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In games this season involving top-50 teams in the CB360 Composite National Rankings, the “underdogs” (unranked/lower-ranked) have been winning fairly consistently at a 1/3rd clip and that trend continued on Friday, as the underdogs went 12-25 (32%, plus one rainout). Half of the head-to-head battles between top-50 teams saw the lower-ranked squad prevail, capped by #12 Stanford‘s 7-2 win at #5 UCLA to further jumble the Pac-12 standings. front-page photo courtesy of Portland
Recent (top-50 scoreboards) – April 25 … April 24 … April 23 … April 22 ... April 21 … April 19-20 … April 18 … April 16-17 … April 15 … April 14 … April 12-13 … April 11 … April 10… April 9
Previous Week – April 8 … April 7 … April 6… April 5 … April 4 … April 2-3
Earlier Week – April 1 … March 31 … March 30 … March 28 … March 26-27
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Friday’s other head-to-head upsets (within the contexts of the CB360 top-50) included #39 Georgia Tech surviving a 13-inning game vs. #31 Clemson (6-5), while elsewhere in the ACC #45 Virginia Tech beat #42 Maryland, 7-5. An SEC rivalry series began with a victory for the underdog, as homeestanding #46 Mississippi State topped #17 Mississippi, 4-0.
Both West Coast Conference teams in the CB360 top-50 – #19 San Diego (5-4 loss at Portland) and #29 Gonzaga (which lost to Loyola Marymount, also 5-4, but at home) – failed to pick up crucial wins in one of the few conferences that awards its automatic NCAA bid to the regular-season champion. USD now is 9-4 in the WCC, followed by a pack that includes LMU (8-5), BYU (7-4), Pepperdine (7-5), Portland (9-7) & San Francisco (7-7), which suffered a costly home loss to BYU on Friday after beating the Cougars on Thursday.
Friday’s six other upsets of top-50 teams broke down as follows:
• Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 5-2 at #24 Sam Houston State
• Tulane 4-1 at #27 East Carolina
• Wichita State 13-3 vs. #35 Dallas Baptist
• Boston College 1-0 vs. #40 Wake Forest
• Northwestern (La.) State 5-1 vs. #44 Southeastern Louisiana
• and Lipscomb 6-2 vs. #50 Campbell
A pair of top-50 teams played resumed games on Friday, followed by gm-2 of their respective series. South Carolina scored in the 8th en route to winning its resumed game vs. Alabama (1-0) and then rallied for three runs in the bottom of the 9th to take gm-2 (12-11). Campbell had won its resumed game at Lipscomb (5-2) before losing later in the day.
Friday’s four other top-50 matchups saw #2 Florida edge #20 Arkansas, 3-2 … #4 Baylor shut out visiting #23 New Mexico State, 5-0, to open that non-conference series … #6 LSU ride Austin Nola’s 2-run home run in the 8th for a 6-5 win over #37 Georgia Tech … and #16 Texas A&M hold off a 9th-inning charge from #25 Texas, 6-5.
The six top-50 teams that were idle on Friday included #8 Rice, #10 North Carolina, #13 Cal State Fullerton, #21 Miami, #26 Virginia and #38 Pepperdine. Virginia will be playing a Sat.-Sun.-Mon. series at Miami, while Rice is off until May 2 (vs. Texas Southern) and UNC also will be in action on May 2 (vs. Winthrop), while Cal State Fullerton (vs. USC) and Pepperdine (vs. Cal Poly) don’t play until the first day of May.
Friday’s 38 top-50 results are listed below, with an assortment of postgame links. There were two top-50 games on Thursday, but both were suspended mid-game and will resume on Friday.
A special dedicated Twitter feed (see below) also is included below, featuring team tweets from top-50 teams playing head-to-head and from the “Bakers dozen” top-13 …
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FRIDAY’S TOP-50 MATCHUPS (April 27, 2012)
based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings
upsets in italics
• at #2 Florida 3-5-0 … def. #20 Arkansas 2-8-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | FL Recap | ARK Recap
• at #4 Baylor 5-9-1 … def. #23 New Mexico State 0-3-2
… Final Stats | BAY Recap | NMSU Recap
• #12 Stanford 7-10-1 … won at #5 UCLA 2-9-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | STAN Recap | UCLA Recap
• at #6 LSU 6-11-2 … def. #37 Georgia 5-12-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LSU Recap | UGA Recap | Photos | Video Highlights
• at #16 Texas A&M 6-9-0 … def. #25 Texas 5-9-3
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | A&M Recap | TX Recap
• at #46 Mississippi State 4-5-0 … def. #17 Mississippi 0-5-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | MS-St. Recap | OleMiss Recap | Notes | Video Highlights | Postgame Video
• at #39 Georgia Tech 6-9-1 … def. #31 Clemson 5-9-0 (13 inn.)
… Final Stats | GT Recap | CLEM Recap | Video Highlight
• at #45 Virginia Tech 7-10-0 … def. #42 Maryland 5-14-1
… Final Stats | VT Recap | MD Recap | Photos
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FRIDAY’S OTHER TOP-50 GAMES (April 27, 2012)
based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings
upsets in italics
• at #1 Florida State 17-14-3 … def. Rhode Island 6-14-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | FSU Recap | URI Recap
• #3 Kentucky 5-9-0 … won at Vanderbilt 2-7-1
… Final Stats | KY Recap | VAN Recap | Photos | Postgame Video
• at #7 South Carolina 1-1-0 … def. Alabama 0-4-0 (DH, gm-1; resumed from Thur.)
… Final Stats | SC Recap (w/ video) | AL Recap
• at #7 South Carolina 12-13-4 … def. Alabama 11-14-2 (DH, gm-2)
… Final Stats | SC Recap (w/ video) | AL Recap | Quotes
• at #9 Purdue 6-8-1 … def. Michigan State 2-8-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | PUR Recap | MSU Recap | Photos
• at #11 Central Florida 4-6-3 … def. Memphis 3-8-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | UCF Recap (w/ video) | MEM Recap | Photos
• at #14 Oregon 4-7-0 … def. California 1-5-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ORE Recap | Cal Recap
• at #15 Arizona 24-25-0 … def. East Tennessee State 7-16-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | AZ Recap | ETSU Recap
• at #18 North Carolina State 4-9-0 … def. Duke 0-2-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | NC-St. Recap | Duke Recap
• at Portland 5-10-1 … def. #19 San Diego 4-8-1
… Final Stats | PORT Recap | USD Recap
• #22 Oregon State 5-12-0 … won at USC 3-9-2
… Final Stats | OR-St. Recap | USC Recap
• Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 5-6-0 … won at #24 Sam Houston State 2-5-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | A&M-CC Recap | SHSU Recap
• Tulane 4-11-1 … won at #27 East Carolina 1-7-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | Tulane Recap (w/ video links) | ECU Recap | Video (highlights & postgame)
• at #28 Louisville 5-9-2 … def. Connecticut 0-5-2
… Final Stats | LOU Recap | UConn Recap | Notes | Quotes | Photos
• Loyola Marymount 5-8-0 … won at #29 Gonzaga 4-15-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | LMU Recap | GON Recap
• #30 Appalachian State at Wofford – rainout (DH on Sat., 2 ET)
• at #32 Missouri State 1-5-1 … def. Southern Illinois 0-6-1
… Final Stats | MO-St. Recap | SIU Recap
• #33 College of Charleston 5-9-1 … won at Western Carolina 4-8-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | CofC Recap | WCU Recap | Photos
• #34 Arizona State 7-10-1 … won at Washington State 4-6-4
… Final Stats | ASU Recap | WSU Recap | Postgame Video (WSU)
• at Wichita State 13-16-0 … def. #35 Dallas Baptist 3-10-1
… Final Stats | WICH Recap | DB Recap
• at #36 TCU 2-4-0 … def. Manhattan 1-7-2
… Final Stats | TCU Recap | MAN Recap | Notes
• at Boston College 1-4-1 … def. #40 Wake Forest 0-2-2
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | BC Recap | WFU Recap
• at #41 Indiana State 2-4-0 … def. Nebraska-Omaha 1-4-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | ISU Recap | UNO Recap | Video Highlights | Postgame Video
• #43 Oklahoma 4-7-2 … won at Kansas 1-5-0
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | OU Recap | KU Recap (w/ video)
• at Northwestern (La.) State 5-10-1 … def. #44 Southeastern Louisiana 1-8-1
… Final Stats | NW-La. Recap | SE-La. Recap
• #47 Texas State 3-7-1 … won at Nicholls State 0-6-1
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF | TX-St. Recap | NICH Recap
• #48 UNC Wilmington 15-17-0 … won at Georgia State 0-7-1
… Final Stats | UNCW Recap | GS Recap
• #49 Washington 9-9-1 … won at Utah 1-7-2
… Final Stats | WA Recap | Utah Recap
• #50 Campbell 5-8-0 … won at Lipscomb 2-5-3 (DH, gm-1; resumed from Thur.)
… Final Stats | CAMP Recap | LIP Recap
• at Lipscomb 6-14-1 … def. #50 Campbell 2-8-4 (DH, gm-2; susp. on Fri.)
… Final Stats | LIP Recap | CAMP Recap
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THURSDAY’S TOP-50 GAMES (April 26, 2012)
based on the CB360 Composite National Rankings
• Alabama at #7 South Carolina – suspended to Friday (0-0, top-8)
• #50 Campbell at Lipscomb – suspended to Friday (CAMP up 5-0, top-1)