Thursday’s College Baseball Scoreboard & Wrapup (5/24/12)

May 24, 2012
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In season-long tracking of our CB360 Composite National Rankings (top-50), we saw a steady upset rate around 1/3rd of the games and that trend certainly has continued this week during conference tournament action. Wednesday’s action saw lower seeds win at a 49% clip (29-30) and on Thursday the lower seeds actually won more often than the higher seeds, in individual games (37-32; 54%). When the dust had settled on a long Thursday – CB360 was tracking 70 games that had bearing on NCAA qualification – nine different #1 seeds had lost and there were 15 two-seeds upset (five conferences saw both of their top-2 seeds get knocked off). front-page photo courtesy of Memphis

Scroll down for more summary notes and highlights, along with all of  Thursday’s results with some indications included to indicate the status of various teams in their tournament brackets (a rundown from the previous two days also is included at the bottom of this page).

CLICK HERE for Wednesday’s CB360 Primetime Performers Daily Honor Roll (May 23)
CLICK HERE for Wednesday’s CB360 scoreboard & notes (results also included below)

CLICK HERE for Tuesday’s CB360 Primetime Performers Daily Honor Roll (May 22)
CLICK HERE for Tuesday’s CB360 scoreboard (results also included below)

CLICK HERE for the CB360 Conference Tournament Central home page

CLICK HERE for CB360 Primetime Performers Weekly Honor Roll for the past week (May 14-20)

Here are the five conferences that saw their 1-seed and 2-seed both upset on Thursday:
Big 12 – (4) Oklahoma 3-2 vs. (1) Baylor … (6) Missouri 5-3 vs. (2) Texas A&M
Conference USA – (5) Memphis 3-2 vs. (1) Rice … (7) UAB 15-1 vs. (2) UCF)
Southern Conf. – (4) Samford 12-7 vs. (1) Appalachian State … (3) Elon 14-12 vs. (2) College of Charleston (eliminated)
Atlantic Sun – (3 )Kennesaw State 3-1 vs. (1) Belmot … (6) Stetson 1-0 vs. (2) South Carolian Upstate (eliminated)
Ohio Valley – (6) Southeast Missouri 4-1 vs. (1) Austin Peay … (4) Eastern Illinois 11-2 vs. (2) Eastern Kentucky

The four other top seeds that lost on Thursday included: New Mexico State in the WAC (15-8 vs. 5-seed Fresno State) … Florida Atlantic in the Sun Belt (9-7 in 13 inn., vs. 5-seed Louisiana-Monroe) … St. Louis in the A-10 (6-0 vs. 5-seed Richmond) … and Manhattan in the Metro Atlantic/MAAC (6-1 vs. 4-seed Rider).

Thursday’s 37 wins by lower seeds included all four games in the Big 12 (also 7-seed Kansas eliminating 3-seed Texas, 4-0, and 8-seed Kansas State knocking out 5-seed Oklahoma State, 11-5) … three each in the SoCon, A-Sun and MAC … plus two in the ACC, CUSA, MVC, WAC, Sun Belt, Big South, Colonial & Ohio Valley.

Among Thursday’s 23 conference tournaments, 20 had wins by lower seeds (all but the BIG EAST 0/3, Mountain West 0/2 & Southland 0/4).

A couple other quick notes:

• It’s been a crazy three days so far in the Missouri Valley … the 1-2-3 seeds (Indiana State, Missouri State & Wichita State) went a combined 2-6 and all are out … lower seeds have won 7-of-12 games so far … there have been four extra-inning games (3 on Thur.) … and the champion will be 6-seed Southern Illinois or (8) Creighton – but there’s no games needed on Fri., so SIU and the Jays are just chillin’ today in Springfield, Mo.

• We know that three top seeds so far won’t win their conference tournaments this week: Indiana State (MVC) … Rice (can’t win its CUSA pool) … and Florida Atlantic (can’t win its Sun Belt pool) … 5-seed Memphis already has wrapped up a spot in the CUSA title game on Sunday, after wins over (4) Southern Miss (14-3) and top seed Rice (3-2) … in the Sun Belt, 5-seed Louisiana-Monroe has clinched its pool (and a spot in Sunday’s final), after wins over (4) South Alabama, 7-4, and (1) FAU, a wild 9-7 win in 13 innings.

• Seven two-seeds have been eliminated so far: College of Charleston (SoCon) … Missouri State (MVC) … Campbell (Big South; lost twice on Thur.) … South Carolina Upstate (A-Sun) … Toledo (MAC) … Albany (America East) … and Texas Pan-American (Great West).

INITIAL(S) UPSET (get it?) – 7-seed UAB opened the CUSA tournament with a stunning 15-1 win over UCF that included a bizarre 13-run barrage in the top of the 5th (at Trustmark Park, in Pearl, Miss.) … UAB sent all nine batters to the plate twice in that half-inning, with only seven reaching on hits (6 singles and a double) … the self-inflicted damage for UCF also included six walks, two hit batters, three wild pitches, a couple passed balls and a pair of errors … the archived online play-by-play for that half-inning covers 25 lines of text! … 1B/3-hole John Frost (bunt single, 2-run 2B) was the only UAB player with multiple hits in the 13-run sequence.

• Another double-digit half-inning played out in Las Vegas during the opener of the Mountain West Tournament – as 2-seed TCU took a 14-4 lead on (3) San Diego State into the 9th, only to see SDSU scored 11 times for a 15-14 lead … the Frogs averted what would have been a devastating loss, scoring twice in the bottom of the 9th for a 16-15 win to cap that frenetic finish … in the second game, top seed New Mexico blew out (4) UNLV 13-0 (the Lobos and Frogs combined to outscore UNLV & SDSU 27-4, thru 8 innings that is!).

• In one of Thursday’s final games, there was yet another double-digit half-inning – as Fresno State scored 10 in the top of the 2nd, en route to 15-8 win over WAC top seed New Mexico State … the top-6 batters in the Fresno lineup all finished with three hits in the team’s 20-hit attack: Patrick Hutcheson 3-6 (RBI-3R-3B), Jake Alvarez 3-6 (RBI-2R-SB), Aaron Judge 3-5 (RBI-2R-BB-SB), Trent Garrison3-4 (4RBI-2R-2SF), Kenneth Wise 3-6 (2RBI-2R-2B) & Arustin Wynns 3-4 (2RBI-R-2B-BB).

• For the second straight night, we had a game push past midnight, as 2-seed Dayton outlasted 6-seed St. Joesph’s, 4-3 in 13 innings to close a long day in the Atlantic-10 … that game started 2 1/2 hours late, at 9:15, and ended around 12:40 Friday morning.

• SEC 5-seed Vanderbilt extended its impressive late-season push (15-3 since mid-April, riding 8-gm win streak) by edging (3) Florida, 2-1 … the Commodores have Friday off and will await the South Carolina/Florida winner in Saturday’s bracket final (winner of that game will play in Sunday’s SEC title game).

Oklahoma has posted a pair of bottom-of-the-9th wins at the Big 12 tournament (1-0 vs. OK State, 3-2 vs. Baylor) … the Sooners have gone 4-0 vs. Baylor over the past couple weeks, with three of those wins by 1-run margins (1-0 in 10, 2-1 & 12-6 in mid-May home series).

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THURSDAY’S KEY GAMES (schedule & results; May 24, 2012)
(sorted based on RP for each conference, per WarrenNolan.com)

upsets in italics

ACC Tournament  (Greensboro, NC) … Tournament Central
4-seed Virginia 3 … def. (5) Clemson 2  (first pool game for both teams)
• 6-seed Miami 5 … def.  (2) North Carolina 3 (both 1-1 in pool play)
• 7-seed Wake Forest 7 … def. (3) N.C. State 3  (both 1-1 in pool play)

SEC Tournament  (Hoover, AL) … Tournament Central
• 1-seed LSU 11 … elim. (9) Mississippi 2   
• 4-seed Kentucky 5 … def. (7) Mississippi State 1  (KY off Fri.)
• 2-seed South Carolina 5 … elim. (10) Auburn 3  (SC 2-1)
• 5-seed Vanderbilt 2 … def. (3) Florida 1  (VAN off Fri.)
… Eliminated: (6) Arkansas, (8) Georgia, (9) Ole Miss & (10) Auburn

Big 12 Tournament  (Oklahoma City, OK) … Tournament Central
• 8-seed Kansas State 11 … elim. (5) Oklahoma State 5 
• 7-seed Kansas 4 … elim. (3) Texas 0
• 4-seed Oklahoma 3 … def. (1) Baylor 2  
(OU off Fri.)
• 6-seed Missouri 5 … def. (2) Texas A&M 3  
(MO off Fri.)
… Eliminated: (5) OK State & (3) Texas

Conference USA Tournament  (Pearl, MS) … Tournament Central
• 7-seed UAB 15 … def. (2) Central Florida 1  (7 inn.; 1st gm for both in pool play)
• 4-seed Southern Mississippi 8 ... elim. (8) Houston 7  (10 inn.; USM 1-1, HOU 0-2)
• 5-seed Memphis 3 … def. (1) Rice 2  (MEM 2-0, Rice 1-1)
… Memphis has clinched pool-1 (off Sat., in Sun. final vs. pool-2 champ)

Missouri Valley Tournament  (Springfield, MO) … Tournament Central
• 4-seed Illinois State 5 … elim. (5) Evansville 4  (1o inn.)
• 2-seed Missouri State 11 … elim. (7) Bradley 8  (13 inn.)
• 8-seed Creighton 10 … elim. (4) Illinois State 3
• 6-seed Southern Illinois 3 … elim. (2) Missouri State 2
 (10 inn.)  
… SIU & Creighton to play in final on Sat. (Fri. off)
… Eliminated: (1) Indiana St, (3) Wichita St, (5) Evansville, (7) Bradley, (4) Illinois St & (2) Missouri St

Southern Conference Tournament  (Greensville, SC) … Tournament Central
• 3-seed Elon 14 .. elim. (2) College of Charleston 12
• 8-seed Furman 9 … e
lim. (5) Western Carolina 8
• 6-seed Georgia Southern 8 … def . (7) The Citadel 1  (GS no losses)
• 4-seed Samford 12 ... def. (1) Appalachian State 7  (SAM no losses)
… Eliminated: (2) College of Charleston & (5) Western Carolina

Western Athletic Tournament  (Mesa, AZ) … Tournament Central
• 6-seed Louisiana Tech 9 … elim. (4) Hawaii 6
• 2-seed Sacramento State 15 ... def. (3) Nevada 5  (8 inn.)  (SAC no losses)
• 5-seed Fresno State 15 … def. (1) New Mexico State 8 

Big Ten Tournament  (Columbus, OH) … Tournament Central
• 4-seed Nebraska 12 … elim. (3) Penn State 3
• 2-seed Indiana 6 … def. (5) Michigan State 4
• 1-seed Purdue 5 … def. (6) Ohio State 4 

Atlantic Sun Tournament  (DeLand, FL) … Tournament Central
• 6-seed Stetson 1 … elim. (2) South Carolina Upstate 0
3-seed Kennesaw State 3 … def.
 (1) Belmont 1
4-seed Florida Gulf Coast 4 … def. (5) Mercer 3  (FGCU no losses)

BIG EAST Tournament  (Clearwater, FL) … Tournament Central
• 7-seed Notre Dame 9 … elim. (6) Rutgers 0
• 2-seed St. John’s 6 … def. (3) Seton Hall 3  (StJ no losses)
• 4-seed South Florida 10 ... elim. (8) Pittsburgh 4

Southland Tournament  (San Marcos, TX) … Tournament Central
• 1-seed Sam Houston State 7 … elim. (5) McNeese State 1
• 6-seed Stephen F. Austin 7 ... elim. (7) Central Arkansas 2
• 4-seed Texas Arlington 10 … def. (8) Texas A&M Corpus Christi 5  (UTA no losses)
• 2-seed Southeastern Louisiana 7 … def. (3) Texas State 1  (SELA no losses)

Mountain West Tournament  (Las Vegas, NV) … Tournament Central
• 2-seed TCU 16 … def. (3) San Diego State 15
• 1-seed New Mexico 13 … def . (4) UNLV 0

Sun Belt Tournament  (Bowling Green, KY) … Tournament Central
• 6-seed Troy 6 ... def. (3) Florida International 1  (first pool game for both)
• 5-seed Louisiana-Monroe 9 … def. (1) Florida Atlantic 7  (13 inn. … ULM 2-0, FAU 1-1)
• 4-seed South Alabama 5 … def. (8) Western Kentucky 3  (SA 1-1, WKU 0-2)
… Louisiana-Monroe has clinched pool-1 (will play in Sunday final)

Big South Tournament  (High Point, NC) … Tournament Central
• 3-seed Liberty 7 … def. (2) Campbell 0  (LIB no losses)
• 4-seed Gardner-Webb 11 … elim. (5) Radford 0
• 7-seed High Point 9 … elim. (2) Campbell 5
… Eliminated: (8) Charleston Southern, (6) UNC Asheville, (5) Radford & (2) Campbell

Colonial Tournament (Harrisonburg, VA) … Tournament Central
• 6-seed Towson 16 ... elim. (4) George Mason 8
• 1-seed UNC Wilmington 8 … def. (5) VCU 5  (UNCW’s first game)
• 3-seed Delaware 11 … def. (2) Hofstra 3  (DEL no losses)
• 5-seed VCU 14 … elim. (9) Towson 9

Ohio Valley Tournament  (Jackson, TN) … Tournament Central
• 3-seed Jacksonville (AL) State 12 … elim. (5) Morehead State 5
• 4-seed Eastern Illinois 11 … def. (2) Eastern Kentucky 2  (EIU no losses)
• 6-seed Southeast Missouri State 4 … def. (1) Austin Peay 3  
(SEMO no losses)

Atlantic 10 Tournament  (Bronx, NY) … Tournament Central
• 5-seed Richmond 6 … def. (1) St. Louis 0
• 2-seed Dayton 4 … def. (6) St. Joseph’s 3  (13 inn.)
• 3-seed Rhode Island vs. (6) St. Joseph’s – moved to Fri., 10 a.m. ET
… Eliminated: (4) UMass

Mid-America Tournament  (Avon, OH) … Tournament Central
• 8-seed Buffalo 6 … elim. (4) Ohio 5  (10 inn.)  
• 3-seed Central Michigan 4 ... elim. (2) Toledo 3
• 1-seed Kent State 12 ... def. (5) Western Michigan 3  (Kent no losses)
• (7) Miami 2 … def. (6) Eastern Michigan 1  (10 inn.; Miami no losses)

Metro Atlantic (MAAC) Tournament  (Troy, NY) … Tournament Central
• 4-seed Rider 6 … def. (1) Manhattan 1
• 2-seed Canisius 2 ... def. (3) Fairfield 1

Horizon Tournament  (Chicago, IL) … Tournament Central
• 3-seed Milwaukee 19 … elim. (5) Butler 2
• 4-seed Illinois-Chicago 19 … def. (2) Wright State 9
• 1-seed Valparaiso 16 … def. (6) Youngstown State 3

America East Tournament  (Stony Brook, NY) … Tournament Central
• 4-seed Maine 8 ... elim. (2) Albany 3
• 1-seed Stony Brook 7 ... def. (3) Binghamton 4  (SB no losses)

Summit Tournament  (Tulsa, OK) … Tournament Central
• 3-seed North Dakota State 3 … def. (2) Oakland 2  (11 inn.)
• 1-seed Oral Roberts 2 ... def. (4) Southern Utah 1

Great West Tournament  (no auotomatic NCAA bid; 8-team tournament)  Tournament Central
• 1-seed Utah Valley 15 … def. (6) North Dakota 4  (UVU in Sat. final, off Fri.)

Non-Tournament (WCC, series opener)
• at BYU 6 ... def. Gonzaga 4

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WEDNESDAY’S KEY GAMES (schedule & results; May 23, 2012)
(sorted based on conference RPI, per WarrenNolan.com)

upsets in italics

ACC Tournament  (Greensboro, NC) … Tournament Central
• 8-seed Georgia Tech 5 … def. (1) Florida State 4
• 3-seed North Carolina State 3 … def. (6) Miami 2
• 2-seed North Carolina 6 … def. (7) Wake Forest 0

SEC Tournament  (Hoover, AL) … Tournament Central
• 9 seed Mississippi 2 … elim. (6) Arkansas 0
• 7-seed Mississippi State 3 … def..(1) LSU 2
• 10-seed Auburn 3 … elim. (8) Georgia 2
• 5-seed Vanderbilt 3 … def. (2) South Carolina 2

Big 12 Tournament  (Oklahoma City, OK) … Tournament Central
• 4-seed Oklahoma 1 … def. (5) Oklahoma State 0
• 1-seed Baylor 11 … def. (8) Kansas State 1
• 2-seed Texas A&M 10 … def. (7) Kansas 4
• 6-seed Missouri 5 … def. (3) Texas 0

Conference USA Tournament  (Pearl, MS) … Tournament Central
• 5-seed Memphis 14 .. def. (4) Southern Mississippi 3
• 1-seed Rice 7 … def. (8) Houston 5
• 3-seed Tulane 4 … def. (6) East Carolina 3

Missouri Valley Tournament  (Springfield, MO) … Tournament Central
• 5-seed Evansville 8 ... elim. (1) Indiana State 5
• 2-seed Missouri State 7 … elim. (3) Wichita State 0
• 8-seed Creighton 11 ... def. (4) Illinois State 5
• 6-seed Southern Illinois 9 … def. (7) Bradley 8

Southern Conference Tournament  (Greensville, SC) … Tournament Central
• 7-seed The Citadel 8  … def. (2) College of Charleston 6
• 6-seed Georgia Southern 19 … def. (3) Elon 2
• 1-seed Appalachian State 7 … def. (8) Furman 5
• 4-seed Samford 7 ... def. (5) Western Carolina 0

Western Athletic Tournament  (Mesa, AZ) … Tournament Central
• 5-seed Fresno State 8 … def. (4) Hawaii 2
• 3-seed Nevada 4 … def. (6) Louisiana Tech 3

Big Ten Tournament  (Columbus, OH) … Tournament Central
• 5-seed Michigan State 10 ... def. (4) Nebraska 9
• 6-seed Ohio State 12 … def. (3) Penn State 5 

Atlantic Sun Tournament  (DeLand, FL) … Tournament Central
• 5-seed Mercer 11 ... def. (2) South Carolina Upstate 2
• 4-seed Florida Gulf Coast 12 … def. (3) Kennesaw State 4
•  1-seed Belmont 4 … def. (6) Stetson 3  (15 inn.)

BIG EAST Tournament  (Clearwater, FL) … Tournament Central
• 3-seed Seton Hall 6 … def. (6) Rutgers 1
• 2-seed St. John’s 12 … def. (7) Notre Dame 2
• 1-seed Louisville 8 … def. (8) Pittsburgh 4
• 5-seed Connecticut 7 … def. (4) South Florida 2

Southland Tournament  (San Marcos, TX) … Tournament Central
• 4-seed Texas Arlington 6 … def. (5) McNeese State 2
• 8-seed Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 9 … def.  (1) Sam Houston State 2
• 3-seed Texas State 11 … def. (6) Stephen F. Austin 1
• 2-seed Southeastern Louisiana 6 … def. (7) Central Arkansas 3

Mountain West Tournament  (Las Vegas, NV) … Tournament Central
• 4-team tournament starts at 3 PT at May 24

Sun Belt Tournament  (Bowling Green, KY) … Tournament Central
• 5-seed Louisiana-Monroe 7 … def. (4) South Alabama 4
• 2-seed Arkansas State 12 … def. (7) Middle Tennessee 1
• 1-seed Florida Atlantic 4 … def. (8) Western Kentucky 3

Big South Tournament  (High Point, NC) … Tournament Central
• 2-seed Campbell 10 … def. (7) High Point 4 (resumed from 5/22)
• 4-seed Gardner-Webb 4 … elim. (8) Charleston Southern 3
• 7-seed High Point 7 … elim. (6) UNC Asheville 1
• 1-seed Coastal Carolina 5 … def. (5) Radford 3
• 3-seed Liberty vs. (2) Campbell (Big South, gm-8) – moved to 5/24, 11 a.m. ET

Colonial Tournament (Harrisonburg, VA) … Tournament Central
• 5-seed VCU 11 … def. (4) George Mason 7
• 3-seed Delaware 8 ... def. (6) Towson 7  (12 inn.)
• 6-seed Towson vs. (4) George Mason  (elimination game) – ppd to 5/24

Ohio Valley Tournament  (Jackson, TN) … Tournament Central
•  4-seed Eastern Illinois 2 ... def. (5) Morehead State 1
• 6-seed Southeast Missouri 4 ... def. (3) Jacksonville (AL) State 1

Atlantic 10 Tournament  (Bronx, NY) … Tournament Central
• 5-seed Richmond 9 … def. (4) UMass 5 
• 6-seed St. Joseph’s 3 … def. (3) Rhode Island 0
• 3-seed Rhode Island 6 … elim. (4) UMass 5

Mid-American Tournament  (Avon, OH) … Tournament Central
• 5-seed Western Michigan 4 …def. (4) Ohio 2
• 6-seed Eastern Michigan 4 … def. (3) Central Michigan 3
• 7-seed Miami Ohio 5 … def.. (2) Toledo 0
• 1-seed Kent State 9 … def. (8) Buffalo 0

Metro Atlantic (MAAC) Tournament  (Troy, NY) … Tournament Central
• 4-team tournament begins May 24

Horizon Tournament  (Chicago, IL) … Tournament Central
• 4-seed Illinois-Chicago 10 … def. (5) Butler 1
• 6-seed Youngstown State 8 … def. (3) Milwaukee 4

America East Tournament  (Stony Brook, NY) … Tournament Central
• 3-seed Binghamton 2 … def. (2) Albany 1 
• 1-seed Stony Brook 14 ... def. (4) Maine 6

Summit Tournament  (Tulsa, OK) … Tournament Central
• 4-team tournament begins May 24

Great West Tournament  (no auotomatic NCAA bid; 8-team tournament)  Tournament Central
• 1-seed Utah Valley 9 … def. (5) Houston Baptist 8

Non-Conference
• at Oregon 2 … def. Portland 1

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TUESDAY’S KEY GAMES (schedule & results; May 22, 2012)

upsets in italics

SEC Tournament  (Hoover, AL) … Tournament Central
• 4-seed Kentucky 2 … def. (9) Mississippi 0
• 7-seed Mississippi State 9 … def. (6) Arkansas 1
• 3-seed Florida 6 … def. (10) Auburn 1
• 5-seed Vanderbilt 4 … def. (8) Georgia 1

Big South Tournament  (High Point, NC) … Tournament Central
• 5-seed Gardner-Webb 8 … def. (4) Gardner-Webb 2
• 1-seed Coastal Carolina 9 … def. (8) Charleston Southern 8
• 3-seed Liberty 9 … def. (6) UNC Asheville 2
• 7-seed High Point vs. (2) Campbell – suspended to 5/23( (HP leads 2-1, t3)

Missouri Valley Tournament  (Springfield, MO) … Tournament Central
• 4-seed Illinois State 10 ... def. (5) Evansville 3
• 8-seed Creighton 5 … def. (1) Indiana State 0
• 6-seed Southern Illinois 6 … def. (3) Wichita State 3

• 7-seed Bradley 5 ... def. (2) Missouri State 3

Patriot League  (title series; gm-3/final)
• at 1-seed Army 8 ... def. (2) Holy Cross 4
… Final Stats: HTML & PDF  |  Army Recap  |  HC Recap  |  Photos

Great West  (no auotomatic NCAA bid; 8-team tournament)  Tournament Central
•  1-seed Utah Valley 17 ... def.  (8) New York Tech 10

Non-Conference
• Oregon at Portland – rainout (no makeup; still set to play Wed., May 23 at Oregon, 6 PT)
UCLA 6 ... won at UC Irvine 1
Stanford 10 … won at Santa Clara 5
at Washington State 1 … def. Gonzaga 0  (10 inn.)

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