Archive for May, 2010

SEC Tournament Preview (Bracket 1)

– May 25, 2010Posted in: CBD Column, SEC

The SEC Tournament starts up on Wednesday with Auburn and Alabama facing off in the first game of the tournament at 9:30 am. Ole Miss and South Carolina will play immediately following the Auburn and Alabama showdown. All four teams are solid contenders to advance through regionals, while Ole Miss, South Carolina, and Auburn could all become regional hosts bids with great weekends. You can check out our Bracket 2 preview by clicking here.

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Tags: Alabama, Auburn, CBD Column, Ole Miss, SEC Tourney, South Carolina

CBB Column: 2010 Big Ten Tourney Preview

Brian Foley

– May 25, 2010Posted in: 2010 Conference Tourney, Big Ten, CBD Column

BigTenLogo By: Jared Kowis, MGoBlog

The Big Ten Tournament begins Wednesday in a winner takes all double-elimination weekend. The winner goes to the NCAA Tournament, the other 5 teams go home.

This season has been by far the craziest Big Ten regular season in quite some time. Just two weeks ago, all 10 teams were within just 2 games of each other. Things shook out over the last week of the season, seeing preseason Omaha dark horse Ohio State dropping completely out of the Big Ten Tournament picture, and perennial bottom dwellers Iowa and Northwestern led some spectacular last week surges to secure their spots.

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Tags: 2010 Conference Tourney, Big Ten Conference, Big Ten Tourney, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Northwestern, Purdue

TCBB Players of the Week – May 25th

Mark Rafferty

– May 25, 2010Posted in: General CBB News

The College Baseball Blog continues our tradition of naming National Player and Pitcher of the Week. This week we honor Kurtis Mueller of Iowa as our Player of the Week while Rhode Island RHP Tim Boyce wins our Pitcher of the Week for the 2nd week in a row. Read the rest of this entry »

NCBWA Division I Poll (May 24, 2010)

Brian Foley

– May 24, 2010Posted in: 2010 Polls, NCBWA

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

DALLAS – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 13th year with its 2010 weekly surveys. Weekly polls will be circulated from Feb. 22-June 29 following the 64th annual NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb., and final CWS competition at historic Rosenblatt Stadium.

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Tags: 2010 Polls, NCBWA

2010 All-Southland Conference Baseball Teams

Donald J. Boyles

– May 24, 2010Posted in: Southland Conference

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

FRISCO, Texas – UT Arlington centerfielder Michael Choice was named the Southland Conference Player of the Year by a vote of league coaches and sports information directors, the league office announced Monday in conjunction with the release of its all-conference teams.
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Tags: Southland Conference

Conference Players of the Week

Brian Foley

– May 24, 2010Posted in: Big Ten, Players of the Week, SEC, Summit League

I usually post all the press releases from the conference on their respective players of the week. Since, we are entering the start of the Conference Tourneys we have very important information going up on the site so we will not drag the site down. Here is a listing of all the ones that I have gotten today.

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Tags: Alabama, Big Ten Conference, Big Ten Player of the Week, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Mississippi State, Northwestern, Oakland, SEC, SEC Players of the Week, South Dakota State, Summit League, Summit League Players of the Week

Miami’s Grandal, Virginia’s Hultzen Lead 2010 All-ACC Baseball Team

Brian Foley

– May 24, 2010Posted in: 2010 Top Players, ACC

FROM ACC RELEASE

GREESNBORO, N.C. – Miami junior catcher Yasmani Grandal has been named the 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Player of the Year in a vote of the league’s 12 head coaches, while Virginia sophomore Danny Hultzen has received the nod as Pitcher of the Year.

The two standouts headline the 2010 All-ACC Baseball Team announced today by commissioner John D. Swofford. Duke pitcher/infielder Marcus Stroman was voted the Freshman of the Year, while Virginia’s Brian O’Connor received Coach of the Year honors.

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Tags: 2010 All-ACC, ACC, ACC Player of the Year, Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami (FL), NC State, UNC, Virginia, Virginia Tech

Ranaudo looking to lead LSU to SEC Crown

Brian Foley

– May 24, 2010Posted in: SEC

The LSU Tigers will open the SEC Tournament on Wednesday against the Florida Gators. The Tigers are expected to send Anthony Ranaudo to the mound as he has struggled throughout the year with a 3-2 record and an ERA of 8.49. The Gators are expected to send Brian Johnson to the hill as he is 5-3 with a 3.62 ERA. He defeated the Tigers back on May 2nd. Johnson went 6.1 innings giving up three runs (two earned), striking four, while struggling with his control as he walked six. The Gators were able to win that game by a score of 13-6 and swept the Tigers in that series. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Florida, LSU, SEC, SEC Tourney

Big South Players of the Week

Brian Foley

– May 24, 2010Posted in: Big South, Players of the Week

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – UNC Asheville infielder Justin Schumer (Charlotte, N.C.) has been named the Big South Conference’s Choice Hotels Player of the Week, and Presbyterian College hurler Andrew Foushee (Augusta, Ga.) has been named The Crons Brand Pitcher of the Week for games played the final week of the regular-season, it was announced today by the League office.

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Tags: Big South, Big South Players of the Week, Presbyterian College, UNC-Asheville

LIVE COLLEGE BASEBALL CHAT

Brian Foley

– May 23, 2010Posted in: CBD Column, CBD Event

We will be hosting a Live Chat tonight at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific time to go over the conference tournament matchups and discuss the past weekend of action around the college baseball world. You can send me a question ahead of time by clicking here or you can set up a remind below.

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Tags: CBD Column, CBD Event, Live Chat

Schedule Set for 2010 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship

Donald J. Boyles

– May 23, 2010Posted in: 2010 Conference Tourney, Big 12

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Regular season champion Texas will be the top seed at the 2010 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship scheduled for May 26-30 at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City. It marks the 12th time the championship has been played at this venue.
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Tags: Baylor, Big 12 Tournament, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas AM, Texas Tech

Big South Announces Seedings For Baseball Championship

Brian Foley

– May 23, 2010Posted in: 2010 Conference Tourney, Big South

FROM BIG SOUTH RELEASE

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – For the fourth consecutive season and the fifth time in the last six years, Coastal Carolina is the No. 1 seed in the Royal Purple Big South Baseball Championship, which will be contested May 25-29 at The Winthrop Ballpark in Rock Hill, S.C. The Chanticleers, ranked as high as No. 4 in the nation in three polls this week, won the outright 2010 regular-season championship with a 25-0 Conference mark to become just the second team in Big South history to go undefeated in the Conference season, joining the 1988 Coastal Carolina club that finished 15-0. Coastal Carolina’s 25 Big South wins has set the League’s single-season record, and the Chanticleers have won their fifth regular-season Big South baseball crown in six years and sixth in nine seasons.