Most of the top-50 teams from the CB360 Composite National Rankings were in action on Friday, including several teams that had opened their respective series on Thursday. Higher-raked teams went 27-10 (73%) on Friday, with the more noteworthy upsets including (36) Virginia Tech 3-2 over visiting (5) Florida State, and (31) Arizona State clinching its home series vs. (7) UCLA, 7-4. front-page photo courtesy of Virginia Tech
CB360 Top-50 Scoreboard Pages:
week-7 – March 25-27 | March 28
week-6 – March 19 | March 20-21 | March 22-24
week-5 – March 12 | March 13 | March 14-15
March 16 | March 17
week 4 – March 4-5 | March 6 | March 7-8 | March 9
March 10
week 3 – Feb. 25-26 | Feb. 27 | Feb. 28-March 1
March 2 | March 3
week-2 – Feb. 18-19 | Feb. 20 | Feb. 21 | Feb. 22
Feb. 23 | Feb. 24
week 1 – Feb. 15 | Feb. 16 | Feb. 17
UC Riverside knocked off CB360 #26 UC Irvine for the second straight day. clinching that series i in the first week of Big West play
Friday’s seven other CB360 top-50 upsets included the following:
• at Florida Atlantic 6-3 vs. (24) South Alabama (series opener)
• Lipscomb 5-2 at (28) Florida Gulf Coast (series tied)
• at North Carolina Greensboro 5-4 vs. (33) Georgia Southern (series tied)
• TCU 4-1 at (45) Texas Tech (series opener)
• at Baylor 10-8 vs. (47) Kansas State (13 inn.; series tied)
• at Western Kentucky 10-9 vs. (48) Louisiana-Lafayette (11 inn.; series opener)
• at Troy 3-2 vs. (50) Middle Tennessee State (series openre)
In addition to two games mentioned above (ASU-UCLA and Louisville-ND), there were five other Friday games between CB360 top-50 teams – including (15) South Carolina clinching its home series vs. (27) Texas A&M, 6-4, and (16) Louisville similarly taking a 2-0 series lead vs. visiting (17) Notre Dame in a 2-1 pitchers duel. Oregon State (cb360 #3) bounced back from its Thursday loss to square the series at (39) San Diego, 14-5, while two teams won their series openers vs. fellow top-25 teams (both at home): (8) Virginia 15-4 vs. (34) Miami, and (12) Arkansas 5-4 vs. (18) Mississippi State.
Four top-50 teams needed extra innings to post wins on Friday: (9) Kentucky vs. Georgia … (11) Mississippi at Florida … (13) Oklahoma vs. Kansas … and (44) Pittsburgh vs. Towson. Two others lost in extras: (47) Kansas State at Baylor and (48) Louisiana-Lafayette at Western Kentucky.
The six top-50 teams that were idle on Friday included: (1) North Carolina, (22) Indiana, (29) Gonzaga, (37) Clemson, (42) Dartmouth and (46) Connecticut
CB360 top-50 scoreboard pages are updated each day to include links for various live-coverage options, team game notes/weekly releases, and an assortment of postgame offerings (recaps from both teams, final stats in HTML & PDF format, photo galleries, video highlights, and postgame video/audio). Results for each game will include linescores (R-H-E), updated team won-loss records and status of each respective series (i.e. 1-1, sweep, etc.).
Also note that daily highlights from noteworthy CB360 top-50 results (plus other college baseball newsworthy items) are posted on the CB360updates Twitter feed (now followed by 9,000-plus college baseball fans).
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FRIDAY’S TOP-50 MATCHUPS (March 29, 2013)
(both teams in the CB360 Composite National Rankings)
upsets in italics
• (3) Oregon State (22-3) 14-18-2 … won at (39) San Diego (17-10) 5-8-6 … series tied
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OR-St. Recap | USD Recap
• at (36) Virginia Tech (19-8/6-4 ACC) 3-6-0 … def. (5) Florida State (23-3/7-3) 2-11-0 (series opener)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | VT Recap | FSU Recap | Photos
• at (31) Arizona State (15-7-1/4-4 Pac12) 7-8-0 … def. (7) UCLA (17-6/5-3) 4-8-1 ... ASU has clinched series, 2-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ASU Recap | UCLA Recap
• at (8) Virginia (24-2/8-2 ACC) 15-16-2 … def. (34) Miami (19-10/4-6) 4-8-3 (series opener)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UVa Recap | Miami Recap | Video Highlights
• at (12) Arkansas (20-7/5-2 SEC) 5-7-2 … def. (18) Mississippi State (22-7/2-5) 4-11-0 (series opener)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ARK Recap | Miss.-St. Recap | Photos | Video: Highlights & Postgame
• at (15) South Carolina (21-6/4-4 SEC) 6-11-3 … def. (27) Texas A&M (18-10/5-3) 4-9-2 (SC has cliched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | SC Recap (w/ postgame video links) | A&M Recap | Quotes | Video Highlights
• at (16) Louisville (21-5/3-2 BigEast) 2-7-4 … def. (17) Notre Dame (15-8/2-3) 1-5-0 (Cards have clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LOU Recap | ND Recap | Photos
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FRIDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 RESULTS (March 29, 2013)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings)
upsets in italics
• (2) LSU (24-2/6-1 SEC) 2-6-0 … won at Missouri (9-13/2-5) 0-6-2 (series opener)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LSU Recap | Mizzou Recap | Photos
• at (4) Vanderbilt (23-4/6-1 SEC) 4-8-1 … def. Tennessee (13-11/3-4) 3-11-2 (series opener)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | VAN Recap (w/ video links) | TN Recap (w/ postgame video)
• at (6) Cal State Fullerton (23-4/2-0 BigWest) 11-10-1 … def. Univ. of the Pacific (7-14/0-2) 6-11-3 (CSF has clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CSF Recap | UOP Recap
• at (9) Kentucky (20-5/5-2 SEC) 3-8-0 … def. Georgia (9-18/0-7) 2-9-1 (10 inn.; series opener)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | KY Recap | UGa Recap | Photos
• at (10) Oregon (21-6/7-1 Pac12) 1-8-1 … def. Washington (6-18/2-6) 0-3-0 (Ducks have clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ORE Recap (w/ postgame video links) | WA Recap
• (11) Mississippi (23-4/4-3 SEC) 4-7-1 … won at Florida (11-16/2-5) 3-10-1 (11 inn.; series opener)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OleMiss Recap | FL Recap
• at (13) Oklahoma (25-4/5-0 Big12) 2-8-4 … def. Kansas (14-10/2-3) 1-4-1 (10 inn.; OU has clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OU Recap | KU Recap | Photos | Video Highlights
• at (14) Georgia Tech (20-5/7-3 ACC) 5-12-2 … def. Wake Forest (15-13/3-7) 1-6-0 (series opener)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | GT Recap | WFU Recap
• (19) Houston (22-5/4-0 CUSA) 3-4-0 … won at Memphis (14-12/1-3) 1-5-0 (series opener)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | HOU Recap | MEM Recap | Postgame Video (MEM)
• at (20) Rice (20-9/4-1 CUSA) 6-11-1 … def. Tulane (14-15/2-3) 3-9-0 (Owls have clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Rice Recap | Tulane Recap
• at (21) North Carolina State (18-9/4-6 ACC) 3-5-1 … def. Maryland (14-11/3-7) 2-7-3 (series opener)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | NC-St. Recap | MD Recap | Video Highlights
• at (23) Cal Poly (19-6/2-0 BigWest) 7-114-0 … def. UC Davis (10-14/0-2) 1-7-0 (CP has clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CP Recap | UCD Recap
• at Florida Atlantic (17-9/5-2 SunBelt) 6-12-2 … def. (24) South Alabama (22-5/5-2) 3-10-1 (series opener)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | FAU Recap (w/ postgame video links) | So.-AL Recap
• Texas at (25) Oklahoma State – suspended (OK-St. leads 3- b2; resume Sat. at 1 CT; TX won opener on Thur.)
• at UC Riverside (12-9/2-0 BigWest) 7-12-0 … def. (26) UC Irvine (16-7/0-2) 5-10-1 (UCR has clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UCR Recap | UCI Recap
• Lipscomb (10-18/2-3 A-Sun) 5-6-0 … won at (28) Florida Gulf Coast (17-6/3-2) 2-6-2 (series tied)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LIP Recap | FGCU Recap
• at (30) Campbell (23-3/6-1 BigSouth) 11-14-0 … def. Radford (12-11/2-2) 3-12-2 (series opener)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CAMP Recap | RAD Recap
• (32) Stanford (13-8/3-2 Pac12) 9-10-0 … won at Washington State (15-10/2-3) 3-9-1 (Card have clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | STAN Recap | WSU Recap | Postgame Video (WSU)
• at North Carolina Greensboro (13-13; 2-6 SoCon) 5-13-0 … def. (33) Georgia Southern (18-8/9-2) 4-6-0 (series tied)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UNCG Recap | GS Recap | Postgame Video (GS)
• at (35) Central Arkansas (21-6/2-3 SLC) 12-9-0 … def. Lamar (21-8/1-4) 7-13-1 (UCA has clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UCA Recap | Lamar Recap
• (38) Austin Peay (21-5/6-1 OVC) 10-13-1 … won at Murray State (12-14/6-5) 3-4-1 (AP has clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | AP Recap | MUR Recap | Postgame Notes (AP)
• at (40) Arizona (17-11/2-6 Pac12) 15-10-1 … def. Utah (12-12/2-6) 4-10-4 (‘Cats have clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | AZ Recap | Utah Recap
• (41) UNC Wilmington (18-8/5-1 CAA) 1-5-0 … won at Old Dominion (13-11/4-6) 0-3-1 (series opener)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UNCW Recap (w/ postgame video links) | ODU Recap | Photos
• at (43) Mercer (23-7/6-2 A-Sun) 6-13-0 … def. Jacksonville (9-18/2-3) 1-4-0 (MER has clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | MER Recap | JU Recap
• at (44) Pittsburgh (17-6) 5-13-1 … def. Towson (13-11) 2-6-1 (series opener; DH gm-1)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Pitt Recap | TOW Recap
• at (44) Pittsburgh (18-6) 2-11-0 … def. Towson (13-12) 1-9-1 (DH gm-2; Pitt has clinched series, 2-0)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Pitt Recap | TOW Recap
• TCU (10-15/2-5 Big12) 4-6-1 … won at (45) Texas Tech (16-12/3-4) 1-9-0 (series opener)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | TCU Recap | TT Recap | Postgame Notes (TCU) | Postgame Notes & Quotes | Video Recap
• at Baylor (12-15/2-2 Big12) 10-16-3 … def. (47) Kansas State (18-9/23-2) 8-16-2 (13 inn.; series tied)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | BAY Recap | K-St. Recap | Quotes | Video: Highlights & Postgame
• at Western Kentucky (15-11/6-1 SungBelt) 10-15-2 … def. (48) Louisiana-Lafayette (18-7/3-4) 9-15-4 (11 inn.; series opener)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | WKU Recap | ULL Recap
• at (49) UNLV (18-8/3-4 MWC) 4-11-1 … def. Air Force (8-16/2-3) 1-7-4 (series opener)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UNLV Recap | AFA Recap
• at Troy (17-8//4-3 SunBelt) 3-7-2 … def. (50) Middle Tennessee State (16-12/3-4) 2-8-0 (series opener)
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Troy Recap | MTSU Recap