Archive for March, 2011

Pepperdine Self-Imposes Postseason Ban on Three Spring Teams; Baseball Included

– March 31, 2011Posted in: NCAA Violations, West Coast Conference

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
MALIBU, Calif. — Pepperdine University recently discovered that it had failed to properly administer financial aid awards to a number of its student-athletes. After discovering the error, Pepperdine contacted the NCAA and is taking immediate steps to rectify this issue and to review all of its athletics compliance processes. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: NCAA Violations, Pepperdine, West Coast Conference

CBD Column: Hultzen and Bradley Passing Purke?

Brian Foley

– March 31, 2011Posted in: 2011 CBD Top 100 Players, 2011 MLB Draft Update, 2011 Top Players, ACC, CBD Column, Mountain West

Coming into the season, there was no doubt in anyone’s mind that Matt Purke was the top draft eligible left-handed pitcher for the 2011 MLB Draft. Things have definitely changed over the first five weeks of the season. Both Virginia’s Danny Hultzen and Georgia Tech’s Jed Bradley have jumped right in the middle of the discussion with outstanding starts to the year. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 MLB Draft, 2011 Top Players, ACC, CBD 2011 Top 100 Players, CBD Column, Danny Hultzen, Georgia Tech, Jed Bradley, Matt Purke, Mountain West, TCU, Virginia

ACC Recap for March 30th

Brian Foley

– March 31, 2011Posted in: ACC, Atlantic 10, CAA

Here is your ACC Recap for March 30th.

Rhode Island 4 Boston College 0

KINGSTON, R.I. – Junior pitcher Anthony Pisani recorded a career-high nine strikeouts as the Rhode Island baseball team posted its first shutout of the season in a 4-0 victory over Boston College on Wednesday afternoon. Pisani allowed just four hits over seven innings and issued zero walks to pick up his second win in as many appearances. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Atlantic 10, Boston College, CAA, George Mason, Maryland, Rhode Island

Southern “forfeits” to SE Louisiana

Brian Foley

– March 30, 2011Posted in: Southland Conference, SWAC

Southern University forfeiting their game to Southeastern Louisiana last night after Southern coach Roger Cador refused to let his team return to play after a lighting delay. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Southeastern Louisiana, Southern, Southland Conference, SWAC

2011 Regional Projections (March 30th)

Brian Foley

– March 30, 2011Posted in: 2011 CWS, 2011 NCAA Tourney, CBD Column

College Baseball Daily continues our weekly countdown to the release of the 2011 NCAA Baseball Regional Brackets. The brackets are done as if the NCAA Tournament was set to begin today. The projections are done through games played on Tuesday. You can check out the full bracket below which is our best estimate if the tournament started today. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 College World Series, 2011 NCAA Regional Projections, 2011 NCAA Tourney, CBD Column

CBD Journal with Drew Fann (March 30th)

Brian Foley

– March 30, 2011Posted in: 2011 CBD Journals, SEC

After starting the week with an 11-2 victory over Tennessee Tech, we traveled to Fayetteville, Arkansas for our conference series with the Razorbacks. We finished on the wrong end of a pitcher’s duel Friday night, as Arkansas scored two runs in the eighth inning to win 2-1. Yet we were able to come back and take the series, winning Saturday 4-1 and 2-1 on Sunday. Saturday’s victory came after eight strong innings on the bump by Grayson Garvin. Garv allowed one run on two hits and two walks, and struck out six batters. On Sunday, starter Taylor Hill combined with four relievers to help us clinch the series. One of the two runs Sunday came courtesy of Aaron Westlake’s fourth home run of the season, and I’m pretty sure if the Arkansas scoreboard hadn’t stopped it someone would have found it in Oklahoma. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 CBD Journal with Drew Fann, Drew Fann, SEC, Vanderbilt

Foley’s Quick Hits for March 29th

Brian Foley

– March 30, 2011Posted in: ACC, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big South, Big West, CAA, CBD Column, CBD Quick Hits, Conference USA, Pac 12

Here are some of my thoughts from college baseball action that took place on March 29th.

Congrats to Will Roberts of Virginia for throwing a perfect game on Tuesday against the George Washington Colonials. Roberts struck out 10 batters getting three flyouts and 14 groundouts. The perfect game was only the 19th in NCAA Division 1 baseball history at any length and the first by a UVA pitcher in school history. It was also the first in Division 1 since 2002. Interesting enough, the second to last sentence of the George Washington press release is the first mention they make about the perfect game being tossed. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big West, Boston College, CAA, Cal State Fullerton, Campbell, Charlotte, Conference USA, George Washington, Georgia Tech, Mercer, Northeastern, Pac 12, Radford, Stetson, UCF, UCLA, UNC, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Will Roberts

Cal Baseball Coming Back?

Brian Foley

– March 30, 2011Posted in: Pac 12

According to The Mercury News, the Cal baseball program is closing in on being reinstated by Athletic Director Sandy Barbour. Stu Gordon reportedly met with Cal chancellor Robert Birgeneau where he detailed nine million dollars of private pledges to restore the program. The school has said that the goal would be 10 million dollars so this is very encouraging news that they have nearly reached the number,

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Tags: Cal, Pac 12

ACC Recap for March 29th

Brian Foley

– March 30, 2011Posted in: ACC, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big South, SEC, Southern Conference

Here is your ACC Recap for March 29th.

#2 Virginia 2 George Washington 0

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Will Roberts (Jr., Richmond, Va.) recorded the eighth nine-inning perfect game in NCAA Division I baseball (since 1957) to lead the top-ranked Virginia baseball team to a 2-0 victory over George Washington Tuesday at Davenport Field. Roberts recorded 27 straight outs and needed just 98 pitches to earn the second perfect game in ACC history. Read the rest of this entry »

NCBWA National Players of the Week

Brian Foley

– March 29, 2011Posted in: General CBB News

FROM NCBWA RELEASE
MORGANTOWN, W.Va – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) released the Pro-Line Athletic National Player of the Week awards for the period ending March 27, today. North Carolina freshman third baseman Colin Moran was named National Hitter of the Week, while UCLA junior right-hander Trevor Bauer was named National Pitcher of the Week. The NCBWA Board reviews candidates from each Division I Conference each week and names winners each Tuesday throughout the season. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Colin Moran, National Player of the Week, NCBWA, Pac 12, Trevor Bauer, UCLA, UNC

CBD Journal with Ray Ricker (March 29th)

Brian Foley

– March 29, 2011Posted in: 2011 CBD Journals, Division 2

Consistency. It is a word that every coach uses on a daily basis. Consistency in your swing, mechanics on the mound, weight room, and in the classroom. It is much easier coaching and working with a known product then trying to deal with the unknown. Our players have done a great job at working at being consistent in their work on and off the diamond. It seems as if we can’t get into a consistent swing with Mother Nature. It feels like every week I stare at my computer, start thinking about the week that has gone by and write about some of the things that have gone on, seems easy enough. Not an easy task when you cannot get onto a field because of rain or in my case I had to cancel our conference doubleheader with Bloomfield because of snow! Snow in late March is not what you plan on as a baseball coach. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 CBD Journal with Ray Ricker, Division 2, Post University, Ray Ricker

CBD Journal with Western Illinois (March 29th)

Brian Foley

– March 29, 2011Posted in: 2011 CBD Journals, Summit League

Victories seem to be few and far between for the Leathernecks as we come closer and closer to the opening conference series against South Dakota State. For the most part, it seems like we have been shooting ourselves in the foot. Errors, walks, and giving away free bases have plagued us all season. Offensively, poor situational hitting like failing to get a man in from third with less than two outs has also hurt us. Our pitchers have been working hard, and we have wasted quality starts from both Zach Sterling and Dan Russell. We all know that we can play better than this, and we have had a few bright spots this season. It is time to turn the corner and get this season back on the right track. Read the rest of this entry »