After a rough opening series against Samford we realize we have a lot of work to do in order to be the team we want to become in May. With a team loaded with newcomers this first series was a huge learning experience for us and I’m confident we will bounce back and play much better baseball this coming weekend when we head on the road to play Georgia State. Read the rest of this entry »
Monday is historically a slow day in College Baseball but we saw two ranked squads in action with #19 ranked Oregon finishing up a four game series with Hawaii and Cal-State Fullerton finishing up a three game set with Long Beach State. Read the rest of this entry »
Here are all the Conference Players of the Week from around the country. We have listed every conference that have put out a press release on Monday. If I missed a conference release, feel free to leave a comment. Read the rest of this entry »
The National College Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) just released their top 30 weekly poll. UCLA takes the #1 spot this week, followed by #2 Florida, #3 Vanderbilt, #4 Oklahoma and #5 TCU.
See the official press release from the NCBWA below for the entire poll.
Current Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona and Los Angeles Dodgers third base coach Tim Wallach are two of the seven inductees announced for the 2011 class of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame.
Joining Francona and Wallach are, Danny Goodwin (catcher, Southern University), Dick Groat (shortstop, Duke), Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones (coach, Grambling State), Oddibe McDowell (outfielder, Arizona State),and Bill Wilhelm (coach, Clemson.)
Wallach is gaining admittance based on his school-record setting career at first base for Cal State Fullerton from 1978-1980. Francona, a two time World Series winning manager, is being honored for his career in outfield for Arizona, where he was the 1980 National Player of the Year.
The seven member class will be inducted on July 3rd in Lubbock, Texas.
The full release from the College Baseball Foundation is below.
By: Aaron Kirby
We have a new #1 after a very good opening weekend of college baseball. It was a very good weekend for alot of clubs and a very bad weekend for some clubs.
UCONN was the new and sexy pick in the Big East this year but Louisville showed it wants to remain the top dog in the Big East. Louisville(3-0) moves into the #1 spot in the poll after beating Michigan, Ohio St and Minnesota in the Big East/Big 10 Challenge. UCONN(1-2) did not have nearly the same success, dropping the opener to Purdue followed by loss to Minnesota before beating Michigan on Sunday and dropped from #2 in poll to #9. Read the rest of this entry »
The first weekend is now complete in College Baseball where there was a couple of decent sized upsets on Sunday afternoon.
As always, you can follow our college baseball coverage on Twitter @CB_Daily and on Facebook. Read the rest of this entry »
UPDATE #2 AT 11:30 PM FEB. 21st
NBC 12 out of Phoenix, Arizona recently had a full report about Hahn’s condition. You can check out the full report below. Read the rest of this entry »
The ACC wrapped up the weekend with all the teams in action. The conference went 9-4 with North Carolina sweeping a doubleheader with USC and Missouri.
#6 Texas 16 Maryland 0
AUSTIN, Texas — On Sunday afternoon, the No. 6 Texas Longhorns used the momentum of Saturday’s comeback win to take the final game of the four-game series with a 16-0 win at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. Read the rest of this entry »
Here is the weekend’s final Big 12 recap. The league finished today 9-1, and 27-7 over the weekend. Read the rest of this entry »
College Baseball Daily held a Live Chat at 8pm Eastern/5pm Pacific to go over the first weekend of action. We ere be joined by CBD Editor Brian Foley, Assistant Editor Mark Rafferty, CBD senior writers Kat Cornetta, and William Knox. Read the rest of this entry »
Another day is in the books as we are now two days into the season as there was several upsets in the NCBWA Top 35.
We will be hosting a full Q and A on Sunday night at 8pm on the site with Brian Foley, William Knox, Mark Rafferty, Kat Cornetta, Ryan Rosenblatt from BruinsNation.com, and a couple of other guests. Remember to sign up for a reminder on the right side for the chat. Here are some of my thoughts from Day 2 of action around the country. Read the rest of this entry »
Top 100 Countdown: 4. Michael Roth (South Carolina)
Top 100 Countdown: 5. Victor Roache (Georgia Southern)
Top 100 Countdown: 6. Marcus Stroman (Duke)
Top 100 Countdown: 7. Stephen Piscotty (Stanford)
Top 100 Countdown: 8. Peter O’Brien (Miami, FL)
