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...
A By The Numbers Look At Day 3 NCAA Play… 8…Winner take all Regional championship games that will take place on Monday (CLICK HERE to see our full Regional scoreboard with Monday’s match-ups. 8…Teams that went 3-0 in Regional play over the weekend to advance to Super Regionals: Arizona State, Florida, Florida State, Oklahoma,...
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...
The Last Notebook Of The Regular Season… 48…Game hitting streak by Florida International shortstop Garrett Wittels. The sophomore has the second-longest hitting streak in Division One history after hitting safely in Saturday’s regular season finale vs. rival Florida Atlantic. Former Oklahoma State and MLB star Robin Ventura owns the all-time record with hits in...
FIU’s Wittels Heads This Week’s “By The Numbers”… 45…Game hitting streak by Florida International’s Garrett Wittels. The sophomore had at least one hit in each of FIU’s three wins over South Alabama over the weekend to tie Roger Schmuck of Arizona State (1971) for the third longest Division One hitting streak of all-time. 47…Game...
Streaks, Upsets And Other Notable Action… 38…Game hitting streak by Florida International’s Garrett Wittels. The sophomore extended the nation’s longest active streak with an RBI single in his last at-bat of the game on Sunday with two on and two out in the bottom of the ninth to send the game to extra innings...
Texas Nipping On Virginia’s Heels… DURHAM, N.C.—Virginia extended its winning streak to 10 games with a perfect week that included a win against Coastal Carolina and a series sweep at Duke, continuing the Cavaliers’ run atop the Baseball America Top 25 rankings. The top three teams in the rankings stood pat after each posted...
May is upon us, and my questions is: What happened to April? The last 30 days just flew right by. Oh well, I guess that’s what happens. You know what they say “April showers bring May Madness”…so maybe they don’t really say that, but they should. Conference baseball tournaments are just a little more...
Talking LSU, Arkansas, NCAA Regionals & More As we get closer to conference tournaments and NCAA selections we will continue to go around the country and talks to people who cover college baseball. This week Collegebaseball360.com Editor Sean Stires talks to NCBWA member Randy Rosetta, who covers LSU for the Baton Rouge Advocate. The...