The College Baseball Blog » Archive for Big Ten

Here are the listings of the Early Signings for November 16th. Click on the respective link for the full article.

EIU adds seven for spring of ‘11

CHARLESTON, Ill. – Striving to build on two Ohio Valley Conference championships the last two years, head coach Jim Schmitz has announced Eastern Illinois baseball’s seven-player recruiting class set to join the program for the 2011 season.

Tags: 2011 Recruits, ACC, Atlantic Sun, Big Ten, Conference USA, Eastern Illinois, Florida Gulf Coast, Florida State, Georgia, Indiana, Kent State, MAC, Memphis, Nevada, Ohio Valley Conference, Ole Miss, Oregon State, Pac 10, Santa Clara, SEC, South Alabama, Southern Miss, Stetson, Sun Belt, UAB, University of San Diego, WAC, West Coast Conference

2011 Early Signing Day Releases for November 13th

Posted on November 13th, 2009 by Brian Foley in 2011 Recruits, America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Ten, CAA, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West, Pac 10, SEC, Southland Conference

Here are the releases of 2011 Early Signings Day for November 13th.

Utah signs Eight for 2011

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah head coach Bill Kinneberg announced the signing of eight student-athletes to National Letters of Intent. Five high school players and three junior college transfers will join the Utes next season. Coming from high school are Trey Nielsen (3B, Skyline HS, Utah), Cory Hunt (2B, Jordan HS, Utah), Ben Mordini (RHP, Cherry Creek HS, Colo.), Luke West (RHP, Juan Diego Catholic HS, Utah), Josh Alexander (OF, Mountain Pointe HS, Arizona) while James Brooks (SS/Utility, Cochise College, Arizona), Derek Christensen (RHP, SLCC, Utah) and Dustin Hobbs (RHP/Yavapai College) are the junior college transfers.

Tags: 2011 Recruits, America East, Atlantic Sun, Ball State, Big Ten, CAA, Conference USA, James Madison, MAC, Maine, Memphis, Michigan State, Mississippi State, Mountain West, Northwestern State, Pac 10, Rice, San Diego State, SEC, Southland Conference, Stetson, Texas State, UAB, UCLA

Early Signings for Freshman Class of 2011

Posted on November 12th, 2009 by Brian Foley in 2011 Recruits, Big 12, Big Ten, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, Summit League, Sun Belt

Here is your list of 2011 Early Signing Day press releases for November 11th. We will do a big post each day on this subject until the amount of releases slow down.

Tags: 2011 Recruits, Baylor, Big 12, Big Ten, Conference USA, Illinois, Louisiana-Monroe, MAC, Memphis, Miami (OH), Mountain West, North Dakota State, Samford, Southern Conference, Southland Conference, Summit League, Sun Belt, TCU, Texas A&M Corpus Christi

Ohio State releases 2010 Schedule

Posted on November 5th, 2009 by Brian Foley in 2010 Schedules, Big Ten

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State baseball team will begin the 2010 season playing 18 of its first 21 games in the state of Florida with the other three being played in Knoxville, Tenn., head coach Bob Todd announced Thursday.

The Buckeyes, the defending Big Ten Conference champion who started 18-3 last year with the first 21 games played in Florida, open up their season Feb. 19-21 with three games in Jacksonville against North Florida, Florida A&M and Richmond before taking part in the second-annual Big Ten/Big East Challenge Feb. 26-28 in Clearwater/St. Petersburg. The 10 team, 30-game event pits the Buckeyes against South Florida, Notre Dame and in-state foe Cincinnati. Ohio State defeated the Fighting Irish and Bearcats in the inaugural Big Ten/Big East challenge last season.

Tags: 2010 Schedules, Big Ten, Ohio State

Indiana releases 2010 Schedule

Posted on October 27th, 2009 by Brian Foley in 2010 Schedules, Big Ten

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Indiana baseball team has released its 2010 schedule, head coach Tracy Smith announced today. The Hoosiers, who open the season in San Diego, will play at least 12 games against teams that participated in the 2009 NCAA Tournament.

"We’re looking forward to what should be a challenging schedule in 2010," Smith said. "It will be a good experience for our Southern California kids to open the season in San Diego where a lot of them are from, and with the second year of the Big Ten/BIG EAST Challenge and the Vanderbilt Tournament, we should face some strong early-season competition which will prepare us for the Big Ten."

Tags: 2010 Schedules, Big Ten, Indiana

Baseball America releases 2010 Recruting Class Rankings

Posted on October 21st, 2009 by Brian Foley in 2010 Recruits, ACC, Baseball America, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Big West, Conference USA, Pac 10, SEC

Baseball America has put out their incoming 2010 Recruiting Class Rankings which are led by the University of Florida. Stanford comes in at the runner up spot with Arizona State, TCU, and Cal-State Fullerton completing the Top 5.

Tags: 2010 Recruits, ACC, Arizona State, Baseball America, Big 12, Big Ten, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Central Florida, Clemson, Conference USA, Florida, Kentucky, Louisville, Miami (FL), Michigan, Mississippi State, Missouri, Mountain West, NC State, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Oregon, Oregon State, Pac 10, Rice, SEC, Stanford, TCU, Tennessee, Texas, UCLA, UNC, Vanderbilt, Virginia

5 Comments »

KR talks about Rising and Falling Programs

Posted on October 20th, 2009 by Brian Foley in ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Conference USA, Mountain West, Pac 10, Rivals

Rivals.com College Baseball editor Kendall Rogers has put out an article detailing five programs that are rising in prestige and five that are starting to fall off the map. The programs that he sees coming on are: TCU, Virginia, East Carolina, Kansas and Ohio State. The five programs that are starting to fall are: Arizona, Baylor, Tulane, Nebraska, and California. He has some interesting commentary on each team as I can see his reasoning on all the programs except for one in Baylor.

Tags: ACC, Arizona, Baylor, Big 12, Big Ten, Cal, Conference USA, East Carolina, Kansas, Mountain West, Nebraska, Ohio State, Pac 10, Rivals, TCU, Tulane, Virginia

5 Comments »

Fall Ball Recap for October 14th

Posted on October 14th, 2009 by Brian Foley in Atlantic 10, Big Ten, Fall Ball, MAC, Ohio Valley Conference

Here is your Fall Ball Recap for October 14th. Click on the respective link for a full recap.

Tags: Atlantic 10, Big Ten, Charlotte, Fall Ball, MAC, Northern Illinois, Ohio State, Ohio Valley Conference, Southeast Missouri State, Toledo

Fall Ball Recaps for October 12th

Posted on October 12th, 2009 by Brian Foley in Atlantic 10, Big 12, Big Ten, MAC

Here are your recap of Fall Ball action for October 12th. Click on the respective link for a full recap.

Tags: Atlantic 10, Big 12, Big Ten, Charlotte, Fall Ball, Kent State, MAC, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio State

3 Comments »

Fall Baseball Recap for October 9th

Posted on October 9th, 2009 by Brian Foley in Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Fall Ball, Pac 10

Here is your listing of Fall Baseball Games from October 9th. Click on the respective links for a full recap of the game.

Tags: Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Fall Ball, Iowa, Iowa Central, Nebraska, Ohio State, Pac 10, Villanova, Washington, Washington State

Ohio State Fall Series starts on Friday

Posted on October 8th, 2009 by Brian Foley in Big Ten, Fall Ball

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State baseball team’s Scarlet and Gray World Series is upon us. Starting Friday, Oct. 9 at 3 p.m. at Bill Davis Stadium and continuing Monday, Oct. 12 at 3 p.m. and Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 6:30 p.m., two teams of Buckeyes will battle for fall ball supremacy in the annual event. Admission is free to all three games.

Tags: Big Ten, Fall Ball, Ohio State

Dustin Coffman added to Indiana’s Coaching Staff

Posted on October 2nd, 2009 by Brian Foley in Big Ten, New Coach

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Indiana baseball team has added Dustin Coffman as a volunteer assistant coach, head coach Tracy Smith announced today. Coffman, who is a former student manager for the Hoosiers, assists in the strength training for the Hoosiers in addition to serving as the team’s first base coach.

"Dustin has demonstrated his passion and commitment to the IU baseball program the past two years as a student manager," Smith said. "Dustin is a baseball guy with a background in strength training which is an asset to our team."