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Just when it started to look like the only interesting division race would be in the SEC West, Florida sent a message to the Georgia Bulldogs that they would not go down without a fight.  Georgia hit the road for a series at Ole Miss, and the Rebels rallied to a two games to one series victory after dropping the Friday night game.  Florida took advantage of the Georgia series loss, sweeping South Carolina to get within one game of the SEC East lead.  LSU sits alone on top of the SEC West after a sweep of Auburn at home.  Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, CBB Column, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, SEC, SEC Recap, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

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SEC conference play rolls on this weekend with some pivotal matchups that will impact a tight SEC West race.  Arkansas currently sits on top of the West, with a half game lead on LSU and Ole Miss and a one and a half game lead on Alabama.  Georgia leads Florida in the SEC East by three games.  The big matchup of the weekend will take place when the Georgia Bulldogs travel to Oxford to take on Ole Miss.  The Rebels enter the weekend on a three game winning streak, the longest current winning streak in the conference.  South Carolina travels to Florida in an Eastern Division clash.  Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Alabama, Auburn, CBB Column, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, SEC, SEC Weekend Preview, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

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Here is your ACC Recap for April 22nd.

#24 East Carolina 4 #1 UNC 0

GREENVILLE, N.C. – Freshman Kevin Brandt fanned a career-high 10 batters and extended his current scoreless streak to 20 2/3 innings as No. 24 East Carolina (30-12) picked up a 4-0 win over No. 1 North Carolina (32-11) Wednesday night at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, Atlantic Sun, Big East, Big South, Boston College, CAA, Clemson, Conference USA, Duke, East Carolina, Elon, Florida Gulf Coast, Florida State, George Mason, Georgetown, Georgia Tech, Harvard, Ivy League, Liberty, Maryland, Miami (FL), SEC, South Carolina, Southern Conference, UNC, UNC-Asheville, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Western Carolina

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Here are some of the best links from Around the Nation for today.

Jim Foster of URI was recently featured in the Providence Journal about how he tries to keep all the potential College Baseball players in the state of Rhode Island home. Freshman Nick Amhed of UConn recently had to step into the big shoes of Michael Olt who went down with a wrist injury. The next article comes from The State in South Carolina which talks about a scary situation in the Auburn and South Carolina game on Friday night. Auburn pitcher Chris O’Neill took a line drive off of DeAngelo Mack’s bat in the forehead.  The last article features Indian River State College baseball team who have had a tough season but could put themselves into postseason play with victories over the next two days. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Atlantic 10, Auburn, Big East, Division 3, Indian River State College, Rhode Island, SEC, South Carolina, UConn

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With a weekend full of exciting baseball and some surprises, the SEC conference provided plenty of entertainment.  The spotlight series of the weekend was Arkansas at Georgia, and the two teams played three hard-fought games, with all three games decided by a total of four runs.  LSU entered the weekend with what looked like an easy weekend opponent in Tennessee, but the Volunteers marched into the new Alex Box Stadium and took two of three from the Bayou Bengals.  Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, CBB Column, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, SEC, SEC Recap, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

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The SEC race heats up this weekend with another big series in Athens, Georgia.  The Georgia Bulldogs took the lead in the SEC race after an impressive sweep of Kentucky last weekend.  This weekend they welcome the Arkansas Razorbacks into town, with the Hogs trailing the Bulldogs in the SEC race by only a half game.  Florida sits in second place in the SEC East behind Georgia and will have a stiff home challenge in Ole Miss, who sports the same 9-6 conference record as the Gators.  Vanderbilt, who posted a two game sweep over Arkansas last weekend, looks to improve on their 7-7 SEC record when the Alabama Crimson Tide visit Nashville. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, SEC, SEC Weekend Preview, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

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As the fifth week of SEC play begins, the Arkansas Razorbacks find themselves atop the standings with an impressive 10-2 conference record.  The Vanderbilt Commodores, coming off a two games to one series victory over Florida last weekend, look to give Arkansas a home test.  LSU, tied for second place in the SEC West, travels to Alabama to take on the Crimson Tide.  The Florida Gators sit at 7-5 in league play and just one game behind SEC East leader Georgia, and they will be travelling to Auburn to take on the Tigers.  Georgia, currently 8-4 in SEC play, looks to extend their one game division lead when they visit Kentucky in an Eastern Division showdown.  Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, CBB Column, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, SEC, SEC Weekend Preview, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

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Here are some of the best links from around the country for April 9th.

The first article comes from the Arkansas Democrat Gazette which discusses the Razorbacks sweeping Arizona State last night. The next article comes from Tyler (TX) Morning Telegraph writer Shane Stark who did a feature on Heath Mayo who will be an incoming freshman at Brown in the fall of 2009. The next link comes from Rivals.com which talks with Ray Tanner of South Carolina after the Gamecocks 7-5 loss to instate rival Clemson. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2010 Recruits, Arizona State, Arkansas, Brown, Ivy League, Orange Coast College, Pac 10, SEC, South Carolina

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Here is your ACC Recap for April 8th.

North Carolina 12 Richmond 8

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Ryan Graepel and Kyle Seager drove in three runs apiece to lift No. 2 North Carolina to a 12-8 win over Richmond Wednesday at Boshamer Stadium. Right-hander Jimmy Messer kept the Spiders off the scoreboard until the sixth in his second career start for the Tar Heels (26-7). Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, America East, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big South, Boston College, CAA, Clemson, Coastal Carolina, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Southern, Georgia Tech, James Madison, North Florida, Rhode Island, Richmond, South Carolina, Southern Conference, Stony Brook, UNC, UNC-Greensboro, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest

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Here is your ACC Recap for April 7th.

North Carolina 3 East Carolina 1

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – North Carolina right-hander Patrick Johnson carried a no-hitter into the seventh against hard-hitting East Carolina, and the No. 2 Tar Heels held off a late rally for a 3-1 win over the No. 14 Pirates Tuesday at Boshamer Stadium. With the victory, Carolina (25-7) extended its current winning streak to nine over ECU (25-6).

Johnson (2-0) was masterful against the Pirates, who entered the night eighth nationally with a .361 team average. Over a career-best 6 1/3 innings, the Conover, N.C., native struck out a career-high 11, walked three and allowed just the one base hit in the seventh. He retired six of the final seven batters he faced via the strikeout and fanned two or more in four separate frames. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, ACC Recap, America East, Atlantic 10, Boston College, Clemson, Conference USA, Duke, East Carolina, FAU, Georgia Southern, Georgia Tech, Independents, Maryland, MEAC, Miami (FL), NC State, North Carolina Central, SEC, South Carolina, Southern Conference, Stony Brook, Sun Belt, Towson, UMass, UNC, UNC-Wilmington, USC-Upstate, Virginia, Wake Forest

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All eyes were on Athens, with the LSU Tigers making the trip to play the Georgia Bulldogs in a battle of top-five teams.  The series was as competitive as everyone thought it would be, and LSU came out on top with a 2-1 series victory to improve to 8-4 in conference play.  Georgia is also now 8-4 in SEC play and leads Florida, who lost two of three at Vanderbilt last weekend, by one game in the standings.  Arkansas is still on top of the SEC West and overall standings with a 10-2 conference mark after taking two of three on the road at South Carolina.  Ole Miss dominated Kentucky at home in a three-game sweep to improve to 8-4 in league play and put themselves in a tie with LSU for second in the SEC West.  Auburn improved their SEC record to 6-6 by taking two of three from Mississippi State in Starksville.  Alabama swept Tennessee to get back to .500 in league play, while the Volunteers fell to a lowly 1-11 in SEC play.

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Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, SEC, SEC Recap, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt

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The SEC enters the fourth weekend of conference play this week.  The spotlight series is LSU at Georgia, with both teams ranked in the top five in the nation.  Georgia is coming off a mid-week sweep of Clemson and is looking to top it off with a weekend victory over the fifth ranked Tigers.  LSU is looking for a series victory to catch back up with Arkansas in the SEC West race.  The Hogs sit at a very impressive 8-1 in conference play and travel to South Carolina to take on the Gamecocks.  The Florida Gators, winners of six straight conference games, travel to Vanderbilt to take on the Commadores.  The Kentucky Wildcats travel to Ole Miss to do battle with the Rebels, and Auburn will take its high-powered offense on the road to Mississippi State.  Alabama hosts Tennessee, in what is a must-win series for the Crimson Tide. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, CBB Column, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, SEC, SEC Weekend Preview, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt