Midweek action involving top-50 teams in the CB360 Composite National Rankings produced only six upsets among 44 games (favorites won at an 86% clip) spanning the first four days of April. Most notably, (37) Clemson ended its series at top-ranked North Carolina with a 5-4, 11-inning win, while (32) Mercer won 10-1 vs. visiting (10) Georgia Tech and Furman was a 6-5 winner at home vs. (11) South Carolina. front-page photo courtesy of Mercer
CB360 Top-50 Scoreboard Pages:
week-7 – March 25-27 | March 28 | March 29 | March 30 | March 31
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
The three other mideek CB360 top-50 upsets included: Sam Houston State 4-1 at (22) Houston … Bethune-Cookman 5-3 at (35) Miami … and at Richmond 5-4 vs. (43) William & Mary.
The midweek results included 10 head-to-head matchups between CB360 top-50 teams, two mentioned above (Clemson-UNC and Mercer-GT), plus:
• (1) North Carolina’s 6-2 win over (38) Clemson to clinch series in gm-2
• (4) Cal State Fullerton 9-6 at (13) UCLA
• at (7) Florida State 12-9 vs. (29) Florida Gulf Coast
• (14) Kentucky 5-4 at (16) Louisville (10 inn.)
• (19) Mississippi State 6-4 at (31) South Alabama
• at (34) UNC Wilmington 7-2 vs. College of Charleston
• and (1) UNC 10-0 at (34) UNC Wilmington
• (17) Arkansas 3-1 at (37) Alabama
Numerous midweek games (8) involving CB360 top-50 teams were cancelled/postponed.
CB360 top-50 scoreboard pages are updated (time permitting) 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.).
Additional game info., photos from key games and postgame links are being added to this page.
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 nearly 10,000 college baseball fans).
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MONDAY’S TOP-50 RESULTS (April 1, 2013)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings)
upsets in italics
• at (1) North Carolina 6 … def. (38) Clemson 2
• (38) Clemson 5 … won at (1) North Carolina 4 (11 inn.; UNC won series, 2-1)
• at (30) Rice 4 ... def. Texas State 3 (12 inn.)
• at (42) Stanford 4 … def. California 3
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TUESDAY’S TOP-50 RESULTS (April 2, 2013)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings)
upsets in italics
• at (2) Vanderbilt 12 … def. Middle Tennessee State 3
• at (3) LSU 7 ... def. Alcorn State 3
• (4) Cal State Fullerton 9 … won at (13) UCLA 6
• at (5) Oregon State 7 ... def. Portland 5
• (6) Virginia 2 … won at Liberty 0
• at (7) Florida State 12 … def. (28) Florida Gulf Coast 9
• at (32) Mercer 10 … def. (10) Georgia Tech 1
• at (11) South Carolina 9 … def. Charleston Southern 4
• (12) Mississippi at Memphis (AutoZone Park) – postponed (makeup game TBA)
• (14) Kentucky 5 ... won at (16) Louisville 4 (10 inn.)
• (27) Oklahoma State at (15) Oklahoma – cancelled (makeup game TBA; non-conf.)
• at (18) Notre Dame 6 … def. Illinois-Chicago 2
• (19) Mississippi State 6 … won at (31) South Alabama 4
• (20) Arizona State 4 … won at Wichita State 3
• at (21) Virginia Tech 11 … def. VCU 5
• Sam Houston State at (22) Houston – cancelled (makeup game TBA)
• (23) North Carolina State 6 … won at East Carolina 1
• at (25) Texas A&M 11 … def. Texas-San Antonio (UTSA) 4
• at (29) Austin Peay 6 … def. Lipscomb 4
• at (33) Florida Atlantic 7 … def. Lynn 6
• at (34) UNC Wilmington 7 … def. (50) College of Charleston 2
• Arkansas-Little Rock at (36) Central Arkansas – cancelled (no makeup game)
•at (37) Alabama 9 ... def. Southeastern Louisiana 1
• (39) UC Irvine 3 ... won at USC 1
• (40) Georgia Southern 8 … won at Jacksonville 4
• at (41) Michigan State 4 … def. Central Michigan 2
• at Richmond 5 ... def. (43) William & Mary 4
• at (44) Florida 5 … def. Central Florida 3
• (47) Pittsburgh 11 … won at Akron 7
• (48) Missouri State at Oral Roberts – cancelled (no makeup game)
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WEDNESDAY’S TOP-50 RESULTS (April 3, 2013)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings)
upsets in italics
• (1) North Carolina 10 ... won at (34) UNC Wilmington 0
• Southern Mississippi vs. (3) LSU (Metairie, LA) – postponed
(makeup game April 9 at 7 CT, in Metairie)
• at (6) Virginia 8 … def. VMI 6
• (28) Florida Gulf Coast at (7) Florida State – cancelled (no makeup game)
• (9) Indiana 9 … won at Xavier 5
• at (10) Georgia Tech 9 ... def. Kennesaw State 1
• at Furman 6 … def. (11) South Carolina 5
• at (18) Notre Dame 3 … def. Valparaiso 1
• (20) Arizona State 4 … won at Wichita State 2
• Sam Houston State 4 … won at (22) Houston 1
• at (23) North Carolina State 8 … def. Elon 6
• (29) Austin Peay 3 … won at Western Kentucky 1
• Southeastern Louisiana at (31) South Alabama – postponed (no makeup game announced)
• Bethune-Cookman 5 … won at (35) Miami 3
• at (38) Clemson 4 … def. Gardner-Webb 1
• (41) Michigan State 9 … won at Eastern Michigan 3
• (45) Dartmouth 9 … won at Quinnipiac 4
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THURSDAY’S TOP-50 RESULTS (April 4, 2013)
(based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings)
upsets in italics
• (17) Arkansas 3 … won at (37) Alabama 1 (series opener)