The UConn Huskies will open their 2010 Big East Conference schedule by heading to Big East favorite Louisville for a key matchup that could decide the Big East Conference Champion. UConn will enter the weekend with 12–5 record while Louisville has a 18-2 mark.
The UConn offense is sixth best in the Big East with a .289 average. The top hitter for the Huskies has been redshirt freshman Billy Ferriter who enters the weekend with a .467 average in 14 games. Mike Nemeth is second on the squad with a .429 average, two homers, and 15 RBI on the year. Heading into the season, Mike Olt and George Springer were supposed to be the top hitters on the squad heading into the season. Olt has not disappointed with a .329 average, five homers, and 21 RBI while Springer has struggled as he is hitting only .259 with four homers and 20 RBI.
The ACC enters their third weekend of action with a couple of key matchups. The biggest matchup clearly is between Division leaders Clemson and Virginia. Clemson enters the weekend with a perfect 6-0 ACC record while Virginia enters with a 5-1 record in the conference. The other big series is Georgia Tech visiting North Carolina which features the best pitching matchup this weekend with Deck McGuire facing off against Matt Harvey. The other series see Maryland visiting Florida State, Miami (FL) heading to NC State, Duke going to Boston College, and Wake Forest taking on Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. 
Jake Borup is 5-0 in 5 starts and is leading the ASU starting pitching staff with a 2.42 ERA with a K/9 just under 8. The Sun Devil pitching staff has been amazing in the absence of Josh Spence at 20-0 so far, but Borup has been a welcome surprise.
The College Baseball Blog continues our weekly countdown to the release of the 2010 NCAA Regional Brackets. The brackets are done as if the NCAA Tournament was set to start today. I ended up using Boyd’s World RPI which was updated through games on Tuesday as that was the latest available. The RPI changes dramatically every week especially before some of the schools start the conference campaign. You can check out the full bracket below which is our best estimate right now. 
#2 British Columbia swept four games at Concordia-Portland, and two of the wins were shutouts. Eric Brown, David Otterman, and Miles Verweel combined for the first shutout, and Sheldon McDonald and Taylor King combined for the second one. The Thunderbirds are 20-3, 14-2 in NAIA West play. Verweel is the team’s ERA leader at 1.42. Brown is 5-0, 1.74 ERA with 22 strikeouts. Freshman 1B Andrew Firth leads the team in hitting at .440. Upcoming: at Lewis-Clark State March 27-28, at Washington State March 29. 
