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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
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)
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
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).
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):
Stanford … South Carolina … Texas A&M … Oregon State … Kentucky
Sunday (3/11/12) Postgame Video (highlights and/or interviews):
South Carolina … Georgia … Oregon … LSU … Notre Dame (at LSU) … Mississippi … UCF …
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
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
• #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
• 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
• #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
• 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
• #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
• 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
• #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
• 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
• #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
• 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
• 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
• 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)
• 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
• 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