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Big Ten Announces Sites for Future Baseball Tournaments

– May 18, 2012Posted in: Big Ten

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE

Big Ten

Park Ridge, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference announced on Friday the sites for its 2013 and 2014 baseball tournaments. The 2013 Big Ten Baseball Tournament will be held at Target Field in Minneapolis, the home of Major League Baseball’s Minnesota Twins, marking the first time that the event will be held at a Major League Baseball facility. The 2014 tournament will be held at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb., the site of the NCAA Division I Men’s College World Series.

The Big Ten Baseball Tournament has been played as a neutral-site event in Columbus, Ohio, since 2009. The event was held at Huntington Park, the home of the Triple-A Columbus Clippers, in 2009 and 2011 and will be played at that ballpark May 23-26, 2012. The tournament was held at Ohio State’s Bill Davis Stadium in 2010. Prior to 2009, the Big Ten Baseball Tournament was played at the site of the regular-season champion or the champion from a pre-selected division, with the exception of 1993 and 1994, when it was held in Battle Creek, Mich.
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Tags: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue

Big Ten Week in Review

Brian Foley

– March 13, 2012Posted in: Big Ten

By: Corey Barnes

Indiana Hoosiers (4-10)

The Hoosiers dropped two of three games at Cal State Northridge over the weekend. Indiana has lost five of its past six games. Freshman Chad Clark leads the team with a .419 average. Three starters have ERAs below 3.00 and sophomore Matt Dearden leads all hurlers with a 1.50 ERA and 2:1 strikeout to walk ratio. Indiana returns to play with a two-game set at San Diego on Tuesday and Wednesday before playing Loyola Maryland over the weekend. The Hoosiers are in the midst of eight games in California. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big Ten, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue

2012 Big Ten Preseason Coaches Poll

Ginger Poulson

– February 14, 2012Posted in: 2012 Preseason Conference Poll, Big Ten, Preseason Conference Poll

CBD NEWS SOURCE

PARK RIDGE, Ill. – After winning a share of the Big Ten title for the first time since 1979, Michigan State has been selected by the conference coaches as the favorite to win in 2012, the Big Ten office announced on Tuesday. The conference’s baseball coaches voted on the top six teams and also selected three players from their own squads to a Players to Watch list. Following the Spartans on the coaches’ preseason top six list are No. 2 Purdue, No. 3 Minnesota, No. 4 Nebraska, No. 5 Ohio State and No. 6 Illinois. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2012 Preseason Conference Poll, Big Ten, Illinois, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio State, Purdue

October 23rd Fall Ball Update

Brian Foley

– October 23, 2011Posted in: Big 12, Big Ten, Big West, Conference USA, Fall Ball, Missouri Valley, SEC, Southland Conference

Here is your October 23rd Fall Ball Update.

Cal-State Fullerton 10 Vanderbilt 8

Nashville, Tenn. – Greg Velazquez had two hits and three RBI and Austin Kingsolver had three hits and drove in two as Cal State Fullerton beat Vanderbilt, 10-8, in a nine-inning fall scrimmage Saturday morning at Hawkins Field.

The Titans are midway through their official fall workout period and made the trip to Nashville, Tenn., for a two-game practice series with the Commodores. Vanderbilt is wrapping up their official practice schedule this weekend with the Titans. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 Fall Ball, Big 12, Big Ten, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Conference USA, Illinois State, Marshall, Missouri, Missouri Valley Conference, Ohio State, SEC, Southland Conference, Texas, UTSA, Vanderbilt

October 22nd Fall Ball Update

Brian Foley

– October 22, 2011Posted in: Atlantic 10, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Fall Ball

Here is your October 22nd Fall Ball Update.

Marshall: Green 5 Black 2

HUNTINGTON, W.VA. – The Marshall baseball team started the annual Fall World Series on Friday afternoon and Coach Waggoner’s green team ran away with it in the end against Coach Blain’s black team, 5-2. The competition was the first of six games planned for the Fall World Series and had a seven inning format. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 Fall Ball, Atlantic 10, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Marshall, Ohio State, Rhode Island, St. John's

Ohio State releases 2012 Schedule

Brian Foley

– September 21, 2011Posted in: 2012 Schedules, Big Ten

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
COLUMBUS, Ohio –Ohio State baseball head coach Greg Beals announced the team’s 2012 schedule today. Highlights include the Nick Swisher Field at Bill Davis Stadium opener March 16, the first game of a three-game set against 2011 NCAA Tournament qualifier Austin Peay, Big Ten home series against Minnesota and new Big Ten member Nebraska, a three-game series at Georgia Tech and a tournament at Coastal Carolina. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2012 Schedules, Big Ten, Ohio State

CBD Quick Hits for May 10th

Brian Foley

– May 11, 2011Posted in: Big 12, CBD Column, CBD Quick Hits, Mountain West

College Baseball Daily throughout the season will be providing our Quick Hits on games throughout the country. Special thanks to William Knox and Mark Rafferty for contributing to this report. As always, follow us on Twitter @CB_Daily for instant reaction and the best up to minute coverage on college baseball in the country. We also have a Facebook page which can be joined by clicking here. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Baylor, Big 12, Big Ten, CBD Column, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Michigan State, Mountain West, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, Pac 12, Portland, SEC, TCU, Texas Tech, West Coast Conference, Western Michigan

Foley’s Quick Hits for Feb. 19th

Brian Foley

– February 20, 2011Posted in: ACC, Atlantic Sun, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, CAA, CBD Column, CBD Quick Hits, Conference USA, Mountain West, Patriot League, Sun Belt

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 »

2011 Big Ten Preseason Coaches Poll

Brian Foley

– February 15, 2011Posted in: 2011 Preseason Conference Poll, Big Ten

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
PARK RIDGE, Ill. – After winning the Big Ten’s regular-season and tournament titles last season, Minnesota has been named the conference favorite for 2011, the Big Ten announced on Tuesday. For the first time in conference history, the Big Ten baseball coaches voted on the top six teams and also selected three players from their teams for a Players to Watch list. Also among the top six projected finishers for the season were No. 2 Michigan, No. 3 Indiana, No. 4 Michigan State, No. 5 Iowa and No. 6 Ohio State. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2011 Preseason Conference Poll, Big Ten, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue

Day 1 of Practice News and Notes

Brian Foley

– January 29, 2011Posted in: ACC, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big 12, Big East, Big South, Big Ten, Big West, Conference USA, Pac 12, SEC, Southland Conference, WAC, West Coast Conference

Friday was the first day of practice around the country for almost every Division 1 baseball program. Here are some of the most interesting links and videos from the day. Read the rest of this entry »

2011 CBD Season Preview: Big Ten

Brian Foley

– January 20, 2011Posted in: 2011 Season Preview, Big Ten, CBD Column

Heading into the 2010 campaign, everyone was talking about the Ohio State Buckeyes being the class of the Big Ten but they would be talking about the Gophers instead. The Big Ten ended up seeing the first place Minnesota Gophers (15-9) and last place Penn State Nittany Lions (9-15) separated by a measly six games. Michigan ended up finishing second with a 14-10 mark while Iowa and Northwestern finished at 13-11 in a tie for third place. Purdue and Indiana were also tied with a 12-12 mark for fifth place. Michigan State and Ohio State tied for seventh place with a record of 11-13 and Illinois finished in ninth with a 10-14 mark while Penn State rounded out the standings with their 9-15 record. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big Ten, CBD 2011 Season Preview, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue

2010 NCAA Baseball Attendance Leaders

Brian Foley

– January 6, 2011Posted in: ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big South, Big Ten, Big West, Conference USA, General CBB News, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Southern Conference, Sun Belt, WAC

The NCAA released their 2010 NCAA Baseball Attendance Figures which is led by four SEC schools. The LSU Tigers lead the pack with an average of 10,673 fans in 37 games. Arkansas comes in second with 7,704 fans while Ole Miss comes in third with 6,759 fans edging out fourth place South Carolina by an average of one fan. Texas is the first non-SEC school in fifth place with an average of 6,571 fans. You can check out the rest of the Top 50 below. Read the rest of this entry »