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CBD Mid-Major Poll (May 21st)

– May 21, 2012Posted in: 2012 Polls, America East, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big East, Big South, Big Ten, CAA, Horizon League, MAAC, MAC, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, Sun Belt, WAC

By: Aaron Kirby
TCU (35-17) stays at #1 for the 3^rd consecutive week. The Horned Frogs went 3-1 on the week, winning 1-0 at Oklahoma Tuesday and winning 2 of 3 vs San Diego St in MWC play. TCU finished the regular season tied for 1^st with New Mexico at 18-6 in the MWC. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2012 CBD Mid-Major Poll, 2012 Polls, America East, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big East, Big South, Big Ten, CAA, Independents, MAC, Missouri Valley Conference, Mountain West, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, Sun Belt, WAC

2012 CBD Mid-Major Poll (May 7th)

Brian Foley

– May 7, 2012Posted in: 2012 Polls, America East, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big East, Big South, Big Ten, CAA, Horizon League, Ivy League, MAC, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, NEC, Ohio Valley Conference, Patriot League, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, West Coast Conference

By: Aaron Kirby
TCU (29-16) slides up 2 spots to take over #1 for week 12. The Horned Frogs went 3-1 on the week beating Oklahoma 4-3 Tuesday and winning 2 of 3 vs New Mexico in MWC play. TCU and New Mexico are now tied atop the MWC standings at 13-5 and having split their 6 games. Read the rest of this entry »

Coastal Carolina’s Josh Conway out for the Season

Brian Foley

– April 30, 2012Posted in: Big South

First reported by Ryan Young of The Sun News in Myrtle Beach, Coastal Carolina number 1 starter Josh Conway will miss the rest of the season with an injury he suffered in Thursday night’s game against Liberty. He had a 4-1 with 2.14 ERA on the year. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big South, Coastal Carolina, Injury, Josh Conway

2012 CBD Mid Major Poll (April 30th)

Brian Foley

– April 30, 2012Posted in: 2012 Polls, America East, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big East, Big South, Big Ten, CAA, Horizon League, MAAC, MAC, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, NEC, Ohio Valley Conference, Patriot League, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, Summit League, Sun Belt, WAC, West Coast Conference

By: Aaron Kirby
Purdue (34-7) is #1 for the 5^th consecutive week. The Boilermakers went 3-1 on week, winning 3-2 at Illinois St on Tuesday and winning 2 of 3 from Michigan St in Big 10 play. Purdue has a 3 ½ game lead in Big 10 and steps out of conference play this weekend for HUGE series at UCLA. Read the rest of this entry »

2012 CBD Mid Major Poll (April 16th)

Brian Foley

– April 16, 2012Posted in: 2012 Polls, America East, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big South, Big Ten, CAA, Horizon League, Ivy League, MAAC, MAC, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, NEC, Ohio Valley Conference, Patriot League, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, WAC, West Coast Conference

By: Aaron Kirby
Purdue (28-5) remains at #1 for the 3^rd consecutive week. The Boilermakers have won 8 games in row including 4-0 this week with 15-2 win at Ball State Wednesday and sweeping Illinois in Big 10 play. Read the rest of this entry »

2012 CBD Mid Major Poll (April 9th)

Brian Foley

– April 9, 2012Posted in: 2012 Polls, America East, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big East, Big South, Big Ten, CAA, Horizon League, MAAC, MAC, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, Summit League, Sun Belt, WAC, West Coast Conference

By: Aaron Kirby
The top 3 remain the same with Purdue (24-5) staying at #1 for second week in row. The Boilermakers had a perfect 4-0 week including sweeping their Big 10 series at Northwestern…………….. Read the rest of this entry »

2012 CBD Mid Major Poll (April 2nd)

Brian Foley

– April 2, 2012Posted in: 2012 Polls, America East, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big East, Big South, Big Ten, CAA, Independents, MAC, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, Sun Belt, WAC

By: Aaron Kirby

For the 4^th week in a row we have a new #1. Purdue (20-5) continues to play great baseball in 2012, moving up to the top spot with a 4-1 week. The Boilermakers started the week off beating Louisville 2-1 in 10 innings on Tuesday, followed by a 6-1 win Wednesday over IUPU-Fort Wayne, and taking 2 of 3 from Penn St in Big 10 play. Read the rest of this entry »

2012 CBD Mid Major Poll (March 26th)

Brian Foley

– March 26, 2012Posted in: 2012 Polls, America East, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big East, Big South, Big Ten, CAA, Independents, MAAC, MAC, MEAC, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, NEC, Northeast-10, Ohio Valley Conference, Patriot League, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, Summit League, Sun Belt, WAC, West Coast Conference

For the 3^rd week in row we have a new #1. The week was not kind to the top 3 ranked teams, as they went a combined 3-10 for the week. Read the rest of this entry »

UConn vs Coastal Carolina Anthem Standoff

Brian Foley

– March 19, 2012Posted in: Big East, Big South

I have no idea why this is happening but Coastal Carolina and UConn faced off on an anthem standoff on Saturday. You can check out the full video to see who reacted first. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big East, Big South, Coastal Carolina, UConn, Video of the Day

2012 CBD Mid-Major Poll (March 19th)

Brian Foley

– March 19, 2012Posted in: 2012 Polls, America East, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big East, Big South, Big Ten, CAA, Great West Conference, Horizon League, MAAC, MAC, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Ohio Valley Conference, Patriot League, Southern Conference, Summit League, Sun Belt, WAC

By: Aaron Kirby

For the second week in a row there is a new #1. TCU (11-6) moves up 2 spots to take over the top spot. The Horned Frogs had a perfect 5-0 week, beating Texas Tech on Tuesday, winning at UTSA Wednesday and sweeping UNLV on the road to open Mountain West play.

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NCBWA announces National Players of the Week

Brian Foley

– March 13, 2012Posted in: ACC, Big South, Players of the Week

FROM NCBWA RELEASE
MORGANTOWN, W.Va – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) released its National Player of the Week awards for the period ending March 11, today. Coastal Carolina senior outfielder Daniel Bowman was named National Hitter of the Week, while North Carolina junior right-hander Michael Morin 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.

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Tags: ACC, Big South, Coastal Carolina, NCBWA, UNC

2012 CBD Mid-Major Poll (March 12th)

Brian Foley

– March 12, 2012Posted in: 2012 Polls, America East, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big East, Big South, Big Ten, CAA, Independents, MAC, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, Sun Belt, WAC

By: Aaron Kirby
Texas St (11-4) takes over the top spot.

The Bobcats, who had thrown 5 consecutive shutouts entering the week, picked up a 3-2 win vs Rice on Tuesday before taking 2 of 3 at UT-Arlington to start Southland play…….Stetson (12-3) who had held the top spot for the first 3 weeks dropped down to #2. The Hatters beat Maine 3-2 Tuesday and won 2 of 3 vs Harvard. Read the rest of this entry »