Sunday’s College Baseball Top-50 Scoreboard & Wrapup

March 11, 2012
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North Carolina, UCLA, Cal State Fullerton and North Carolina State completed impressive weekend series on Sunday, highlighting a wild Sunday of action involving top-50 teams in the CB360 Composite National Rankings. UNC (cb360 #6) rallied in the 9th and then won in the 11th, 6-5, for a stunning sweep-completing win at #19 Clemson, while #21 UCLA was wrapping up a sweep of its cross-country series at #11 Georgia (7-3). #50 NC State won again vs. #8 Georgia Tech, to take that ACC-opening series. And in College Station, visiting #13 Fullerton won a resumed game (6-5 in 11) at #5 Texas A&M and then rode that momentum to a series-clinching 4-3 victory.  front-page photo courtesy of Rice

Cody Keefer (UCLA)

Recent CB360 Top-50 Scoreboard Pages …
March 10  |  March 8-9  |  March 7  |  March 6   |  March 4
March 3   |  March 1-2  |  Feb. 29 |  Feb. 27-28  |  Feb. 26   

When the dust had settled on Sunday’s action, the favorites in CB360 top-50 games had won only 57% (24-18; one rainout). UCLA and N.C. State were joined by four other underdogs that won series:
• Wake Forest 4-3 vs. #23 Maryland (sweep)
• New Mexico 4-1 vs. #28 Gonzaga (sweep)
• Wichita State 3-0 vs. #40 Tulane
• San Diego 9-7 at #48 Vanderbilt
(note: Missouri went 3-0 vs. #41 Charlotte, gm-4 rained out)

Logan Jernigan (N.C. State)

The long rundown of Sunday’s 17 top-50 upsets included seven referenced above, plus:
• #4 Rice 1-0 at #2 Stanford
• Notre Dame 7-1 at #15 LSU
• #37 East Carolina 9-4 at #18 Louisville
• Harvard 5-1 at #27 Stetson
• #29 Oregon State 11-7 vs. #20 Oklahoma
• #33 TCU 2-1 vs. #24 Texas Tech
• Texas-Arlington 1-0 at #32 Texas State
• LMU 1-0 at #34 Texas
• Washington 10-5 at #36 Cal Poly
•  St. John’s 3-1 at #45 Liberty

Anthony Trajano (Cal State Fullerton)

There was a total of 42 games featuring CB360 top-50 teams on Sunday, including the 10 head-to-head matchups and five doubleheaders (#7 Arkansas, #44 UC Irvine and #46 Missouri State were idle on Sunday).

The number of head-to-head matchups between CB360 top-50 teams swelled to 10 on Sunday and eight of them resulted in upsets. #14 Miami completed its sweep of #49 Boston College, 4-1 (joining UNC as the only favorites that won among those 10 head-to-head battles).

Michael Morin (North Carolina)

In addition to those mentioned above, 10 other CB360 top-50 teams completed weekend sweeps: #1 Florida (Florida Gulf Coast), #3 South Carolina (Princeton), #9 Florida State (at Duke), #10 Arizona (Eastern Michigan), #16 Mississippi (Houston), #22 UCF (UMass), #30 Purdue (at Murray State), #35 Kentucky (Canisius), #38 College of Charleston (at Furman) and #39 USC (CS Bakersfield).

Sunday’s top-50 results (42 total 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:

Sunday (3/11/12) Photo Galleries (links also listed below w/ game score & other links):
StanfordSouth Carolina … Texas A&MOregon StateKentucky

Sunday (3/11/12) Postgame Video (highlights and/or interviews):
South Carolina … GeorgiaOregonLSUNotre Dame (at LSU) … MississippiUCF
Texas Tech: part-1 & part-2 … Oregon State …  Cal Poly … Virginia

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SUNDAY’S TOP-50 MATCHUPS  (March 11, 2012)
… based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings

Jordan Stephens (Rice)

upsets in italics

• #4 Rice 1-6-0 … won at #2  Stanford 0-4-1
(STAN won series, 2-1) … Rice now 13-4, STAN 13-2
Final Stats  |  Rice Recap  |  STAN Recap  |  Photos

• #13 Cal State Fullerton 6-11-2 … won at #5 Texas A&M 5-10-4  (11 inn.)
(resumed from 3/10;  5-5, t10; series tied) … CSF now 9-5, A&M 13-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CSF Recap (recap from 3/10)  |  A&M Recap (recap from 3/10)

• #13 Cal State Fullerton 4-7-1 … won at #5 Texas A&M 3-8-3 (series finale)
(CSF won series, 2-1) … CSF now 10-5, A&M 13-3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CSF Recap  |  A&M Recap  |  Photos

Brian Radziewski (Miami)

• #7 North Carolina 6-12-2 … won at #19 Clemson 5-10-1  (11 inn.)
(series sweep) … UNC now 12-2, CLEM 6-6
Final Stats  |  UNC Recap  |  CLEM Recap

• at #14 Miami 4-6-2 … def. #49 Boston College 1-3-4
(series sweep) … MIA now 12-3, BC 6-8
Final Stats  |  MIA Recap  |  BC Recap

• at #50 North Carolina State 8-10-2 … def. #8 Georgia Tech 3-4-2
(NC-St won series, 2-1) … NC-St now 11-3, GT 11-5
Final Stats  |  NC-St Recap  |  GT Recap

Dylan Davis (Oregon State)

• at #29 Oregon State 11-14-2 … def. #20 Oklahoma 7-8-5
(tournament) … both teams now 11-5
Final Stats  |  OR-St Recap (w/ video) |  OU Recap  |  Photos

Drew Reynolds (East Carolina)

• #21 UCLA 7-12-1 … won at #11 Georgia 3-7-0
(series sweep) … Bruins now 12-3, UGa 11-5
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UCLA Recap  |  UGa Recap (w/ video)

• #37 East Carolina 9-13-0 … def. #18 Louisville 4-6-2  (at Alabama)
(tournament) … ECU now 11-3, LOU 10-5
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ECU Recap  |  LOU Recap  |  Quotes

Stefan Crichton (TCU)

at #33 TCU 2-4-0 … def. #24 Texas Tech 1-5-2
(series opener) … TCU now 6-6, TT 10-4
Final Stats  |  TCU Recap  |  TT Recap  |  Notes (TCU)  |  Notes (TT)
Quotes  |  Video Highlight  (TT)  |  Postgame Video (TT)

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SATURDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 GAMES  (March 10, 2012)
… based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings

upsets in italics

• at #1 Florida 3-4-1 … def. Florida Gulf Coast 2-5-1
(series sweep) … FL now 14-1, FGCU 6-7
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FL Recap  |  FCGU Recap

• at #3 South Carolina 3-5-1 … def. Princeton 1-6-0
(series sweep) … SC now 13-1, PRIN 2-5
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  SC Recap (w/ video)  |  PRIN Recap  |  Quotes  |  Photos

Sean Fitzgerald (Notre Dame)

• #9 Florida State 10-11-0 … won at Duke 2-9-4
(series sweep) … ‘Noles now 14-1, Devils 7-11
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  FSU Recap  |  Duke Recap

• at #10 Arizona 9-12-3 … def. Eastern Michigan 8-9-3
(series sweep) … AZ now 13-2, EMU 3-11
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  AZ Recap  |  EMU Recap

• at #12 Oregon 4-9-0 … def. Connecticut 0-4-2
(tournament) … Ducks now 12-3, UConn 6-8
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ORE Recap (w/ video links)  |  UConn Recap

Notre Dame 7-11-2 … won at #15 LSU 1-8-1
(tournament) … ND now 7-4, LSU 13-3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  ND Recap (w/ video)  |  LSU Recap  |  Photos  |  Video Highlights

John McLeod (Wake Forest)

• at #16 Mississippi 11-13-0 … def. Houston 3-7-2
(series sweep) … OleMiss 13-2, HOU 6-9
Final Stats  |  OleMiss Recap  |  HOU Recap  |  Video Highlights

• #17 Arizona State 6-8-3 … won at Long Beach State 1-9-2
(ASU won series, 2-1) … ASU now 10-4, LB 5-10
Final Stats  |  ASU Recap  |  LB Recap

• at #22 Central Florida 2-10-1 … def. UMass 1-6-0
(series sweep) … UCF now 13-4, UMass 0-3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UCF Recap (w/ video)  |  UMass Recap

• at Wake Forest 4-7-1 … def. #23 Maryland 3-9-1
(series sweep) … WFU now 14-4, MD 11-4
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  WFU Recap  |  MD Recap

Jon Smart (Harvard)

• #25 California 4-13-1 … won at Nebraska 0-3-0
(Cal leads 4-gm series, 2-1) … Cal now 11-3, NEB 9-6
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Cal Recap  |  NEB Recap

• at #26 Mississippi State 3-7-1 … def. Mercer 1-3-1
(MissSt won series, 2-1) … Miss-St now 14-3, MER 12-5
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Miss-St Recap  |  MER Recap  |  Notes

• at #27 Stetson 3-6-0 … def. Harvard 0-5-2  (DH, gm-1)
(Hatters lead 4-gm series, 2-0) … STET now 12-2, HARV 0-5
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  STET Recap  |  HARV Recap

Rudy Jaramillo (New Mexico)

Harvard 5-11-1 … won at #27 Stetson 1-5-2  (DH, gm-2)
(Hatters lead 4-gm series, 2-1) … HARV now 1-5, STET 12-3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  HARV Recap  |  STET Recap

• at New Mexico 4-7-0 … def. #28 Gonzaga 1-8-0 
(series sweep) … NM now 5-9, GON 10-3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  NM Recap  |  GON Recap

Preston Beck (Texas Arlington)

• #30 Purdue 13-17-0 … won at Murray State 2-8-5
(series sweep) … PUR now 11-1, MUR 8-8
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  PUR Recap  |  MUR Recap

• at #31 Baylor 2-3-1 … def. Memphis 1-5-0  (DH, gm-1)
(series opener) … BAY now 10-6, MEM 5-9
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  BAY Recap  |  MEM Recap

• at #31 Baylor 7-14-1 … def. Memphis 3-8-0  (DH, gm-2)
(Bears won series, 2-0) … BAY now 11-6, MEM 5-10
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  BAY Recap  |  MEM Recap

Scott Larkin (LMU)

• at Texas-Arlington 6-7-3 … def. #32 Texas State 4-10-3  (DH, gm-1)
(series tied) … UTA now 10-6, TX-St 10-4
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  UTA Recap  |  TX-St Recap

• #32 Texas State 3-7-1 … won at Texas-Arlington 2-5-0  (DH, gm-2)
(TX-St won series, 2-1) … TX-St now 11-4, UTA 10-7
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  TX-St Recap  |  UTA Recap

Loyola Marymount 1-7-0 … won at #34 Texas 0-5-0  (DH, gm-1)
(series tied) … LMU now 5-7, TX 5-8
Final Stats  |  LMU Recap  |  TX Recap

• at #34 Texas 3-5-3 … def. Loyola Marymount  1-5-1  (7 inn.; DH, gm-2)
(‘Horns won series, 2-1) … TX now 6-8, LMU 5-8
Final Stats  |  TX Recap  |  LMU Recap

• at #35 Kentucky 5-9-0 … def. Canisius 4-12-0
(series sweep) … KY now 16-0, CAN 7-8
Final Stats  |  KY Recap  |  CAN Recap  |  Photos

Michael Camporeale (right)

Washington 10-12-3 … won at #36 Cal Poly 5-9-9
(CP won series, 2-1) … WASH now 10-5, CP 11-5
Final Stats  |  WASH Recap  |  CP Recap  |  Video Highlights

• #38 College of Charleston 13-11-1 … won at Furman 11-15-0
(series sweep) … CofC now 12-3, FUR 8-8
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  CofC Recap  |  FUR Recap

Kevin Hall (Wichita State)

• at #39 USC 6-11-1 … def. Cal State Bakersfield 0-8-0
(series sweep) … USC now 12-3, CSB 7-10
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  USC Recap  |  CSB Recap

• at Wichita State 3-6-0 … def. #40 Tulane 0-6-1
(WICH won series, 2-1) … WICH now 10-7, TUL 11-5
… Final Stats  |  WICH Recap  |  TUL Recap

• #41 Charlotte at Missouri – rainout (no makeup game; MO won series, 3-0)

Sean O'Hare (St. John's)

• at #42 Virginia 6-11-3 … def. Virginia Tech 5-9-0
(UVa won series, 2-1) … VA 9-5-1, VT 12-4
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  VA Recap  |  VT Recap  |  Video Highlights

• at #43 Pepperdine 8-8-0 … def. Rhode Island 2-8-1
(series sweep) … PEP now 11-4, URI 4-8
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  PEP Recap  |  URI Recap

St. John’s 3-5-3 … won at #45 Liberty 1-5-2
(LIB won series, 3-1) … StJ now 5-9, LIB 16-2
Final Stats  |  StJ Recap  |  LIB Recap

• #47 Southern Mississippi 11-14-2 … won at Louisiana (Lafayette) 3-0-2
(SoMiss won series, 2-1) … SoMiss now 10-6, ULL 9-7
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  SoMiss Recap  |  ULL Recap

Dillon Haupt (San Diego)

San Diego 9-12-0 … won at #48 Vanderbilt 7-10-1
(USD won series, 2-1) … USD now 13-4, VAN 5-10
Final Stats  |  USD Recap  |  VAN Recap

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