Three 2011 NCAA Teams Among Six-Team Field… The schedule has been set for the 2012 Houston College Classic. Six teams from three different conferences will participate in the event, which takes place March 2-4 at Minute Maid Park-the home of the Houston Astros. Arkansas and Tennessee from the SEC, Houston and Rice from Conference...
Ducks Skipper Sees Lack Of Respect For West Coast… By CB360 Contributor Kris Anderson Monday was a somber day in Eugene, Ore., as the Oregon Ducks learned that they were not selected to the NCAA Baseball Tournament’s field of 64. Despite winning nine of their last 12 games and finishing the regular season by...
It’s the first weekend in May, and temperatures are climbing around the country-just as conference races and battles for at-large NCAA bids are heating up in college baseball as well. There will be a bit fewer Top 50 teams in action this weekend and next weekend, due to conference byes and teams taking final...
Day Two Super Regional Notes And Thoughts By Collegebaseball360.com Editor Sean Stires Redemption: After being swept on it home field by Southern Mississippi in last year’s Super Regionals, Florida punched the first ticket to Omaha this year by sweeping Miami. The Gators capped the sweep with Saturday’s 4-3 win Miami hasn’t won a postseason...
THE FINAL RELEASE Coastal Carolina centerfielder Rico Noel, Vanderbilt setup man-turned-starter Richie Goodenow lead the way among CB360′s 16th installment of Primetime Performers … With the Super-Regional round fast approaching, CB360 takes a look back at the Primetime Performers from the Regional Round that wrapped up on Tuesday during this condensed week. Coastal Carolina...
ASU Faces Clemson/Alabama Winner At CWS Arizona State won its second straight 12-inning game over Arkansas to advance to the program’s 22nd College World Series. The Sun Devils won Sunday’s game 7-5 thanks to Drew Maggi’s two run home run in the top of the 12th inning. Arkansas had earlier forced extra innings after...
INDIANAPOLIS, IN—The eight super-regional hosts were announced today by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee. A minimum of 45 hours of super-regional television will be provided by family of ESPN channels, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU. Consult local listings for specific games shown in each area of the country. As many as 15 national broadcast...
Notes & Thoughts From Day 1 NCAA Action (updated) (note – this page now has a couple additional notes added around 9:45 a.m. eastern on Saturday – PL) … CLICK HERE for DAY-1 NCAA SCOREBOARD Minnesota was the only #4 seed that won on Friday (3-1 at Cal State Fullerton, see notes below), while...
A Few Pre-NCAA Regional Thoughts By Collegebaseball360.com Editor Sean Stires 1. There’s been a lot of talk this week about Virginia slipping to the #5 national seed, with Arizona State, Texas, Florida, and Coastal Carolina filling the respective top seeds in front of the Cavaliers. I understand why Virginia fans would be upset with...
Arkansas Had The Four Most Attended Games Last Week Here’s the week 12 college baseball attendance report as compiled by Tami Cutler of the NCBWA. We have included the top ten most attended games from last week as well as the top ten season to date attendance averages and the ten top single-game attendances...