Friday’s College Baseball 360 Scoreboard & Wrapup

March 9, 2012
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The number of upsets reached double-digits on Friday, involving games with  top-50 teams in the CB360 Composite National Rankings. Favorites still had a fairly solid day in CB360 top-50 games (30-10; three rainouts), with one of the upsets coming in a top-25, head-to-head matchup – as #21 UCLA won 2-0 at #11 Georgia. front-page photo courtesy of Texas A&M

Recent CB360 Top-50 Scoreboard Pages …
March 7 … March 6 … March 4 … March 3 … March 1-2 … Feb. 29 … Feb. 27-28 … Feb. 26    
  

Mark Appel (Stanford)

There was a rare non-conference matchup between top-5 teams, with #2 Stanford outlasting #4 Rice, 4-2, thanks to Justin Ringo’s 10th-inning home run (and Mark Appel’s career-best 14 Ks).

Friday’s other top-50 upsets included a 2-1 win by Illinois at #12 Oregon (led by Kevin Johnson’s complete game), plus these other results:
• Connecticut 8-7 vs. #20 Oklahoma (at Oregon)
• Wake Forest 10-5 vs. #23 Maryland
• New Mexico 11-6 vs. #28 Gonzaga
•  Wichita State 3-2 vs. #40 Tulane
• Missouri 10-4 vs. #41 Charlotte
•  Virginia Tech 10-8 at #42 Virginia
• BYU 6-1 at #44 UC Irvine
• Louisiana (Lafayette) 12-5 vs. #47 Southern Mississippi

Adam Plutko (UCLA)

In addition to the UCLA-Georgia and Stanford-Rice games, here’s how six other head-to-head games between CB360 top-50 teams played out:
• #5 Texas A&M 6-1 vs. #13 Cal State Fullerton
• #7 North Caroliana 4-3 at #19 Clemson
• #8 Georgia Tech 14-6 vs. #50 North Carolina State
• #14 Miami 7-3 vs. #49 Boston College
• #24 Texas Tech rained out at #33 TCU (makeup game TBA)

With the ACC opening league play, here’s a look at how their schedule strengths compared heading into conference action (these numbers reflect a relatively small sample size, w/ SOS numbers due to fluctuate significantly as the season progresses):
• Clemson (#4 strength-of-schedule played so far, per WarrenNolan.com)
• Virginia Tech (#10)
• Maryland (#41)
• Boston College (#43)
• Miami (#53)
• Florida State (#57)
• North Carolina (#77)
• Virginia (#88)
• Georgia Tech (#119)
• Wake Forest (#178)
• Duke (#207)
• North Carolina State (#213)

Zane Evans (Georgia Tech)

Friday’s top-50 results (43 games) are included below, with an assortment of postgame links. A special dedicated Twitter feed is included, featuring team tweets from CB360 top-50 teams playing head-to-head and from the “Bakers dozen” top-13 …

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

Friday (3/9/12) Photo Galleries (links also listed below w/ game score & other links):
Florida … Stanford …  South CarolinaArkansasLSU
Michigan (at LSU) … MarylandNebraska (vs. Cal)
Murray State (vs. Purdue) … Kentucky … Alabama (vs. East Carolina)
Vanderbilt

Friday (3/9/12) Postgame Video (highlights and/or interviews):
StanfordSouth Carolina … Arkansas: part-1 & part-2 … Georgia TechGeorgia
Oregon: part-1..part-2 & part-3 … Miami: part-1 & part-2
Illinois (at Ore): part-1 & part-2LSUMississippiUCFWake Forest (vs. Maryland) … Missippis State: part-1part-2 … Virginia … Vanderbilt: part-1 & part-2

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FRIDAY’S TOP-50 MATCHUPS  (March 9, 2012)
… based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings

Jacob House (Texas A&M)

upsets in italics

• at #2 Stanford 4-5-0 … def. #4 Rice 2-5-0  (10 inn.)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  STAN Recap  |  Rice Recap |  Photos  |  Postgame Video

• at #5 Texas A&M 6-13-3 … def. #13 Cal State Fullerton 1-4-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  A&M Recap  |  CSF Recap

Chaz Frank (North Carolina)

• #7 North Carolina 4-7-1 … won at #19 Clemson 3-8-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UNC Recap  |  CLEM Recap

• #8 Georgia Tech 14-14-2 … won at #50 North Carolina State 6-10-2
Final Stats  |  GT Recap  |  NC-St Recap  |  Postgame Video

• #21 UCLA 2-9-1 … won at #11 Georgia 0-5-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UCLA Recap  |  UGA Recap (w/ video)

Stephen Perez (Miami)

• at #14 Miami 7-9-0 … def. #49 Boston College 3-7-4
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  MIA Recap  |  BC Recap  |  Postgame Video: part-1 & part-2

• #24 Texas Tech at #33 TCU – canceled (no makeup; 2-gm series Sat. & Sun.)

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FRIDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 GAMES  (March 9, 2012)
… based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings

• at #1 Florida 4-7-1 … def. Florida Gulf Coast 2-7-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FL Recap  |  FGCU Recap  |  Photos

• at #3 South Carolina 2-10-1 … def. Princeton 1-6-0
Final Stats  |  SC Recap (w/ video) |  PRIN Recap  |  Quotes  |  Photos

• at #6 Arkansas 4-8-1 … def. Binghamton 0-3-2
Final Stats  |  ARK Recap  |  BING Recap  |  Photos  |  Video Highlights  |  Postgame Video: part-1 & part-2

Kevin Johnson (Illinois)

• #9 Florida State 5-5-0 … won at Duke 3-8-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FSU Recap  |  Duke Recap

• at #10 Arizona 9-13-1 … def. Eastern Michigan 2-6-4
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  AZ Recap  |  EMU Recap

• Illinois 2-6-1 … won at #12 Oregon 1-4-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ILL Recap  |  OR Recap  |  Video Highlights  |  Postgame Video (ILL): part-1 & part-2  |  Postgame Video (OR): part-1..part-2 & part-3

• at #15 LSU 6-12-0 … def. Michigan 0-2-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  LSU Recap  |  MICH Recap  |  Notes (MI)  |  Photos (LSU)  |  Photos (MI)  |  Video Highlights

• at #16 Mississippi 8-11-0 … def. Houston 0-4-3
Final Stats  |  OleMiss Recap  |  HOU Recap  |  Video Highlights

• #17 Arizona State 3-10-0 … won at Long Beach State 2-5-0
Final Stats  |  ASU Recap  |  LB Recap

LJ Mazzilli (UConn)

• #18 Louisville 7-13-3 … def. Oral Roberts 3-7-1  (at Alabama)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  LOU Recap  |  ORU Recap  |  Notes  |  Quotes

• at #22 Central Florida 16-13-0 … def. UMass 4-8-3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UCF Recap (w/ video)  |  UMass Recap

Connecticut 8-11-2 … def. #20 Oklahoma 7-10-1  (at Oregon)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UConn Recap  |  OU Recap

Mark Rhine (Wake Forest(

at Wake Forest 10-12-0 … def. #23 Maryland 5-13-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  WFU Recap  |  MD Recap  |  Photos  |  Postgame Video

• #25 California 11-20-2 … won at Nebraska 8-15-0  (11 inn.)
Final Stats  |  Cal Recap  |  NEB Recap (w/ video)  |  Photos

• at #26 Mississippi State 5-8-1 … def. Mercer 3-7-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Miss-St Recap  |  MER Recap  |  Notes  |  Video Highlights  |  Postgame Video

Kyle Stiner (New Mexico)

• at #27 Stetson 5-6-0 … def. Harvard 0-4-4
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  STET Recap  |  HARV Recap

at New Mexico 11-16-2 … def. #28 Gonzaga 6-6-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  NM Recap  |  GON Recap

• at #29 Oregon State 11-7-1 … def. West Virginia 0-1-2  (7 inn.)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  OR-St Recap  |  WVU Recap

• #30 Purdue 5 … won at Murray State 2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  PUR Recap  |  MUR Recap  |  Photos (MUR)

Memphis at #31 Baylor – rainout (makeup 3/10)

• #32 Texas State 5-7-2 … won at Texas-Arlington 3-7-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  TX-St Recap  |  UTA Recap

Loyola Marymount at #34 Texas – rainout (makeup TBA)

• at #35 Kentucky 19-22-0 … def. Canisius 9-14-0
Final Stats  |  KY Recap  |  CAN Recap  |  Photos

• at #36 Cal Poly 6-10-1 … def. Washington 3-5-2
Final Stats  |  CP Recap  |  WA Recap

Mitch Morrmann (Wichita State)

• #37 East Carolina 3-8-1 … won at Alabama 1-8-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ECU Recap  |  AL Recap  |  Notes & Quotes  |  Photos

• #38 College of Charleston 14-5-1 … at Furman 6-12-4
Final Stats & PDF  |  CofC Recap  |  FUR Recap

Conner Mach (Missouri)

• at #39 USC 6-10-2 … def. Cal State Bakersfield 5-5-5
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  USC Recap  |  CSB Recap

• at Wichita State 3-5-0 … def. #40 Tulane 2-5-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  WSU Recap  |  TUL Recap

• at Missouri 10-8-1 … def. #41 Charlotte 4-12-4
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  MO Recap  |  CHAR Recap (w/ video)

• Virginia Tech 10-13-0 … won at #42 Virginia 8-8-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  VT Recap  |  VA Recap  |  Video Highlights

• at #43 Pepperdine 2-5-1 … def. Rhode Island 1-5-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  PEP Recap  |  URI Recap

Dillon Robinson (BYU)

• BYU 6-10-0 … won at #44 UC Irvine 1-3-0  (series tied)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  BYU Recap  |  UCI Recap

• at #45 Liberty 12-11-1 … def. St. John’s 2-8-1
Final Stats  |  LIB Recap  |  StJ Recap

• at #46 Missouri State 3-9-0 … def. SIU-Edwardsville 0-2-0
Final Stats  |  MO-St Recap  |  SIU-E Recap

•  at Louisiana (Lafayette) 12-13-0 … def. #47 Southern Mississippi 5-7-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ULL Recap  |  SoMiss Recap

Jordan Nicholson (Louisiana Lafayette)

• at #48 Vanderbilt 7-11-2 … def. San Diego 0-4-5
Final Stats  |  VAN Recap  |  USD Recap  |  Photos  |  Postgame Video: part-1 & part-2

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THURSDAY’S TOP-50 GAME  (March 8, 2012)
… based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings

• at #44 UC Irvine 3-4-1 … def. BYU 1-7-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UCI Recap  |  BYU Recap 

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