Archive for July, 2010

Todd Whitting named Head Coach at Houston

– July 8, 2010Posted in: Conference USA, Mountain West, New Coach

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Returning to his alma mater, Todd Whitting rejoined the University of Houston baseball program as its head coach on Friday, Director of Athletics Mack Rhoades announced.

Whitting becomes the eighth coach in program history and brings a solid resume as a coach and as a recruiter, roles he held for seven seasons at TCU and as an assistant at Houston from 1995 to 2003.

During his career, he has been a part of programs that won 16 conference regular-season and tournament championships, competed in 13 NCAA Regionals, five NCAA Super Regionals and one NCAA College World Series.

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Tags: Conference USA, Houston, Mountain West, New Coach, TCU, Todd Whitting

Cape Cod League Top Performers for July 7th

Brian Foley

– July 8, 2010Posted in: Big 12, Cape Cod League, MAC, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Southern Conference

Here are the top performers from the Cape Cod Baseball League for July 7th. There was only two games with Bourne defeating Hyannis 6-0 and Wareham defeating Falmouth 7-3.

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USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Trials Recap for Game 2

Brian Foley

– July 8, 2010Posted in: ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big West, MEAC, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Team USA

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

CARY, N.C. — Sophomore’s Jackie Bradley, Jr. (South Carolina) and Drew Maggi (Arizona State) combined for six of the Blue squads 10 hits in the second game of the Collegiate National Team (CNT) Trials at the National Training Complex (NTC). The nine-inning affair ended in a five-all tie when Peter O’Brien (Bethune-Cookman) singled home a pair of runs in the eighth frame.

Trailing 5-3 with one out in the eighth Maggi drew a walk, which was followed by a single off the bat of Bradley, Jr. Both runners advanced on a strikeout and trotted home on O’Brien’s lone hit of the evening back up the middle.

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Valpo extends Tracy Woodson’s Contract

Brian Foley

– July 7, 2010Posted in: Horizon League

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Valparaiso University head baseball coach Tracy Woodson has signed a four-year contract that will extend through the 2014 season Mark LaBarbera, director of athletics has announced.

“Tracy has built our program into a Horizon League contender,” LaBarbera said. “The baseball team continues to succeed both on the field and in the classroom, and this is a direct result of Coach Woodson’s leadership. We are excited to know that he will be here for the next several years.”

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Tags: Horizon League, New Contract, Valparaiso

Cape Cod League Top Performers for July 5th

Brian Foley

– July 7, 2010Posted in: ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Cape Cod League, Ivy League, Pac 12, SEC

Here are the top performers from the Cape Cod Baseball League for July 5th. The best performance of the night was from NC State’s Pratt Maynard who went 3-4 with 2 runs, 2 BB, and 3 RBI. The pitching again wasn’t outstanding with Arizona State’s Mitchell Lambson pitching 2 no-hit innings. You can check out the full list of players below.

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Mik Aoki accepts Notre Dame job

Brian Foley

– July 6, 2010Posted in: ACC, Big East, CBD Column, New Coach

Boston College head coach Mik Aoki has accepted the Notre Dame head coaching job tonight as I previously reported on June 29th. (FULL ARTICLE) Aoki spent the last four seasons in charge of the Eagles bringing them to two ACC tournaments the last two seasons and the NCAA Tournament in 2009.His career record with the Eagles was 114-104-1 while having a career head coaching record of 201-248-1 after spending five seasons in charge of the Columbia program before becoming the pitching coach at Boston College under former BC and current VT head coach Peter Hughes.

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Tags: ACC, Big East, Boston College, CBD Column, Mik Aoki, New Coach, Notre Dame

2010 USA Collegiate National Team Trials: Red Tops Blue, 4-1

Donald J. Boyles

– July 6, 2010Posted in: Big 12, Big East, Big West, MEAC, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Team USA

Cary, N.C. — USA Baseball kicked off its Collegiate National Team (CNT) trials Tuesday afternoon at the National Training Center (NTC), which will run through July 11. Peter O’Brien (Bethune-Cookman) paced the Red squad to a 4-1 victory over the Blue.

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Cape League All-Star game to be televised live on CBS College Sports

Donald J. Boyles

– July 6, 2010Posted in: Cape Cod League

FROM CCBL PRESS RELEASE

BOSTON – For the third straight year, the Cape Cod Baseball League’s All-Star Game will be televised live. CBS College Sports Network will broadcast the game to a national audience from historic Fenway Park beginning at 7 p.m. on July 28. The network previously televised the game in 2003 and 2005.

“We are excited to be televising the 2010 All-Star Game on CBS College Sports Network,” said Tom Souza, president of USA World Events. “This year’s game will be available nationally to the largest potential audience in the event’s history and we are thrilled that our players and coaches will have the opportunity to display their talent for fans across the country.”

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Tags: Cape Cod League, CBS College Sports

Cape Cod Baseball League Players of the Week (July 6th)

Brian Foley

– July 6, 2010Posted in: Big South, Big West, Cape Cod League

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

COCA COLA PITCHER OF THE WEEK

Andrew Gagnon, Brewster RHP

For the second consecutive week, the Coca Cola Pitcher of the Week hails from Brewster.

Whitecaps starter Andrew Gagnon (Long Beach State) joins teammate Anthony Ranaudo as back-to-back winners of the award after putting together two dominating performances.

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Tags: Big South, Big West, Cape Cod League, Coastal Carolina, Long Beach State

2011 College World Series Predictions

Brian Foley

– July 6, 2010Posted in: 2011 CWS, 2011 NCAA Tourney, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big South, CBD Column, Conference USA, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC

Here are our selections for the 2011 College World Series. I asked six people for their opinion on who will be taking part in the first College World Series at the new Ameritrade Stadium in Omaha. Besides my own selection, we have TCBB Assistant Editor Mark Rafferty, TCBB Senior Writer Kat Cornetta, TCBB Scouting Guru Aman Reaka, TCBB contributor Casey Hull, and our special guest is Jana Howser of The College Baseball Foundation and daughter of Dick Howser who all gave their picks. We have 20 different teams represented in our picks with UCLA being the only team that shows up on everyone’s brackets. Virginia and Florida both were named on five out of six brackets. You can check out the full results below.

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CWS TV Ratings Down Both Nights

Kat Hasenauer Cornetta

– July 5, 2010Posted in: 2010 CWS, 2010 NCAA Tourney

Last week’s College World Series broadcasts on ESPN were down significantly in viewership, as reported by SportsMediaWatch and PIFeedback.com.

Game 1 had 1.192 million viewers, good for only a 0.8 US rating on ESPN. That was down 52% from 2009′s Texas vs. LSU Game 1 matchup. However, the CWS still drew more viewers than a Stephen Strasburg start for the Washington Nationals on ESPN2.

The clinching Game 2 drew better, with 1.853 million viewers, good for a 1.2 US rating. Despite the increase over Monday night, the broadcast was still down 29% from last year’s Game 2 (which was a non-clinching game.)

What do you think led to the drop in ratings for the CWS? The participating teams? Not going to a Game 3? Feel free to discuss this in the comments.

Tags: 2010 CWS, 2010 NCAA Tourney

Lazer Collazo leaves South Florida

Brian Foley

– July 5, 2010Posted in: Big East, New Coach

South Florida pitching coach Lazer Collazo has resigned according to an article from the USF Oracle. Collazo has spent the last four years as a member of Lelo Prado’s South Florida staff. Before heading to South Florida, he spent time with Prado at Louisville.