Cal Poly rode another strong complete-game effort to beat Cal State Fullerton (cb360 #5) for the second straight day, leading the way among four underdogs that clinched their series on Friday vs. higher-ranked CB360 top-50 teams. front-page photo courtesy of Cal Poly The other three upset series unfolded at the other end of the...
Thursday produced a wild string of games in Pacific-10 play, as two CB360 top-50 teams suffered upset losses while another – #12 Arizona State – survived a 17-inning marathon at #24 California, 6-4. In other Pac-10 results of note, #26 Stanford beat #24 UCLA and its “co-ace” Gerritt Cole (7-4), while Oregon topped #23 Arizona,...
Central Florida (cb360 #47) beat #3 Florida for the second time this season while #32 LSU answered #16 Southern Mississippi’s three runs in the top of the 8th with three in the bottom of the frame (for an 8-6 win, in Metairie, La.) – as both UCF and LSU posted what may ultimately prove...
Tuesday’s college baseball action produced another big effort from the underdogs, as the unranked/lower-ranked teams won 43% of the day’s games involving CB360 top-50 teams (12-16). front-page photo courtesy of Nebraska Fieve top-20 teams in CB360′s recently-updated Composite National Rankings were upset victims, as: #19 TCU won 4-2 at #7 Texas A&M … Mercer 6-3...
Three underdogs – North Carolina State (10-1 vs. #5 UNC), Belmont (9-8 vs. #32 East Tennesseee) and St. John’s (7-2 vs. #36 Louisville) – completed series sweeps of CB360 top-50 teams, during Sunday’s action across the country. Three other underdogs won on Sunday to claim their respective series versus top-50 opponents (series ended 2-1):...
One day after the favorites had dominated Friday’s CB360 top-50 action (higher-ranked teams won at a 79% clip), the underdogs rose up in impressive fashion on Saturday – as the unranked/lower-ranked teams won 42% of Saturday’s games involving CB360 top-50 teams (18-25). front-page photo courtesy of Tennessee When the dust had settled on Saturday’s...
There weren’t many upsets (8-of-38; or 21%) in Friday’s games involving CB360 top-50 teams … but there still were some very noteworthy results, including South Carolina (cb350 #4) edging #3 Vanderbilt, 3-1, while #21 Oklahoma State opened its Bedlam Series vs. #15 Oklahoma in dramatic fashion – winning 8-7 on a Dane Phillips 1st-pitch...
Virginia proved on Wednesday night why it’s the top team in the CB360 Composite National Rankings, rallying in the 9th to score three times vs. Coastal Carolina – avoiding a midweek stumble that has become commonplace for many of the nation’s top teams. The Cavaliers (33-3 overall) have yet to lose a midweek game this...
With NCAA tournament positioning on the horizon, midweek games still can yield key results – and Tuesday saw 10 different teams in the CB360 top-50 lose to unranked/lower-ranked teams. Most notably: #9 Florida State beat #2 Florida, 3-1, to take that season midweek series (by the same 3-1 margin) … The Citadel rode the...
Oregon State became the first team since 1999 to sweep a Pac-10 series from Arizona State, as the Beavers (cb360 #19) beat #5 ASU again (9-6) during Sunday’s action. There was another top-25 series that ended up being swept by the lower-ranked team, as #25 Arkansas registered another 9th-inning win over #16 LSU (5-4). ...
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