With a boatload of games across the country already lost to Mother Nature, look for even more midweek games popping up on midweek schedules as teams look to reach the max. 56 regular-season games. To wit: the Tuesday schedule (March 3) is overflowing with games … and, of course, several of those also have been called off.
Scroll down for a rundown of key March 2–5 games from throughout the country, with this page to be updated all week. Also be sure to follow along on Twitter for wrap-up details from notable results, at CB360updates.
Several Tuesday games have been lost to the weather (no big shocker there!) … notable March 2 games that have been canc./ppd. include: UNLV at Oklahoma State (also no game on Wed.) … College of Charleston at Virginia Tech … Middle Tennessee State at Tennessee … Central Arkansas at San Diego … and New York Tech at Stony Brook (A-East favorite).
Notable Wed. games canc./ppd include: VMI at Virginia … Maryland at Delaware … Louisiana Tech at Arkansas … Sam Houston State (SLC favorite) at Baylor … Morehead State at Tennessee … Wright State at Kentucky … and St. Louis at Southeast Missouri (OVC favorite).
– TOP THURSDAY GAME (March 5, 2015)
(based on week-3 CB360 Composite National Rankings Top-50, to be updated later this week)
• at [44] Stanford won 5–4 vs. [9] Texas
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– TOP WEDNESDAY GAMES (March 4, 2015)
(based on week-3 CB360 Composite National Rankings Top-50, to be updated later this week)
• at [4] Florida won 10–2 vs. [19] UCF (Central Florida)
• at [7] LSU won 7–1 vs. Grambling
• at [10] South Carolina won 11–3 High Point
• at [12] North Carolina won 6–5 vs. VCU (A-10 favorite)
• at [22] Florida State won 7–3 vs. South Florida
• at Southern Mississippi won 5–1 vs. [26] Mississippi
• [28] Oregon State won 14–2 at Portland
• at [29] Georgia won 4–2 vs. Georgia State
• [30] College of Charleston won 8–3 at Virginia Tech
• at [36] Florida Atlantic won 3–2 vs. North Florida
• Kansas won 9–5 at [41] Grand Canyon
• at [50] UNC Wilmington won 9–3 vs. North Carolina Central
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– other March 4 games of note (previous CB360 top-50 and other conference favorites)
• Maine won 11–7 at Bethune-Cookman (MEAC favorite)
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– TOP TUESDAY GAMES (March 3, 2015)
(based on week-3 CB360 Composite National Rankings Top-50, to be updated later this week)
• at [2] TCU won 3–1 vs. [11] Rice
• at [3] Vanderbilt won 9–8 vs. Evansville (12 inn.)
• at [19] UCF (Central Florida) won 4–3 vs. [4] Florida
• at [5] UCLA won 5–1 vs. Cal State Northridge
• Houston Baptist won 2–1 at [6] Houston
• at [7] LSU won 8–1 vs. Stephen F. Austin
• at [8] Texas Tech won 6–5 vs. Abilene Christian (16 inn.)
• at [10] South Carolina won 10–4 vs. Charleston Southern
• Arkansas-Pine Bluff won 3–2 at [16] Mississippi State
• at [17] UC Santa Barbara won 3–2 vs. [37] USC
• at [20] Louisville won 7–6 Eastern Kentucky
• at [22] Florida State won 24–1 vs. South Florida
• at [24] Texas A&M won 7–5 vs. [25] Dallas Baptist
• at [29] Georgia won 5–3 vs. Furman
• Auburn won 5–3 vs. [31] Alabama vs. Auburn (Montgomery, AL)
• [33] San Diego State won 6–2 at UC Irvine
• at [35] Arkansas won 7–0 vs. Eastern Illinois
• at [36] Florida Atlantic won 8–7 vs. North Florida (12 inn.)
• [39] Tulane won 5–0 at Nicholls State
• at [40] Nevada won 7–6 vs. UC Davis
• at [41] Grand Canyon won 12–4 vs. Kansas
• at [42] Georgia Tech won 7–6 vs. Ohio Univ. (12 inn.)
• at [43] Cal State Fullerton won 3–0 vs. Pepperdine
• [44] Stanford won 13–8 at San Jose State
• at Duke won 3–2 vs. [46] Liberty
• [47] Loyola Marymount won 7–6 at Long Beach State
• Winthrop won 5–4 at [48] Clemson
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– other March 3 games of note (previous CB360 top-50 and other conference favorites)
• Kentucky (preseason #49) won 4–1 and 4–3 vs. Murray State
• at Ball State (preseason #46) won 8–7 vs. Maine (Port Charlotte, FL)
• at Alabama State (SWAC favorite) won 12–8 vs. Troy
• McNeese State won 5–2 at Sam Houston State (Southland favorite; preseason #47 and #46 week-2)
• Santa Clara won 3–0 at Cal Poly (preseason #28; week-2 #37)
• at Fresno State (week-2 #50) won 6–2 vs. Sacramento State
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– TOP MONDAY GAMES (March 2, 2015)
(based on week-3 CB360 Composite National Rankings Top-50, to be updated later this week)
• [27] Illinois won 7–1 at Coastal Carolina
• [35] Arkansas won 4–1 and 8–1 vs. Eastern Illinois
• [48] Clemson won 7–0 at [10] South Carolina (Tigers won series, 2–1)
• [40] Nevada won 13–12 vs. Univ. of the Pacific (series sweep)
• [12] North Carolina won 6–4 at [46] Liberty