The first seven days of the 2011 college baseball season have yielded similar success rates for top-50 teams in the CB360 Composite National Rankings – with the higher-ranked teams winning at an 83% clip (115-23) during the weekend of Feb. 18-20, followed by 82% wins (27-6) during the past four days of midweek action (Feb. 21-24). There were only three top-50 games on Thursday, including #42 Kansas State’s 5-4 rally at #21 Coastal Carolina. front-page photo courtesy of Kansas State 
Kansas State's Jake Brown The other five midweek upsets of CB360 top-50 teams included: Texas A&M Corpus Christi 8-7 at preseason #6 Texas A&M … Lamar 12-7 at preseason #17 Rice … at Georgia Southern 6-5 vs. preseason #23 Georgia Tech … at Southeastern Louisiana 13-1 vs. preseason #38 Tulane … and current #35 Florida Atlantic 6-1 at #19 Miami. In addition to the FAU-Miami and K-State-Coastal games, the 33 midweek games included four other showdowns between fellow CB360 top-50 teams (all ranks are preseason): #11 Oregon 4-3 at #41 Hawaii … #2 Florida 13-2 at #35 Florida Atlantic … #3 TCU 2-0 at #25 Baylor … and #13 Stanford‘s 3-2 home win vs. #24 California. See below for an assortment of postgame links for all 33 of the midweek games involving the CB360 top-50 (the weekend recap pages for Feb. 18-20 are linked a couple lines down). CB360 MIDWEEK #1 SCOREBOARD RECAP PAGES (Feb. 21-24, 2011; SCROLL DOWN on this page) CB360 OPENING-WEEKEND SCOREBOARD RECAP PAGES (Feb. 18-20, 2011; click on links below) • • • • • THURSDAY’S TOP-50 GAMES (Feb. 24, 2011) at #2 Florida 4-8-1 def. Boston College 0-2-1 at #19 Miami 6-10-4 def. Appalachian State 3-6-1 #42 Kansas State 5-4-0 def. #21 Coastal Carolina 4-6-3 (Myrtle Beach, SC) • • • • • WEDNESDAY WRAPUP (Feb. 23, 2011)
One day after losing 13-2 to Florida, the Florida Atlantic Owls bounced back for a 7-4 upset of Miami – highlighting Wednesday’s limited schedule of marquee. FAU (#35) and the #19 Hurricanes both currently are ranked among the top-50 of the CB360 Composite National Rankings. The central time zone was featured in several of Wednesday’s big college baseball games, as four of the day’s seven games involving CB360 top-50 teams took place in the states of Texas, Tennessee or Mississippi. WEDNESDAY’S TOP-50 GAMES (Feb. 23, 2011) at #3 Vanderbilt 6-5-0 def. Belmont 2-6-2 at #5 Oklahoma 12-10-1 def. Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1-6-2 (7 inn.) … OU leads series 2-0 
FAU upset Miami in a matchup of CB360 top-50 teams at #14 Virginia 4-6-0 def. VMI 3-11-0 #18 Rice 11-11-0, at Texas State 10-15-3 #24 Georgia Tech 7-12-3 won at Georgia Southern 4-8-1 … series ended 1-1 at #35 Florida Atlantic 7-8-0 def. #19 Miami 4-9-2 at #38 Mississippi 4-10-2 def. Arkansas St. 3-8-0 • • • • • TUESDAY WRAPUP (Feb. 22, 2011)
There were four noteworthy upsets on Tuesday – highlighted by a team with one of the longest names in Division I (Texas A&M Corpus Christi) winning 8-7 at Texas, ranked #6 in the CB360 preseason top-50 (but now only 3-2 for the season). The upset bug also hit in nearby Houston, as Lamar won 12-7 at #17 Rice. 
A&M Corpus Christi's Chris Vergne There also was plenty of drama in the peach state, as Georgia Southern answered #24 Georgia Tech‘s run in the top of the 9th by scoring two in the bottom of the inning for a 6-5 win. Tuesday’s other upset in the CB360 preseason top-50 was not close, as Southeastern Louisiana took care of visiting Tulane (cb360 preseason #38), 13-1. Tuesday’s slate of 21 games involving CB360 preseason top-50 squads featured three head-to-head battles, with #2Florida winning 13-2 at #35Florida Atlantic while #3TCU escaped with a 2-0 win at #25 Baylor and #13 Stanford edged its visiting Bay-area rivalCalifornia (#24) in a 3-2 final. CB360′s usual daily wrapup (of the Composite National Rankings top-50) is include below, with final results and an assortment of postgame links to game recaps from both teams, final stats, photos and more (also included below is info. from Monday’s pair of games involving CB360 top-50 teams, both 3-2 finals, as #8 Cal State Fullerton won at Long Beach State while #11 Oregon claimed another win at #41 Hawaii to earn a split of that 4-game series). TUESDAY’S TOP MATCHUPS (Feb. 22, 2011) 
TCU's Andrew Mitchell #2 Florida 13-19-0 won at #35 Florida Atlantic 2-7-4 #3 TCU 2-6-1 won at #25 Baylor 0-2-1 |
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