched series, 2-0) … UCF now 9-2, Siena 1-9
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UCF Recap (w/ postgame video)  |  Siena Recap

• #29 Oregon State 6-12-0 … def. Saint Louis 5-10-2
(tournament; Surprise, AZ) … OR-St now 7-4, SLU 6-5
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  OR-St Recap  |  SLU Recap

• #32 Cal Poly 6-8-0 … def. Milwaukee 2-5-1
(tournament; at San Diego State) … CP now 8-3, MIL 3-7
Final Stats  |  CP Recap  |  MIL Recap

• at #33 Maryland 4 … def. Manhattan 1  (7 inn.)
(DH, gm-1; Terps leads 4-gm series, 2-0) … MD now 7-1, MAN 1-5
Final Stats  |  MD Recap  |  MAN Recap  |  Photos

•  at #33 Maryland 10-11-0 … def. Manhattan  1-6-2
(DH, gm-2; Terps have clinched 4-gm series, 3-0) … MD now 8-1, MAN 1-6
Final Stats  |  MD Recap  |  MAN Recap  |  Photos

• at #35 Vanderbilt 9-16-2 … def. Rhode Island 4-8-2
(DH, gm-1; series opener) … VAN now 2-7, URI 4-3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  VAN Recap  |  URI Recap

• at #35 Vanderbilt 8-6-0 … def. Rhode Island 0-2-4
(DH, gm-2; Vandy has clinched series, 2-0) … VAN now 3-7, URI 4-4
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  VAN Recap  |  URI Recap  |  Postgame Video

• Wagner 11-8-0 … won at #36 Charlotte 4-10-3
(DH, gm-1; 4-gm series tied, 1-1) … WAG now 1-6, CHAR 7-3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  WAG Recap  |  CHAR Recap (w/ video)  |  Video Highlights

• at #36 Charlotte 7-13-2 … def. Wagner 3-6-1
(DH, gm-2; 49ers lead 4-gm series, 2-1) … CHAR now 8-3, WAG 1-7
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CHAR Recap (w/ video)  |  WAG Recap
Video Highlights  |  Postgame Video

•  at #38 East Carolina 2-4-0 … def. Stony Brook  1-8-1
(ECU has clinched series) … ECU now 7-2, SB 4-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ECU Recap  |  SB Recap

• at #39 Mississippi State 3-10-3 … def. Connecticut 1-6-0
(Miss-St has clinched series, 2-0) … MS now 9-2, UConn 3-6
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Miss-St  Recap  |  UConn Recap  |  Video Highlights  |  Postgame Video

• at #41 Florida Atlantic 9-10-1 … def. Princeton 1-6-1
(DH, gm-1; 4-gm series tied, 1-1) … FAU now 7-3, PRIN 1-1
Final Stats  |  FAU Recap  |  PRIN Recap

• at #41 Florida Atlantic 6-12-2 … def. Princeton 2-9-0
(DH, gm-2; FAU leads 4-gm series, 2-1) … FAU now 8-3, PRIN 1-2
Final Stats  |  FAU Recap  |  PRIN Recap

• #43 Gonzaga 4-3-1 … def. Texas-San Antonio 1-3-1
(UTSA tournament; Wolff Stadium) … GON now 9-0, UTSA 7-4
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  GON Recap  |  UTSA Recap

Jose Rosecrans (Alabama)

• #44 St. John’s at Coastal Carolina – rainout (no makeup)

• Alabama 6-9-0 … won at #45 Tulane 2-9-2  
(series tied) … AL now 5-5, TUL 9-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  AL Recap  |  TUL Recap  |  Quotes

• #46 Georgia Southern at North Florida – rainout
(DH on 3/4, 1:30; UNF won series opener)

• at #49 UNC Greensboro 7-8-4 … def. Radford 4-7-0
(series tied) … UNCG now 8-1, RAD 3-7
Final Stats  |  UNCG Recap  |  RAD Recap

• #49 Southeastern Louisiana 8 … def. Central Michigan 1
(tourn., at McNeese St; CM beat SL on Fri.) … SL now 9-2, CM 3-6
Final Stats  |  SE-La. Recap  |  CMU Recap

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