Bubble Teams Not Fans Of Lobos, Tigers… Heading into this week’s Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament there was no reason to be thinking highly of No. 6 seed New Mexico. Someone forgot to tell head coach Ray Birmingham. The Lobos had lost seven straight games heading into the MWC Tourney, but the first four...
Arby Fields Gives Up Gridiron For Diamond… Former Northwestern University baseball and football player Arby Fields will play baseball for LSU next year. He has confirmed his intentions to the Baton Rouge Advocate. Fields played both football and baseball at Northwestern as a true freshman in 2009, when he was included on the CB360...
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...
By Collegebaseball360.com Editor Sean Stires Considering the collapse of the Metrodome roof over the weekend and the winter storms around the country, we’re transitioning out of our “Fall Notebooks” to “Hot Stove” this week. We will be taking a break in the near future for the holidays, but we will begin our 2011 conference...
Notes & Thoughts From Saturday… By Collegebaseball360.com Editor Sean Stires I will be checking in throughout the day and into tonight with notes and quotes and happenings from Saturday’s action. The first game of the day is TCU vs. Florida State, with UCLA facing Florida in the night cap. Don’t forget you can follow...
Some Thoughts/Notes After A Super Day 3… Five Alive: Five More teams clinched spots in the College World Series by clinching Super Regional series on Sunday. Florida State beat Vanderbilt, UCLA downed Cal State Fullerton, TCU toppled Texas, South Carolina erased Coastal Carolina, and #1 national seed Arizona State outlasted Arkansas to join Florida...
A Look Around The Country At Saturday’s NCAA Action The hitting streak continues, but the season is over. Garrett Wittels extended his hitting streak to 56 games in Florida International’s 15-9 loss to Dartmouth. The loss eliminated FIU from the Coral Gables Regional. That means Wittels will begin the 2011 season needing hits in...
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...
A By The Numbers Look At The Last Week Before The NCAA Tournament 54…Game hitting streak by Florida International sophomore Garrett Wittels, who had at least one hit in each of FIU’s five Sun Belt Tournament games to help his team win the tournament and receive an NCAA bid. Wittels is batting .414 this...