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With March Madness winding down in college basketball, the final day of the month also featuresda wide assortment of top college baseball action – with 46 games on tap for Saturday involving top-50 teams from the CB360 Composite National Rankings. The schedule includesdnearly all of the top-50 competing (#40 New Mexico State is idle), with 15 head-t0-head battles headlining the slate (there are four Saturday doubleheaders between top-50 teams, plus four more involving other top-50 squads). Higher-ranked teams had won 66% of the top-50 games on Friday and that win pct. dipped a bit on Sat. (64%; 29-16), with one game suspended and set to resume on Sunday.
Full Saturday top-50 results are included below, with an assortment of postgame links.
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SATURDAY’S TOP-50 MATCHUPS (March 31, 2012)
based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings
upsets in italics
• #1 Florida 9 … won at #18 Mississippi 4 (series tied)
… Final Sats: HTML & PDF | FL Recap | OleMiss Recap
• at #13 Arizona 4 … def. #2 Stanford 2 (‘Cats have clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats | AZ Recap | STAN Recap
• at #14 LSU 2 ... def. #3 Arkansas 1 (Tigers have clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LSU Recap | ARK Recap | Photos | Video Highlights (ARK)
• at #21 Georgia 7 … def. #6 Kentucky 6 (DH, gm-1; series opener)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | GA Recap (w/ video) | KY Recap | Photo Gallery
• #6 Kentucky 9 def. #21 Georgia 8 (DH, gm-2; series tied)
… Final Stats | KY Recap | GA Recap (w/ video)
• at #49 Clemson 3 … def. #9 Miami 1 (Tigers have clinched series. 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CLEM Recap | Miami Recap
• #33 Virginia 5 … won at #16 North Carolina State 2 (series tied)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UVa Recap | NC-St Recap (w/ video)
• at #17 Oregon 1 … def. #24 Arizona State 0 (DH, gm-1; series opener)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ORE Recap (w/ video links) | ASU Recap
• at #17 Oregon 3 … def. #24 Arizona State 1 (DH, gm-2; Ducks have clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ORE Recap (w/ video links) | ASU Recap
• #36 California 12 … def. #20 Texas 2 (Round Rock, TX; series tied)
Final Stats | CAL Recap | TX Recap | Photos (TX)
• #44 Washington 3 … won at #23 Oregon State 2 (10 inn.; DH, gm-1; series opener)
… Final Stats | WA Recap | OR-St Recap
• at #23 Oregon State 9 … def. #44 Washington 0 (DH, gm-2; series tied)
… Final Stats | OR-St Recap | WA Recap
• at #27 Auburn 10 ... def. #32 Mississippi State 6 (series tied)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | AUB Recap | MS Recap | Photos
• at #46 Gonzaga 10 … def. #47 Pepperdine 7 (DH, gm-1; series opener)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | GON Recap | PEP Recap
• #47 Pepperdine 7 … won at #46 Gonzaga 6 (12 inn.; DH, gm-2; series tied)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | PEP Recap | GON Recap
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SATURDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 GAMES (March 31, 2012)
based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings
upsets in italics
• at#4 Florida State 2 … def. Virginia Tech 1 (FSU has clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats | FSU Recap | VT Recap
• at #5 North Carolina 7 ... def. Wake Forest 3 (series tied)
… Final Stats | UNC Recap | WFU Recap
• Missouri 4 … won at #7 Texas A&M 3 (series tied)
… Final Stats | MO Recap | A&M Recap
• #8 UCLA 9 … won at Utah 6 (Bruins have clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats | UCLA Recap | Utah Recap
• at Vanderbilt 12 … def. #10 South Carolina 4 (series tied)
… Final Stats | VAN Recap | SC Recap
• Southern Mississippi 2 … won at #11 Rice 1 (series tied)
… Final Stats | SoMiss Recap | Rice Recap
• at #12 Cal State Fullerton 7 … def. Cal State Northridge 6 (CSF has clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats | CSF Recap | CSN Recap
• #15 Central Florida 9 … won at Houston 1 (UCF has clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats | UCF Recap | HOU Recap
• at #19 Purdue 2 … def. Penn State 0 (Boilers have clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats | PUR Recap | PSU Recap
• at #22 Baylor 3 … def. Oklahoma State 2 (Bears have clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats | BAY Recap | OSU Recap
• Villanova 5 … won at #25 Louisville 2 (series tied)
… Final Stats | VILL Recap | LOU Recap
• #26 San Diego 11 … won at San Francisco 5 (USD has clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats | USD Recap | USF Recap
• at #28 Georgia Tech 1 … def. Duke 0 (DH, gm-1; series opener)
.. Final Stats | GT Recap | Duke Recap
• at #28 Georgia Tech 8 … def. Duke 0 (DH, gm-2; GT has clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats | GT Recap | Duke Recap
• #29 Missouri State 8 … won at Dallas Baptist 4 (series tied)
… Final Stats | MO-St Recap | DBU Recap
• Kansas State 8 … won at #30 Oklahoma 7 (series tied)
… Final Stats | K-St Recap | OU Recap
• at Boston College 5 … def. #31 Maryland 4 (12 inn.; DH, gm-1; resumed from Fri.; BC has clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats | MD Recap | BC Recap
• #31 Maryland 7 … won at Boston College 1 (DH, gm-2; BC won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats | MD Recap | BC Recap
• #34 Liberty 9 … won at Marshall 5 (Flames have clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats | LIB Recap | MAR Recap
•at #35 Cal Poly 6 … def. Long Beach State 4 (series tied)
… Final Stats | CP Recap | LB Recap
• at #37 East Carolina 12 … def. UAB 2 (ECU has clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats | ECU Recap | UAB Recap
• at #38 TCU 2 … def. UNLV 1 (Frogs have clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats | TCU Recap | UNLV Recap
• at Radford 6 … def. #39 Coastal Carolina 3 (series tied)
… Final Stats | RAD Recap | CC Recap
• #41 College of Charleston 4 … won at Georgia Southern 1 (series tied)
… Final Stats | CofC Recap | GS Recap
• at #42 Campbell 5 … def. Charleston Southern 2 (DH, gm-1; series tied)
… Final Stats | CAMP Recap | CS Recap
• at #42 Campbell 6 … def. Charleston Southern 2 (DH, gm-2; CAMP won series, 2-1)
… Final Stats | CAMP Recap | CS Recap
• at #43 Appalachian State 13 … def. Oakland (MI) 8 (DH, gm-1; series opener)
… Final Stats | APP Recap | OAK Recap
• Oakland (MI) at #43 Appalachian State – susp. to 4/1, AS leads 10-3 b6; DH, gm-2)
• at #45 Texas State 10 … def. McNeese State 1 (TX-St has clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats | TX-St Recap | McN Recap
• at #48 UC Irvine 7 … def. University of the Pacific 4 (UCI has clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats | UCI Recap | UOP Recap
• at Lamar 6 … def. #50 Southeastern Louisiana 4 (series tied)
… Final Stats | Lamar Recap | SE-La. Recap