FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
The Minnesota baseball team has finalized its 2009 schedule according to an announcement by head coach John Anderson. The Golden Gophers will face four teams that played in last year’s NCAA Tournament.

Minnesota will also play 25 of its 52 games at home this year. The Golden Gophers will play 11 games at Siebert Field and 14 in the Metrodome this season. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Schedules, Big Ten, Minnesota

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Minnesota Assistant Head Coach Rob Fornasiere has been selected as the 2008 recipient of the ABCA Assistant Coach of the Year award. Fornasiere will received the honors on Sunday, January 4, 2009 as part of the annual Honors Luncheon that will be held from 12:15 to 2 p.m. at the San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina as part of the ABCA Coaches Convention.
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Tags: 2008 Asst Coach of the Year, Big Ten, Minnesota

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – The schedule for the inaugural BIG EAST/Big Ten Baseball Challenge, hosted by the St. Petersburg/Clearwater Sports Commission, has been released, API Management and Marketing announced today. Twenty-seven games will be held February 20-22, 2009, at venues in St. Petersburg, Clearwater and Dunedin, FL, highlighted by Friday and Saturday evening doubleheaders at Knology Park and Bright House Field. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big East, Big Ten, Cincinnati, Georgetown, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Seton Hall, South Florida, St. John's, UConn, West Virginia

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Two of the nation’s most prominent collegiate athletic conferences have come to an agreement to participate in a unique and ground-breaking season-opening baseball tournament in Florida. The inaugural BIG EAST/Big Ten Baseball Challenge, hosted by the St. Petersburg/Clearwater Sports Commission, will feature 27 games February 20-22, 2009, at various spring training venues in the St. Petersburg/Clearwater area, API Marketing announced today.

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Tags: Big East, Big Ten, Cincinnati, Georgetown, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Norte Dame, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Seton Hall, South Florida, St John, UConn, West Virginia

The main reason why we saw the Uniform Start Date was that the Big Ten Conference really used their leverage to implement the new rule to level the playing field across the nation. The Big Ten this past weekend picked up some embarrassing losses with Ohio State losing to Air Force and Maine. The Michigan Wolverines picked up a loss to GA Southern on Friday with another bad loss earlier in the year to Portland. Both of these teams are supposed to be competing for the conference title shouldn’t they be representing the conference better? Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big Ten, CBB Column, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State, Purdue

We will throughout the year bring you some Game Notes from around the country from some of the top series. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Alabama, Big East, Big Ten, Cal, Harvard, Horizon League, Ivy League, Minnesota, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, New Mexico, Northern Iowa, Ole Miss, Pac 10, Savannah State, SEC, South Florida, TCU, Wichita State, Youngstown State

Every Monday Baseball America comes out with their weekend review. Aaron Fitt ended up attending the San Diego Tournament which featured some of the best pitching matchups of the season. The full article available here.

The three strikes segment focuses on the Shooter-Hunter matchup in Minnesota, Texas A&M bats warming up, and some more thoughts on the USD tourney. The full article is available here.

John Manuel sat down for a chat session to discuss BA Top 25. The full chat transcript is available here. Baseball America’s Top 25 is available here.

Tags: Baseball America, Big Ten, Big West, Conference USA, Minnesota, National Polls, Pepperdine, Tulane, University of San Diego

Tulane 5 TCU 3

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Junior centerfielder Aja Barto hammered a solo home run and junior closer Mason Griffin retired all four batters he faced as the Tulane University baseball team defeated TCU, 5-3, in day three of the Dairy Queen Baseball Classic Sunday at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big Ten, Big West, Conference USA, Minnesota, Mountain West, Pepperdine, TCU, Tulane

Pepperdine 10 TCU 4

MINNEAPOLIS — #29 Pepperdine scored six runs in the top of the ninth to complete its second consecutive rally, and The Waves claimed a 10-4 win over TCU on Saturday at the Minnesota Dairy Queen Classic in Minneapolis.

The Waves (5-1) extended their winning streak to four games, while TCU fell to 3-3. The Waves trailed yesterday to Tulane 2-1 in the sixth inning, but rallied to claim a 4-2 win over the #18th-ranked Green Wave. Pepperdine improved to 2-0 at the Dairy Queen Classic with the win. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big West, Conference USA, Minnesota, Mountain West, Pac 10, Pepperdine, TCU, Tulane

TCU 7 Minnesota 4

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Down to their last strike in the ninth inning, Clint Arnold came through with a clutch single that tied the game at four where the TCU Horned Frogs eventually came away with a 12-inning, 7-4 victory over Minnesota at the Dairy Queen Classic. Andrew Cashner (1-0) was outstanding in relief as he held the Golden Gopher bats in check for four innings, while racking up nine strikeouts. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big Ten, Big West, Conference USA, Minnesota, Mountain West, Pepperdine, TCU, Tulane

The CBB was recently asked to preview the Dairy Queen Classic for Gopher Nation. We discussed the top players that are playing in the tournament hosted by the Minnesota Gophers with TCU, Pepperdine, and Tulane joining them. We talk about how strong Brett Hunter’s fastball is and how Tulane has become a national power. The full article is available here.

Tags: Big Ten, Big West, Conference USA, Minnesota, Mountain West, Pepperdine, TCU, Tulane

CSTV continues their season previews with Eric Sorensen checking in on the Big Ten and the Big 12. Sorensen predicts that Michigan will win the Big Ten after a great run into the Super Regionals last season. He puts Minnesota and Ohio State as contenders with Penn State as the darkhorse. The full preview is available here. He also checks in on the Big 12 which is one of the top conferences in the country. He states that the Big 12 is wide open with the favorites being Texas, Missouri, and Texas A&M. He lists Baylor, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State as contenders with Kansas as a darkhorse. The full article is available here.

Tags: 2008 Conference Preview, 2008 Season Preview, Baylor, Big 12, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Penn State, Texas, Texas AM

The TCU Horned Frogs have released their 2008 schedule recently. The Horned Frogs will open up the season on February 22nd when they host Cal-State Fullerton for the first game of a three game set. This game marks the beginning of the Dave Serrano era at Fullerton. The next weekend they will head up to Minneapolis to take part in the MetroDome tournament with Minnesota, Pepperdine, and Tulane. If you are in the Minnesota area, you need to make it to that tournament to see top of the line College Baseball as each school is expected to finish near the top of their conference. TCU then heads home for two non-conference weekday games before hosting Ole Miss for a three game set. TCU finishes their non-conference weekend schedule with a visit to Wichita State from March 14th-16th. TCU then heads into conference match-ups on the weekends and get the key match-up against Utah in Lupton Stadium on May 2nd-4th. TCU will also host the Mountain West Conference tournament on May 20th-25th. The full schedule is available in PDF format here. The College Baseball Blog expects TCU to make a run for the conference title in 2008.

Tags: Cal State Fullerton, Minnesota, Mountain West, Pepperdine, TCU, Tulane, Utah

Fresno State 11 Minnesota 6

The Bulldogs picked up an 11-6 victory over the Gophers to advance to the Regional Final against Cal-State Fullerton which took place later on Sunday. The Gophers end the season with a 41-18 record.

Fresno State Recap
Minnesota Recap

Cal-State Fullerton 13 Fresno State 2

Cal-State Fullerton advances to the Super Regionals after defeating Fresno State 13-2 in the NCAA Regional that took place in San Diego. The Bulldogs committed six errors in the game which did not help their cause against such a powerhouse in the Titans. Fresno ends to the season with a 38-29 record. Fullerton will play in the Super Regionals against UCLA at a Site to be announced on Monday.

Fullerton Recap
Fresno State Recap

Tags: Cal State Fullerton, Fresno State, Minnesota, NCAA Tourney

Minnesota 6 San Diego 5

Minnesota knocked off San Diego 6-5 in an elimination game on Saturday. The Toreros scored five runs in the top of the ninth to force extra innings but lost in the tenth inning on a single by Minnesota’s Derek McCallum. Minnesota will play Fullerton/Fresno State on Sunday while San Diego ends the season with a 43-18 record.

Minnesota Recap
SD Recap

Cal-State Fullerton 6 Fresno State 4

The Titans advanced to the Final games of the San Diego Regional after knocking off Fresno State 6-4 in the nightcap on Saturday night. Evan McCarthur and Josh Fellhauer combined for five hits to lead the offense. Fullerton will wait to play the winner of Fresno State/Minnesota in the second game on Sunday.

Fullerton Recap
Fresno State Recap

Tags: Cal State Fullerton, Fresno State, Minnesota, NCAA Tourney, University of San Diego, West Coast Conference