Conference play starts in abut ten days except for the MWC which is led by #newmexico at 3-0 and scored 59 runs in its three game sweep of Air Force
Sunbelt- Reigning national champ #coastalcarolina opens its debut Sunbelt season at #TXst. #kevinwoodall and pitcher #alexcunningham are off to nice starts for the Chanticleers.
AAC: #usf and #ucf are off to strong starts. #ecu woke up
CUSA- Louisiana tech knocked off #MissSt which is a good sign.
MAC- #ohio is doing okay C. #Ibarra looks decent.
Definitely could use baseball bloggers on these O5 conferences: AAC CUSA MAC MWC SUNBELT
NCAA Other 5 Conferences
March 12
AAC- USF 14-1 before conference play while Tulane is a disappointing 3-11.
CUSA: Lousiana Tech (13-1) remians hot
MAC: #kentst has been improving
MWC: How about those Lobos (13-5) and 5-0 in conference play.
SunBelt: #coastalcarolina is 11-7 and may have tough road to repeating as national champs
March 22
#ULL 11-7 (2-1 Sun Belt) is in the top 25. Pinero, Edwards, and Abbott are batting above .300. Gruner and Lee are each 4-1.
#rice (CUSA) is having a terrible season
March 26
#cajuns are crumbling- lost five of their last eight games including yesterday's loss to #troy. #AustinCrook struck out 14 ULL batters, tossed 158 pitches, and allowed four runs (two earned) on four hits and five walks over 8.2 innings,
Crook is 4-0, 2.15 in four starts.
March 27
ODU (19-4, 5-0) has won nine straight. #Bainbridge (5-1) lowered his ERA to 1.62 in the #odu win over #utsa yesterday. Three way tie at 5-1 in the CUSA Standings . #fau , #odu , #usm
April 2
Southern Miss 7-1 has won five straight including two over #wku
Florida Atlantic 6-2 need to beat Rice today today to in the series
Old Dominion 6-2 need to beat Charlotte today to win the series
In the Sunbelt #ULL gets most of the ink but #txst is up by half of a game. keep your eyes on Bobcats outfielder #DerekScheible
April 8
What kind of squad will #wichitast bring to the AAC in 2017? some Mid season stars at blog
OF #MattWallner, Southern Miss
333avg
9HR
24rbi
2sb
RP#Nate Harris, Louisiana Tech
3-0
0.76ERA seven saves
April 12
#houston demoted then suspended ace lefthander #SethRomero, a possible round 1 pick in the MLB draft, and then swept #ecu in #AAC play . No specific reasons were given for Romero's suspension.
April 13
Time to focus on the MAC. #cmu is 6-0 in conference play. #danieljipping is one of the reasons 5HR, 29RBI, .294avg
April 16
CUSA focus. #USM and #FAU are 11-3 and tied for first , one game up on #odu. TJ Nichting of #charlotte is one the top offensive players with 4HR, 31RBI, 9SB, & a .390avg.. Nate Harris of La Tech is 4-0 with 8 saves and a .60 ERA
April 20
#charlotte (CUSA) upset Wake Forest . How about #tjnichting
#southalabama (SunBelt) , with a strong start from #seantrimble , upset Miss St. UT Arlington (sunbelt) beat Texas A&M
April 22
#coastalcarolina has recovered from a slow March and sits atop the Sunbelt East
#newmexico and #sandiegost in a two team race for the #mwc title.
on the rise: #Fau #tulane
April 25
#cmu remains atop the #mac west and will face #kentst , the leader the in the East, this weekend.
#joeymurray has beeen stellar for Kent St. Five wins , 66ks , 2.40 ERA.
April 27
Does this catcher have an MLB future Travis Watkins #EastCarolina .324avg, 5 HR, 32 RBI
O5 upsets the SEC. #tulane beat LSU and #troy beat Auburn
April 30
#tjnichting of #charlotte leads the #cusa in batting avg (.406) slugging avg (.689) and runs scored .(49) and Hits (71). #finfer of the #herd leads in HR (13) and Total bases (106)
May 4
MAC Leaders Kent St (East) Central Michigan (West)
BRETTELL, Michael, CMU..... 6 Wins
ROEHN, Jake, OHIO.......... 10 saves
BURCH, Luke, Kent St .384 AVG
ALLISON, Tanner, WMU....... 55 RBIs
ROBINSON, Daniel, CMU...... 19 stolen bases
May 5
Flash on the SunBelt: #connorleonard , #appst 1B, has improved his batting average from .156 to .224 . He had 14 hits and two multi-hit games in his first 32 appearances this season but turned it around with 16 hits and five multi-hit games in his last 11 games.
May 7
#usf and #houston are tied for first in the AAC. Houston: #jakescheiner 13 hr, 42 rbis .363 AVG and #treyCUMBIE , 2.61 era 6-1. #ryanVALDES #USF 2.70era 9-0
may9
#sunbelt: Hardy Dylan is batting .349 for #southbama which tops the East. #uta tops the West.. Trae Peterson is 6-3 for UTA.
may 13
#usm (21-5) can clinch the #cusa regular season with a win over #uab today. #odu (17-9) crushed #fiu 21-1 last night to stay in the race another day . Four CUSA games left.
#AAC is tight
UCF
13-7
#fau (1) then three against #usf
Houston
13-7
#tulane (1)then three against Cincy
USF
13-8
three against #ucf
UConn
12-9 three against #ecu
may 17
Three way tie with #usf, #houston, #ucf at 13-8
#usm captures #cusa regular season title
#coastalcarolina is within a half game of #southalabama in the Sunbelt East
may 20 2017
Yes, #USM is a scorching team and the 1seed in CUSAT, but props to #odu for clinching the 2 seed. #TurnerBishop hit a tying three-run homer in the ninth inning and #JaredYoung hit the go-ahead RBI single in the Monarchs comeback win over #fau.
#MWC: #sandiegost has turned its season around and will likely clinch the regular season title.
MWC leaders
Adam Groesbeck Air Force
.411avg
Brett Seeburger San Diego State
9 wins
May 23, 2017
Cheers to the MWC, who gives the highest seed host status for the conference tournament.
May 25
Wild one in AACT: #memphis edged Cincy 15-14. They combined for 29 runs on 32 hits and neither team committed an error in the game.
#coastalcarolina is the # seed- quite a climb from the middle of the pack in their first #sunbelt season.
may 29, 2017
At Large bids will be announced today,but these teams are in.
AAC - Houston
CUSA- Rice
MAC-Ohio
MWC San Diego St
SunBelt- South Alabama
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Special props to UMBC (America East), my alma mater for qualifying.
May 30
At O5 large bids
AAC- UCF and USF
CUSA- Southern Miss
#coastalcarolina goes from national champ to no invitation, SunBelt sting.
June 3
How about #southalabama beating #mississippist . props to #TravisSwaggerty of #usa on the three-run homer
June 4
Tough day for three. O5 teams: #ohio (MAC) pounded by the Hoosiers.. #UCF (CUSA) lost to Florida St #usf (AAC) lost to florida However three other O5 teams won.. #houston (AAC) crushed 17-3, #rice (CUSA) beat texas southern 13-6, #sandiegost (MWC) edged #Ucla 3-2.
june 6
All o5 teams eliminated.
june 30
props to #houston of the #aac and #southernmiss #cusa for making the top 25 in most post season baseball polls.
july 21
Just thought I'd mention some #mwc players shining in the #MLB
#Aaron Judge, New York Yankees
Fresno State
#StephenStrasburg, Washington Nationals San Diego State
and #JoshHarrison, Pittsburgh Pirates
Cincinnati of the #AAC
May 26, 2020
The first College World Series was played in 1947 at Hyames Field on the campus of Western Michigan University(now in the MAC) in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Mississippi River was the dividing line between the eight teams competing in the Eastern and Western Playoff. The Eastern Playoff
featured Clemson, Illinois, #NYU and Yale, while the Western Playoff
included California, Denver, Oklahoma and Texas.
Denver U baseball is played at the club level and NYU is moving up from club level to D3
George Bush Sr was on the Yale team that lost to Cal in 1947 CWS championship final.
