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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
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
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)
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 Carolina … Arkansas … LSU
Michigan (at LSU) … Maryland … Nebraska (vs. Cal)
Murray State (vs. Purdue) … Kentucky … Alabama (vs. East Carolina)
Vanderbilt
Friday (3/9/12) Postgame Video (highlights and/or interviews):
Stanford … South Carolina … Arkansas: part-1 & part-2 … Georgia Tech … Georgia
Oregon: part-1..part-2 & part-3 … Miami: part-1 & part-2
Illinois (at Ore): part-1 & part-2 … LSU … Mississippi … UCF … Wake Forest (vs. Maryland) … Missippis State: part-1 & part-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
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
• #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)
• 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
• #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
• #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
• 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
• 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
• #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
• 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
• 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
• 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