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	Baseball America's 1993 Pre-Season Poll
	=======================================
	 1. Louisiana State
	 2. Arizona
	 3. Southern California
	 4. Miami (Florida)
	 5. Oklahoma State
	 6. Georgia Tech
	 7. Mississippi State
	 8. Cal State-Fullerton
	 9. Wichita State
	10. Texas A&M
	11. Texas
	12. Stanford
	13. Arizona State
	14. Pepperdine
	15. Notre Dame
	16. North Carolina State
	17. UCLA
	18. Minnesota
	19. Clemson
	20. Fresno State
	21. Tulane
	22. Florida
	23. Creighton
	24. Tennessee
	25. Illinois

    Alright Gophs!  #18.  The Oscar Meyer Classic at the Dome in March
    always brings in a few top notch teams.
    
    
    Spud

	A good series to open the college baseball season begins.
	Arizona State begins a 4 game set against Hawaii in Honolulu.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - The top 25 baseball teams in the
Collegiate Baseball poll, with records as of Feb. 14,
points totals and previous ranking (voting by coaches,
sports writers and sports information directors):
 
                      Record     Pts     Pvs
 1. LSU                 0-0      495      1
 2. Texas               7-2      492      3
 3. Mississippi State   0-0      487      4
 4. Oklahoma State      0-0      484      5
 5. Georgia Tech        7-0      482     15
 6. Wichita State       0-0      479      7
 7. Texas A&M           6-0      475     13
 8. Arizona             5-3      473      6
 9. CS-Fullerton        3-3      472      8
10. Florida State       2-0      471     10
11. Miami               2-4      465      2
12. UCLA                2-0      462     14
13. Arizona State      10-2      459     22
14. Florida             4-1      455     23
15. Stanford            6-2      451     19
16. Southern Cal        3-5      448     12
17. Pepperdine          5-4      447      9
18. Long Beach State    2-4      446     11
19. Notre Dame          0-0      445     18
20. Houston            10-0      441     --
21. Oklahoma            0-0      439     20
22. Fresno State        4-2      437     17
23. Clemson             0-0      435     21
24. Tulane              0-2      431     16
25. CS Northridge       3-0      428     25
 
 
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - The top 25 college baseball teams
as determined by the staff of Baseball America magazine,
record through Feb. 14, with previous rankings:
 
                      Record   Pvs
 1. LSU                 0-0     1
 2. Georgia Tech        7-0     2
 3. Arizona             5-3     3
 4. Oklahoma State      0-0     4
 5. Texas               7-2     5
 6. CS-Fullerton        3-3     6
 7. Mississippi State   0-0     7
 8. Wichita State       0-0     8
 9. Arizona State      10-2     9
10. Miami               2-4    10
11. Stanford            6-2    13
12. Texas A&M           6-0    12
13. Southern Cal        3-5    11
14. Pepperdine          5-4    14
15. Notre Dame          0-0    15
16. N.C. State          3-1    16
17. UCLA                2-0    17
18. Florida             4-1    22
18. Fresno State        4-2    18
19. Minnesota           1-2    19
20. Clemson             0-0    19
22. Houston            10-0    --
23. CS Northridge       3-0    --
24. Creighton           0-0    23
25. Tennessee           0-0    24

Collegiate Baseball Poll, records as of March 21
 
                         Record     Pts    Pvs
 1.  Mississippi State    10- 1     494     3
 2.  Georgia Tech         15- 2     493     2
 3.  Texas                26- 5     490     1
 4.  Texas A&M            25- 3     488     4
 5.  Lousiana State       14- 3     486     5
 6.  Florida State        21- 3     482     8
 7.  Wichita State        13- 4     479     6
 8.  Cal State-Fullerton  15- 7     478    12
 9.  North Carolina State 20- 2     474    10
10.  UCLA                 14- 5     473     7
11.  Oklahoma State       13- 3     470    11
12.  Rice                 23- 4     465     9
13.  Southern California  16-12     463    19
14.  Cal State-Northridge 17- 4     460    13
15.  Pepperdine           16- 9     454    14
16.  Florida              15- 9     453    17
17.  Miami (Florida)      16-10     449    24
18.  Purdue               12- 2     440    --
19.  Stanford             14- 7     437    21
20.  Arizona State        21-10-1   435    23
21.  Texas Tech           18- 7     430    --
22.  Duke                 20- 4-1   429    25
23.  Tennessee            12- 3     425    --
24.  South Carolina       17- 5     420    --
25.  Arizona              17-13     418    20
 


Baseball America poll, records as of March 21
 
                         Record        Pvs
 1.  Georgia Tech         15- 2         1
 2.  Mississippi State    10- 1         3
 3.  Texas                26- 5         2
 4.  Louisiana State      14- 3         4
 5.  Texas A&M            25- 3         5
 6.  Cal State-Fullerton  15- 7         7
 7.  Florida State        21- 3         9
 8.  UCLA                 14- 5         6
 9.  North Carolina State 20- 2         8
10.  Oklahoma State       13- 3        10
11.  Southern California  16-12        19
12.  Wichita State        13- 4        12
13.  Arizona              17-13        11
14.  Stanford             14- 7        15
15.  Arizona State        21-10-1      20
16.  Rice                 23- 4        13
17.  Miami (Florida)      16-10        17
18.  Pepperdine           16- 9        18
19.  Cal State-Northridge 17- 4        23
20.  Texas Tech           18- 7        --
21.  Florida              15- 9        25
23.  California           13-13        14
24.  Fresno State         16-11        21
25.  Oklahoma             15- 6        --

    ND was 2-3 going into Kentucky last weekend. Don't know how
    they fared. Taint concerned. They just started agin some of the iron
    so it's early for them. They'll be around tournament time.
    
    MikeL
    

	The Irish went 1-3 vs Kentucky last weekend, winning the opener,
	then dropping three straight.

	The Irish are now 3-6, going 1-0 vs ASU, 0-2 vs Arizona,
	1-1 vs Wichita State, and 1-3 vs Kentucky (all ranked teams).
	I guess that shows us when ASU stands in comparison to some of
	the other leading teams in the country.

>	I guess that shows us when ASU stands in comparison to some of
>	the other leading teams in the country.
    
    I don't think so.  They caught them in a 5-game skid and it was only 1
    game.

    Hold on a sec boys.
    
    ND lost both games to Arizona by just a run or two and split with
    Wichita St before dropping 3/4 to Kentucky. I don't believe that
    proves ND to be overrated as they just started the season..
    And ASU is 21-10, no?  I think we'll see both ND and ASU in the
    tournament.
    
    MikeL
    

	Anyone have the Ivy, North Atlantic, and A-10 baseball standings ?
	It's hard to follow college bb from the NE down here in Atlanta.

Through Sunday, April 18:

Atlantic Coast Conference               Southwest Conference
-------------------------               --------------------
North Carolina State  13- 3  36- 6      Texas A&M             10- 2  40- 6
Florida State         11- 6  32- 9      Texas                  9- 3  40- 8
Georgia Tech           8- 5  31- 7      Texas Tech             7- 5  35-11
Clemson                8- 7  29-11      Baylor                 6- 6  30-15
North Carolina         9- 8  24-13      Rice                   7- 8  33-12
Wake Forest            8- 8  24-12      Texas Christian        3- 9  30-18
Duke                   7- 8  32-11      Houston                3-12  28-19
Maryland               3-12  13-19
Virginia               3-13  13-20

Southeastern Conference
-----------------------
Eastern Division                        Western Division
----------------                        ----------------
South Carolina         8- 3  29-10-1    Louisiana State        8- 3  28- 8-1
Tennessee              7- 5  25-11      Mississippi State      8- 4  25- 8
Florida                7- 5  25-16      Auburn                 7- 5  24-15
Georgia                6- 6  22-14      Arkansas               6- 6  24-12
Vanderbilt             5- 7  21-14      Alabama                4- 8  18-18
Kentucky               3- 9  21-15      Mississippi            2-10  20-14

Through Sunday, April 18:

Southern Conference			Trans-America Athletic Conference
-------------------                     ---------------------------------
Georgia Southern      16- 4  29-15      Eastern Division
Western Carolina      13- 5  22-21      ----------------
East Tennessee State  10- 6  19-12      Stetson                 9- 6  33-12
The Citadel           10- 9  25-21      Central Florida         6- 6  23-23
Davidson               8- 9  13-24      College of Charleston   7- 8  14-22
Marshall               9-11  12-21      Florida International   5- 7  23-24
Appalachian State      7-10  12-23
Virginia Military      5-12  16-22      Western Division
Furman                 4-15  16-19      ----------------
                                        Southeastern Louisiana 11- 4  26-10
The SC ends its regular season this     Centenary              12- 5  20-18
weekend, and begins its conference      Samford                 6- 9  13-22
tournament next Thursday in             Georgia State           5-10   8-21
Charleston, SC.  The SC tournament      Mercer                  4-10  10-26
champion will be the first official
invitee to the NCAA tournament.

Baseball America	Collegiate Baseball	USA Today
----------------	-------------------	---------
1-  Texas A&M		1-  Texas A&M		1-  Texas A&M
2-  Arizona State	2-  Louisiana State	2-  Georgia Tech
3-  Georgia Tech	3-  Arizona State	3-  Louisiana State
4-  Louisiana State	4-  North Carolina St.	4-  Texas
5-  Texas		5-  Texas		5-  North Carolina St.
6-  Florida State	6-  Wichita State	6-  Arizona State
7-  North Carolina St.	7-  CS-Fullerton	7-  Florida State
8-  CS-Fullerton	8-  Florida State	8-  Mississippi State
9-  Arizona		9-  Georgia Tech	9-  Wichita State
10- Texas Tech		10- Pepperdine		10- CS-Fullerton
11- Fresno State	11- Mississippi State	11- Pepperdine
12- Oklahoma State	12- Arizona		12- Oklahoma State
13- Mississippi State	13- Fresno State	13- Texas Tech
14- South Carolina	14- Miami (Florida)	14- Fresno State
15- CS-Long Beach	15- Texas Tech		15- South Carolina
16- Kansas		16- CS-Long Beach	16- Arizona
17- Pepperdine		17- San Diego		17- Kansas
18- Tennessee		18- Notre Dame		18- Minnesota
19- Wichita State	19- Minnesota		19- UCLA
20- Minnesota		20- Oklahoma State	20- Miami (Florida)
21- UCLA		21- Kansas		21- CS-Long Beach
22- Miami (Florida)	22- South Florida	22- Clemson
23- Hawaii		23- Brigham Young	23- South Florida
24- Auburn		24- UCLA		24- San Diego
25- South Florida	25- Southern Cal	25- Ohio State

	Four schools have clinched NCAA tournament bids so far:

	Long Beach State, Big West Conference champion
	Pepperdine, West Coast Conference champion
	Western Carolina, Southern Conference champion
	Yale, Ivy League champion

    ASU will clinch with a win in one of its 3 games with UA this weekend.

    ...and I believe 2 of the 3 are in Tempe.

    I made a mistake.  If UCLA sweeps its six remaining games, and ASU only
    wins one game, UCLA would win the 6 PAC.  I'd forgotten UCLA has 6
    games left (3 vs USC, 3 vs Stanford).
    
    brews

The Division I regional sites have been named:

Atlantic Regional	Russ Chandler Stadium, Atlanta GA (Georgia Tech)
East Regional		Dick Howser Stadium, Tallahassee FL (Florida State)
Mideast Regional	Lindsey Nelson Stadium, Knoxville TN (Tennessee)
South Regional		Alex Box Stadium, Baton Rouge LA (Louisiana State)
Midwest Regional	Allie P. Reynolds Stadium, Stillwater OK (Oklahoma St.)
Central I Regional	C.E.Olsen Field, College Station TX (Texas A&M)
Central II Regional	Disch-Falk Field, Austin TX (Texas)
West Regional		William Guthrie Packard Stadium, Tempe AZ (Arizona St.)


Teams having clinched so far:

Arizona State, Baylor, Central Florida, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Liberty,
Long Beach State, Louisiana State, Oklahoma State, Pepperdine, Rutgers,
Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, Western Carolina, Yale.

McNeese State plays Sam Houston State for the Southland Conference title and
an automatic bid.

    Wow, no California teams will be hosting a regional.  I figgered at
    least Fullerton or Pepperdine would.

	Anyone have the pairings for this week's Big East, ECAC, and
	North Atlantic conference tournaments ?

    North Atlantic:  Maine vs Drexel; UNH vs Delaware on Friday
    	Saturday, the losers play, then the winners play, then
    	the winner of game 3 vs the loser of game 4 on Saturday
    	Sunday is the final (or finals) - at Newark, Delaware
    
    ECAC:  Seeds:  1) Lemoyne
    		   2) St Francis, NY
    		   3) Fordham
    		   4) Fairfield
    		   5) Fairly Ridiculous
    		   6) CW Post
    		   7) Navy
    		   8) Iona
    	Four game Wednesday.  The losers play each other and the
    	winners play each other Thursday.  Who knows after that.
    	At Waterbury, CT
    
    Big East: I dunno.
    
    NAZZ

    You typed that one like a bat out of hell..
    

    
    	This is paradise by the vt420 light.......

    Where is the college World Series this year?
    
    
    billl

>>           <<< Note 12.28 by MKFSA::LONG "You can blame mah heart" >>>
>>                          -< lookin' fer a road trip >-

>>    Where is the college World Series this year?
    
I believe it's in Omaha, just like it is every year.

Jerry

    I though that it was still in Omaha this year.
    
    The Crazy Met
    

And now we'll break from the baseball game to watch Jim wrestle a bull
Water Buffalo, penned next to a cow Water Buffalo in heat......

Marlin Perkins    

    HAHA
    Po' Jim, a burly strappin' main, protectlin the likes of Mr. Brylcream,
    Marlin Perkins.
    
    Go Irish! Capture that NCAA gonfalon.
    
    MikeL
    

>    Po' Jim, a burly strappin' main, protectlin the likes of Mr. Brylcream,
>    Marlin Perkins.
    
Hey, everybody knows that Marlin just wanted to see Jim's biceps ripple.....


8^)    

    They play the first round against the Phoenix Cardinals...
    

    well maybe the Mets can't beat a team that has nothing to do with
    baseball.

    Neither knows anything about winning right now...
    

Does anyone have a complete list of the teams that are in the CWS?  I
know that the following teams have made it, but am unsure of the rest.

 Texas A&M
 University of Texas
 Oklahoma State University
 Louisiana State Univerisity 
 Wichita State University
 Kansas University

I believe that Long Beach State and Arizona State are the two remaining
teams, but I'm not sure.

Jerry

    
    That's right, it's ASU and LB State.  

> Texas A&M
> University of Texas
> Oklahoma State University
> Louisiana State Univerisity 
> Wichita State University
> Kansas University
>
> I believe that Long Beach State and Arizona State are the two remaining
> teams, but I'm not sure.
    
    Yes, that's correct.  But from a quick glimpse of an ESPN screen this
    morning I thought I had seen that Arizona was also in?  I made a mental
    note that this would have taken a pretty big shocker over Oklahoma St.
    in two games yesterday (Arizona won the first, the second was too late
    for my morning paper) so maybe I just saw Arizona in a list of scores?
    
    glenn
    

    
    UA lost the second game to OSU 11-10.  The UA wimmens won the NCAA
    softball title, however.
    
    brews

> The UA wimmens won the NCAA  softball title, however.

Brews,

Stop doing MikeH's job :-)

    ASU's first CWS trip since '88!

	Hmmph,  Droids play baseball down there?


	billl

	Longhorns make there 27th trip to CWS. With two runs in the ninth
 the Univ. of Texas eliminates So.Cal 3-2. The loss for So.Cal dashed their
 hopes of making trip #17 to Rosenblatt stadium in Omaha.


  Hook'em Horns



 Cadzilla2   

    ASU plays Wichita State on Saturday and it supposedly will be on CBS.

	Texas A&M comes in #2 in nation, but seeded #1 in CWS moving final #1 
 ASU down to second with Texas the #3 seed


  Cadzilla2

    I get confused.  Which Arizona does Mike H. back?

MikeH defintely backs ASU, unless Arizona is also in :-)

The Crazy Met

It depends on if they are winning (suns) or lose (Arizona in the NCAAs).


Metz

    A Sun Devil never roots for a Mildcat(tm)

    ASU catcher, Paul LoDuca, has been voted college player of the year by
    The Sporting News.  He and teammate Antone Williamson were also named
    to Baseball America's Dream Team.  Baseball America will announce their
    player of the year tomorrow.
    
    Paul's batting average is currently .454 and tied the PAC-10 record
    this year with a 37-game hitting streak.  Previous ASU winners of TSN's
    PoY are:  Rick Monday '65, Reggie Jackson '66, Gary Gentry '67, Paul
    Ray Powell '69, Eddie Bane '73, Floyd Bannister '76, Bob Horner '78,
    and Mike Kelly '91.

>>         <<< Note 12.49 by SPECXN::BROWN "SVC_Time_by_Sundial.texe" >>>
>>                     -< Hey Jerry how bout them Maggie's >-


>>	Texas A&M comes in #2 in nation, but seeded #1 in CWS moving final #1 
>> ASU down to second with Texas the #3 seed


I've got my fingers crossed.  I don't quite understand the seeding, but
I'm not complaining.  I don't really know if there's any advantage
of being the #1 seed over the #2 seed.  I also noticed that tu is seeded
#3.  

Jerry

P.S.  FWIW, A&M finished their regular season ranked #1.  They then proceeded
to lose 2 straight to tu in the SWC tournament.  They won their regional,
though, in 4 straight, beating UCLA and UNC rather impressively.  Maybe
that explains the #1 seed.

    ASU got a bad draw.  They play Wichita St, and will most likely face
    pitcher Darren Dreifort, who is likely to be the #1 player drafted in
    today's mlb draft.
    
    brews 

    
    > ASU got a bad draw.  They play Wichita St, and will most likely face
    > pitcher Darren Dreifort, who is likely to be the #1 player drafted in
    > today's mlb draft.
    
    Dreifort is a relief pitcher.  Which doesn't mean that ASU won't see
    him for three innings or more, but then again, given the college game,
    he'll probably be in every game that's in question.
    
    glenn
    

And he might not be the #1 pick in the draft...The M's haven't decided who
they are going to take...Either Dreifort or Rodriguiez  is going to cost a 
ton of bonus money to sign...


Metz

    
    Are you sure he's a reliever for Wichita?=?  My paper shows his stats as 
    10-1, 2.23 ERA and 110 K's in 91 IP.  Not typical relievers stats.  I
    realize the college game is different with respect to how ppitchers get
    used, but those look like Starters #s to me.
    
    brews

            
    > Are you sure he's a reliever for Wichita?=?  My paper shows his stats as 
    > 10-1, 2.23 ERA and 110 K's in 91 IP.  Not typical relievers stats.  I
    > realize the college game is different with respect to how ppitchers get
    > used, but those look like Starters #s to me.
    
    He's been a reliever this season, and is not listed amongst "probable
    starters" for the CWS in my preview.  In college you often see the
    ace pitcher used out of the bullpen, and the coach will not hesitate to
    bring the guy in in the middle innings to save a game.  So for all
    intents you might equate what this ace reliever does to what a MLB
    baseball starter does, over a few less innings, except they'll often 
    use him every other day and abuse the hell out of him.
    
    glenn
     

	NCAA allows teams to play a 64 game season. I think that 91 innings
 would be plenty for a top reliever, but not a top starter on a team with 40+
 wins. 

  Jerry

  I think your right about the Aggies coming back after losing 2 to the Texas.
 If I'm not mistaken they both swept their respective regionals. Both having
 50+ wins did not hurt either.

 Cadzilla2 

>	NCAA allows teams to play a 64 game season. I think that 91 innings
> would be plenty for a top reliever, but not a top starter on a team with 40+
> wins. 

  The NCAA allows 56 regular season games, not including 1 trip in 4 years
  outside the mainland USA.

  Typical starting pitchers in the top college baseball programs this year
  have from 70-110 innings pitched.  The most IP from a starter on an NCAA
  tournament team this year, from what I've seen, is John Powell with 122 IP
  for Auburn.

  Darren Dreifort is definately a reliever.  He has been so exclusively each
  of the last two years.  He pitched in two games in the Atlantic Regional
  here in Atlanta, picking up a win and a save.  He also had 4 HR's as a
  designated hitter.  I suspect the starter for WSU against the Sun Devils
  will be Mike Brandley, 9-2.  The normal #2 and #3 starters for the Shockers,
  Travis Wyckoff and Brandon Baird, are both freshmen, so I suspect Brandley
  will start the opener.  He opened the regional against Ohio State, and also
  started the tournament championship against the Buckeyes as well.

  P.S.  The one game WSU game I heard on the radio down here did not speak
  greatly of Dreifort.  He supposedly has a great fastball, but he allowed
  Tech a 7th inning run (an inherited runner) to tie the score at 3-3, was
  fortunate to have a great throw from RF Carl Hall nail the lead run at the
  plate in the ninth, then he gave up the lead run in the 10th innings, as GT
  took a 4-3 lead.  (WSU rallied with two outs and a runner on third in the
  10th, as two singles brought home the tying run, and on the play at the
  plate attempting to get the first runner, the ball hit the runner and bounced
  away, allowing WSU to get a 5-4 win, and eliminating Tech.)  He had good
  stuff, apparently, but Tech did some damage against him.

    Who won the Texas A&M-LSU game last night?  Playoff hokey and Sunday
    Night Baseball are pushing the good games into late-night tape delay...
    
    Saw where Darren Dreifort blew a two-run lead in relief but made up for
    it with a titanic HR in the 11th to down the ASU Sun Debbils Saturday...
    
    glenn
    

>>          <<< Note 12.64 by CTHQ::LEARY "McSorley,McFilthy,McNasty" >>>
>>                      -< I heard LSU won big, 11-4????? >-

As much as it hurts me to write this, A&M gave the game to LSU.  The
score was 13-8, but the real story was A&M's defense.  You don't beat
anybody if you make 5 errors.  Also, A&M's coach left his pitchers in
for longer that what seemed reasonable.  Beats me what he was thinking.

Oh well, they're still alive.

Jerry

    ASU plays again this afternoon.

	Sunday's result from the local rag.

  Long Beach St. 6	Kansas 1

  LSU		 7	Long Beach St 1


	Today

	Game 7 losers brkt elimination

	ASU (46-19) vs Okla. St. (43-16)
	2.00 pm 

	Game 8 winners brkt

	Wichita St. (56-16) vs Texas (51-14)   
	5.30 pm

  

 Cadzilla2

    The Droods lead the Cowboys 2-1 after 2 innings.

    The Droods lead the Cowboys 4-2 in the top of the 6th.  They just had a
    bench clearing brawl with at least 2 ejections so far (still sorting
    out the mess).

    Cowboys upset the Droods 5-4.  Droods lose first 2 in Omaha for only
    the 2nd time in the school's history.

    
    Poor Droods.  I saw where one of their players (1B Doug Newstrom) has 
    been taking lessons from KJ on the art of using the sneaky elbow. 
    OSU's catcher should have kept his cool, but I could see why he was
    upset.
    
    glenn
    

    
    Another Brawl ? I'm horrified.
    

    ASU was eliminated by OK state...
    

                   
    > Another Brawl ? I'm horrified.
    
    College kids too, no less.  Where will it all end?
    
    Texas punted one away in the late winners' bracket game as Darren
    Dreifort homered again to start a late rally for the victorious Wichita
    St. Shockers.  WSU and LSU are now in the driver's seat, meeting 
    tomorrow (?) in the winners' bracket final...
    
    glenn
    

    
    The play that killed ASU was when Lootens, the  1b dropped an easy
    popup, after he slipped on the wet grass.  That allowed the tying run
    to score.
    
    brews

>    Texas punted one away in the late winners' bracket game as Darren
>    Dreifort homered again to start a late rally for the victorious Wichita
>    St. Shockers.  WSU and LSU are now in the driver's seat, meeting 
>    tomorrow (?) in the winners' bracket final...
    
     No, the CWS has two brackets, each of which are double elimination,
     leading to a single elimination final for CBS.

     Today: Texas A&M vs Long Beach State, and Texas vs Oklahoma State
     6/9:   LSU vs TAMU-CSLB winner
     6/10:  Wichita State vs UT-OSU winner
     6/11:  If LSU loses on 6/9, then LSU vs TAMU-CSLB winner again, and
	    if WSU loses on 6/10, then WSU vs UT-OSU winner again
     6/12:  CWS Championship, LSU-TAMU-CSLB winner vs WSU-UT-OSU winner

re:.76

glad someone can keep this straight :-)

The Crazy Met

    
>>    Texas punted one away in the late winners' bracket game as Darren
>>    Dreifort homered again to start a late rally for the victorious Wichita
>>    St. Shockers.  WSU and LSU are now in the driver's seat, meeting 
>>    tomorrow (?) in the winners' bracket final...
 >   
 >    No, the CWS has two brackets, each of which are double elimination,
 >    leading to a single elimination final for CBS.
    
    Thanks, Rich.  Had forgotten about that made-for-TV change to the
    original format...
    
    glenn
    

    
    Wow, Okie St. came back in that game last night against Texas?  I had
    written that one off.  Multiple College Player of the Year award-winner
    Brooks Kieschnick game up a big dinger in the bottom of the 9th that
    tied it, and then the game-winning run.  There have been a couple of
    very wild finishes in this CWS, so far.
    
    glenn
     

    Sad day in the Longhorn st.
    Both UT and A&M sent home packing to a vewy long hot, and I do mean
    hot summer of armadillo huntin'.
    
    MikeL
    
    

    A&M is out of it now, too.  That takes care of the top seeds.

	My hats off to Oklahoma St. after two very bad calls by the base umps,
they came back to knock the Horn's out of the CWS. This is the first time in
18 trips that a Gustafson team has not won at least two games in the CWS.  

       The Aggies did a typical aggie move and gave the 49er's the game with
three errors at crucial times in the game. The Aggies had ten or more errors
for their three games. No matter what place your seeded you can't commit 
that many errors and expect to win.  


  Cadzilla2

	On Another note  Brooks Kiesnick (sp) was voted the NCAA player
 of the year for the second time. The Rhp/DH was the first player to
receive the honor twice.   

>	On Another note  Brooks Kiesnick (sp) was voted the NCAA player
> of the year for the second time. The Rhp/DH was the first player to
>receive the honor twice.   
    
    Who votes for this version?  Paul LoDuca of ASU won TSN's College
    player of the year.  LoDuca was also selected as the DH for the
    All-NCAA team.

                            
>>	On Another note  Brooks Kiesnick (sp) was voted the NCAA player
>> of the year for the second time. The Rhp/DH was the first player to
>>receive the honor twice.   
>    
>    Who votes for this version?  Paul LoDuca of ASU won TSN's College
>    player of the year.  LoDuca was also selected as the DH for the
>    All-NCAA team.
    
    Kieschnick won two of the big ones in amateur baseball, both Baseball 
    America's award and the major prize (for the second year in a row), the 
    Dick Howser Award voted by the college coaches, the American Baseball 
    Coaches Association.
    
    Hopefully Kieschnick will give up pitching; he's been very hittable in 
    two straight CWS from what I've seen...
    
    glenn
    

    The Cubs drafted him as a SS I think...
    

	Kieschnick has been primarily a pitcher and designated hitter
	while at Texas, although he has played a little in right field
	and a little at first base, for the scouts' sake.  He is
	supposedly a good fielding outfielder, but because of UT's need
	for a healthy pitcher, he hasn't played there much.

    Maybe it was OF then.  They were saying he'd probably never pitch in
    the majors because the Cubs like his hitting.

WOW, Skie State came back?????


I was out watching a jazz band rehearsal in a lounge in East Hartford
and they had the game on TV.  The Okie's were getting their arses kicked
and I thought for sure they'd take the "L". 


'Saw

 Another great comeback yesterday as LBSU beat LSU 10-8. LBSU was down
 8-6 going into the magical bottom of the eighth when they stuck a 4
 spot on the board. A 2 run homer, then a one run homer, a bunt single
 stolen base, and a single later it was 10-8....

 mike

    
    Only the CUbs would draft a pitcher/DH for his hitting.  8^)

    
    > Only the CUbs would draft a pitcher/DH for his hitting.  8^)
    
    Exactly what I was thinking, brews.  The way I hear it there are major
    questions about this guy's ability to field a position...
    
    glenn
    

	I know there are a some instances where brothers played major league 
	ball, but has there ever been two brothers drafted in the same draft?

	This year two local boys from Manchester, NH, were picked.  The HS
	senior, Chris Carpenter, was picked fairly early by the Blue Jays.
	His brother, an outfielder who played for U of S. Maine last year,
	was nabbed late in the draft by the Cubs.

	Chris is fairly short, around 5'8" (no offense, Kev), but is one 
	helluva pitcher.  He pitched Legion baseball last year against us.


	bill

 Collegiate Baseball 1994 Pre-Season Poll
 ----------------------------------------
 1. Wichita State		14. Long Beach State
 2. Georgia Tech		15. Miami (Florida)
 3. Louisiana State		16. Notre Dame
 4. Florida State		17. Hawaii
 5. Cal State-Fullerton		18. Kent State
 6. Oklahoma State		19. Ohio State
 7. Texas A&M			20. North Carolina State
 8. Texas			21. Stanford
 9. Arizona State		22. Minnesota
10. Tennessee			23. California
11. Southern California		24. Auburn
12. Mississippi State		25. Rice
13. Pepperdine

>>Title:  College season begins in just one month ...

	I'm really looking forward to it, but it's a little tough to comprehend
	what with the tempreture bouncing around ZERO!


	billl

Kent State in the baseball top 20?
Huh?

    They just lost their head coach, who left for Ga. Tech. Tech (#2) lost
    their coach to Miami.

	Kent State has been in the top 2 in the nation in ERA in the last
	two years, and have done well in the NCAA regionals both years.
	They have a very deep staff (relative to collegiate baseball in
	general and the north in particular).

 Collegiate Baseball		 Baseball America
 -------------------		 ----------------
 1. Wichita State		 1. Georgia Tech
 2. Georgia Tech		 2. Florida State
 3. Louisiana State		 3. Wichita State
 4. Florida State		 4. Louisiana State
 5. Cal State-Fullerton		 5. Southern California
 6. Oklahoma State		 6. Cal State-Fullerton
 7. Texas A&M			 7. Pepperdine
 8. Texas			 8. Texas A&M
 9. Arizona State		 9. Oklahoma State
10. Tennessee			10. Tennessee
11. Southern California		11. Texas
12. Mississippi State		12. Stanford
13. Pepperdine			13. Arizona State
14. Long Beach State		14. North Carolina State
15. Miami (Florida)		15. Kentucky
16. Notre Dame			16. Ohio State
17. Hawaii			17. Minnesota
18. Kent State			18. Miami (Florida)
19. Ohio State			19. South Florida
20. North Carolina State	20. Notre Dame
21. Stanford			21. Long Beach State
22. Minnesota			22. Mississippi State
23. California			23. Auburn
24. Auburn			24. Kent State
25. Rice			25. Kansas

    Ho-Hum, ASU in the top 10 again.

    What's more impressive is Minnesota starting out at #17.  I heard the
    coach say last night they start the season vs. the #1 and #2 teams the
    first opponents.
    
    Golden Gophs have quite an alumni in MLB.  Greg Olson, Terry Steinbach,
    Denny Neagle, Bryan Hickerson, Dann Wilson, JT Bruitt, Dave Winfield,
    Paul Molitor.  Not bad for only playing outdoors from April-June.
    
    Alumni game at the Dome next Tuesday night.  Ahhh baseball, wish I
    could be there.
    
    
    Spud

>    What's more impressive is Minnesota starting out at #17.  I heard the
>    coach say last night they start the season vs. the #1 and #2 teams the
>    first opponents.
    
     Minnesota starts it's season with three-game road series at
     #1 Georgia Tech, then at #2 Florida State, then at #18 Miami,
     before they host the Oscar Mayer Classic in the Metrodome against
     #13 Arizona State, #16 Ohio State, and unranked Arizona.

    
    	Warms my heart to see this note get active again.....
    
    Claybone

The smell of leather, and the thrill of the grass.....

    Hey Wade, what's the difference between the Whining Sore Loser note and
    the Bronco note?  
    
    absolutely nothing.

    
    	Am I supposed to be hurt by that comparison?
    
    	For somebody who's always toutin' ASU, I'd think you'd
    	do a little less slammin' of college baseball.
    
    Claybone

    At what level of this year's CWS tournament are Jim Brock's boys
    scheduled to relinquish the chicken bone? 
    
    glenn
    

Well expectations don't look for a CWS title.  Arizona seems to be hurting more 
after losing most of their starters.

	Actually, nearly the entire starting staffs of the Pac-10 South
	teams from last year are gone this year.  ASU has only one pitcher
	returning who made a start last year (Noah Peery), and he made only
	one start.  The division's lone returning starter who made a
	significant number of starts last year is USC's Tony Nieto, who was
	a catcher in 1992 and who became a starting pitcher only mid-way
	through the 1993 season.  Mike Schiefelbein, a highly rated
	pitcher, comes off his second straight injury-plagued season for
	Arizona, and is considered the only pitcher in the division likely
	to be drafted in the first few rounds of the MLB draft.  Could be
	a down year for the Pac-10.

	Meanwhile, the SEC has quite a number of returning starting pitchers
	who are projected to be high draft picks when their time comes:
	Brett Laxton of LSU, Carlton Loewer and Kyle Kennedy of MSU,
	John Powell of Auburn, Brian Powell of Georgia, all rated in the
	top 25 in the country, are returning.  The ACC also returns a decent
	number of pitchers from Baseball America's top 40: Brad Rigby of Tech,
	Paul Wilson, Jonathon Johnson, and Phil Olson of FSU, Terry Harvey
	of NCSY, Scott Schoeneweis of Duke, Bret Wagner of Wake Forest, and
	Andy Taulbee of Clemson return to the conference.  The south, not
	the west or southwest, is the premier area of the country for college
	baseball these days.  That might account for some loss of interest
	from people from Arizona these days.

	With a 6-5 win over Houston, U.of Texas Longhorn coach Cliff Gustafson
is now tied with former USC Rod Dedeaux (sp!) for the lead among NCAA coaches.
His 1332-325-2 record in 27 seasons will take some to beat. The USC coach took
45 seasons to establish the old record. His Longhorn teams also hold the record
for College World Series appearences. 

Cadzilla2

	re Longhorn baseball:
	
	Some pretty decent talent from that system was on display at Fenway
	last night.


	billl

    speakin of that, how about that Calvin Schiraldi!

	With 3 1/2 weeks to go until the NCAA Tournament Committee selects
	the 48 teams going to the NCAA tournament, here are my thoughts. They
	are based on what I've seen around the country, but I am not fully
	cognizant of what's going on in every conference -- sometimes I can
	only read about events a couple of weeks later.  Maybe some locals
	can help me:

Atlantic Coast:
	Clemson, Florida State, and Georgia Tech will be the top three seeds
	for the conference tournament and are all locks to make the NCAA's.
	Undoubtedly, one of these three will win the conference tournament and
	get the NCAA automatic bid.  They play each other in the next few weeks,
	with Tech at FSU this week, Clemson at Tech the following, then the
	Tigers meeting FSU the week after that.  From UNC, NCSU, Wake, and Duke 
	I expect to see 2 additional teams make the NCAA's.  Currently Duke is
	4th in the conference at 8-7, UNC at 9-8, and NCSU and Wake at 9-9.
	Right now, I lean towards UNC and NCSU, as the Devils and Demons out-of-
	conference schedule is still pretty weak.  Duke/Wake probably has to
	finish higher that one of the other two in BOTH the regular season and
	the conference tournament to make the NCAA's.  Maryland, and Virginia
	are out of the running.

Atlantic Ten or Metro Atlantic:
	These two conference champions meet at the A-10 champion home field
	in a best-2-of-3 series to determine the NCAA rep.  In most years,
	Rutgers and LeMoyne would be fairly heavy favorites, but neither has
	been as impressive as in the past.  Rutgers and Massachusetts
	appear to be the class of the A-10 so far, but West Virginia has the
	talent to compete, especially in the A-10 tournament.  U Mass won 2-of-3
	at home against WVU this past week and has a slight lead over Rutgers
	for the #1 seed in the A-10 tournament and the right to avoid WVU in
	the first round.  Canisius has surprisingly dominated MAAC North with
	a 13-1 conference mark, and will be favored over LeMoyne, Iona, and
	probably St.Peter's in the MAAC tournament.  At this point, I would
	rate Rutgers a slight favorite over UMass, WVU, and Canisius for
	the 1 NCAA spot from these two conferences, primarily due to pitcher
	Chris Cochrane (unbeaten and dominating in the A-10 this year).

Big East:
	Pittsburgh has been playing extremely good baseball for the second year
	in a row.  They are the best team in the conference at this point, but
	will be challenged by Seton Hall (and possibly Providence) in the
	conference tournament.  But don't forget last year.  St.John's needed
	surprise losses by BC and Pitt the last regular season weekend, plus
	a win in a make-up game at Georgetown, just to make the BET, but won
	the conference tournament and got to the NCAA regional finals in Tempe.
	They have a lot of the same players and look to be in position for
	the 4th and final tournament spot.  Surprisingly, the Big East has
	gotten 2 bids to the NCAA's in 2 of the last 3 years.  I look for only
	one this year, with Pitt just a little stronger than Seton Hall in
	the end.

Big Eight:
	Oklahoma State, Kansas, and Oklahoma are powerful; Missouri and Nebraska
	will make the conference tournament as the 4+5 seeds.  Iowa State and
	Kansas State will battle for the last conference bid.  Oklahoma State
	in all likelihood will win the conference tournament for, what is it-
	16 straight years ?  OSU, Kansas, and Oklahoma will all make the NCAA's.

Big South:
	No conference tournament here.  The regular season conference champions 
	make the NCAA's and no one else will.  UNC-Greensboro has won 5 straight
	conference games against UNC-Asheville and 4th place UM-Baltimore County
	to take a 2 1/2 game lead over Radford and a 3 1/2 game lead over
	Coastal Carolina with two weekends left.  UNCG plays at Radford this
	weekend, while last place UNCA plays at Coastal Carolina.  Radford leads
	the conference in hitting and runs scored, with UNCG third.  Meanwhile,
	UNCG leads the conference in both pitching and defense.  Radford rates
	last in the Big South in pitching, and that should allow the Spartans
	to win at least 1 of the 3 and maintain a comfortable lead.  Radford
	took 2-of-3 from Coastal last week, but lost ground during the UNCG
	sweep over UMBC.  Look for the Spartans to make their first NCAA trip.

Big Ten:
	Ohio State and Minnesota are the class of the league.  Everyone else
	has been inconsistent in league play so far.  Ohio State has a superb
	record both in and out of the conference.  Minnesota's overall mark
	is improving since they opened with 3 games each at Georgia Tech,
	Florida State, and Miami will have trouble.  The Gophers started 1-8,
	but then swept the Oscar Meyer tourney against Arizona State, Arizona,
	and Ohio State.  Michigan, Iowa, and Northwestern look to be the
	contenders for the third and fourth spots in the conference tournament,
	but seem to have little chance for the NCAAs.

Big West:
	Three teams from this conference should go to the NCAA's.  Nevada,
	CS Fullerton, and CS Long Beach appear to be clearly better than any
	other teams in the conference.  After a 27-game winning streak, Pacific
	has fallen to 4-7 in the Big West, and may well finish as far down as
	sixth in the conference.  San Jose State, the likely fourth place team
	at this point, has not done well enough outside the conference to
	get a 4th bid for the Big West.

Colonial:
	This conference should get only one bid.  Old Dominion clearly appears
	to be the conference's best team at this point, having clinched the
	CAA tournament #1 seed and acting as host.  ODU has 3 excellent starters
	and are the quickest team in the bunch.  James Madison has won 7
	straight conference games and has ended conference play as the #2 seed,
	and their top starter, Bobby McNichol, is 7-0 on the season.
	Richmond, UNC-Wilmington, and East Carolina might be able to get to
	the tournament finals, but overall Old Dominion is a much deeper
	team and is my pick to advance.  Being swept in 3 games at Fresno State
	recently probably is an omen regarding NCAA activity, however.

Ivy or Northeast:
	These two conference champions meet at the NEC champion home field
	in a best-2-of-3 series to determine the NCAA rep.  Yale has clinched
	the Rolfe division title, and will meet either Penn or Columbia in the
	Ivy League playoffs.  The Quakers and Lions are tied at 12-6, and meet
	Saturday in a doubleheader that ends the conference season for them.
	If they tie, they will meet in a 1-game playoff, with the winner
	meeting Yale in the Ivy league playofs in Middletown CT.  Meanwhile,
	Fairleigh Dickinson, Rider, and Long Island are co-leaders so far in
	the NEC, while St.Francis is looking to be the 4th tournament team.
	I give a slight edge to Pennsylvania over Rider, Yale, and FDU
	for this spot, but any of the 7 could get it -- there is no clear
	favorite.

Metro:
	South Florida is the best team in the conference and will get an NCAA
	bid as conference tournament champion or as an at-large pick.  The
	league could get a second bid.  UNC-Charlotte's 3-game sweep over Tulane
	this past weekend has boosted them to the #2 spot in the conference,
	but Southern Mississippi, Tulane, or Virginia Commonwealth could
	surprise and win the conference tournament to get the automatic bid and
	put USF in over as the at-large team.

Mid-Continent or Patriot:
	These two conference champions meet at the AMCU champion home field
	in a best-2-of-3 series to determine the NCAA rep.  Wright State is
	clearly the best team in the Mid Continent contingent; EIU and UIC
	are the best of the rest, but not really close to the Raiders.
	Navy should win the southern division of the Patriot league and thereby
	would host the Patriot League playoffs against the northern division
	champ, which will be Fordham or Army.  Fordham should play in Dayton
	against Wright State for this NCAA berth, and I would expect Fordham
	would win that series.

Mid Eastern Athletic or Trans America:
	These two conference champions meet at the TAAC champion home field
	in a best-2-of-3 series to determine the NCAA rep.  Florida A&M
	started the season horribly, but got hot shortly before the MEAC
	tournament, and swept 4 straight at home to win the conference title.
	They have no chance to win an NCAA spot.  The TAAC tournament champion
	will probably be either Florida International, Central Florida, or
	Stetson.  FIU currently is at 10-5 in the conference versus Stetson
	and UCF, both at 7-8 in the east and meetin for the final eastern
	division playoff spot in Orlando this weekend.  Mercer leads the west
	division behind the pitching of Rick Miller, 11-2, with 1-run losses
	to Florida and Florida State.  Samford and SE Louisiana are tied for
	the second spot.  I look at FIU as a slight favorite over Stetson and
	Mercer to get this NCAA tournament spot.

Midwestern Collegiate:
	Notre Dame will host the conference tournament and is the most talented
	team in the conference, but should get challenged by Detroit Mercy for
	the automatic berth.  Evansville, normally a contender in the MCC, has
	not played well this year and probably will not challenge, but is the
	third best team in the league.  Butler, Xavier, and LaSalle are the
	rest of a not-so-great bunch of teams.

Missouri Valley:
	Wichita State is not the team this year that it has been in the past,
	but is easily the best of the bunch here.  They will get an NCAA bid
	even if they fail to win the conference tournament, but failure there
	is unlikely.  Southwest Missouri State and Creighton are the best of
	the rest, and if SMSU does not get swept this weekend in Wichita, and
	makes it to the MVC tournament championship game, the Bears could join
	the Shockers in the NCAA field.

North Atlantic:
	Delaware is the strongest NAC team this year, with Northeastern a
	close second.  Maine has played well following a 2-20 start, and will
	contend with Drexel for the conference 3rd place spot, but the Blue Hens
	will be the best in the regular season.  Next year Drexel will have the
	best 1-2 pitching tandem in the league in Kris Doiron and Nick Rizzo,
	and they may be enough to win the NAC tournament this year for the
	Dragons, but I am picking Delaware to edge Northeastern for the NCAA
	bid behind pitcher Jamie Wilson.

Ohio Valley or Southern:
	These two conference champions meet at the SC champion home field
	in a best-2-of-3 series to determine the NCAA rep.  Austin Peay State,
	Morehead State, and Southeast Missouri State are about equally
	talented, IMO, but APSU should be able to pull out the regular
	season title and host the conference tournament.  Whichever of the 3
	gets to play the SC champion will have a hard time against the
	Western Carolina Catamounts, however.  WCU has been ranked the last
	month and has played great ball all year long, but after an 18-1 start
	in the Southern Conference, the Cats lost 3 of their last 4 conference
	games.  However, the only other SC contenders, Georgia Southern and
	Marshall, were both swept in the regular season by WCU and are unlikely
	to win the SC tournament in Charleston, either.  This spot almost
	surely belongs to Western Carolina; if they fail, they probably would
	get an at-large spot in the NCAAs.

Pacific Ten:
	In the south, it's easy: Southern California, Arizona State, and
	Stanford are all very good and will make the NCAA's; California,
	UCLA, and Arizona are not good (or very bad) and will not.  The north
	is not so clear, although it appears that Oregon State will surprise
	and win the regular season.  Washington and Washington State will also
	contend in the Pac-10 north playoffs, but WSU is ineligible for the
	NCAA's.  I suspect the OSU-Washington winner will make the NCAA's,
	and in a somewhat down year for most teams across the nation, both
	may got to the NCAA regionals.

Southeastern:
	Eight teams contend for 5 or 6 NCAA tournament spots.  In reality,
	LSU, Auburn, Florida, and Tennessee have all just about wrapped up
	NCAA bids already.  South Carolina has the edge for the conference's
	fifth bid, but must end up in 3rd in the east and win at least one
	tournament bid to assure itself of an NCAA spot.  Mississippi State
	is improving after a surprisingly mediocre start, and could make the
	NCAA's as the 6th representative from the SEC.  Arkansas, Mississippi,
	and Kentucky must all close very strongly if any is to supplant one
	of the above schools in the NCAA ranks.

Southland:
	Northwestern State and McNeese State appear to be the two best teams
	again this year in the SLC.  Last year The Demons won the regular
	season and hosted the SLC tournament, but McNeese's Cowboys won the
	conference tournament and got the NCAA bid.  Northwestern will again
	win the regular season and host the tournament, but McNeese may once
	again surprise the slightly better Demons to get the bid.  These
	two may get a challenge from Nicholls State, Sam Houston State, or
	Texas-San Antonio in the conference tournament, but I doubt it.  My
	edge goes to Northwestern State for having tourney home field advantage.

Southwest:
	What a surprise here.  Texas A&M, a pre-season top-20 selection and
	original host to the SWC tournament, has been eliminated from title
	contention.  The SWC tournament will move to Austin, Lubbock, or to
	The Ballpark at Arlington.  TCU will be the number 1 seed, with
	Rice, Texas Tech, and Texas the other 3 teams in the conference
	tournament.  Texas must sweep TTU this weekend in Austin to avoid the
	#4 spot in the tournament.  TCU and Rice should both get into the
	NCAA's, with either Texas or TTU (and possibly both) joining them.
	This could be the year, however, that the 'Horns fail to host an NCAA
	regional; the last time this happened was 1978.

Southwestern Athletic or West Coast:
	These two conference champions meet at the WCAC champion home field
	in a best-2-of-3 series to determine the NCAA rep.  In most years,
	the SWAC champ wouldn't stand a chance, and in fact have threatened
	not to participate in this series because of financial costs.  But
	this is not a normal year in the WCAC.  Santa Clara has supplanted
	perennial champion Pepperdine as the likely conference champion, and
	it seems unlikely that the Waves will get an at-large bid at this point.
	Southern, Grambling, and Jackson State are probably equally likely
	at this point to win the SWAC tournament, being held this weekend.
	None of the three have played well enough recently to contend with
	the Broncos in Santa Clara.

Sun Belt:
	Southwestern Louisiana and Jacksonville are the hottest teams in the
	Sun Belt currently, and are probably the favorites to make the NCAA
	tournament at this point.  USL meets UNO in a western division showdown
	this week, with each (and Lamar) having clinched the 3 western division
	tournament spots.  South Alabama and Arkansas State will join the
	Dolphins as eastern division representatives.  The eastern division
	top three are all within 1/2 game of each other, and the eastern champ
	will host the conference tournament, so every game is important from
	here on out.  Realistically, past history indicates any of the six
	teams could win the conference tournament and automatic NCAA bid, which
	would make USL the at-large team.

Western Athletic:
	What a poor year for the WAC.  Any one of 7 teams could win the WAC
	title, which is held at the eastern division champion this year.
	San Diego State is the best in the west, with Cal State Northridge,
	Cal State Sacramento, and Fresno State about equally behind the Aztecs.
	Meanwhile, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Brigham Young are about equal from
	the east.  My guess is the WAC will get only 1 bid to the NCAA's.
	The east division champion (probably Wyoming or UNM) would have a
	slight edge over SDSU, but it could be anyone from this group.

At Large:
	Other than noted above, two independents, Miami (Florida) and Memphis,
	look to get NCAA tournament bids.  Miami clearly is already in.
	Memphis has dominated a weak Great Midwest conference which has only
	five teams and does not qualify even for a play-in series.  Memphis
	should win the conference tournament or get to the finals, which would
	probably boost them into the NCAAs.  At one point, Grand Canyon was
	making a bid, but they were swept by Fullerton and lost 2-of-3 to ASU,
	and now seem an unlikely candidate.  The best of the other two
	non-qualifying conferences, LIU-C.W.Post (from the ECAC Diamond) and
	Troy State (from the East Coast) have schedules far to weak for
	consideration.

    Re: -1 - I am in awe of this note!  An early NoY candidate!
    
    You knew Radford took 2 of 3 from Coastal Carolina this weekend?
    
    As a UMass alum, I knew the baseball team took two of three from W.Va
    over the weekend, but I didn't know it was at home.  I jest look at the
    Scoreboard section of the Globe each day to see how the alma mater did.
    
    NAZZ

    
    Good report on the PAC also, Rich.  It seems that the North is
    approaching the South this year, anyway.
    
    brews

    ...but the South's gonna do it again!

	They play college baseball in the north? Must be a short season! Maine
is the only team I can remember ever making it out of a regional and into the
CWS, but they lost in first round. 

    The Droods will be there.  Nobody else matters.

    So we can assume because of the inherent disadvantages of playing
    up nawth, that any Northern team that makes it to the CSW is
    overachieving?
    
    MikeL
    

	I would think that any teams that make it from other than the real
baseball conferences (SWC,SEC,Big8,Pac-10) could consider themselves
overachieving. I do not say this as a slam, but more to the competition. Before
the NCAA limited the number of games, the southern teams had the advantage since
they got to play more thanks to the weather. I still think the weather has to be
to their advantage since they can begin practice must earlier than those teams
up north. 


  Cadzilla2

Columbia always went to Florida to train and start the season - don't
remember when - but always played and still play fewer games than
Texas, etc.

The Crazy Met

    Yabbut,
    that bastion of academic excellence, UMaine at Orono, usually
    spends a month or two down south, must mail their tests/work
    nack to Orono,,,,yeah via snailnet..
    
    MikeL
    

The eight regional sites for NCAA Divison I baseball playoffs have been
announced.  They are:

Atlantic I	Mark Light Stadium, Coral Gables, Florida	Miami host
Atlantic II	Dick Howser Stadium, Tallahassee, Florida	FSU host
Central		Disch-Falk Field, Austin, Texas			Texas host
East		Tiger Field, Clemson, South Carolina		Clemson host
Mideast		Lindsey Nelson Stadium, Knoxville, Tennessee	UT host
Midwest I	Allie P. Reynolds Stadium, Stillwater, Oklahoma	OSU host
Midwest II	Eck Stadium-Tyler Field, Wichita, Kansas	WSU host
South		Alex Box Stadium, Baton Rouge, Louisiana	LSU host

In addition to the eight regional hosts, three other schools have clinched
bids to the 48 team NCAA tournament.  Those schools are Nevada, Big West champ;
North Carolina-Greensboro, Big South champ; and Stanford, Pac 10 champ.

    Stanford won the PAC-10 title last night by edging ASU 7-5 in 10
    innings.  ASU had to sweep the weekend series to become the first team
    to repeat as PAC champs since ASU did it in 1981.  The Droods won the
    first 2 and the conference was decided on a barnburner.  Even had a
    bench-clearing brawl in the 7th.
    
    Mike

    
    I watch a bit of the game.  I thought they blew it when They brought
    Peery in too early.
    
    brews

    Ironically enough, the NCAA stiffed both of them for hosting a
    regional.

>             <<< Note 12.131 by FRETZ::HEISER "no D in Phoenix" >>>
>             -< no credit for winning NCAA's toughest conference >-

	The Pac-10 hasn't been the NCAA's toughest conference in the last
	three years.  They are definately behind ACC, SEC this year, and
	about equivalent to the SWC, Big Eight, and Big West this year.
	Arizona and UCLA really stunk this year, and California wasn't
	much better.  Stanford and ASU have played extermely well, and USC
	has been good (although failing to live up to expectations), but
	the ACC and SEC have much more talent in the lower tier of teams,
	and their best are a little better.

	Updating my thoughts from last week, based on more current information:
	
	With 1 week to go until the NCAA Tournament Committee selects
	the 48 teams going to the NCAA tournament, here are my thoughts. They
	are based on what I've seen around the country, but I am not fully
	cognizant of what's going on in every conference -- sometimes I can
	only read about events a couple of weeks later.  Maybe some locals
	can help me:

Atlantic Coast:
	Clemson, Duke, Georgia Tech, and Florida State will be the top 4 seeds
	for the conference tournament and are all locks to make the NCAA's.
	Undoubtedly, one of these three will win the conference tournament and
	get the NCAA automatic bid.  Clemson has won 2-of-3 against both FSU
	and Tech to win the regular season ACC title.  Tech blew a 4-2 lead
	in the ninth Sunday, but won 20-4 on Saturday over the Tigers to
	clinch a seciond-place tie in the ACC.  By winning 2-of-3 at FSU,
	then swweping UNC and Wake, Duke ended up tied for second, a won the
	coin toss for the 2nd seed in the tourney. FSU ended fourth.  These
	four teams are locks to make the NCAA tournament.  The ACC will get a
	fifth team, probably NCSU instead of UNC, or even Wake, but the results
	of the ACC tournament will have the big deciding factor in picking the
	fifth team.  Maryland and Virginia bring up the rear, but each picked
	up big regular season wins; Maryland over FSU + Tech, and UVa over FSU.

Atlantic Ten or Metro Atlantic:
	These two conference champions meet at the A-10 champion home field
	in a best-2-of-3 series to determine the NCAA rep.  West Virginia
	won twice against St.Bonaventure on Sunday after defeating regular
	season champ Massachusetts in the late game on Saturday.  WVU will
	host the MAAC champ, St.Peter's.  St.Peter's upset Canisius, 7-6, on
	the opening day, after Canisius went 17-1 in the regular season MAAC
	games.  St.Peter's then beat LeMoyne twice for the title.  St.Peter's
	has an overall losing record, and should be a heavy underdog to WVU
	in this series.

Big East:
	Pittsburgh has been playing extremely good baseball for the second year
	in a row.  They are the best team in the conference at this point, but
	will be challenged by Providence and Seton Hall in the Big East
	conference tournament.  Connecticut is the fourth team, nosing out
	perennial tournament contender St.John's in the final weekend.
	Surprisingly, the Big East has gotten 2 bids to the NCAA's in 2 of the
	last 3 years.  I look for only one this year, with Pitt just a little
	stronger than Seton Hall in the end.

Big Eight:
	Oklahoma State, Kansas, and Oklahoma are powerful; Nebraska plays the
	roll of a dark horse, with another late season surge.  Missouri and
	Iowa State make up the tournament field, but neither has the talent
	to knock off the top teams to win the tournament title and automatic
	NCAA berth.  Oklahoma State in all likelihood will win the conference
	tournament for, what is it - 16 straight years ?  OSU, Kansas, and
	Oklahoma will all make the NCAA's.

Big South:
	No conference tournament here.  The North Carolina-Greensboro Spartans
	won the regular season title and will make the NCAA's; no one else will.
	The Spartans make the NCAA Division I tournament for the first time.
	They are a good team and could surprise with a couple of wins in the
	regionals.

Big Ten:
	Ohio State and Minnesota are the class of the league.  Everyone else
	has been inconsistent in league play so far.  Ohio State has a superb
	record both in and out of the conference.  Minnesota's overall mark
	is superb since they opened with 3 games each at Georgia Tech,
	Florida State, and Miami will have trouble.  The Gophers started 1-8,
	but then swept the Oscar Meyer tourney against Arizona State, Arizona,
	and Ohio State.  Michigan State, Iowa, and Michigan tied for third and
	fourth for the conference tournament, but none of these seem to have
	much chance to win the Big 10 tourney and get to the NCAA's.

Big West:
	Three teams from this conference should go to the NCAA's.  Nevada,
	CS Fullerton, and CS Long Beach appear to be clearly better than any
	other teams in the conference.  Nevada will make it's first NCAA Div.I
	tourney appearance; the questions is whether they can hang onto first
	place in the Big West, and how high a seeding they can get.  Fullerton
	should get a #1 seeding; the question is how high and where will Nevada
	and Long Beach be seeded ?

Colonial:
	This conference should get only one bid.  Old Dominion clearly appears
	to be the conference's best team at this point, having clinched the
	CAA tournament #1 seed and acting as host.  ODU has 3 excellent starters
	and are the quickest team in the bunch.  James Madison has won 7
	straight conference games and has ended conference play as the #2 seed,
	and their top starter, Bobby McNichol, is 7-0 on the season.
	Richmond, UNC-Wilmington, and East Carolina might be able to get to
	the tournament finals, but overall Old Dominion is a much deeper
	team and is my pick to advance.

Ivy or Northeast:
	These two conference champions meet at the NEC champion home field
	in a best-2-of-3 series to determine the NCAA rep.  Yale won 2-of-3
	in the Ivy League playoff series, and will travel to Lawrenceville, PA,
	to play Rider in the NCAA qualifying series.  Rider beat Wagner, FDU,
	and LIU in 3 straight NEC tournament games to host the play-in series.
	Rider had a tough time in the opener against Wagner, but looked good
	in the final two games.  Since they are the series host, look for the
	Broncs to win this NCAA spot.

Metro:
	UNC-Charlotte's three game sweeps over Tulane and Louisville late in
	the year moved the 49'ers past sluming South Florida into first place
	in the Metro Conference.  South Florida is the best team in the
	conference and probably will get an NCAA bid as conference tournament
	champion or as an at-large pick, but the Bulls did lose two-of-three
	to USM and Tulane in its last two conference series.  The league could
	get a 2nd bid.  UNCC, Southern Mississippi, Tulane, or Va.Commonwealth
	could surprise and win the conference tournament to get the automatic
	bid and put USF in as an at-large team.  

Mid American:
	Kent appeared to be the class of the league two weeks ago, but have
	not done that well against Central Michigan and Ohio to close the
	season.  The Flames have one of the best staffs in the nation, and are
	better than the Chippewas, who are the next best team in terms of
	talent.  CMU was just swept in 4 games at Bowling Green, however.
	BGSU is the hottest team entering the tournament, with Ohio the
	second-hottest.  Any of these 4 could win the tournament, but look for
	Kent's pitching depth and home-field advantage to give them the title.

Mid-Continent or Patriot:
	These two conference champions meet at the AMCU champion home field
	in a best-2-of-3 series to determine the NCAA rep.  Neither team is
	that good.  Navy won a doubleheader at home last weekend against Army
	in the Patriot League playoffs, and will travel to Charleston, Illinois,
	to play a rather mediocre Eastern Illinois squad, who won the regular
	season title in the Mid-Continent Conference.  Look for EIU to win
	with the home field advantage.

Mid Eastern Athletic or Trans America:
	These two conference champions meet at the TAAC champion home field
	in a best-2-of-3 series to determine the NCAA rep.  Florida A&M
	started the season horribly, but got hot shortly before the MEAC
	tournament, and swept 4 straight at home to win the conference title.
	They have little chance to win an NCAA spot.  Southeastern Louisiana
	won a doubleheader against Mercer at Macon on Monday to win the TAAC
	title, and will host the play-in series.  From FAMU's standpoint, SLU
	was the weakest of the 4 in the TAAC tournament.  For the Rattlers to
	win the series, Shohn Lewis must beat Chris Laiche and SLU on Thursday.
	Don't look for it to happen.

Midwestern Collegiate:
	Notre Dame will host the conference tournament and is the most talented
	team in the conference, but should get challenged by a recently hot
	Evansville, and Detroit Mercy for the automatic berth.  Butler, Xavier,
	and LaSalle are the rest of a not-so-great bunch of teams.  Notre Dame
	should get the NCAA bid.

Missouri Valley:
	Wichita State is easily the best of the bunch here.  There deep pitching
	staff has shored up a team that did not start as strong as usual.
	SMSU won 2-of-3 from Creighton to take the #2 spot, but the Bears
	are 0-13 in the past 4 years in Wichita.  Creighton and Bradley are
	the best of the rest, but don't look for anyone other than Wichita to
	get an at-large berth if they fail to win the MVC tournament.

North Atlantic:
	Delaware should be a considered a slight favorite to win the NAC
	playoffs this year, with Northeastern and Drexel about even and right
	behind Delaware.  Northeastern has an experienced and deep squad by
	northeastern standards, and this has paid off, as Drexel is not yet as
	experienced, but Delaware has the top 1-2 pitching punch in the
	league.  Hartford surprised a young Maine squad in two straight games
	in Orono in the first round of the NAC playoffs, and will join the
	other three in the NAC tournament this weekend at Parsons Field in
	the metro Boston area.  As tournament host, Northeastern may have an
	advantage, but look for pitcher Jamie Wilson to lead Delaware to the
	NAC tournament title and NCAA bid.

Ohio Valley or Southern:
	These two conference champions meet at the SC champion home field
	in a best-2-of-3 series to determine the NCAA rep.  Middle Tennessee
	won twice this past weekend over Austin Peay in Clarksville to take
	the OVC crown after romping over #2 seed Morehead State, 15-2, in the
	tournament opener.  MTSU catches a break as The Citadel, SC tournament
	host, edged regular season champ Western Carolina in the SC title game. 
	The Citadel will bring a losing record into the qualifying series.
	It is likely this spot will go to The Citadel, who will host the
	qualifying series.  Western Carolina may garner an at-large spot,
	but the Catamounts lost three straight in Miami and do not currently
	seem attractive after a late-season mini-slump.

Pacific Ten:
	In the south, it's easy: Stanford, Southern California, and ASU are
	all very good and will make the NCAA's; California, UCLA, and Arizona
	are not good (or very bad) and will not.  The north is not so clear,
	although it appears that Oregon State will surprise and win the regular
	season.  Washington has closed to within 1 game of the lead and has
	played a stronger schedule.  I suspect that Washington will make the
	NCAA tournament; OSU may get in if they hold off Washington and win the
	northern division crown in the final week of the season.

Southeastern:
	Eight teams contend for 5 or 6 NCAA tournament spots.  In reality,
	LSU, MSU, Florida, and Tennessee have all just about wrapped up
	NCAA bids already.  Auburn has closed very poorly, but will still
	make the NCAA's if they play well in the Western Division tournament.
	Arkansas, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Kentucky probably must win
	their divisional tournament if their school is to make the NCAA's.
	Look for Tennessee to win the automatic bid.

Southland:
	Northwestern State and McNeese State appear to be the two best teams
	again this year in the SLC.  Last year the Demons won the regular
	season and hosted the SLC tournament, but McNeese's Cowboys won the
	conference tournament and got the NCAA bid.  Northwestern again is 
	hosting the SLC tournament, but McNeese pulled off an opening round
	surprise over the slightly better Demons in the first round of the SLC
	tournament.  These two may get a challenge from Texas-San Antonio, a
	first round tourney winner over Sam Houston State, but I doubt it.  My
	edge goes to McNeese State with the opening round victory.

Southwest:
	Texas won three straight games in the SWC tournament, beating top seed
	TCU 3-0, Texas Tech 2-1, and Tech again, 4-3 in 12 innings.  Texas
	thereby clinched a spot in the NCAA's.  By getting to the finals, Tech
	should have also assured itself of an NCAA spot.  TCU lost two straight
	but probably is in by virtue of finishing first in the SWC regular
	season.  Rice is the questionable team; they did not finish strong in
	the regular season, won only 1 game in the tournament, and finished
	with a 34-21 overall mark.  I'd be surprised if the Owls made it to
	the NCAA's.

Southwestern Athletic or West Coast:
	These two conference champions meet at the WCAC champion home field
	in a best-2-of-3 series to determine the NCAA rep.  In most years,
	the SWAC champ wouldn't stand a chance, and in fact have threatened
	not to participate in this series because of financial costs.  But
	this is not a normal year in the WCAC.  Santa Clara beat LMU, 6-5, in
	10 innings on Monday to clinch the WCC crown, but has not played that
	well recently.  Jackson State won the SWAC tournament but does not
	appear to have the strength to beat SCU on the road, although they would
	have a better chance against a slumping Santa Clara team than against a
	Pepperdine team that played much better in the second half of the year.

Sun Belt:
	Southwestern Louisiana and Jacksonville are the hottest teams in the
	Sun Belt currently, and are probably the favorites to make the NCAA
	tournament at this point.  USL meets UNO in a western division showdown
	this week, with each (and Lamar) having clinched the 3 western division
	tournament spots.  South Alabama and Arkansas State will join the
	Dolphins as eastern division representatives.  South Alabama has played
	well enough in recent weeks to clinch the division title, and the
	eastern champs will host the conference tournament.  Realistically,
	past history indicates any of the six teams could win the conference
	tournament and automatic NCAA bid, which would make USL the at-large
	team.  Look for USA and USA to be the two that advance.

Western Athletic:
	What a poor year for the WAC.  BYU won the eastern division and will
	host the WAC playoffs against Fresno State.  The Bulldogs have been
	hot recently, finishing at 15-9 and holding the tie breaker advantage
	over San Diego State, who also ended at 15-9 following a critical
	doubleheader split with CS Sacramento on Monday.  Fresno State might
	have a chance at an NCAA at-large bid; SDSU and BYU probably do not.
	I believe that Fresno is a much more consistent team than BYU this year,
	but the games will be in Provo.  Look for FSU to repeat as WAC Champs.

At Large:
	Other than noted above, two independents, Miami (Florida) and Memphis,
	look to get NCAA tournament bids.  Miami clearly is already in.
	Memphis has dominated a weak Great Midwest conference which has only
	five teams and does not qualify even for a play-in series.  Memphis
	should win the conference tournament or get to the finals, which would
	probably boost them into the NCAAs.  At one point, Grand Canyon was
	making a bid, but they were swept by Fullerton and lost 2-of-3 to ASU,
	and now seem an unlikely candidate.  The best of the other two
	non-qualifying conferences, LIU-C.W.Post (from the ECAC Diamond) and
	Troy State (from the East Coast) have schedules far to weak for
	consideration.


So, my picks:
	Clemson, Duke, Georgia Tech, Florida State, North Carolina State;
	West Virginia; Pittsburgh; Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Kansas;
	North Carolina-Greensboro; Ohio State, Minnesota; Nevada,
	Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State; Old Dominion; Memphis;
	South Florida; Kent; Eastern Illinois; Notre Dame; Wichita State;
	Delaware; Rider; Stanford, Arizona State, Southern California,
	Oregon State, Washington; Tennessee, Louisiana State, Florida,
	Mississippi State, Auburn; The Citadel, Western Carolina;
	McNeese State; Texas, Texas Christian, Texas Tech; South Alabama,
	Southwestern Louisiana, Jacksonville; Southeastern Louisiana;
	Santa Clara; Fresno State; Miami (Florida).

That would have the following teams in their first NCAA tournament appearance:
	Eastern Illinois, Nevada, North Carolina-Greensboro, Texas Tech.

IMO, Likely top seeds:
	Clemson (in Clemson SC), Miami (in Coral Gables FL), Tennessee (in
	Knoxville TN), Wichita State (in Wichita KS), Oklahoma State (in
	Stillwater OK), Cal State Fullerton (in Austin TX), Georgia Tech (in
	Baton Rouge LA), and Ohio State (in Tallahassee FL).

IMO, Likely #2 seeds:
	Florida State (in Tallahassee FL), Louisiana State (in Baton Rouge LA),
	Texas (in Austin TX), Stanford (in Wichita KS), Arizona State (in
	Stillwater OK), Long Beach State (in Knoxville TN), Oklahoma (in
	Coral Gables FL), and Nevada (in Clemson SC).

	Anyone have the results of yesterday's Big East Tournament games ?

    Seton Hall 13, Providence 2
    Pitt 3, UConn 0 (suspended in the 3rd inning)
    
    NAZZ

    Rich,
    Do you have any results of this past weekend's conference
    champeenships?
    MikeL
    

Atlantic I, Mark Light Stadium, Coral Gables, Florida, May 27-30
	#1 Miami (Florida) vs #6 Rider
	#2 Florida vs #5 West Virginia
	#3 Kent vs #4 Minnesota

Atlantic II, Dick Howser Stadium, Tallahassee, Florida, May 26-29
	#1 Ohio State vs #6 Brigham Young
	#2 Florida State vs #5 North Carolina-Greensboro
	#3 Old Dominion vs #4 Jacksonville

Central, Disch-Falk Field, Austin, Texas, May 27-30
	#1 Oklahoma vs #6 Arkansas State
	#2 Nevada vs #5 Texas-San Antonio
	#3 Texas vs #4 Stanford

East, Tiger Field, Clemson, South Carolina, May 26-29
	#1 Clemson vs #6 The Citadel
	#2 Auburn vs #5 Virginia Tech
	#3 Kansas vs #4 Notre Dame

Mideast, Lindsey Nelson Stadium, Knoxville, Tennessee, May 26-29
	#1 Tennessee vs #6 Northeastern
	#2 North Carolina State vs #5 Wright State
	#3 Arizona State vs #4 Western Carolina

Midwest I, Allie P. Reynolds Stadium, Stillwater, Oklahoma, May 27-30
	#1 Oklahoma State vs #6 Illinois State
	#2 Cal State Fullerton vs #5 Northwestern State
	#3 Texas Christian vs #4 Memphis

Midwest II, Eck Stadium-Tyler Field, Wichita, Kansas, May 27-30
	#1 Georgia Tech vs #6 Connecticut
	#2 Long Beach State vs #5 Washington
	#3 Wichita State vs #4 Santa Clara

South, Alex Box Stadium, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, May 26-29
	#1 Louisiana State vs #6 Southeastern Louisiana
	#2 Southern California vs #5 Central Michigan
	#3 Tulane vs #4 Fresno State

    
    Oklahoma advances to the College World Series courtesy of two regional
    victories over Texas on the Longhorns' historic Disch-Falk home field.
    How sweet is that?
    
    The full line-up for the CWS, starting Friday:
    
    	Miami
    	Florida St.
    	Oklahoma
    	Auburn
    	Arizona St.
    	Cal-State Fullerton
    	Georgia Tech (No-mar Gar-cia-par-ra!)
    	LSU
    
    
    glenn
    

    ASU (#8) draws Miami (#1) in the CWS.  I can't believe ASU goes into 
    Tennessee and beats the #2 team in the country *TWICE* on their home field 
    and gets a #8 seed in the CWS.

>    ASU (#8) draws Miami (#1) in the CWS.  I can't believe ASU goes into 
>    Tennessee and beats the #2 team in the country *TWICE* on their home field 
>    and gets a #8 seed in the CWS.
    
    Sorry, Mike, but the NCAA isn't in the habit of rewarding season-long
    underachievement.  Arizona St. was only a #3 seed in one of the
    shallower regionals (seriously, would you rather start off playing a 
    #4 seed like Stanford, or Western Carolina?).  Take this to the whiney 
    wussyman note where it belongs...
    
    glenn
    

    >  -< I can believe it-- ASU was the lowest-seeded finalist >-
    
    this of course was the criteria used for seeding, but how they got
    there deserves more respect.

    
    	It doesn't matter.  You've gotta beat the best to be the
    	best.
    
    Claybone

    Am I correct in saying that four of the top five teams in the nation
    did not qualify for the CWS?
    
    NAZZ

yes.

The Crazy Met

    
>    Am I correct in saying that four of the top five teams in the nation
>    did not qualify for the CWS?
    
    Clemson, Ohio St, Tennessee, and Oklahoma St. were ranked 1-3-4-5 in
    the coaches' poll going into the regionals.  However, in a sport like
    college baseball these rankings are fairly arbitrary.  Florida St, 
    Fullerton, Georgia Tech, LSU, and Arizona St. were ranked 6-7-8-9-10
    and each made it, so it's not as if the system is heavily rigged
    against top teams (at least it's pure double-elimination in the
    regionals).  The only pseudo-longshot to make it was Auburn (#24), 
    which took out #1 Clemson, with Notre Dame's help. 
    
    glenn
    

    
    Arizona St-Oklahoma tonight on ESPN, Heiser.  Be there.  This should 
    be an interesting one, a long-awaited matchup against a perennial 
    power from the perspective of this fan of a longtime baseball wannabe 
    like Oklahoma.  It'll be the Sooners' strength of pitching and defense 
    against the Droods' big bats.  Oklahoma should be going with the second 
    half of their ace LH pitching duo, Kevin Lovingier, and ASU with some
    shaky-legged freshman.  I was not encouraged by the bullpen performance
    from the appropriately-named Bucky Buckles the other night, so perhaps
    the pitching depth will come into question...
    
    glenn
     

    Did anyone see Paul Wilson of FSU pitch(Mets #1 pick). I hear he can
    generate some real heat(in the 90's).

what do the brackets look like now?

That Catcher on GT looked awesome yesterday - caught parts of the
FSU-GT game.

The Crazy Met

    
>    Did anyone see Paul Wilson of FSU pitch(Mets #1 pick). I hear he can
>    generate some real heat(in the 90's).
    
    He wasn't impressive in the opener against LSU.  He did hang in there
    and win, but LSU's top hitter took him deep, among other early problems.  
    Wilson should get at least one more start, but FSU is working out of the 
    losers' bracket now.  I'm sure the Mets would love to see Wilson throw 
    150+ pitches in his next start, and then come out of the bullpen the next
    day as often happens in the CWS... ;-)
    
    glenn
    

    Only thing I saw was Fullerton whip LSU... 11-0 after one inning...
    

> what do the brackets look like now?
    
    Winners:
    
    1.	Georgia Tech	Georgia Tech		
    	Florida St
    
    2.	Arizona St	(tonight)
    	Oklahoma
    
    Losers:
    
    1.  Fullerton	Fullerton
    	LSU (defending champs gone)
    			Florida St
    
    2.  Miami           (today)
    	Auburn
              		Oklahoma-ASU loser
    
> That Catcher on GT looked awesome yesterday - caught parts of the
> FSU-GT game.
    
    Jason Varitek.  First-round pick of Seattle.  Minnesota drafted him
    last year in the first round and it looks like they screwed up by not 
    signing him, because he improved his pro reputation.  Georgia Tech
    has three bigtime prospects taken in the 1st and sandwich rounds this
    year: SS Nomar Garciaparra (#12, Red Sox!), C Jason Varitek (#14,
    Seattle), OF Jay Payton (sandwich, Mets).  With two wins under their
    belts and #1 seed Miami already down one game, Georgia Tech looks to 
    be the odds-on favorite to win it all at this time...
    
    glenn
    

    >    Arizona St-Oklahoma tonight on ESPN, Heiser.  Be there.  This should 
    
    I'll be listening on the radio.  I watched the game vs. Miami on
    Saturday.  Droods looked good.

    Oklahoma wins in 11, 4-3.
    
    NAZZ

    Oklahoma 4, Arizona St. 3 in 11 innings last night (Miami eliminates
    Auburn, Miami-ASU go tonight).  Tremendous ballgame, with much tension
    and suspense throughout the late innings, mixed in with the emotions
    around the Jim Brock story.  For the first time this season Brock was
    unable to coach his ASU team from the bench due to his losing battle
    with liver cancer.  I guess I hadn't fully realized exactly how bad 
    Brock's condition is, as he appears to be months or even weeks from 
    death.  Under the circumstances it would have been nice to see him 
    leave with one last CWS title under his belt, but that'll be an uphill 
    battle now (not to be maudlin about it or to equate Brock's struggle 
    with a baseball tournament, but it was clear from his own comments 
    what this last CWS appearance and this team means to him, as well as 
    to his daughter who was at the game keeping score in his stead).
    
    Terrific performances from both bullpens after each shaky starter gave 
    up 3 runs over the first few innings before departing.  Also some
    game-saving, major-league-caliber defensive plays put in on both sides
    by ASU LF Billy McGonigle and OU CF Chip Glass.  For Oklahoma, Bucky
    Buckles, too dumb to be a Drood but Oklahoma-OK athledemically,
    redeemed himself with 3 shutout innings in picking up the win.  For
    ASU, Noah "Luke" Peery was the standout pitcher of the entire game
    before OU finally scraped the winning run off him in the 11th without
    benefit of a hit.  Peery seems to be a bit of a punk with the
    sideburns and all that volatile screaming into home plate, but we'll
    let it slide; that's college ball and the minor-league vets will beat
    that out of him soon enough in pro ball...
    
    glenn
     

    Yeah that diving catch by Glass with the bases loaded was a killer.  If
    he misses that, all runs score.
    
    McGonigle has an absolute cannon for an arm!

But doesn't the crack of that aluminum bat just make you wince? Sure did
for me. Unfortunately I lost the TV to the kids and only got to see the
first few innings.....

mike

    Mike, the defenses certainly took over after the first 3 innings.  It
    started off looking like it would be a hitter's duel (which would've
    favored ASU).

    Not the crack of the bat but the *ping* of the metal...
    
    REK

    I don't watch a lot of college baseball but it seems like the skill
    level is slightly less than AA baseball.
    
    Anyone rate it higher?
    
    I would put college football and basketball at much closer to the
    professional level (difference is mainly in maturity more than pure
    skill).
    
    

    I'm not sure it would be that low.  The top schools provide several
    players to the pros.  The year Barry Bonds came out of ASU, half the
    team landed on MLB teams.

>    I'm not sure it would be that low.  The top schools provide several
>    players to the pros.  The year Barry Bonds came out of ASU, half the
>    team landed on MLB teams.
    
    Not only is the level of college baseball as low as AA, it's lower. 
    Much lower.  More like mid-A, and definitely not so much as high-A.  
    Think about it.  Sure, you have your college stars, but even most of 
    those players start in the minors at AA at the highest and usually
    struggle there at first.  Overall, you're looking at 48 full rosters
    for the *good* teams that made the regionals and are fairly close
    competitively, which is approximately the number of rosters in all of
    AA and AAA  baseball combined.  90% of the players in these top-level
    college programs have no shot whatsoever at even a minor-league
    professional career.
    
    glenn
    

    Bob Horner, one of the many great Droods!

It is amuzing that MikeH roots for a team that has Devils plastered
over their jerseys :-)

The Crazy Met

    Devils rule!  I had many relatives that went to LHS and I used to root
    for the Blue Devils too.

    Da Droods eliminated Miami last night, 9-5 to set up the Final 4 at the
    CWS:  Arizona St. vs. Oklahoma and Cal St.-Fullerton vs. Georgia Tech.
    ASU has to beat the Sooners twice and likewise for Cal St. vs. Georgia
    Tech.
    
    ASU tied a CWS record last night with 5 dingers in the game.  Both of
    the western teams were given no respect at the start and were the
    lowest seeds.  Both are also hitting the cover off the ball. 
    Especially Cal!  They've scored 10 and 20 runs in their last 2 games.
    
    Mike

>    ASU tied a CWS record last night with 5 dingers in the game.  Both of
>    the western teams were given no respect at the start and were the
>    lowest seeds.  Both are also hitting the cover off the ball. 
>    Especially Cal!  They've scored 10 and 20 runs in their last 2 games.
    
     Yeah, but Fullerton was blanked by Tech in the opener, and has scored 2
     runs in 2 games against the Jackets this year.  (They met at Fullerton
     in March).  Brad Rigby likely will pitch again against the Titans.
     He's 14-4.  In his 4 losses (early in the season) he walked 19 batters
     in 18 innings.  But in his last 6 starts, he is 5-0 with eight walks and
     64 strikeouts in 46 innings.  The teams haven't all been weak, either;
     Mercer, Georgia Southern, Clemson, North Carolina, Wichita State, and
     CS Fullerton.

	I somehow think the Cal State - Ga Tech game will be better than
	the final between the winner and the winner of ASU and the Okies.


	billl

    
>    ASU tied a CWS record last night with 5 dingers in the game.  Both of
>    the western teams were given no respect at the start and were the
>    lowest seeds.  Both are also hitting the cover off the ball. 
    
    Both were also sent to the losers' bracket courtesy of eastern/midwestern 
    teams.  Still trying to peddle this "lack of respect for the west" (in
    just about every sport) nonsense, huh, MikeH?  I personally respect ASU's 
    great baseball program but you don't get beat by a traditional non-entity 
    in baseball like Oklahoma and come back crying about a raw deal.  Suck 
    it up, willya?
    
    glenn
      

>	I somehow think the Cal State - Ga Tech game will be better than
>	the final between the winner and the winner of ASU and the Okies.
    
    That's probably a fair assessment, but it's a one-game shot in the
    final, and if Fullerton-Ga Tech were to take two games to decide that
    bracket and ASU-OU just one (my best-case scenario), it'd likely be 
    a toss-up...
    
    glenn
    

    Well Glenn, the #7 and #8 seeds are in the Final 4.  'nuff said.
    
    From what I've seen of ASU and OK, ASU is more talented.  Time to go
    out and prove it, and win one for Coach Brock too.
    
    BTW - Brock flew back to the Valley yesterday and is in the hospital. 
    The team is playing on a lot of emotion right now.

    
>    Well Glenn, the #7 and #8 seeds are in the Final 4.  'nuff said.
    
    No, that's very misleading.  This isn't a Final 4 with all teams on
    equal footing.  The #2 and #4 seeds are undefeated having beaten each
    of those #7 and #8 seeds.  Nothing is vastly out of whack here; no one
    is being "disrespected" (especially when you consider that these
    seedings in the CWS really don't mean a damn thing in the first place).
    Really the only surprise so far is not that the #7 and #8 seeds are
    still alive in the losers' brackets, but that Miami disappointed from
    the get-go.
    
    glenn
       

    Miami and LSU...
    

    Inspired CWS eastern newcomer Georgia Tech upsets indignant western power
    Cal-St. Fullerton, 3-2 in 12 innings on a home run by Red Sox top draft
    pick No-mar Gar-ci-a-par-raaaa!  Tech's sitting pretty right now, with
    two off-days before the final game Saturday.
    
    Garciaparra's is an inspiring story.  From humble beginnings as the son
    of a Mexican immigrant growing up in a rough-and-tumble California
    town, he has taken his college baseball scholarship and will convert it 
    to a 3.8 GPA at Tech and a career in the major leagues.  Oklahoma's 
    Big-8 Player of the Year Rick Gutierrez (Long Beach) has risen above
    similar circumstances...
    
    glenn
    

	Galveston (Texas)Junior College won the NJCAA championship with a 10-9
win over a team from Triton (Illnois)JC. This was after starting a baseball
program only three years ago. 


Cadzilla2

    Sooners lead ASU 1-0 after 1.  Da Droods stranded Shores at 3rd after
    his leadoff double.  Cady hit one to the warning track for the last
    out.
    
    Mike

    Couldn't a made it thru my afternoon without that 1 inning update.  Why
    don't ya put a pitch by pitch commentary in???
    
    JaKe
    

    Jake...
    
    1.  Some people are actually interested.
    2.  Nobody complains about your Pigsturd Stiller/Ingrate/Pengoon
        updates, even when you report heartstopping news like Eric Green's
        contract problems.
    3.  NEXTED UNSEEN is the comma key on your keypad.

    Sooners extend the lead on a solo shot by Glass.  Droods get the
    leadoff man again and strand him.

	Ah, Mike, could you come down off your high horse long enough to 
	tell me who's pitching for the Sooners?


	billl

    Mike, yer lack of a sense of humor is showing.
    
    JaKe
    

    That little guy Glass actually hit one out (not an inside-the-parker
    as in the Auburn game)!?  For shame!
    
    Hard-throwing lefty Mark Redman was scheduled to pitch for OU in this
    game.  If he's throwing strikes, he could be tough.
    
    Keep 'em coming, MikeH, much appreciated...
    
    
    glenn
    

>> This is the OU ace; don't wanna have to play tomorrow...

	That's who I'd have thrown, but even at that level you see
	coaches out coach themselves sometimes.


	billl

    
       I thought Jake's comment was about the funniest thing he 
      ever said. Of course, that ain't saying all that much but...

    Redman is the OU starter.
    
    Jake, tough to see your lack of humor from here without a smiley face. 
    And the figure in your title didn't look like one.
    
    Sooners added 2 more in the 3rd and knocked out Devil starter Billy
    Neil.  ASU came up empty again, despite getting the lead man on again.
    
    ...and yes Glass hit one out of the park.
    
    Mike

    
    >>Jake, tough to see your lack of humor from here without a smiley face. 
    >>And the figure in your title didn't look like one.
    
    SO ya needs glasses, too.  Look at it again and see if'n ya cain see
    anything in it.
    
    JaKe
    

    Oh Wait, for the lasted reply I put in:
    
    
    (8^)*   (8^0*   (8^|*
    
    JaKe
    

    ASU's McGonigle hit a solo shot in the 5th.  Nobody scored in the 6th.

    Still 4-1 after 8.  ASU is leaving lots of men on base.  They're
    hitting Redman, just not very timely.

    Well it's over, Oklahoma wins 6-1.  Traylor? hit a 2-run shot in the
    9th.  Little bit of fireworks at the end when ASU's Perry was ejected.
    
    Now we just need Brock to pull through this.
    
    Mike

>    Well it's over, Oklahoma wins 6-1.  Traylor? hit a 2-run shot in the
>    9th.  Little bit of fireworks at the end when ASU's Perry was ejected.
    
    What happened?  I said the other day I thought Peery was behaving like
    a punk.  Headhunting?
    
    To my untrained eye Darvin Traylor looks like a very disciplined, smart,
    tough hitter.  One of those compact but still powerful packages, with a
    great batting eye.  I thought he had the best idea of what he was doing
    of all the OU hitters, even though Glass has probably outperformed him
    so far in this series.  I wonder if anyone drafted him in the later 
    rounds as a sleeper. 
    
    Unfortunately a VCR malfunction prevented me from seeing any of the
    highlights of this game.  The totals were 6 runs, 13 hits for OU, 1
    run, 7 hits for ASU, so it didn't look like ASU got to Redman too much.
    For a 9-IP complete game, 7 hits with only a couple (?) walks is
    superlative for college ball.  They went all the way with him to save
    the bullpen for tomorrow, so it'll be every man save Redman out of that
    pen, if necessary, and maybe even Redman for an inning too.
    
    Yes, here's hoping that Jim Brock somehow pulls through.  He's a
    legend, and deserves to go out only in due time.
    
    glenn
    

                                       
>   -< did garcia* steal chickens too? >-
    
    Not to my knowledge, but someone on the net commented that Garciaparra 
    has been playing the entire tournament with bird crap on his hat,
    refusing to clean it off as long as Tech keeps winning.  Who knows,
    maybe he'll carry that tradition onto the Red Sox...
    
    glenn
    

    Not a bad year for the ACC. Finalist in baseball,finalist in
    basketball,MNC in football,womens' bball champs,mens and women's soccer
    champions ,runnerup in lacrosse and some I missed.

    OK all you know it all, tell me something.  
    
    If Georgia Tech & Oklahoma both go to the championship game undefeated,
    does the winner have to win one game or two to clinch the CWS?
    
    Thanks,
    
    Bryna (a BIG 'NOLES fan!)

it is a one game final so that CBS can broadcast the game on Saturday
and know that the winner is the champion. This started a few years ago.

The Crazy Met

>    What happened?  I said the other day I thought Peery was behaving like
>    a punk.  Headhunting?
    
    Basically, yes.  Traylor and Peery were having words while he did his
    HR trot.  Peery told the ump, like an idjit, that he was gonna hit the
    next batter.  Then he throws a slow curve that got away from him and
    hit the next batter.  Deservedly, he gets tossed.  Fred Lynn commented
    that it was unwarranted since those slow curves can be tough to control
    sometimes.  Meanwhile, Peery continued his trash talking from the
    dugout.  The homeplate ump then tells him to leave the stadium and he
    wouldn't.  Pretty much a sore loser in this case.
    
    Not a bad year for the Droods overall since they weren't expected to do
    much.
    
    Mike

    
    Oklahoma brings it all back to the ranch with a 13-5 runaway over 
    Georgia Tech in the CWS final game.  Tournament MVP was CF Chip Glass 
    (I would have went with LHP Mark Redman, myself; Glass was impressive 
    but there's no substitute for stellar pitching from your staff ace, but
    Redman didn't pitch in the final game, and you know how that goes). 
    This entire CWS postseason has been nothing less than stunning for OU, 
    as they certainly peaked at the right time with a perfect 8-0 march 
    through the regionals and finals.  Not bad for a team that was unranked 
    in the pre-season...
    
    I wonder what our ol' friend and big Okie St. hardball fan Cowboy would 
    have to say about this.  After years of waiting for his beloved powerful 
    'Pokes to finally win the big one, it's suddenly Oklahoma that breaks 
    through and wins it all for the Big-8 for the first time since 1959.
    After all, Oklahoma St. has positively dominated the conference,
    winning the Big-8 title *14* straight years, with Oklahoma a perfect
    0-10 against them in the conference finals, including a loss in this 
    season's tourney.  But that's baseball, and especially college baseball; 
    unpredictable as hell...
    
    I gotta get me one a those cornball "25 Men Pulling on the Same Rope"
    T-shirts...
    
    glenn
    

>    (I would have went with LHP Mark Redman, myself; Glass was impressive 
>    but there's no substitute for stellar pitching from your staff ace, but
>    Redman didn't pitch in the final game, and you know how that goes). 

Yabbut pitchers are kind of like QBs in football -- 99% of the time a
QB wins the Super Bowl MVP just cause he's the QB.

Nice to see someone else win it -- a regular guy who plays every day 
[many 8^)]

>	I somehow think the Cal State - Ga Tech game will be better than
>	the final between the winner and the winner of ASU and the Okies.

	Guess I really blew that call!  Never thunk them Okies woulda
	been close to having a chance.  GaTech musta been jinxed by the 
	fak that ACChris was pullin' for them.


	billl

    I previously didn't know that the Sooner coach was an apprentice to
    Bobby Winkles.  It all makes sense now.
    
    Mike

  Collegiate Baseball's Pre-Season Top 40
 
  1.LSU                              	21.San Diego State
  2.Stanford                         	22.Arizona State
  3.Florida State                    	23.Georgia Tech
  4.USC                              	24.Pepperdine
  5.Clemson                          	25.Kansas
  6.Miami                            	26.Fresno State
  7.Tennessee                        	27.TCU
  8.Oklahoma                         	28.California
  9.Texas                            	29.Texas A&M
 10.Mississippi State                	30.South Florida
 11.Long Beach State                 	31.Minnesota
 12.Wichita State                    	32.Lamar
 13.Oklahoma state                   	33.Jacksonville	
 14.Ohio State                       	34.Rice
 15.Auburn                           	35.Old Dominion
 16.Cal State Fullerton			36.Washington
 17.Santa Clara				37.Notre Dame
 18.North Carolina State		38.Nebraska
 19.South Alabama			39.BYU
 20.Florida				40.UCLA

BASEBALL AMERICA                          Weeks
                           Record  Pvs     Rec
-----------------------------------------------
 1. Florida State           7- 1    1      2-0
 2. Southern Cal           10- 3    2      3-1
 3. Miami                   8- 2    3      2-1
 4. Oklahoma                3- 0    4      2-0
 5. Texas                  13- 0    8      4-0
 6. Oklahoma State          7- 0    9      3-0
 7. CS Fullerton           10- 2    11     3-1
 8. Clemson                 2- 1    6      2-1
 9. Wichita State           0- 0    7      0-0
10. LSU                     2- 1    10     0-0
11. Tennessee               4- 1    13     2-1
12. Stanford                7- 6    5      2-2
13. Auburn                  2- 0    12     2-0
14. Arizona State          12- 3    14     3-0
15. Mississippi State       0- 0    15     0-0
16. Rice                    5- 2    16     2-1
17. Fresno State            8- 3    17     2-2
18. Mississippi             3- 0    18     3-0
19. James Madison           1- 0    19     1-0
20. Florida                 5- 2    20     1-1
21. Nevada                  8- 2    23     3-1
22. Central Florida         8- 3    --     
23. Santa Clara             5- 4    --     
24. Pepperdine              5- 4    24     1-0
25. Georgia Southern        4- 1    --     
 
Dropped out:
--  Texas A&M
--  UCLA
--  Long Beach State
 
 
COLLEGIATE BASEBALL                       Weeks
                           Record  Pvs     Rec
-----------------------------------------------
 1. Florida State           7- 1    2      2-0
 2. CS Fullerton           10- 2    3      3-1
 3. LSU                     2- 1    1      0-0
 4. Texas                  13- 0    7      4-0
 5. Southern Cal           10- 3    4      3-1
 6. Miami                   8- 2    6      2-1
 7. Clemson                 2- 1    5      2-1
 8. Oklahoma                3- 0    9      2-0
 9. Tennessee               4- 1    8      2-1
10. Oklahoma State          7- 0    14     3-0
11. Mississippi State       0- 0    10     0-0
12. Fresno State            8- 3    11     2-2
13. Arizona State          12- 3    17     3-0
14. Wichita State           0- 0    13     0-0
15. Stanford                7- 6    12     2-2
16. Ohio State              0- -    15     0-0
17. Auburn                  2- 0    12     2-0
18. Hawaii                 13- 3    18     2-1
19. Florida                 5- 2    19     1-1
20. South Alabama           3- 0    21     3-0
21. Nevada                  8- 2    --     3-1
22. Santa Clara             5- 4    --     
23. North Carolina State    3- 3    22     2-1
24. Rice                    5- 2    24     2-1
25. Texas Tech              8- 2    --     
 
Dropped out:
--  Long Beach State
--  Georgia Tech
--  Texas A&M

    
    
              Would anybody have Florida States schedule available?
    
              Thanks in advance.
    
    
    			- tfb -

    Baseball America			    Collegiate Baseball
    ----------------			    -------------------
 1. Cal State Fullerton  14- 2		 1. Cal State Fullerton  14- 2
 2. Miami (Florida)      11- 2		 2. Louisiana State       6- 1
 3. Florida State        10- 3		 3. Florida State        10- 3
 4. Oklahoma              6- 1		 4. Miami (Florida)      11- 2
 5. Oklahoma State       11- 1		 5. Texas                15- 2
 6. Texas                15- 2		 6. Clemson               5- 1
 7. Southern California  11- 6		 7. Oklahoma              6- 1
 8. Clemson               5- 1		 8. Tennessee             7- 1
 9. Wichita State         2- 0		 9. Oklahoma State       11- 1
10. Louisiana State       6- 1		10. Mississippi State     2- 0
11. Tennessee             7- 1		11. Arizona State        16- 4
12. Stanford             11- 7		12. Wichita State         2- 0
13. Arizona State        16- 4		13. Hawaii               15- 5
14. Mississippi State     2- 0		14. Stanford             11- 7
15. Rice                 10- 2		15. Southern California  11- 6
16. Auburn                4- 2		16. Fresno State         10- 5
17. Mississippi           7- 0		17. Nevada               12- 2
18. Nevada               12- 2		18. Rice                 10- 2
19. Fresno State         10- 5		19. Auburn                4- 2
20. James Madison         4- 1		20. South Alabama         4- 1
21. Old Dominion          8- 1		21. Texas Tech           10- 3
22. Hawaii               15- 5		22. Arkansas              7- 1
23. Florida               6- 4		23. Mississippi           7- 0
24. Southern Mississippi  9- 0		24. North Carolina State  6- 3
25. Georgia Southern      7- 2		25. Santa Clara           8- 6
					26. Florida               6- 4
					27. Ohio State            1- 2
					28. Georgia Southern      7- 2
					29. Southern Mississippi  9- 0
					30. Georgia Tech          7- 3

>    Can the Angel-scabs beat the #11 team in the country?!

     Yes.

     It's unlikely ASU will use Spencer or Neal with conference action
     coming up; anyone else as the starting pitcher is vulnerable.

>    Can the Angel-scabs beat the #11 team in the country?!

     The Angels beat the Sun Devils, 13-5, last night in the debut of
     replacement ball.  2,102 fans attended the game (approximately the same
     number as attended last year's game).

     ASU had won four of six games over the Angels in the exhibition series
     prior to last night's game.

    Worse than 13-5?  :*O
    
    
    Spud

Big South Conference (through 3/19)
--------------------
Liberty Flames		3- 0   12- 1
Towson State Tigers	3- 0    8- 5
UNC-Greensboro Spartans	2- 1   13- 7
Winthrop Eagles		2- 1   14- 9-2
Radford Highlanders	0- 0    9-11
UMBC Retrievers		1- 2    6- 5
Charleston Sou. Bucs	1- 2    6-13
Coastal Carolina Chants 0- 3    6-15
UNC-Asheville Bulldogs	0- 3    4-11


Colonial Athletic Association (through 3/19)
-----------------------------
James Madison Dukes	6- 0   16- 5
Richmond Spiders	5- 1   16- 2
Old Dominion Monarchs	2- 1   16- 6
George Mason Patriots	0- 0    6- 9
East Carolina Pirates	1- 2   17- 5
UNC-Wilmington Seahawks	1- 5   11-11
William & Mary Indians	0- 6   10- 9


Great Midwest Conference (through 3/20)
------------------------
UAB Blazers		3- 0   12- 6
Cincinnati Bearcats	2- 1    4- 4
Memphis Tigers		4- 2    8-10
St.Louis Billikens	3- 3    4- 9
Dayton Flyers		0- 6    1-13


Missouri Valley Conference (through 3/20)
--------------------------
Wichita State Shockers	3- 1   10- 4
Creighton Bluejays	3- 1   12- 7
Evansville Purple Aces	4- 4    8- 9
SW Missouri State Bears	0- 0   11- 2
Bradley Braves		0- 0    7- 3
S.Illinois Salukis	0- 0    7- 7
Illinois State Redbirds	0- 0    5- 5-1
Indiana State Sycamores	1- 3    8- 4
Northern Iowa Panthers	1- 3    6- 6


Southern Conference (through 3/19)
-------------------
Georgia Southern Eagles	8- 1   16- 5
W.Carolina Catamounts	7- 5   13-12
The Citadel Bulldogs	5- 4   14-12
ETSU Buccaneers		6- 5-1 11- 9-1
Appalachian St Mntneers 5- 6-1  6-12-1
Davidson Wildcats	4- 5    7-12
Marshall Thundring Herd 4- 5    6-14
VMI Keydets		5- 7    8-13
Furman Palladins	3- 9    5-16


Southland Conference (through 3/19)
--------------------
Nicholls State Colonels	3- 0   15- 7
NW State Demons		5- 1   15- 5
UT-S.Antonio Roadrunner 5- 1   16- 9
SW Texas St. Bobcats	4- 2   16-12
McNeese State Cowboys	4- 2   17- 8
NE Louisiana Indians	4- 2   15- 9
UT-Arlington Mavericks	1- 5    9-14
Sam Houston St.Bearcats	1- 5    9-16
SFA State Lumberjacks	0- 9    1-20


Southwest Conference (through 3/20)
--------------------
Texas Tech Red Raiders	3- 1   24- 4
Baylor Bears		3- 1   16- 7
TCU Horned Frogs	3- 1   14-12
Rice Owls		2- 2   19- 7
Texas A&M Aggies	2- 2   16-11-1
Texas Longhorns		1- 3   25- 7
Houston Cougars		0- 4   13-13


Sun Belt Conference (through 3/20)
-------------------
Jacksonville Dolphins	8- 1   18- 6
South Alabama Jaguars	5- 1   15- 5
Lamar Cardinals		5- 1   15- 8
Arkansas State Indians	4- 2   14- 9
USL Ragin' Cajuns	3- 3    9- 5
New Orleans Privateers	4- 5   14- 9
Western Ky. Hilltoppers	1- 5    9- 9
Ark-Little Rock Trojans	1- 5    8-12
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs	1- 5    5-14
UT-Pam American Broncs	1- 5    8-23


West Coast Conference (through 3/20)
---------------------
San Diego Toreros	8- 0   14- 8
Pepperdine Waves	3- 1   12-10
Santa Clara Broncos	4- 2   12-11
San Fransisco Dons	3- 3   11-11
St.Mary's Gaels		2- 6   11-14
Loyola Marymount Lions	0- 8    5-21


Western Athletic Conference (through 3/20)
---------------------------
Eastern Division			Western Division
----------------			----------------
Brigham Young Cougars	5- 1  12-14-1	Fresno State Bulldogs	4- 2  19- 9
Air Force Falcons	2- 1  14- 6	San Diego State Aztecs	4- 2  17- 9
Grand Canyon Antelopes	8- 7  10-19	Cal Poly-SLO Mustangs	4- 2   9-10
Wyoming Cowboys		1- 2   7-13	CS-Sacramento Hornets	3- 3  13-11
New Mexico Lobos	2- 4   8-20	Hawaii Rainbows		3- 6  18-11
Utah Utes		0- 3   4-13	CS-Northridge Matadors	0- 3  13-11

>    Murphy has done well at ASU considering the big shoes he had to fill.

     Something we can agree on.  He has done VERY well.  I didn't expect
     ASU to be quite as good this year as they have been, and Pat Murphy is
     a very classy coach (at least I always thought he was when he was at
     Notre Dame).  He will be a very good replacement for Jim Brock, and
     will do a good job at replacing a great coach in a difficult situation.

>     Something we can agree on.  He has done VERY well.  I didn't expect
>     ASU to be quite as good this year as they have been, and Pat Murphy is
>     a very classy coach (at least I always thought he was when he was at
>     Notre Dame).  He will be a very good replacement for Jim Brock, and
>     will do a good job at replacing a great coach in a difficult situation.

      I may have to retract this.  ASU is currently doing what I expected.
      They are 10-11 in the Six-Pac, having played not too well in a series
      at home against California.  UCLA is breathing down their necks to
      move into 4th.  The Pac-10 will send 4 teams (probably) to the NCAA's
      this year; if a northern team should suprise Stanford/Cal/USC in the
      Pac-10 playoffs, then ASU probably won't get to go.

This week marks the beginning of a series of conference baseball tournaments
that take place over the next month, leading up to the NCAA regional hosts
announcement on May 15 and the tourament pairings on May 22.  The MEAC tourney
is always first, and it starts Wednesday in Tallahassee.


Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
-------------------------------
Northern Division
-----------------
Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks	14- 4   23-22
Coppin State Eagles		12- 6   14-28
Delaware State Hornets		 7-11    8-33
Howard Bison			 3-15    4-37

Southern Division
-----------------
Bethune-Cookman Wildcats	 8- 4   24-17
Florida A&M Rattlers		 8- 4   20-22
North Carolina A&T Aggies	 2-10    9-43


Above are the unofficial final conference results.  The MEAC tournament
begins on Wednesday at Rattler Field in Tallahassee with four games.

First round:
#1 seed Maryland-Eastern Shore, bye
#4 Coppin State 14-28 vs #5 Delaware State 8-33
#2 Bethune-Cookman 24-17 vs #7 Howard 4-37
#3 Florida A&M 20-22 vs #6 North Carolina A&T 9-43

Second round:
(Wednesday)	BCC-Howard loser vs FAMU-NC A&T loser
(Thursday)	UMES vs Coppin State-Delaware State winner
    "		BCC-Howard winner vs FAMU-NC A&T winner

The MEAC tournament continues on through Saturday, when a champion will be
crowned (weather permitting).  The MEAC tournament champ will play at the
Big South regular season champion the third weekend of May to determine a spot
in the NCAA tournament.

IMO, only Bethune-Cookman can win on the road against the Big South champ.
If UMES or FAMU win the tournament title, I do not believe there will be an
MEAC team in the NCAAs this year.  Realistically, the MEAC champion will be
one of these three teams.  UMES has a big advantage in that they get the first
round bye, then play either Coppin State or Delaware State in the next round.
Meanwhile, both Bethune-Cookman and Florida A&M have to play two games before
potentially meeting UMES, with one of the two games against each other (second
round).  UMES should definately have a pitching edge going into the winner's
bracket game of the third round.

Atlantic Coast Conference
-------------------------
Clemson			17- 1   37- 4		Clemson, FSU are sure to go to
Georgia Tech		10- 2   28- 9		the NCAA tourney.  Tech, UNC,
North Carolina		11- 4   29-12		and NCSU will vie for two other
Florida State		 8- 3   33- 9		spots.  Duke's young pitching
North Carolina State	 9- 9   26-16		looked good in non-conference
Wake Forest		 5-10   22-17		activity, but no so now.
Duke			 4-14   25-18
Maryland		 4-14   16-24		Clemson should be slight
Virginia		 3-14   16-25		favorite to win College WS.


Atlantic Ten Conference
-----------------------
Massachusetts		11- 3   17- 8		UMass proved themselves as
George Washington	10- 4   17-19-1		vulnerable, losing 2 of 3 to
Rutgers			10- 5   19-19		last place Duquesne this past
St.Bonaventure		 7- 5   12-15-1		weekend.  Meanwhile, Bonnies won
St.Joseph's		 8- 7   17-22		3 straight over WVU to move into
West Virginia		 8- 9   14-24		4th place spot.  SBU-SJU series
Duquesne		 5-12   12-24		should determine last tourney
Rhode Island		 3- 8    9-17		spot in A-10.  A-10 tourney
Temple			 4-13   7-29		winner hosts/beats MAAC champ.


Big East Conference
-------------------
Providence		 9- 3   28- 7		Providence, SHU, Villanova,
Seton Hall		 7- 3   23- 9		and Pitt will probably be the 
Villanova		 8- 4   28- 7		Big East tourney teams.  Look
Pittsburgh		 7- 5   26- 9		for PC and SHU to be in the
Boston College		 6- 6   13-15		title game.  Villanova still the
Georgetown		 4- 8   12-23		nation's 2nd highest scoring 
St.John's		 3- 7    5-10		team on per game basis.
Connecticut		 2-10    5-20-1


Big Eight Conference
--------------------
Oklahoma State		15- 4   35- 7		Oklahoma State leads the nation
Oklahoma		15- 5   26-10		in scoring at 12.24 runs per
Nebraska		 8- 7   25-14		game.  The Cowboys and Oklahoma
Kansas State		 8-10   21-16		should represent the Big Eight
Iowa State		 6- 8   14-14		in the NCAA's this year.  No
Kansas			 5-13   14-27		third straight trip to the NCAAs
Missouri		 3-14   12-26		for Kansas this year.


Big South Conference
--------------------
Radford			 9- 3   22-16		Radford, already having won 2 of
Winthrop		11- 4   27-13-2		3 against both Winthrop & UNCG,
Liberty			 8- 4   24- 9		looks to be favorite to win
No.Carolina-Greensboro	 9- 6   24-15		Big South title (no conference
Maryland-Baltimore Co.	 6- 6   17-13		tournament here).  Winthrop and
Towson State		 7- 8   16-18-1		Liberty look to be only other
Coastal Carolina	 5- 7   10-14		possibilities, and Flames have
Charleston Southern	 5-10    7-12		yet to play Radford or Winthrop.
No.Carolina-Asheville	 0-12	 9-25		Winner hosts MEAC champ.


Big Ten Conference
------------------
Purdue			10- 6   19-19		Literally anyone could win the
Northwestern		 7- 5   21- 8		Big Ten title, and only the
Michigan State		 9- 7   17-15		tourney champ goes to the NCAAs
Ohio State		 8- 8   19-18		this year from the Big Ten.
Minnesota		 6- 6   17-18		No one would have guessed Purdue
Illinois		 8- 8   17-22		would be in this position at the
Indiana			 7- 9   25-14		half way point, but look for
Iowa			 7- 9   19-14		Ohio State (experience) or
Michigan		 6- 8   15-21		Northwestern (pitching depth) to
Penn State		 6- 8   14-22-1		take the NCAA bid.


Big West Conference
-------------------
Cal State Fullerton	10- 2   35- 6		Fullerton, Long Beach and maybe
Long Beach State	 8- 4   21-17-1		Nevada go to the NCAAs this year
Nevada			 8- 4   28-10		from BWC.  UNLV has already
Nevada-Las Vegas	 6- 6   25-15		swept NMSU, and should get the
New Mexico State	 5- 7   28-17		fourth spot in inaugural BWC
Pacific			 4- 8   23-18		tournament to be held at Blair
Cal-Santa Barbara	 4- 8   17-16		Field in Long Beach.
San Jose State		 3- 9   16-24-1


Colonial Athletic Association
-----------------------------
James Madison		12- 3   33-12		JMU makes the NCAAs whether as
Richmond		11- 7   28-11		CAA tourney champ or as at large
Old Dominion		 7- 5   27-13		team.  I used to think CAA would
No.Carolina-Wilmington	 8- 7   24-17		send two teams, but does not 
George Mason		 6- 6   18-17		look likely now that anyone but
East Carolina		 5-10   19- 9		JMU can get at large bid.  ODU,
William and Mary	 2-13   18-21		Richmond, are JMU's big threats.


Great Midwest Conference
------------------------
Alabama-Birmingham	12- 3   26-11		No auto bid for the GMW, but a
Cincinnati		 7- 5   18-13		recent surge by UAB could move
Memphis			 8- 7   17-19		the Blazers into consideration.
St.Louis		 6- 9   16-18		Strength of schedule stops them
Dayton			 3-12    5-31		in their NCAA at-large hopes.


Ivy League
----------
Red Rolfe Division
------------------
Yale			 9- 3   18-13		Yale hosts Dartmouth this 
Dartmouth		 6- 6   10-13		weekend, and should sow up the
Harvard			 4- 8    6-15		Rolfe Division title, with the
Brown			 3- 9    7-20		right to host the Ivy League
						playoffs.
Lou Gehrig Division
-------------------				Yale should beat Columbia or
Pennsylvania		 8- 4   15-15		Penn for the Ivy League title
Columbia		 7- 5   12-16-1		which would be its 4th straight.
Princeton		 6- 6   13-16		The Elis would then play NEC
Cornell			 5- 7    9-14		champ (Rider) in NCAA play-in.


Metro Conference
----------------
Southern Mississippi	 7- 2   26-14		Another conference in danger of
South Florida		 7- 5   23-18		squandering a sure 2 NCAA bids.
No.Carolina-Charlotte	 5- 4   24-15		USM could get an at large bid if
Virginia Tech		 5- 4   23-16		they fail to win conference
Tulane			 6- 6   26-16		tourney; I'm not sure any other
Louisville		 3- 6   14-27		team could.  USF, UNCC, VPI are
Virginia Commonwealth	 3- 9   16-27		the other tourney threats.


Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
----------------------------------
Northern Division
-----------------
Siena			 9- 3   15-10		LeMoyne probably is the most
LeMoyne			 9- 3   12-10		likely team to come out of this
Canisius		 1- 7    8-11		group to play at the A-10 champ
Niagara			 1- 7    5-13		in an NCAA play-in series.
						Obviously, the Dolphins will be
Southern Division				joined by Siena, Iona, and
-----------------				Fairfield in the MAAC tourney.
Iona			 8- 1   13-13-1		None of the four is likely to
Fairfield		 8- 3   14-15-1		beat UMass, Rutgers, or GWU in
St.Peter's		 3- 8    9-19		a play-in series, but would have
Manhattan		 1- 8    4-27		a chance against St.Bonaventure.


Mid-American Conference
-----------------------
Bowling Green State	10- 2   18-10		WMU finally showed why they were
Central Michigan	 9- 4   23- 8		the pre-season favorite to win
Western Michigan	 9- 5   20-12-1		the MAC, taking 3 of 4 from Kent
Kent			 7- 4   23-10		this weekend at Hyames Field.
Eastern Michigan	 8- 5   12-20		BGSU is having second straight
Akron			 7- 5   22-12		very strong season, but look for
Ball State		 5- 9   12-24		the NCAA bid to go to either CMU
Miami (Ohio)		 4- 9   17-20		or WMU.  Maybe CMU can garner an
Ohio			 4-10	16-17		at large bid if they continue to
Toledo			 1-11    7-19		play well in the regular season.


Mid Continent Conference
------------------------
Eastern Division
----------------
Youngstown State	 9- 3   19-10		YSU swept 4 from C.W.Post this
Troy State		 8- 4   16-15-1		weekend, while Troy State split
New York Tech		 5- 3   17-10		with Pace.  NY Tech has yet to
Pace			 7- 5   15-16-1		meet either; 2 of thse 3 go to
LIU-C.W.Post		 2- 6   10-19		MCC tournament.
Central Connecticut St.	 1-11    2-19
						In Western Division, appears EIU
Western Division				and WIU go to conference tourney
----------------				without a struggle.  West champ
Eastern Illinois	 8- 2   21-12		hosts conference tourney; look
Western Illinois	 8- 4   13-10-1		for EIU to win it with right to
Valparaiso		 4- 6   14-17		play at Midwestern Collegiate
Chicago State		 5- 9   12-17		champ (probably Notre Dame) in
Northeastern Illinois	 5- 9    8-22		an NCAA play-in series.


Mideastern Athletic Conference
------------------------------
Northern Division
-----------------
Maryland-Eastern Shore	14- 4   23-22		IMO, only BCC can hope to win
Coppin State		12- 6   14-28		an NCAA play-in series at the
Delaware State		 7-11    8-33		Big South champion field.
Howard 			 3-15    4-37		However, they appear to be the
						least likely of the 3 contenders
Southern Division				to win the MEAC tourney starting
-----------------				Wednesday.  UMES, as #1 seed,
Bethune-Cookman 	 8- 4   24-17		gets first round bye, while FAMU
Florida A&M 		 8- 4   20-22		hosts this tournament.  Look for
North Carolina A&T 	 2-10    9-43		the Rattlers to win it.


Midwestern Collegiate Conference
--------------------------------
Eastern Division
----------------
Detroit Mercy		 4- 0   13-12		Clearly Notre Dame is the best
Wright State		 6- 2   19-16		team in the conference, but they
Xavier (Ohio)		 3- 5   22-20		are not the overwhelming 
LaSalle			 3- 5   12-26		favorite to win as they have
Cleveland State		 0- 4    7-25-1		been in past years.  The Irish
						host the conference tournament,
Western Division				which should give them the edge
----------------				over UDM to win the right to 
Notre Dame		 6- 1   23-12		host EIU for an NCAA tournament
Illinois-Chicago	 4- 4   15-16		spot.  Pencil the Irish in for
Northern Illinois	 2- 2   17-16		another regional appearance
Wisconsin-Milwaukee	 3- 4   14-11		(though not a regional runner up
Butler			 4- 8   17-21		spot that they've been getting.)


Missouri Valley Conference
--------------------------
Creighton		12- 2   25-11		Creighton and Wichita State
Wichita State		11- 5   30- 9		are close to the point where
Evansville		13- 9   20-16		have sown up NCAA at large bids.
Southwest Missouri St.	 9- 7   23-11		Evansville at SMSU will also be
Northern Iowa		 7- 9   16-16		MVC tourney threats.  N Iowa
Indiana State		 7-11   20-16		looks to get into the MVC
Illinois State		 6-10   15-15-1		tournament for the first time.
Bradley			 7-13   14-18
Southern Illinois	 4-10   15-18


North Atlantic Conference
-------------------------
Delaware		12- 0   27- 6		Delaware remains the top team
Vermont			 9- 3   17- 7		in the league, and remains in
New Hampshire		 9- 5   18- 9		Collegiate Baseball's rankings.
Maine			 8- 6   14-23		The Blue Hens swept Drexel this
Drexel			 6- 5   19-13		past weekend to strengthen their
Northeastern		 6- 6   11-10		claim to first.  Look for the
Hartford		 3- 7    6-14		Hens to be joined by Vermont,
Hofstra			 2- 9   17-13		UNH, & Drexel in the NAC tourney
Boston University	 0-14    1-26		and then host Navy in play-in.


Northeast Conference
--------------------
Rider			 9- 3   20-11		Rider is clearly the class of
Fairleigh Dickinson	 8- 4   14-14		this league, and should host
St.Francis (New York)	 6- 6   13-11		Yale or Penn in an NCAA play-in
Wagner			 6- 6    8-20		series.
Monmouth		 5- 7   15-23
Marist			 5- 7    8-16-1		FDU and St.Francis are the only
Mount St. Mary's	 5- 7    9-17		other possibilities to get to
Long Island		 4- 8    6-19		the tournament.


Ohio Valley Conference
----------------------
Middle Tennessee State	10- 2   20-18		OVC tourney hosted by regular
Southeast Missouri St.	 8- 4   21-16		season champ, which should be
Morehead State		 8- 4   19-19		MTSU (which has already swept
Eastern Kentucky	 6- 6   17-20		EKU and SE Missouri).  The
Murray State		 6- 6   16-22		Blue Raiders should also win OVC
Austin Peay State	 5- 7   17-23		tourney and NCAA play-in series
Tennessee Tech		 4- 8   18-22-1		at Reese Smith Field against
Tennessee-Martin	 1-11    8-27		SWAC champ Southern University.


Pacific Ten Conference
----------------------
Northern Division
-----------------
Washington State	 9- 6   17-21		The Pac-10 south champ hosts
Washington		 8- 6   14-22		the north champ in the Pac-10
Portland State		 8- 6   14-25		playoffs.  I doubt the north
Oregon State		 6- 7   16-15-1		champ can beat USC, but both
Portland		 6- 8   16-17		Cal and Stanford would be
Gonzaga			 6-10   20-20		vulnerable.

Southern Division				Look for USC to beat Washington
-----------------				in the Pac-10 playoffs to gain
California		13- 7   21-18		the automatic bid.  Probably
Southern California	13- 8   30-15		three other southern teams and
Stanford		12- 8   22-17		no nothern teams will go to the
Arizona State		10-11   29-15		NCAA tournament.
UCLA			10-11   22-17
Arizona			 4-17   17-28-1


Patriot League
--------------
Navy			12- 4   20-15		No conference tourney here.  PL
Army			 9- 3   13-15		title will be decided the final
Fordham			11- 5   20-15		weekend when Army hosts Navy.
Lehigh			 7- 9   13-18		Cadets host Fordham the week
Bucknell		 4- 8    9-20		before in another key upcoming
Holy Cross		 3- 9    7-20		series.  PL champ plays at NAC
Lafayette		 2-10    4-24		champ in NCAA play-in series.


Southeastern Conference
-----------------------
Eastern Division
----------------
Tennessee		 8- 4   28-10		SEC probably sends five teams
Florida			 7- 5   26-14		to the NCAA tournament this year
South Carolina 		 5- 7   23-16		(if not six).  Auburn looks to
Georgia			 3- 9   19-19		be the class of league, with
Vanderbilt		 2-10   16-19		the strongest starting pitching
Kentucky		 2-10   17-21		in the league (yes, including
						LSU).  Mississippi's series
Western Division				victory over LSU this past 
----------------				weekend was no fluke; the Rebels
Auburn			11- 1   34- 4		probably will make the tourney
Louisiana State		 9- 3   31- 6		this year.  Key series this
Mississippi		 8- 4   28-10		weekend:  Ole Miss at Alabama.
Alabama			 8- 4   25-13
Mississippi State	 5- 7   24-14
Arkansas		 4- 8   26-13


Southern Conference
-------------------
The Citadel		16- 5   29-17		The Citadel has come on strong
Georgia Southern	14- 7   27-15		recently to take over first,
Western Carolina	13- 8   27-16		and plays Western Carolina this
Davidson		11-10   17-22		weekend in their final regular
East Tennessee State	10-10-1	19-22-1		season conference series, while
Appalachian State	10-13-1 15-24-1		GSU plays last place Furman.
Virginia Military	 8-13   15-24		SC tournament the following week
Marshall		 7-14    9-33		at College Park in Charleston;
Furman			 6-15   10-27		The Citadel should win NCAA bid.


Southland Conference
--------------------
Northwestern State	12- 3   28- 9		Regular season champ hosts the
Northeast Louisiana	14- 4   29-12		SLC tournament, making the
Texas-San Antonio	13- 5   26-16		battle between NE Louisiana and
McNeese State		10- 5   27-13		NW State very interesting.
Texas-Arlington		 7- 8   17-25		UTSA and McNeese should also
Southwest Texas State	 8-10   20-26		make the conference tournament.
Nicholls State		 6- 9   20-17		Any of the four could win the
Sam Houston State	 5-13   17-28		NCAA bid.  McNeese at NE La this
Stephen F. Austin State	 0-18    2-33		weekend's biggest series.


Southwest Conference
--------------------
Texas A&M		10- 4   30-13-1		TCU split with Houston this past
Texas Tech		 8- 5   35- 8		weekend severly damaged their
Rice			 9- 6   29-12		SWC tourney hopes.  Texas streak
Texas			10- 8   37-12		of hosting NCAA regionals in
Texas Christian		10- 8   23-19		jeopardy; must finish at least
Baylor			 5- 9   21-19		3rd in SWC, and 4-10 record away
Houston			 3-15   20-24		from Austin makes that iffy.


Southwestern Athletic Conference
--------------------------------
Eastern Division
----------------
Jackson State		14- 4   18-21		Southern U. is easily the best
Alcorn State		13- 7   18-16		team in the SWAC, and should
Mississippi Valley St.   7-11   10-22		win the SWAC tournament in two
Alabama State		 4-16    9-27		weeks.  The question is whether
						they can go to the OVC champ
Western Division				home field and win the NCAA
----------------				play-in series.  I suspect they
Southern		18- 2   24- 8		will lose to MTSU there.
Grambling State		12- 8   18-15		Jackson State, Alcorn, and
Prairie View A&M	 7-13    7-25		Grambling make up the rest of
Texas Southern		 3-17    5-32		the SWAC tournament field.


Sun Belt Conference
-------------------
Jacksonville		17- 4   30-12		USA picked up big sweep this 
South Alabama		14- 4   28- 9		past weekend over Lamar, keeping
Arkansas State		14- 4   29-13		Jaguar title hopes alive.  SBC
Lamar			11- 7   24-14		regular season champ hosts the
New Orleans		11-10   26-15		conference tourney for auto bid
Southwestern Louisiana	 8-10   16-16		to NCAAs.  Look for three SBC
Texas-Pan American	 7-11   16-29		teams to go to the NCAAs, with
Louisiana Tech		 5-13   14-23		those probably being Jax, USA,
Arkansas-Little Rock	 4-14   17-22		and Arkansas State.
Western Kentucky	 2-16   15-23


Trans America Athletic Conference
---------------------------------
Florida International	18- 3   40- 7		Central Florida has a 27-game
Central Florida		19- 5   38- 8		winning streak, yet still can't
Stetson			16- 8   27-17		make up any ground on first
Florida Atlantic	15- 9   24-21		place Florida International in
Campbell		11-13   21-20		the race for first place and the
Samford			 9-12   19-19		right to host the TAAC tourney.
Centenary		 7-11   15-21		FAU was swept at Centenary, and
Mercer			 7-14   10-25-2		has to finish the season at FIU,
Georgia State		 7-14   14-25		so the Owls must beat Charleston
Southeastern Louisiana	 6-15   11-22		this weekend to secure TAAC
College of Charleston	 5-16   13-22		tournament spot.


West Coast Conference
---------------------
Santa Clara		14- 2-1	25-11-1		Santa Clara very hot, and hosts
Pepperdine		12- 2-1 22-14-1		Pepperdine for four games this
San Diego		11- 7   19-18		weekend in what should decide
Loyola Marymount	 7-11   16-26		WCC automatic NCAA bid.  There
San Fransisco		 4-12   14-27		is no WCC tournament.  Probably
St.Mary's		 2-16   13-27		both SCU and Waves go to NCAAs.


Western Athletic Conference
---------------------------
Eastern Division
----------------
Brigham Young		 9- 1   23-16-1		Looks like it will be another
New Mexico		10- 5   18-22		BYU-Fresno State playoff for the
Grand Canyon		 8- 7   14-30		WAC title.  SDSU appears to be
Air Force		 6- 8   20-13		slumping at the wrong time, as
Wyoming			 3- 5   11-21		Fresno State has won 10 straight
Utah			 0-10    6-25		games.  BYU, mean while, has 
						their key remaining conference
Western Division				series vs New Mexico at home.
----------------				Look for FSU to take the title,
Fresno State		13- 5   31-12		and be the WAC's only NCAA
San Diego State		10- 7   24-15		tournament team this year.
Cal State-Sacramento	 8- 9   18-20
Cal State-Northridge	 6- 8   19-19
Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo 6- 9   12-21
Hawaii			 6-11   24-18


Based on the information above, I would currently forecast these 48 teams as
making the NCAA tournament in May:

Alabama, Arizona State, Arkansas State, Auburn, California, Cal State Fullerton,
Central Florida, Central Michigan, Citadel, Clemson, Creighton, Delaware,
Florida, Florida International, Florida State, Fresno State, Georgia Tech,
Jacksonville, James Madison, Long Beach State, Louisiana State, Massachusetts,
Miami (Florida), Middle Tennessee State, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina,
Northwestern, Northwestern State, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State,
Pepperdine, Providence, Radford, Rice, Richmond, Rider, Santa Clara,
South Alabama, Southern California, Southern Mississippi, Stanford, Tennessee, 
Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Wichita State.

    
    
       Where is Miami Fla listed??
    
    
    Chap[

	Miami (Florida), Oral Roberts, Colgate, West Chester, Chapman,
	and Southern Utah are independents in Division I baseball.  [I think
	that's all of the non-affiliated baseball schools.]

 ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE
 -------------------------
 Clemson		20- 4   39- 7		Clemson swept Tech at home
 Florida State		12- 3   38- 9		while FSU was washed out at
 North Carolina		11- 7   31-16		Maryland after winning opener.
 Georgia Tech		11- 7	31-15		FSU is at Tech this weekend, and
 North Carolina State	12- 9   32-19		desperately need to win at least
 Wake Forest		 8-10   27-21		one of these games.  ACC should
 Virginia		 8-15   23-26		send 4 teams to NCAAs, so Tech
 Duke			 4-17   29-21		at NC State following weekend
 Maryland		 4-18   18-30		will be a critical series.
 
 
 ATLANTIC TEN CONFERENCE
 -----------------------
 Massachusetts		18- 3   28- 9		In key battle for final playoff
 George Washington	13- 7   23-23-1		position, St.Joseph's meets
 Rutgers		13- 8   26-24		Duquesne while SBU is at UMass.
 St.Joseph's		11- 9   24-26		Sweeps by UMass and Rutgers
 St.Bonaventure		 9- 8   17-20-1		this week has solidified their
 West Virginia		 9-12   16-31		respective playoff positions and
 Temple			 7-14   14-31-1		has knocked WVU from defending
 Duquesne		 7-16   16-32		its A-10 title.  NCAA play-in:
 Rhode Island		 4-14	11-27		A-10 champ hosts MAAC champ.


 BIG EAST CONFERENCE
 -------------------
 Providence		14- 4   37- 9		In battle for final playoff spot
 Seton Hall		11- 6   32-13		St.John's meets SHU Wednesday
 Villanova		11- 7   37-12		then hosts PC Sat./Sun., while
 St.John's		10- 7   16-13		Pitt plays Tuesday at Georgetown
 Pittsburgh		 9- 8   30-11		then at BC this weekend.
 Boston College		 7-11   17-22		St.John's has won 6 straight
 Georgetown		 4-13   17-30		conference games, including this
 Connecticut		 4-14   10-25-1		past sweep over Villanova.


 BIG EIGHT CONFERENCE
 --------------------
 Oklahoma		19- 6   33-11		Oklahoma has wrested first place
 Oklahoma State		16- 8   36-13		from OSU, taking four of five in
 Iowa State		10- 9   22-18		the rivalry this week and moving
 Nebraska		11-12   29-19		up in the polls.  Kansas can
 Kansas State		11-12   25-19		eliminate Missouri from the
 Kansas			 8-17   17-31		final Big 8 tourney spot with
 Missouri		 5-16   17-30		two wins this week at Lawrence.


 BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE
 --------------------
 Winthrop		14- 4   32-13-2		When was the last time Winthrop
 Liberty		13- 5   31-14		was nationally ranked ?  I think
 No.Carolina-Greensboro	14- 7   32-17		we know the answer.  The Eagles
 Radford		12- 6   25-22		play Liberty at Lynchburg this
 Maryland-Baltimore Co.	10- 8   22-18		week, and can just about sew up
 Towson State		 7-11   19-22-1		the title by winning the series.
 Charleston Southern	 7-14   14-32		Winthrop then closes at UMBC,
 Coastal Carolina	 5-13   16-32		Liberty at UNCG, and Radford at
 No.Carolina-Asheville	 2-16   11-31		Coastal Carolina and Towson St.


 BIG TEN CONFERENCE
 ------------------
 Northwestern		12- 8   28-11		Literally anyone could win the
 Minnesota		11- 9   23-23		Big Ten title, and only the
 Ohio State		10-10   27-20		tourney champ goes to the NCAAs
 Michigan State		10-10   22-20		this year from the Big Ten.
 Purdue			12-12   22-26		Look for Ohio State (experience)
 Illinois		12-12   22-28		or Northwestern (pitching depth)
 Penn State		11-11   20-26-1		to take the NCAA bid.  This week
 Iowa			11-13   24-21		has Michigan State at Minnesota
 Indiana		 9-11   28-19		and Northwestern at Ohio State
 Michigan		 8-10   19-23		in conference play.


 BIG WEST CONFERENCE
 -------------------
 Cal State Fullerton	15- 3   41- 9		CSUF and Long Beach have
 Long Beach State	13- 5   26-19-1		already clinched BWC tourney
 Nevada			11- 7   32-14		spots, while Nevada and UNLV
 Nevada-Las Vegas	11- 7   30-16		both need either one win or one
 New Mexico State	 9- 9   32-19		NMSU loss to clinch.  Final week
 Cal-Santa Barbara	 6-12   20-22		of regular season play has UNLV
 Pacific		 4-14   24-24		at Long Beach, Nevada at SJSU, &
 San Jose State		 3-15   19-31-1		NMSU at CSUF.  Goodbye, Aggies.


 COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
 -----------------------------
 James Madison		14- 4   37-13		JMU makes the NCAAs whether as
 Richmond		11- 7   34-13		CAA tourney champ or as at large
 No.Carolina-Wilmington	11- 7   21-21		team.  ODU at GMU this weekend
 George Mason		 9- 6   25-19		completes CAA round robin games.
 Old Dominion		 8- 7   31-15		Richmond and ODU are biggest
 East Carolina		 5-10   26-20		tourney threats to JMU, with
 William and Mary	 2-16   20-27		UNC-Wilmington as a darkhorse.


 GREAT MIDWEST CONFERENCE
 ------------------------
 Alabama-Birmingham	13- 4   30-14		No auto bid for the GMW, but a
 Cincinnati		12- 6   26-17		recent surge by UAB could move
 Memphis		11-10   23-23		the Blazers into consideration.
 St.Louis		 7-13   19-26		Strength of schedule stops them
 Dayton			 4-14    8-35		in their NCAA at-large hopes.


 IVY LEAGUE
 ----------
 Red Rolfe Division
 ------------------
 Yale			13- 7   23-18		Yale split with Brown won Rolfe
 Dartmouth		12- 8   16-17		title for Elis, who now host
 Brown			 7-13   13-26		Penn in Ivy League playoffs.
 Harvard		 6-14   10-22		Penn clinched Gehrig division in
						head-to-head victories over
 Lou Gehrig Division				Columbia.  Elis go for second
 -------------------				consecutive playoff victory over
 Pennsylvania		13- 5   21-18		the Quakers, and home field
 Columbia		 9- 9   15-24-1		advantage should help Elis to
 Cornell		10-10   18-18		Ivy title, and right to meet NEC
 Princeton		 8-12   14-24		champ (Rider) in NCAA play-in.
 
 
 METRO CONFERENCE
 ----------------
 Southern Mississippi	11- 4   33-17		UNC-Charlotte won two of three
 South Florida		 9- 6   28-21		from USM this week, preventing
 No.Carolina-Charlotte	 8- 7   29-19		the Golden Eagles from clinching
 Virginia Tech		 8- 7   27-22		first place.  Meanwhile, VCU
 Tulane			 8-10   29-23		shockingly swept Tulane.  No
 Virginia Commonwealth	 6- 9   22-29		conference games this weekend.
 Louisville		 4-11   15-36
 
 
 METRO ATLANTIC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
 ----------------------------------
 Northern Division
 -----------------
 Siena			14- 4   27-15		Siena probably is the most
 LeMoyne		12- 6   17-18		likely team to come out of this
 Canisius		 2-10   16-18		group to play at the A-10 champ
 Niagara		 2-10   11-21		in an NCAA play-in series.
 						The Saints seem to have more
 Southern Division				depth in pitching than Iona,
 -----------------				Fairfield, and LeMoyne for the 
 Fairfield		13- 5   21-20-1		MAAC tournament.  Gaels need to
 Iona			 9- 6   15-24-1		win two of three from last place
 St.Peter's		10- 8   17-24		Manhattan to clinch final MAAC
 Manhattan		 1-14    5-37		tournament position.


 MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE
 -----------------------
 Bowling Green State	16- 6   26-15		BGSU and WMU went 4-2 this week
 Western Michigan	16- 8   27-15-1		in conference play, while CMU
 Kent			13- 8   29-14		and Kent went 2-4.  BG held onto
 Central Michigan	14- 9   30-13		first while WMU leaped over the
 Akron			13- 9   29-16		other two into second.  Akron's
 Eastern Michigan	13-10   17-27		sweep over Miami moved the Zips
 Ohio			11-13   24-20		into contention for one of the
 Miami (Ohio)		 7-16   20-28		four MAC tourney positions.
 Ball State		 7-17   15-32
 Toledo			 4-18   13-28


 MID CONTINENT CONFERENCE
 ------------------------
 Eastern Division
 ----------------
 Youngstown State	12- 4   30-13		With one more week before the
 Troy State		13- 6   21-18-1		MCC tournament, YSU and EIU have
 Pace			 8- 8   19-23-1		clinched conference bids, while
 New York Tech		 7- 8   21-17-1		it appears that Troy State is
 Central Connecticut St. 6-13   11-23		safe as Eastern Division
 LIU-C.W.Post		 4-11   15-26		runners-up.  WIU is trying to
 						fend off Valparaiso and red-hot
 Western Division				NE Illinois (9 of last 11) for
 ----------------				the final MCC tournament spot.
 Eastern Illinois	12- 4   25-15
 Western Illinois	11- 9   18-17-1		EIU, as tourney host, should
 Valparaiso		 9- 9   21-24		have the edge to win title, and
 Northeastern Illinois	 9-11   13-28		should go on to meet Notre Dame
 Chicago State		 5-13   12-24		in NCAA play-in series.
 
 
 Mideastern Athletic Conference
 ------------------------------
 Northern Division
 -----------------
 Maryland-Eastern Shore	14- 4   25-24		After sweeping the MEAC tourney,
*Coppin State		12- 6   17-31		Coppin State proceeded to lose
 Delaware State		 7-11   10-35		to Georgetown and Maryland in
 Howard 		 3-15    5-38		non-conference play.  The Eagles
 						are now 1-24 in games against
 Southern Division				non-MEAC teams, and would not
 -----------------				appear to have much hope in the
 Bethune-Cookman 	 8- 4   28-19		NCAA play-in series at the
 Florida A&M 		 8- 4   24-27		Big South champion home field.
 North Carolina A&T 	 2-10   10-45
 

 MIDWESTERN COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE
 --------------------------------
 Eastern Division
 ----------------
 Detroit Mercy		 8- 2   20-14		Clearly Notre Dame is the best
 Wright State		 8- 4   24-20		team in the conference, but they
 LaSalle		 7- 7   21-29		are not the overwhelming 
 Xavier (Ohio)		 4- 8   24-27		favorite to win as they have
 Cleveland State	 3- 9   12-35-1		been in past years.  The Irish
 						host the conference tournament,
 Western Division				which should give them the edge
 ----------------				over UDM.  The Irish split 4
 Notre Dame		11- 4   35-16		games with NIU this past weekend
 Northern Illinois	 7- 5   24-21		to hold onto first in west.  Key
 Illinois-Chicago	 5- 7   19-22		series this weekend has NIU at
 Wisconsin-Milwaukee	 6- 9   18-21		UIC and Wright State at Xavier.
 Butler			 6-10   22-26
 

 MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE
 --------------------------
 Creighton		16- 5   30-14		After sweeping CS Fullerton at
 Wichita State		16- 8   39-12		home, Wichita State could manage
 Southwest Missouri St.	15- 9   31-13		only a split on the road at
 Evansville		18-13   27-20		Northern Iowa, while Creighton
 Indiana State		11-12   27-17		won 3 of 4 from Bradley.  This
 Northern Iowa		10-14   23-21		week has SMSU at Creighton and
 Bradley		 8-16   24-22		Indiana State at Northern Iowa
 Illinois State		 8-16   20-22-1		in key series for tournament
 Southern Illinois	 6-15   18-24		positioning.
 
 
 NORTH ATLANTIC CONFERENCE
 -------------------------
 Delaware		15- 1   35- 8		Delaware remains the top team
 Vermont		14- 6   25-12		in the league, and remains as
 Northeastern		11- 7   19-13		the most likely NAC champion.
 New Hampshire		13- 9   23-14		Vermont won 3 of 4 games from
 Maine			10-10   18-30		UNH to strengthen their hold on
 Hartford		 8-10   11-21		second.  Hartford won 3 of 4
 Drexel			 8-11   24-21		from Drexel, moving them into
 Hofstra		 5-12   23-17		sixth place (the final playoff
 Boston University	 1-19    2-33		playoff position).
 
 
 NORTHEAST CONFERENCE
 --------------------
 Rider			15- 3   30-14-1		Rider is clearly the class of
 St.Francis (New York)	11- 7   22-13		this league, and should host
 Fairleigh Dickinson	 9- 9   19-20		Yale or Penn in an NCAA play-in
 Long Island		 9- 9   14-23		series.
 Marist			 8-10   12-22-1		
 Wagner			 7-11   10-29		SFU is the only other team with
 Monmouth		 7-11   18-31		a fair possibility to get to the
 Mount St. Mary's	 6-12   10-25		NCAA tournament.


 OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE
 ----------------------
 Middle Tennessee State	14- 3   26-21		MTSU has clinched first seed in
 Southeast Missouri St.	11- 6   27-19		OVC and plays at APSU in final
 Morehead State		10- 7   25-23		regular season series.  MTSU 
 Eastern Kentucky	 9- 8   24-22		will host OVC tourney, & should 
 Murray State		 9- 8   20-26		win it over SE Mo, Morehead, and
 Austin Peay State	 8-10   23-28		EKU.  Also this week: Morehead
 Tennessee Tech		 6-12   21-28-1		at SE Missouri, Murray at TTU,
 Tennessee-Martin	 2-15   12-32		and EKU vs UT-Martin.


 PACIFIC TEN CONFERENCE
 ----------------------
 Northern Division
 -----------------
 Washington		13- 9   19-25		The Pac-10 south champ hosts
 Washington State	13-10   23-25		the north champ in the Pac-10
 Portland State		12-11   18-30		playoffs.  Look for USC to win
 Gonzaga		11-13   25-23		and prevent northern division
 Portland		10-13   20-22		from sending a team to the NCAA
 Oregon State		 9-12   19-20-1		tournament.

 Southern Division				OSU swept doubleheader from
 -----------------				Washington Sunday to bring UW
 Southern California	18- 9   36-17		back to the pack.  Meanwhile,
 Stanford		17-10   27-20		USC and UCLA won 2-of-3 from
 California		15-12   25-23		Cal and ASU, respectively, in
 Arizona State		13-14   34-18		positioning for at large berths.
 UCLA			12-15   25-22		Key series this week: UCLA-Cal,
 Arizona		 6-21   20-32-1		WSU-Wash, and Gonzaga-PSU.
 

 PATRIOT LEAGUE
 --------------
 Navy			16- 4   29-16		No conference tourney here, as
 Army			12- 6   21-19		title decided next week when
 Fordham		16- 8   29-20		Army hosts Navy.  Cadets must
 Lehigh			 8-12   19-22		win at least three of the four
 Bucknell		 7-11   14-24		to take title from Midshipmen.
 Lafayette		 5-13    7-31		Conference champ in NCAA play-in
 Holy Cross		 4-16    8-29		at NAC champion.


 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE
 -----------------------
 Eastern Division
 ----------------
 Tennessee		13- 5   37-11		SEC probably sends five teams
 Florida		11- 7   31-16		to the NCAA tournament this year
 South Carolina 	 8-10   28-20		(if not six).  Auburn looks to
 Georgia		 5-13   23-24		be the class of league after
 Kentucky		 4-14   22-27		winning 2 of 3 from Ole Miss
 Vanderbilt		 4-14   21-23		while LSU lost 2 of 3 to the
 						Crimson Tide.  Auburn at LSU
 Western Division				this weekend; probably LSU needs
 ----------------				to sweep in order to have a shot
 Auburn			15- 3   42- 6		at the divisional crown.
 Louisiana State	12- 6   38-10		Florida at South Carolina in
 Mississippi		11- 7   32-15		another big series, as both
 Alabama		11- 7   31-17		teams hope for an NCAA at-large
 Arkansas		 8-10   31-16		bid.
 Mississippi State	 6-12   27-21
 

 SOUTHERN CONFERENCE
 -------------------
*The Citadel		19- 5   37-19		The Citadel swept through the
 Georgia Southern	14-10   30-22		Southern Conference tournament
 Western Carolina	13-11   31-22		for the second straight year,
 Davidson		12-12   18-29		both times on their home field
 East Tennessee State	11-12-1 25-26-1		in Charleston.  The Bulldogs
 Appalachian State	10-13-1 17-30-1		become the first team to clinch
 Virginia Military	10-14   19-28		a spot in this year's NCAA
 Marshall		 9-15   12-38		tournament.  GSU, WCU unlikely
 Furman			 9-15   14-28		to enter as NCAA at-large teams.
 
 
 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE
 --------------------
 Northwestern State	16- 5   33-13		Regular season champ hosts the
 Texas-San Antonio	16- 5   33-17		SLC tournament, making this
 Northeast Louisiana	15- 5   31-16		weekend's games critical.
 McNeese State		11- 9   32-17		NE Louisiana meets UT-Arlington,
 Texas-Arlington	11- 9   23-29		NW State faces UT-San Antonio,
 Southwest Texas State	10-14   23-31		and Nicholls is at McNeese St.
 Sam Houston State	10-14   22-32		
 Nicholls State		 8-13   23-23		
 Stephen F.Austin State	 0-24    2-40		

 
 SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE
 --------------------
 Rice			13- 8   37-14		A possibility top four teams
 Texas A&M		13- 8   35-17-1		will all go to the tourney this
 Texas			14-10   41-14		year, but last year's snub of
 Texas Tech		12- 8   41-11		Texas Tech leaves all four in
 Texas Christian	10-11   26-25		jeopardy.  None can afford to
 Baylor			 7-13   25-24		finish poorly.  No SWC activity
 Houston		 5-16   24-27		this week; UT goes to Norman.


 SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
 --------------------------------
 Eastern Division
 ----------------
*Jackson State		14- 4   23-22		For the second straight year
 Alcorn State		13- 7   19-18		Jackson State beat Southern U.
 Mississippi Valley St.	 7-11   10-23		in the SWAC tournament final.
 Alabama State		 4-16   10-27		Is JSU good enought to get to
 						the NCAA tournament ?  That
 Western Division				probably depends on who will
 ----------------				represent the OVC in the NCAA
 Southern		21- 3   29-12		play-in series.  Should MTSU or
 Grambling State	14- 8   21-18		SE Missouri win there, I would 
 Prairie View A&M	 7-15    7-27		think that Jackson State would
 Texas Southern		 4-20    6-37		have little chance.
 

 SUN BELT CONFERENCE
 -------------------
 Jacksonville		19- 5   33-16		5 of 6 tourney spots decided, as
 South Alabama		17- 7   34-13		Jacksonville, USA, ASU, Lamar,
 Arkansas State		17- 7   34-17		and UNO have clinched bids. With
 Lamar			15- 9   28-18		USL declaring itself inelgigible
 New Orleans		13-11   32-18		as part of ongoing investigation
 Southwestern Louisiana	12-12   21-20		on alleged improprieties, UALR,
 Arkansas-Little Rock	 8-16   23-24		UT-Pan American, and LA Tech all
 Texas-Pan American	 8-16   17-34		contend for final spot.  UNO at
 Louisiana Tech		 7-17   18-29		UALR, UTPA at Arkansas State
 Western Kentucky	 4-20   18-32		this weekend.
 
 
 TRANS AMERICA ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
 ---------------------------------
 Florida International	24- 3   46- 7		FIU swept College of Charleston
 Central Florida	21- 6   43-10		over the weekend to clinch the
 Stetson		18- 9   31-21		regular season championship, and
 Florida Atlantic	17-10   26-23		allowing the Panthers to host
 Centenary		12-12   21-25		the TAAC tournament.  They
 Campbell		11-16   25-26		will be joined in the tournament
 Georgia State		 9-16   18-29		by UCF, Stetson, and FAU, with
 Southeastern Louisiana	 9-16   16-27		tournament pairings not yet
 Mercer			 9-18   14-31-2		determined.  FAU at FIU, and
 Samford		 9-18   20-28		UCF at Stetson in the final
 College of Charleston	 6-21   15-28		regular season weekend.
 

 WEST COAST CONFERENCE
 ---------------------
 Pepperdine		18- 3-1 28-16-1		LMU has taken 8 of last 10 WCC
 Santa Clara		18- 5-1	30-15-1		games and can play spoiler with
 San Diego		12-12   23-23		Santa Clara this weekend and
 Loyola Marymount	11-13   20-29		Pepperdine next.  This week the
 San Fransisco		 8-14   20-31		Waves at St.Mary's, losers of 19
 St.Mary's		 2-21   13-34		straight conference games.


 WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
 ---------------------------
 Eastern Division
 ----------------
 Brigham Young		17- 4   31-19-1		Looks like it will be another
 New Mexico		15- 6   23-23		BYU-Fresno State playoff for the
 Grand Canyon		 8-10   14-36		WAC title.  Cougars lost 2-of-3
 Wyoming		 7-11   14-29		to UNM at home to keep Lobos
 Air Force		 8-13   23-17		alive.  UNM at Utah during week,
 Utah			 1-12    7-29		then UNM at Wyoming at BYU-Utah
 						this weekend.  Meanwhile, Fresno
 Western Division				swept SDSU and needs only one
 ----------------				win this weekend at Northridge
 Fresno State		17- 7   36-15		to clinch Western Division crown
 Cal State-Northridge	12-11   26-23		and right to host WAC playoffs.
 San Diego State	11-12   27-20		Bulldogs may be only WAC team to
 Cal State-Sacramento	11-12   22-24		represent the conference in NCAA
 Cal Poly-SLO		10-14   17-26		tourney this year if they beat
 Hawaii			 9-14   27-21		BYU or UNM for the title.

 Atlantic Coast Conference
 -------------------------
 Clemson		20- 4   45- 8		Georgia Tech strengthened their
 Florida State		15- 5   42-11		claim on an NCAA bid, taking 2
 Georgia Tech		13- 8	33-17		of 3 from then #1 Florida State,
 North Carolina		12- 8   33-17		clinching the ACC regular season
 North Carolina State	12- 9   32-19		title for Clemson.  The Jackets
 Wake Forest		 9-11   28-22		host N.C.State this weekend, and
 Virginia		 8-15   24-26		would look very good for NCAA
 Duke			 4-17   29-23		status with a series victory.
 Maryland		 4-20   19-35		UNC 1 vs Wake, 3 FSU remaining.
 
 
 Atlantic Ten Conference
 -----------------------
 Massachusetts		19- 5   31-12		St.Bonaventure won 2 of 3 at
 George Washington	17- 7   27-23-1		UMass to move past both St Jos
 St.Bonaventure		12- 9   21-21		and Rutgers and into A-10
 Rutgers		13-11   26-27		tournament.  St.Joseph's lost
 St.Joseph's		12-12   25-29		twice to Temple to knock them
 West Virginia		11-13   18-32		out.  A-10 tourney this week has
 Temple			 9-15   16-33-1		UMass meeting Rutgers and GWU vs
 Duquesne		 7-17   17-35		St.Bonaventure.  NCAA play-in:
 Rhode Island		 5-16	12-31		A-10 champ hosts MAAC champ.


 Big East Conference
 -------------------
 Providence		16- 5   41-11		Providence won Big East regular
 Seton Hall		14- 7   36-14		with two wins over St.John's
 Villanova		14- 7   40-14		this past weekend, knocking the
 Pittsburgh		12- 9   33-13		Red Storm out of the Big East
 St.John's		12- 9   18-15		tournament.  Tourney action
 Boston College		 8-13   21-24		starts May 16, with PC meeting
 Georgetown		 4-17   17-34		Pitt and Seton Hall playing
 Connecticut		 4-17   12-29-1		high-scoring Villanova.


 Big Eight Conference
 --------------------
 Oklahoma		19- 6   36-11		OU and OSU seem to be sure locks
 Oklahoma State		16- 9   37-14		for the NCAAs, but any other
 Iowa State		12-11   24-21		team would have to win the Big 8
 Nebraska		12-12   30-19		tourney to get a bid.  Missouri
 Kansas State		12-12   26-20		has been eliminated from tourney
 Kansas			 9-17   20-31		possibilities, leaving the other
 Missouri		 6-19   18-33		6 to battle it out in two weeks.


 Big South Conference
 --------------------
 Liberty		15- 6   33-17		Liberty is in the driver's seat
 Radford		15- 6   28-22		for the conference title after
 Winthrop		15- 6   33-15-2		winning 2 of 3 from Winthrop
 No.Carolina-Greensboro	14- 7   32-17		this past weekend.  The Flames
 Maryland-Baltimore Co.	13- 8   25-19		hold the tie-breaker over both
 Towson State		 9-12   23-24-1		Winthrop and Radford, but have
 Charleston Southern	 8-16   17-36		to play at Greensboro this week
 Coastal Carolina	 5-16   16-36		while Winthrop is at UMBC, and
 No.Carolina-Asheville	 2-19   11-36		Radford is at Towson State.


 Big Ten Conference
 ------------------
 Minnesota		15- 9   28-23		With one week to go, all 10
 Ohio State		14-10   32-20		teams are alive for Big 10
 Northwestern		12-12   29-16		tourney spots, and no one has 
 Purdue			12-12   22-26		a bid yet, although Minnesota
 Penn State		11-11   21-27-1		and OSU took giant steps by
 Illinois		12-12   22-29		sweeping MSU & NW respectively.
 Indiana		11-13   30-21		Final week's activity has:
 Iowa			11-13   27-22		Indiana at Purdue, Minn at NW,
 Michigan		10-12   22-25		Michigan at OSU, Iowa at PSU,
 Michigan State		10-14   22-24		and Illinois at MSU, 4 games ea.


 Big West Conference
 -------------------
 Cal State Fullerton	18- 3   45- 9		Big West tourney this weekend
 Long Beach State	16- 5   30-19-1		at Blair Field in Long Beach CA
 Nevada			12- 9   34-16		pits CSUF vs UNLV and Nevada at
 Nevada-Las Vegas	11-10   32-19		CS Long Beach.  The Titans are
 New Mexico State	 9-12   32-22		a sure NCAA team, with LB also
 Cal-Santa Barbara	 8-13   22-24		a very likely choice.  Nevada
 Pacific		 5-16   26-26		may be on the bubble and needs a
 San Jose State		 5-16   21-33-1		strong showing to go at large.


 Colonial Athletic Association
 -----------------------------
 James Madison		14- 4   37-13		JMU probably makes the NCAAs 
 George Mason		11- 6   28-21		as CAA champ or at large team;
 Richmond		11- 7   36-13		Richmond appears to be only 
 No.Carolina-Wilmington	11- 7   29-19		other at large possibility.  ODU
 Old Dominion		 8- 9   31-17		remains next biggest tournament
 East Carolina		 5-10   28-20		threat, despite recent slump,
 William and Mary	 2-16   21-27		because of pitching potential.


 Great Midwest Conference
 ------------------------
 Cincinnati		15- 6   29-18		Cinci swept UAB in Birmingham,
 Alabama-Birmingham	13- 7   32-17		and needs only one win over UAB
 Memphis		12-11   25-25		this weekend at home to clinch
 St.Louis		 7-13   20-27		regular season title.  No NCAA
 Dayton			 5-15    9-37		hopes for any team here.


 Ivy League
 ----------
 Red Rolfe Division
 ------------------
 Yale			13- 7   23-20		Penn won two games at New Haven
 Dartmouth		12- 8   19-17		Saturday, both by 6-5 scores
 Brown			 7-13   14-27		over Yale, to win Ivy crown.
 Harvard		 6-14   10-23		Tim Henwood HR in bottom of 9th
						won game one, while Yale FR
 Lou Gehrig Division				Peter Bogue was doubled off 2nd
 -------------------				on an OF line drive to Henwood
*Pennsylvania		13- 5   23-18		in ninth in game 2 to give Penn
 Cornell		10-10   20-19		league title, and right to meet
 Columbia		 9- 9   15-24-1		NEC champ on the road in an NCAA
 Princeton		 8-12   15-26		play-in series.
 

 Metro Conference
 ----------------
 Southern Mississippi	11- 4   34-19		USM can clinch regular season
 South Florida		 9- 6   29-21		title with one win from VPI this
 No.Carolina-Charlotte	 8- 7   29-19		weekend.  After dropping 2 of 3
 Virginia Tech		 8- 7   28-22		in non-conference activity this
 Tulane			 8-10   29-23		past week, the Eagles' at large
 Virginia Commonwealth	 6- 9   22-31		hopes are fading.  Probably only
 Louisville		 4-11   16-36		tourney champ gets NCAA bid.
 
 
 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
 ----------------------------------
 Northern Division
 -----------------
 Siena			14- 4   28-15		MAAC tournament this weekend in
 LeMoyne		12- 6   19-19		Colonie, NY, has Siena vs Iona
 Canisius		 7-11   21-20		and Fairfield vs LeMoyne.  Gaels
 Niagara		 3-15   14-26		earned final playoff spot this
 						week by sweeping Manhattan, but
 Southern Division				will have tough time with Saints
 -----------------				and Tim Christman, who leads the
 Fairfield		13- 5   21-20-1		country in K's per 9 innings
 Iona			12- 6   20-25-1		pitched.  Siena probably will
 St.Peter's		10- 8   18-24		take tourney title, to meet A-10
 Manhattan		 1-17    5-42		champ in NCAA play-in series.


 Mid-American Conference
 -----------------------
 Bowling Green State	19- 7   29-16		With one week in regular season
 Kent			17- 8   35-14		play, surprising Bowling Green
 Central Michigan	17-10   35-14		maintains the conference lead
 Western Michigan	17-11   29-19-1		they have held all season.  Kent
 Eastern Michigan	16-11   20-29		moved into second, and with
 Akron			14-12   31-20		Mike Nartker and Dan Ferrell as
 Ohio			14-14   29-21		perhaps the top 2 MAC hurlers,
 Miami (Ohio)		 8-19   21-31		could get the conference tourney
 Ball State		 7-21   15-36		title.  This week has Ohio-BGSU,
 Toledo			 5-21   16-32		WMU-EMU, Kent-CMU, and BSU-Akron


 Mid Continent Conference
 ------------------------
 Eastern Division
 ----------------
 Youngstown State	16- 4   35-15		Red-hot Youngstown State swept
 Troy State		13- 6   21-21-1		another conference opponent,
 Pace			10-10   21-26-1		this time New York Tech, to wrap
 Central Connecticut St. 7-13   14-25		up the Eastern Division crown.
 New York Tech		 7-13   22-22-1		They are probably co-favorites
 LIU-C.W.Post		 6-13   17-29		with host Eastern Illinois to
 						win the conference tournament.
 Western Division				YSU opens with Western Illinois,
 ----------------				while Eastern Illinois will host
 Eastern Illinois	15- 5   28-16		Troy State in the opening round
 Western Illinois	12-10   19-19-1		of the Mid-Con tournament.
 Northeastern Illinois	12-12   15-28
 Valparaiso		10-14   23-29
 Chicago State		 7-15   15-28
 
 
 Mideastern Athletic Conference
 ------------------------------
 Northern Division
 -----------------
 Maryland-Eastern Shore	14- 4   25-25		Coppin State has lost to 
*Coppin State		11- 7   19-32		Georgetown and Maryland, beaten
 Delaware State		 7-11   10-37		Johns Hopkins, and split with
 Howard 		 4-14    5-38		Norfolk State since sweeping the
 						MEAC tournament.  The Eagles are
 Southern Division				1-24 against Divison I teams
 -----------------				outside the MEAC, and would not
 Bethune-Cookman 	 8- 4   29-19		appear to have much hope in the
 Florida A&M 		 8- 4   24-27		NCAA play-in series at the
 North Carolina A&T 	 2-10   10-45		Big South champion home field.
 

 Midwestern Collegiate Conference
 --------------------------------
 Eastern Division
 ----------------
 Detroit Mercy		12- 2   27-15		LaSalle has had to forfeit two
 Wright State		10- 6   28-23		conference games for using an
 Xavier (Ohio)		 7- 9   27-28		ineligible pitcher, one versus
 LaSalle		 5- 9   15-35		Xavier, allowing the Muskateers
 Cleveland State	 4-12   13-41-1		to edge into the MCC tourney to
 						play host Notre Dame Saturday.
 Western Division				Other first round MCC tourney
 ----------------				matchups have UDM vs UIC and
 Notre Dame		11- 4   37-19		Wright State vs NIU.  Notre Dame
 Northern Illinois	 9- 7   27-25		should be considered favorites,
 Illinois-Chicago	 7- 9   21-26		but the Titans have been playing
 Wisconsin-Milwaukee	 6- 9   21-24		very well lately.
 Butler			 6-10   22-26
 

 Missouri Valley Conference
 --------------------------
 Creighton		18- 6   32-15		Wichita State swept SIU while
 Wichita State		20- 8   45-12		Creighton won 2 of 3 from SMSU,
 Southwest Missouri St.	16-11   32-15		setting up their series this
 Evansville		18-13   29-21		weekend in Wichita for the MVC
 Indiana State		15-12   31-17		title.  In other big series for
 Bradley		11-17   28-23		playoff positioning, Bradley is
 Northern Iowa		10-18   26-25		at SMSU, N Iowa at SIU, and
 Illinois State		 9-19   22-27-1		Indiana State at Illinois State.
 Southern Illinois	 6-19   19-28		6 teams go to MVC tourney.
 
 
 North Atlantic Conference
 -------------------------
 Delaware		19- 3   40-10		Delaware remains the top team
 Northeastern		16- 8   26-14		& the most likely NAC champion.
 Vermont		15- 9   26-16		NE won 5 of 6 league games to
 New Hampshire		14-10   25-18		take second from UVt.  Meanwhile
 Drexel			11-12   28-23		Drexel moved into the playoffs
 Maine			11-13   20-35		by going 3-1 in the NAC this 
 Hartford		10-12   14-25		past week, and Maine got the
 Hofstra		 8-15   26-21		final spot by splitting with
 Boston University	 1-23    2-37		Delaware.  NAC tourney this week
 
 
 Northeast Conference
 --------------------
 Rider			16- 5   31-16-1		Three game sweep by Mt.St.Mary's
 St.Francis (New York)	13- 8   25-14		knocked FDU out of tournament
 Long Island		10-11   16-26		and put Marist, a program only 4
 Marist			10-11   14-24-1		years old, into NEC tourney.
 Mount St. Mary's	 9-12   13-25		Marist meets Rider in 1st round.
 Fairleigh Dickinson	 9-12   20-24		Rider is the class of the league
 Wagner			 9-12   15-30		and should win; SF NY is only 
 Monmouth		 8-13   19-33		other team with a possibility.


 Ohio Valley Conference
 ----------------------
 Middle Tennessee State	16- 4   28-24		MTSU will host the OVC tourney
 Southeast Missouri St.	14- 6   30-19		this weekend at Reese Smith Fld,
 Eastern Kentucky	12- 8   28-23		and probably should be the
 Morehead State		10-10   28-26		favorites to win, but SE Mo just
 Murray State		10-10   21-28		swept Morehead at home, and have
 Austin Peay State	 9-12   24-32		the league's hottest pitcher in
 Tennessee Tech		 8-13   23-29-1		David Michel.  MTSU-Morehead and
 Tennessee-Martin	 2-18   13-35		SE Missouri-EKU in 1st round.


 Pacific Ten Conference
 ----------------------
 Northern Division
 -----------------
 Washington State	15-11   25-27		Washington State beat UW 2 of 3
 Washington		14-12   22-28		in Seattle to take division lead
 Oregon State		13-13   23-21-1		into final week.  Cougars host
 Portland State		13-14   19-33		Oregon State while Washington is
 Gonzaga		13-14   27-24		at Gonzaga in activity on the
 Portland		11-15   21-24		weekend to determine northern
						division champion.  Meanwhile,
 Southern Division				Cal's sweep of UCLA at home
 -----------------				highlighted a 5-0 week which
 Southern California	18- 9   36-18		may have vaulted the Bears off
 Stanford		17-10   28-20		the bubble and into the NCAA
 California		18-12   30-23		tournament.  Either USC or
 Arizona State		13-14   34-18		Stanford will claim the southern
 UCLA			12-15   25-22		division this week, and will
 Arizona		 6-21   20-32-1		host the north champ next week.
 

 Patriot League
 --------------
*Navy			19- 5   32-17		Navy took 3 of 4 from Army at
 Fordham		16- 8   30-20		West Point to take the Patriot
 Army			15- 9   22-23		League title.  Middies will
 Lehigh			11-13   23-23		travel to the NAC champion's
 Bucknell		11-13   19-27		home field in an NCAA play-in
 Lafayette		 6-18    9-36		series, and would probably be
 Holy Cross		 6-18   10-33		competitive vs all but Delaware.


 Southeastern Conference
 -----------------------
 Eastern Division
 ----------------
 Tennessee		15- 6   41-12		Even bigger than the key western
 South Carolina 	11-10   31-20		division series last week was
 Florida		11-10   31-19		S Carolina's sweep of Florida in
 Georgia		 7-14   25-26		Columbia.  If the SEC sends 6
 Kentucky		 5-16   23-29		teams to the NCAA's, this may
 Vanderbilt		 5-16   22-26		help boost USC over the Gators
 						for the last bid.  Meanwhile,
 Western Division				Auburn won 2 of 3 from LSU in
 ----------------				Baton Rouge in a series in which
 Auburn			17- 4   45- 7		neither team looked to have a
 Louisiana State	13- 8   41-12		decent pitching staff.  Big
 Mississippi		12- 9   35-17		weekend coming up: UT-Florida,
 Alabama		12- 9   32-19		Alabama-Auburn, LSU-MSU, and
 Arkansas		10-11   34-17		Arkansas-Ole Miss.  Auburn #1 in
 Mississippi State	 8-13   31-22		Collegiate Baseball poll.
 

 Southern Conference
 -------------------
*The Citadel		19- 5   37-19		The Citadel has finished its
 Georgia Southern	14-10   31-23		activity prior to NCAA play; the
 Western Carolina	13-11   32-22		Bulldogs are the only team to
 Davidson		12-12   19-31		have clinched an NCAA bid at
 East Tennessee State	11-12-1 25-27-1		this time.  GSU needed to sweep
 Appalachian State	10-13-1 17-30-1		a 2 game set with Clemson to
 Virginia Military	10-14   19-28		have any hope for an at large 
 Marshall		 9-15   12-38		bid, but it didn't happen.  GSU,
 Furman			 9-15   16-31		WCU will be left out of NCAAs.
 
 
 Southland Conference
 --------------------
 Northwestern State	19- 5   37-13		UTSA was swept in 3 straight
 McNeese State		17- 6   39-14		games at home by Northwestern St
 Northeast Louisiana	16- 7   34-18		to give the Demons the title,
 Texas-Arlington	14-10   26-30		thereby eliminating the 1994
 Texas-San Antonio	13-11   31-23		SLC champs from the SLC tourney.
 Southwest Texas State	10-14   23-31		NW State will meet UTA and
 Sam Houston State	10-14   22-32		McNeese will meet NE Louisiana
 Nicholls State		 8-16   23-28		at Fair Grounds Field in
 Stephen F.Austin State	 0-24    2-40		Shreveport for the title.

 
 Southwest Conference
 --------------------
 Rice			13- 8   37-14		Only 4th place Texas has a SWC
 Texas A&M		13- 8   35-17-1		tourney bid clinched.  Rice will
 Texas Tech		12- 8   41-11		clinch a bid with 1 win vs Hou,
 Texas			14-10   41-15		Tech will with 1 win vs Baylor.
 Texas Christian	10-11   26-27		A&M meets TCU in final series of
 Baylor			 7-13   24-24		SWC play.  Next week is SWC
 Houston		 5-16   25-27		tourney, with A&M probably host.


 Southwestern Athletic Conference
 --------------------------------
 Eastern Division
 ----------------
*Jackson State		14- 4   23-22		For the second straight year
 Alcorn State		13- 7   19-18		Jackson State beat Southern U.
 Mississippi Valley St.	 7-11   10-23		in the SWAC tournament final.
 Alabama State		 4-16   10-27		Is JSU good enought to get to
 						the NCAA tournament ?  That
 Western Division				probably depends on who will
 ----------------				represent the OVC in the NCAA
 Southern		21- 3   29-12		play-in series.  Should MTSU or
 Grambling State	14- 8   21-18		SE Missouri win there, I would 
 Prairie View A&M	 7-15    7-27		think that Jackson State would
 Texas Southern		 4-20    6-37		have little chance.
 

 Sun Belt Conference
 -------------------
 Jacksonville		21- 6   36-18		Jacksonville won 2 of 3 at Lamar
 South Alabama		20- 7   38-13		to sew up SBC crown and right to
 Arkansas State		20- 7   37-18		host SBC tourney at Brest Field.
 Lamar			16-11   29-21		They will host UALR in first
 New Orleans		15-11   35-19		round, with USA vs UNO and ASU
 Southwestern Louisiana	12-15   21-24		vs Lamar the other first round
 Arkansas-Little Rock	 8-18   23-26		matchups, after a week off.
 Texas-Pan American	 8-19   17-37		Jacksonville, USA, and ASU all
 Louisiana Tech		 8-19   19-33		have decent hopes for NCAA spots
 Western Kentucky	 6-21   20-33		if play well in SBC tournament.
 
 
 Trans America Athletic Conference
 ---------------------------------
 Florida International	27- 3   49- 7		FIU swept FAU, and UCF won 2 of 
 Central Florida	23- 7   45-11		3 from Stetson as prelude to
 Stetson		19-11   32-23		this week's TAAC tournament
 Florida Atlantic	17-13   26-28		starting Thursday at the
 Centenary		14-13   23-27		Homestead Sports Complex.
 Campbell		12-18   26-28		Probably FIU and UCF go to the
 Georgia State		11-17   20-31		NCAA tournament regardless of
 Southeastern Louisiana	10-18   17-31		TAAC tourney results, but FAU &
 Mercer			 9-18   15-35-2		Stetson need to win tourney to 
 Samford		10-20   21-30		get an NCAA bid.
 College of Charleston	 8-22   17-29
 

 West Coast Conference
 ---------------------
 Pepperdine		21- 3-1 31-17-1		Pepperdine needs one win in 3
 Santa Clara		20- 6-1	32-18-1		games at LMU this week to win
 San Diego		13-14   24-26		WCC title and get an NCAA bid.
 Loyola Marymount	12-15   22-31		SCU's at large hopes are fading
 San Fransisco		10-15   23-32		after a 2-3 week.  SMC has lost
 St.Mary's		 2-25   13-38		23 straight conference games.


 Western Athletic Conference
 ---------------------------
 Eastern Division
 ----------------
 Brigham Young		18- 6   32-21-1		After a 5-1 week in conference,
 New Mexico		20- 7   28-24		UNM has loomed as division
 Grand Canyon		11-13   17-39		title contender.  BYU lost 1 of
 Wyoming		 9-15   17-33		3 vs rival, but last place, Utah
 Air Force		 8-14   27-20		and plays 6 WAC games this week,
 Utah			 4-15   12-33		3 at AFA during the week, then
 						hosting GCU on the weekend.  UNM
 Western Division				is at AFA this weekend.  BYU has
 ----------------				a 1 game edge in loss column.
 Fresno State		19- 8   38-16		Meanwhile, Fresno State has won
 Cal State-Sacramento	14-12   25-25		the western division crown and
 Cal State-Northridge	13-13   27-26		will host either UNM or BYU for
 C Poly-San Luis Obispo 13-14   21-26		the conference championship 
 San Diego State        11-15   28-23		on the following weekend.
 Hawaii			 9-17   27-24

	UMass won the A-10 baseball tournament this past weekend,
	beating Rutgers, 10-9; St.Bonaventure, 13-5; and Rutgers again, 10-3.
	Nelson Ubaldo was the tournament MVP.

	UMass will host Siena College, MAAC champ, starting Thursday, in a
	best of three series for a spot in the NCAA tournament.  Siena won
	the MAAC tournament by defeating Iona, 14-2, and Fairfield twice,
	9-0 and 14-0, to win the title.

	UMass beat Siena earlier this year in Amherst, 12-2, but Siena was
	pitching their #4 pitcher (I believe).  This time the Saints will
	lead off with sophomore Tim Christman, who leads the nation in K's
	per nine innings pitched.  Should be an interesting series.

	NCAA tournament sites were named today for Division I baseball.

	Atlantic I	Dick Howser Stadium, Tallahassee, Florida	5/25-28
	Atlantic II	Mark Light Stadium, Coral Gables, Florida	5/26-29
	East		Tiger Field, Clemson, South Carolina		5/25-28
	Mideast		Lindsey Nelson Stadium, Knoxville, Tennessee	5/25-28
	Midwest I	Eck Stadium-Tyler Field, Wichita, Kansas	5/26-29
	Midwest II	All Sports Stadium, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	5/25-28
	South		Alex Box Stadium, Baton Rouge, Louisiana	5/25-28
	West 		Pete Beiden Field, Fresno, California		5/25-28

	The eight teams as hosts (including Oklahoma as host of the
	Midwest II regional) join Cal State Fullerton, Central Florida,
	Pepperdine, and The Citadel as teams that have qualified so far
	for the NCAA tournament.

	Texas will NOT host a regional for the first time since 1978.

	Teams that are in:

	Cal State Fullerton, Central Florida, Citadel, Clemson, Florida State,
	Fresno State, Louisiana State, Miami (Florida), Northeast Louisiana,
	Oklahoma, Pepperdine, Tennessee, Wichita State


	Six more automatic qualifiers will be determined via best-of-three
	play-in series between conference champions of conference rated lower
	on the RPI scale:

	Coppin State at Winthrop
	Jackson State at Middle Tennessee State
	Navy at Delaware
	Pennsylvania at Rider
	Siena at Massachusetts
	Troy State at Wright State


	Other automatic bids will be given to the champions of the following
	conferences:

	Atlantic Coast, Big East, Big Eight, Big Ten, Colonial, Metro,
	Mid American, Missouri Valley, Pacific Ten, Southeastern, Southwest,
	Sun Belt, Western Athletic.

>    ASU doesn't deserve a spot this year, even if they get one.

     Well, they did beat up on the likes of Southern Utah, St.Francis,
     Grand Canyon, etc., in the pre-conference season, and started out
     something like 7-2 in the conference, but ended up 13-17 in the
     Pac-10 and were swept last weekend at home by Stanford (first time
     that has ever happened).  ASU probably gets in if USC beats WSU
     this weekend; if Washington State pulls the upset, they probably
     don't go.

     WSU, at 28-28, probably won't win it, but they have one pitcher 
     (Kyle Kawabata, 11-2), who gives them a good chance.  One other upset,
     and there goes ASU.

Automatic bids:
Atlantic Coast- Florida State		Missouri Valley-  Indiana State
Atlantic Ten-   Massachusetts		Ohio Valley-      Middle Tennessee State
Big East-       Pittsburgh		Pacific Ten-      Southern California
Big Eight-      Oklahoma State		Patriot-          Navy
Big South-      Winthrop		Southeastern-     Tennessee
Big Ten-        Ohio State		Southern-         The Citadel
Big West-       Cal State Fullerton	Southland-        Northeast Louisiana
Colonial-       Old Dominion		Southwest-        Texas Tech
Ivy-            Pennsylvania		Sun Belt-         Lamar
Metro-          South Florida		Trans America-    Central Florida
Mid American-   Central Michigan	West Coast-       Pepperdine
Mid Continent-  Troy State		Western Athletic- Fresno State

Teams who have qualified as regional hosts, not listed above:
Clemson, Louisiana State, Miami (Florida), Oklahoma, Wichita State

Pairings announced at 3 p.m. today.
Note: Texas Tech, Troy State, Winthrop all will be making first NCAA appearance.

Atlantic I	#1 Florida State vs #6 Troy State
		#2 Mississippi vs #5 Old Dominion
		#3 South Alabama vs #4 Central Florida

Atlantic II	#1 Miami (Florida) vs #6 Massachusetts
		#2 Texas A&M vs #5 Florida International
		#3 North Carolina vs #4 South Florida

East		#1 Clemson vs #6 Navy
		#2 Alabama vs #5 Winthrop
		#3 Jacksonville vs #4 Richmond

Mideast		#1 Tennessee vs #6 The Citadel
		#2 Oklahoma State vs #5 Pittsburgh
		#3 California vs #4 Georgia Tech

Midwest I	#1 Texas Tech vs #6 Providence
		#2 Wichita State vs #5 Lamar
		#3 Stanford vs #4 Arkansas

Midwest II	#1 Auburn vs #6 Pennsylvania
		#2 Oklahoma vs #5 Indiana State
		#3 Texas vs #4 Ohio State

South		#1 Cal State Fullerton vs #6 Northeast Louisiana
		#2 Louisiana State vs #5 Central Michigan
		#3 Rice vs #4 James Madison

West		#1 Southern California vs #6 Middle Tennessee State
		#2 Long Beach State vs #5 Southwest Missouri State
		#3 Fresno State vs #4 Pepperdine

	College World Series

	#2 Florida State vs #7 Oklahoma
	#3 Miami vs #6 Southern Cal

	#1 CSU Fullerton vs #8 Stanford
	$4 Clemson vs #5 Tennessee

    
    Can the Boomer Sooners make it back-to-back titles?  What's that 
    NCAA tournament winning streak up to now, 12 games?
    
    glenn
    

	After 12 straight wins, Sooners were bounced in 2 straight.

	Mark Kotsay had one heck of a season.  He'd have been the #1 pick
	had he not been a sophomore.

	1996 Automatic Bids:

	Atlantic Coast		Big West		Pacific Ten
	Atlantic Ten		Colonial		Southeastern
	Big East		Conference USA		Southland
	Big Eight		Mid-American		Southwest
	Big South		Missouri Valley		Sun Belt
	Big Ten			North Atlantic		Trans America

	Play-In Series:

	Ivy at Northeast
	Metro Athletic at Patriot
	Mideastern Athletic at Southern
	Midwestern Collegiate at Mid-Continent
	Southwestern Athletic at Ohio Valley
	Western Athletic at West Coast

 Collegiate Baseball's Pre-Season Top Forty 
 ==========================================
 1. Cal State-Fullerton  15. Mississippi State  28. Jacksonville
 2. Stanford             16. Oklahoma           29. San Diego State
 3. Louisiana State      17. Fresno State       30. Hawaii
 4. Tennessee            18. Oklahoma State     31. South Florida
 5. California           19. Long Beach State   32. Northeast Louisiana
 6. Georgia Tech         20. Ohio State         33. Southern Mississippi
 7. Pepperdine           21. Texas A&M          34. Nevada
 8. Wichita State        22. Alabama            35. Kentucky
 9. Arizona State        23. Clemson            36. Georgia Southern
10. Florida State        24. Notre Dame         37. Arizona
11. Texas Tech           25. UCLA               38. North Carolina State
12. Texas                26. Auburn             39. Florida
13. Southern California  27. South Alabama      40. North Carolina
14. Miami (Florida)

	A sure sign that spring is JUST around the corner...


	billl

 Baseball America's Pre-Season Top Twenty-Five
 =============================================
 1. Louisiana State      10. UCLA                 18. Alabama
 2. Stanford             11. Arizona State        19. Texas Tech
 3. Cal State-Fullerton  12. Texas                20. South Florida
 4. Wichita State        13. Southern California  21. Miami (Florida)
 5. Georgia Tech         14. Oklahoma             22. Texas A&M
 6. Tennessee            15. Florida State        23. North Carolina State
 7. California           16. Oklahoma State       24. Auburn
 8. Clemson              17. Long Beach State     25. Rice
 9. Mississippi State

ASU has sold out all their home baseball games already this year.  Guess all 
the fans have been saving the money they haven't spent on basketball games.

brews

>ASU has sold out all their home baseball games already this year.

Do they serve beer?

No, yagotta sneak it in..8^(

brews(less) at ASU games

>No, yagotta sneak it in..8^(

Jeez, then how do they sell out???  I mean, I love baseball, but c'mon...
:-) :-)

>Jeez, then how do they sell out???  I mean, I love baseball, but c'mon...

Lottsa guys show up with big parkas with strange lumps in them.  It's kinda 
uncomfortable in March when it's in the 90's, but c'est la vie...

brews

> 4. Wichita State

	Watch out for this sleeper.



	billl

     <<< Note 12.242 by MKOTS3::tcc122.mko.dec.com::long "Some gave all" >>>

>> 4. Wichita State

>	Watch out for this sleeper.
>
>
>
>	billl


	Appropriate comment billll, given their team name.

	Kevin

	

      
    
      I would hardly call the #4 ranked team a sleeper.  Besides Wichita
    State always has a sold BB team.
    
    Jerry

The 1996 Collegiate Baseball Division I Top 30 poll, with the season records
through February 11th in parentheses and total points: 
  
     TEAM                           PTS     
     ----                           ---    
  1. Cal State Fullerton (5-1)      493       
  2. Stanford (7-3)                 490
  3. Louisiana State (0-0)          488      
  4. Tennessee (0-0)                487       
  5. California (6-3)               484
  6. Arizona State (6-1)            481
  7. Florida State (4-0)            478
  8. Wichita State (0-0)            477      
  9. Texas Tech (6-0)               474
 10. Miami (Florida) (5-1)          472
 11. Pepperdine (4-4)               469      
 12. Oklahoma (2-0)                 465
 13. Cal State Northridge (9-1)     462  
 14. Mississippi State (0-0)        455
 15. Nevada (4-2)                   452
 16. Southern California (4-2)      451
 17. Oklahoma State (2-1)           450      
 18. Texas (3-5)                    447
 19. UCLA (6-3)                     446
 20. Ohio State (0-0)               445
 21. Clemson (0-0)                  437
 22. Arizona (9-2)                  436
 23. Texas A&M (1-2)                434
 24. Notre Dame (0-0)               433
 25. Alabama (2-1)                  431
 26. Auburn (3-0)                   429
 27. South Alabama (0-0)            422
 28. Jacksonville (3-1)             420
 29. Florida (4-1)                  417
 30. Central Florida (3-0)          413

Collegiate Baseball Poll

Through games of February 18, 1996 
  
     TEAM                           PTS       
  1. Cal State Fullerton (9-1)      495       
  2. Louisiana State (3-0)          490
  3. Florida State (7-0)            488
  4. Tennessee (0-0)                487       
  5. Arizona State (9-2)            485  
  6. Texas Tech (9-1)               481
  7. Miami, Florida (8-1)           479
  8. Wichita State (0-0)            477
  9. Oklahoma (5-0)                 476
 10. Cal State-Northridge (12-1)    472
 11. Stanford (9-5)                 469
 12. Southern California (8-2)      467
 13. UCLA (9-4)                     463
 14. Mississippi State (0-0)        455
 15. Nevada (4-2)                   452
 16. Arkansas (8-0)                 450
 17. California (7-6)               448
 18. Texas A&M (6-2)                447
 19. Auburn (6-0)                   446
 20. Ohio State (0-0)               445
 21. North Carolina State (6-0)     443
 22. Clemson (1-2)                  435
 23. Oklahoma State (3-3)           432
 24. Alabama (5-1)                  430
 25. Central Florida (9-1)          428
 26. South Alabama (2-0)            424
 27. Rice (6-1)                     420
 28. South Florida (4-2)            418
 29. U.C. Santa Barbara (9-2)       415
 30. Oral Roberts (6-2)             410

Through games of February 18, 1996 
  
     TEAM                           PTS       
  1. Cal State Fullerton (9-1)      495       
  2. Louisiana State (3-0)          490
  3. Florida State (7-0)            488
  4. Tennessee (0-0)                487 <<<<<      
  5. Arizona State (9-2)            485  
  6. Texas Tech (9-1)               481
  7. Miami, Florida (8-1)           479
  8. Wichita State (0-0)            477 <<<<<
  9. Oklahoma (5-0)                 476
 10. Cal State-Northridge (12-1)    472

	What are these two teams waiting for?  It's not as if they 
	are in the frigid northeast corridor.



	billl

    You've obviously never been to Knoxville in February.

 Collegiate Baseball Poll

 1. Cal State Fullerton	    11. UCLA			21. Rice
 2. Louisiana State	    12. Stanford		22. Oklahoma State
 3. Cal State Northridge    13. Texas A&M		23. Auburn
 4. Texas Tech		    14. Oklahoma		24. Ohio State
 5. Arkansas		    15. Florida			25. Central Florida
 6. Arizona State	    16. Miami (Florida)		26. Alabama
 7. Tennessee		    17. North Carolina State	27. South Alabama
 8. Wichita State	    18. Clemson			28. New Orleans
 9. Southern California	    19. California		29. Jacksonville
10. Florida State	    20. Nevada			30. Long Beach State

 Collegiate Baseball Poll

 1. CSU Fullerton 18-2      11. Rice 20-2               21. Auburn 15-4
 2. LSU 14-1                12. CSU Northridge 21-5     22. Georgia Tech 10-7
 3. Texas Tech 23-2         13. Florida State 13-4      23. Texas 15-11
 4. Wichita State 5-0       14. Texas A&M 18-5          24. Oklahoma 10-6
 5. Clemson 14-2            15. UCLA 15-9               25. Kentucky 10-2
 6. Southern Cal 16-4       16. Miami FL 14-4           26. New Orleans 12-2
 7. Florida 15-5            17. N.C.State 15-3          27. Alabama 14-5
 8. Tennessee 8-4           18. Nevada 11-4             28. Mississippi St. 8-6
 9. Arkansas 19-2           19. Oklahoma State 12-5     29. Arizona 18-11
10. Arizona State 15-6      20. South Florida 15-4      30. South Alabama 12-4

By conference:

SEC 8 teams; SWC, ACC, Pac 10 4 teams; Big 8, Big West, Sun Belt 2;
MVC, WAC, Independents, C-USA 1 team.

Atlantic Coast Conference
=========================
Florida State		12- 0  28- 4
Georgia Tech		 5- 1  19- 9
Clemson			 6- 3  24- 6
North Carolina State	 5- 4  25- 7
Duke			 4- 4  26- 5
Virginia		 4- 8
North Carolina		 3- 6  19-13
Wake Forest		 2- 9  14-21
Maryland		 0- 6


Atlantic Ten Conference
=======================
Eastern Division			Western Division
----------------			----------------
St.Bonaventure		 3- 1   9- 4	George Washington	 4- 0  12-14
Fordham			 2- 1  10-11-2	LaSalle			 3- 1  12-11
Massachusetts		 2- 2  10- 6	Virginia Tech		 3- 1  13-12
Temple			 2- 2  12-13-1	Xavier (Ohio)		 1- 3  11-15
St.Joseph's		 1- 2  10-18	Duquesne		 1- 3   7-12
Rhode Island		 1- 3   4-12	Dayton			 0- 4   9-15


Big East Conference
===================
American Division			National Division
-----------------			-----------------
St.John's		 5- 2   9- 6	Notre Dame		 3- 1  17- 7
West Virginia		 5- 2  12-10	Villanova		 3- 1   6- 9
Providence		 3- 2  15- 4	Rutgers			 2- 2  12-11
Connecticut		 4- 3   8-11	Georgetown		 3- 3   9-15
Pittsburgh		 2- 5  15-10	Seton Hall		 1- 5   9-10
Boston College		 0- 5   7- 9


Big Eight Conference
====================
Oklahoma State		 7- 1  21- 7
Oklahoma		 7- 2  20-10
Missouri		 7- 3  20- 8
Kansas State		 2- 3  17- 9
Kansas			 4- 7  14-13
Nebraska		 2- 7  10-17
Iowa State		 2- 8   6-15


Big South Conference
====================
Winthrop		 5- 1  25- 9-1
No. Carolina-Greensboro	 4- 1  16-15-1
Coastal Carolina	 2- 1  12-18
Liberty			 4- 2  14- 8
No. Carolina-Asheville	 2- 4  11-17
Radford			 2- 4   7-16
Charleston Southern	 1- 2  13-13-1
UM-Baltimore County	 0- 5   2-13


Big Ten Conference
==================
Ohio State		 6- 2  18- 7
Michigan		 6- 2   8-15
Illinois		 5- 2  14-10
Minnesota		 2- 1  10-12
Penn State		 4- 3   7-17-1
Indiana			 4- 4  14-11
Northwestern		 2- 2  12-10
Iowa			 4- 4   8- 7
Purdue			 1- 6   9-17-1
Michigan State		 0- 8   6-21


Big West Conference
===================
Cal State-Fullerton	 6- 0  30- 2
Long Beach State	 6- 0  21-12
Nevada			 3- 3  20- 8
Nevada-Las Vegas	 3- 3  27-10
Cal-Santa Barbara	 3- 3  20-11
San Jose State		 2- 4  20-16
New Mexico State	 1- 5  17-18
Pacific			 0- 6  17-13


Colonial Athletic Conference
============================
East Carolina		 5- 1  15- 5
Old Dominion		 7- 2  23- 7
Richmond		 7- 2  15-11
Virginia Commonwealth	 3- 3  20-13
George Mason		 3- 3  10-16
James Madison		 4- 5  15-13
No. Carolina-Wilmington	 3- 6  13-19
William and Mary	 1-11  15-14


Conference USA
==============
Alabama-Birmingham	 5- 1  18- 7
South Florida		 7- 2  26- 7
Southern Mississippi	 5- 4  18- 9
No. Carolina-Charlotte	 5- 4  15-15
Tulane			 3- 3  18-12
Memphis			 2- 4  14-12
St.Louis		 3- 6  10-11
Louisville		 3- 6  11-15
Cincinnati		 0- 3   2- 9


Ivy League
==========
Lou Gehrig Division			Red Rolfe Division
-------------------			------------------
Pennsylvania		 4- 0  12- 7	Yale			 0- 0   9- 8
Cornell			 0- 0   5- 9	Harvard			 0- 0   5- 6
Princeton		 0- 0   4-10	Brown			 0- 0   4- 5
Columbia		 0- 4   5-17	Dartmouth		 0- 0   1-10


Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
==================================
Northern Division			Southern Division
-----------------			-----------------
LeMoyne			 4- 0   7- 6	Fairfield		 4- 2  10- 8-1
Siena			 3- 1   8-10	Iona			 3- 2  12- 7
Canisius		 1- 3   4-10	St.Peter's		 1- 1   6-11
Niagara			 0- 4   2- 9	Manhattan		 0- 3   2-13


Mid-American Conference
=======================
Ball State		 4- 0  13- 4-1
Kent			 4- 0  12- 9
Bowling Green State	 3- 1  12- 3
Central Michigan	 2- 2  11- 7
Akron			 2- 2   9- 7
Ohio			 2- 2  10-10
Toledo			 2- 2   5- 9
Miami (Ohio)		 1- 3   6-15
Western Michigan	 0- 4   5-17
Eastern Michigan	 0- 4   4-16


Mid Continent Conference
========================
Eastern Division			Western Division
----------------			----------------
Troy State		 4- 0  21- 7	Eastern Illinois	 3- 1   7-13
Central Connecticut St.	 3- 1   9- 6-1	Valparaiso		 2- 1   9- 9
Youngstown State	 2- 2   6- 9	Western Illinois	 5- 3   7-11
New York Tech		 2- 2   7-11	Northeastern Illinois	 4- 4  11-13
Pace			 1- 3		Chicago State		 1- 6   7-12-1
LIU-C.W.Post		 0- 4   4- 8-1


Mid Eastern Athletic Conference
===============================
Northern Division			Southern Division
-----------------			-----------------
Coppin State		 5- 0   8- 9-1	Bethune-Cookman		 4- 1  16-19
Howard			 2- 1   5-20	Florida A&M		 6- 3   9-25
UM-Eastern Shore	 1- 5   1-18	North Carolina A&T	 1- 7   4-24
Delaware State		 0- 2   1-12


Midwestern Collegiate Conference
================================
Illinois-Chicago	 2- 0   6- 9
Butler			 4- 1  10- 7
Wisconsin-Milwaukee	 5- 2   6-10
Detroit			 3- 3  10- 6
Wright State		 1- 3   5-15
Northern Illinois	 0- 2   6-14
Cleveland State		 0- 4   4-12


Missouri Valley Conference
==========================
Wichita State		 3- 0  16- 2
Southern Illinois	 6- 2  13-12
Southwest Missouri State 4- 3   9-13
Evansville		 5- 4  16- 9
Bradley			 4- 4  16- 6
Northern Iowa		 4- 4  11-13
Creighton		 2- 3   7-14
Indiana State		 2- 5   9-13
Illinois State		 1- 6   7-13


North Atlantic Conference
=========================
Drexel			 2- 0   8- 6
Delaware		 3- 1  13- 1
Hofstra			 2- 2  11- 7
New Hampshire		 2- 2   9- 9
Vermont			 2- 2   4-10
Towson State		 2- 2   5-12
Northeastern		 0- 0   3- 9
Maine			 1- 3   4-27
Hartford		 0- 2   2-10


Northeast Conference
====================
Long Island		 5- 1   8- 6
Rider			 5- 1   8-10
Monmouth		 4- 2  10-14
Wagner			 3- 3   7-11
Mount St.Mary's		 2- 4   4- 9-1
Fairleigh Dickinson	 2- 4   5-11
St.Francis (New York)	 2- 4   3- 9-1
Marist			 1- 5   6-10-1


Ohio Valley Conference
======================
Middle Tennessee State	 7- 2   17-12
Tennessee Tech		 6- 2   12-16
Austin Peay State	 5- 3   21- 9
Southeast Missouri State 4- 4-1 13-12-1
Morehead State		 4- 4    9-18
Eastern Kentucky	 3- 6   10-16
Tennessee-Martin	 2- 6-1  8-16-2
Murray State		 2- 6    8-16


Pacific Ten Conference
======================
Northern Division			Southern Division
-----------------			-----------------
Oregon State		 0- 0  16- 6-1	Southern California	11- 4  24- 8
Washington		 0- 0   9-17	UCLA			10- 5  19-11
Washington State	 0- 0  10-20	Stanford		 8- 7  19-12
Portland State		 0- 0   7-19	Arizona State		 6- 9  22-13
					California		 6- 9  21-17
					Arizona			 4-11  20-19


Patriot League
==============
Army			 4- 0   8- 8
Navy			 3- 1  12-15
Bucknell		 3- 1   6-11
Lehigh			 1- 3   5-11-1
Holy Cross		 1- 3   1-10
Lafayette		 0- 4   2-15


Southeastern Conference
=======================
Eastern Division			Western Division
----------------			----------------
Florida			 9- 3  26- 7	Louisiana State		 8- 4  25- 5
South Carolina		 7- 5  17-11	Alabama			 8- 4  23-10
Tennessee		 5- 7  15-10	Mississippi State	 8- 4  16- 9
Kentucky		 5- 7  16-11	Arkansas		 7- 5  27- 6
Vanderbilt		 5- 7  13-14	Auburn			 6- 6  20- 9
Georgia			 3- 9  15-14	Mississippi		 1-11  13-14


Southern Conference
===================
Western Carolina	12- 3  21-16-1
Georgia Southern	11- 3  23- 7
Furman			12- 6  20-12
East Tennessee State	 9- 6  19-11
Appalachian State	10- 7  15-11
The Citadel		 7- 8  20-18
Davidson		 4-11  10-20
Virginia Military	 3-12   8-22
Marshall		 0-12   1-21-1


Southland Conference
====================
Louisiana Division			Texas Division
------------------			--------------
Northeast Louisiana	 9- 6  22-13	Sam Houston State	10- 5  19-14
McNeese State		 7- 8  16-16	Southwest Texas State	10- 5  16-18
Northwestern State	 5-10  15-17	Texas-San Antonio	 8- 7  16-15
Nicholls State		 5-10  10-21	Texas-Arlington		 6- 9  14-20


Southwest Conference
====================
Texas Tech		10- 2  35- 4
Texas			 6- 2  24-13
Texas Christian		 5- 2  23-19
Texas A&M		 5- 7  24-12
Baylor			 3- 5  15-16
Houston			 2- 6  17-15
Rice			 2- 9  22-13


Southwestern Athletic Conference
================================
Eastern Division			Western Division
----------------			----------------
Jackson State		12- 2  16-12	Southern		15- 1  26- 4
Alcorn State		 7- 7  14-18	Grambling State		12- 4  19-13
Alabama State		 5- 6  11-15	Texas Southern		 4-12  11-23
Mississippi Valley	 3-12   5-21	Prairie View A&M	 1-15   2-33


Sun Belt Conference
===================
New Orleans		 9- 3  22- 7
South Alabama		 8- 4  18-11
Jacksonville		 8- 4  19-14
Arkansas State		 7- 5  19-11
Southwestern Louisiana	 6- 6  15-17
Western Kentucky	 5- 6  14-12
Texas-Pan American	 5- 7  18-19
Arkansas-Little Rock	 4- 7  17-13
Lamar			 4- 8  16-14
Louisiana Tech		 3- 9  13-17


Trans America Athletic Conference
=================================
Eastern Division			Southern Division
----------------			-----------------
Georgia State		 5- 1  13-14	Stetson			6- 0  26-10
College of Charleston	 4- 2  20-11	Central Florida		2- 4  25-13
Campbell		 3- 3  14-17	Florida Atlantic	1- 2  23-10
Mercer			 0- 6  13-15	Florida International	0- 3  25-13

Western Division
----------------
Southeastern Louisiana	 5- 1  19- 9
Jacksonville State	 4- 2  21-10
Samford			 0- 3  12-15
Centenary		 0- 3  12-20


West Coast Conference
=====================
San Diego		 8- 0  13-16-1
Pepperdine		14- 2  25-14
Santa Clara		 6- 2  20-13
Loyola Marymount	 6- 6  12-25
St.Mary's		 3- 5   8-19
San Fransisco		 2- 6  15-14
Gonzaga			 1-11   6-18
Portland		 0- 8   8-15


Western Athletic Conference
===========================
Eastern Division			Western Division
----------------			----------------
New Mexico		11- 3  18-17	Cal State-Northridge	11- 2  31- 6
Brigham Young		 7- 3  17-12	Fresno State		10- 4  22-15
Utah			 5- 6  16-13	San Diego State		 8- 6  21-14-2
Wyoming			 3- 4  13- 9	Cal Poly-S.L.Obispo	 6- 8  15-15
Grand Canyon		 5-10  15-18	Hawaii			 5- 7  22-15
Air Force		 3- 8  11-20	Cal State-Sacramento	 0-13   7-26


Independents
============
Miami (Florida)		       23- 5
Oral Roberts
Hawaii-Hilo			9-28
Wofford
West Chester
Southern Utah
Colgate

    
    
    Did anyone catch the score of a game out East yesterday. I picked it up
    off of ESPN but do not remember the names.
    
    St.somebody 71
    X??	         1
    
    Game called in the 4th  52 unearned runs 

    
    	The winning school was St. Francis, during the second inning of the
    game the St. Francis coach asked the Robert Morris coach if he wanted
    to stop the game. The Robert Morris coach said he would let him know
    when he wanted to end the game. So St. Francis wasn't trying to rub
    it in, out of the 71 runs something like 55 were un-earned. This is
    Robert Morris 2nd year of Division 2 baseball, last year they were
    0-30.
    
    Ron

>    	The winning school was St. Francis, during the second inning of the
>    game the St. Francis coach asked the Robert Morris coach if he wanted
>    to stop the game. The Robert Morris coach said he would let him know
>    when he wanted to end the game. So St. Francis wasn't trying to rub
>    it in, out of the 71 runs something like 55 were un-earned. This is
>    Robert Morris 2nd year of Division 2 baseball, last year they were
>    0-30.

     Actually, they were 1-30 last year; this loss made them 0-7 this year.
     Also note that this was St.Francis of Illinois (not NY or PA).  They
     are actually a decent Division II team.

    I pitched for a softball team that was like that - had a lot of fun tho

Watched the last couple of innings of the CWS final on Saturday. 

Couldn't have been a better finish if CBS had scripted it....

Wow!

    
    	The ending of the CWS was destiny. How many times do we see it
    over and over again. Joey got hurt earlier in the year and missed 40
    games with a broken hand, doesn't have all of his strength back and
    hasn't hit a home run all year long. Then bang, a two run HR with
    two outs to win the game. Nothing better in Sports then seeing
    something like that happen.
    
    Ron

This series reminded me that baseball can actually be a decent game. The
ending was right outta _Hoosiers_ or the like.

But I must say, that aluminum bat bothers me being a fan o' the ol' wood
ones. I mean, "He got good metal" doesn't exactly stir the soul.

And I have one question? How did they figger his home run with a guy on
was worth 2 points? 

TTom

    
    >And I have one question? How did they figger his home run with a guy on
    >was worth 2 points?
    
    Wouldn't that be two questions 8^)
    
    There were going to award him three points for his style around the
    bases, but the Lithuaian judge denegraded his score because his hair
    was too long.
    
    Marc
    

    
    
    Get off Lithuanian Judges!!!

    are you sure it did not have more to do with the style of his UNI?
    

  Someone call?

  I saw a few minutes of a couple of the games on ESPN but didn't get to see
all that much. One thing and another. 

  George

	Big West
	--------
	Pacific			0-0  5-2
	Cal-Santa Barbara	0-0  1-2
	others			0-0  0-0

	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
	-------------------------------
	Bethune-Cookman		0-0  0-3
	others

	Pacific Ten
	-----------
	UCLA			0-0  3-0
	Southern California	0-0  2-0
	Arizona			0-0  3-1
	Arizona State		0-0  2-1
	others			0-0  0-0

	Trans America
	-------------
	Florida International	0-0  3-0
	others			0-0  0-0

	Independents
	------------
	Miami (Florida)		     3-1
	Hawaii-Hilo		     4-9
	others			     0-0

    As billte mentioned in the Big East (yawwwwn) note UNH is
    threatening to drop baseball from their collegiate sports
    program.  One of Merrimack Legion's allumni, Brian Georges,
    is currently in his third year of a full boat to UNH.  What
    happens to the scholarships, like Brian's, already promised?
    
    
    billl

  Well, he'll have to read the fine print. If his scholarship is dependent
on the program continuing, could be trouble.

  In any case if he's 3rd year, he has 1/2 of his baseball ahead of him. He
could either transfer to a new school that will give him a scholarship or
if he's really good he could go pro.

  If he wants to go pro and finish school full time he could play a couple
seasons of short season A ball. Or he could finish his 3rd year, go pro,
play one season of short season A ball, do the 1st half of his senior year
in the fall, go to spring training, then finish school the following fall.

  Another choice might be a season of Cape Cod league during the summer then
go pro and do short season A ball after graduation.

  George

    
>    As billte mentioned in the Big East (yawwwwn) note UNH is
>    threatening to drop baseball from their collegiate sports
>    program.  One of Merrimack Legion's allumni, Brian Georges,
>    is currently in his third year of a full boat to UNH.  What
>    happens to the scholarships, like Brian's, already promised?
    
    I'm positive that the scholarship will be honored, but what's a 
    kid who wanted to play fairly major college ball while going to 
    school supposed to do?  Sure, he can transfer, but doing so 
    involuntarily is still a major disruption to his life.
    
    As I told billte last night, for the state university to drop its
    baseball program borders on the un-American.  Among others, Carlton
    Fisk played at UNH for a brief stint.
    
    I met UNH's coach and some of his players at a rest stop in New Jersey
    last year on my way home from spring training in Florida (they were 
    playing a tourney in Maryland).  Very nice guy, and very enthusiastic
    about what he was doing.  It's a shame...
    
    glenn
    

    
    for those of us that just aren't positive...
    
    is short A ball = A  or  AA   or   AAA
    
    Marc
    

    
>    is short A ball = A  or  AA   or   AAA
    
    It's low "A".  They only play a half-season in the summer, not the 
    spring.  The New York-Penn League is an example...
    
    
    glenn
    

    
      It'd be unheard of for them not to honor his scholarship.
     Usually even if a kid quits the program and not vice versa 
     they get to keep their scholarships. The stated goal is for 
     the kid to get an education and that's supposed to come first. 
     This is typical hick ass New Hampshire, though.
     

    No, it happened in NH and I'm ashamed that it did but it's a trend that
    has hit Boston University, Brown and quite a few schools.  This is
    definitely nasty people doing nasty things.  The people doing it are
    usually unaccountable, anonymous (not anymore) and have self-serving
    agendas.

    re: .278
    
    Short A ball is not exactly low A...actually it really depends on 
    the organization.  For instance, the Rangers last season had three
    Class A teams, one of them being the Hudson Valley Renegades.  And
    the break down went like this:
    
    	Florida State League  (Rangers)			- High  A
    	South Atlantic League (Charleston Riverdogs)	- Low   A
    	New York Penn League  (Hudson Valley Renegades)	- Short A
    
    	But some organizations don't have three Class A teams.  As a
    matter of fact, the Rangers have been reduces to only two A teams
    for the upcoming season...and I donno what they'll be called.  They'll
    have only the Florida State League Rangers and one team in the Appy
    League.  The FSL will remain high A I'm sure, and the Appy League
    team will probably be considered short A.
    	Bottom line here was summerized well in one of the previous
    replies...short A is just that...a short season Class A ball which
    starts after the June draft and ends toward the end of August.
    
    Ed

    "Short A ball"


	John Kruk?

  It sort of appears that short season A ball is about the same quality or
level as "Low A ball", the difference being that "Low A ball" runs the full
minor league season and is the next step after rookie league or winter ball
for guys who don't go to college where as short season A ball is there to
increase capacity when school ends. 

  The regular minor league season runs from the end of spring training to
the end of August while "Short Season A Ball" seems to run from about the
time school lets out in May to the end of August.

  The guys who pass those tests and go pro full time finally meet in "High A
Ball" then move on to AA, AAA and so forth. 

  George

    
    By George (sorry 'bout the pun!), I think he's got it!!!!!!!
    
    Ed

    If towns like Lynn and Nashua are willing to support "low" A ball
    independently I'm sure the mlb teams will be glad to let them and
    purchase those who develop for their own A teams.  Two players come to
    mind: Musial and Bob Lemon.  The first was a pitcher who couldn't make
    it and had a retry at outfield.  Lemon was a second baseman in the
    majors who then became a HOF pitcher.
    
    In those days they had plenty of minor leagues to give any good athlete
    who could play a little ball a fair chance to develop.  Today baseball
    probably misses a lot of potential prospects because they don't have
    places to put iffy prospects.  College is not the place either.  The
    Caribbean area has enough teams and the weather to allow the late
    bloomers to develop and therefore the disproportionatlely large numbers
    of mlb players from those areas. 

  For the most part the major league clubs already own the rights to the
players on the Low A ball teams. The teams themselves might be separately owned
but they sign contracts for with big league clubs for players and after spring
training and throughout the year the big league clubs "designate for
assignment" players to fill out the rosters of those teams. 

  Today most major league clubs have contracts with and own the players of:

  # Level                           (e.g Red Sox Franchise)
  - -----                           -----------------------
  1 Major League Club               Boston Red Sox (American League)
  1 AAA Club                        Pawtucket Red Sox (International League)
  1 AA Club                         Trenton Thunder (Eastern League)
  1 High A ball club                Sarasota Red Sox (Florida League)
  1 Full Season Low A ball club     Michigan Battle Cats (Midwest League)
  1 Short Season Low A ball club    Lowell Spinners (New York-Penn League)
  1 Rookie or Club                  Ft. Myers Red Sox (Gulf Coast League)

  In addition there are independent leagues who's teams are not affiliated
with major league clubs like the team in St Paul where Strawberry played the
1st half of the '96 season.

  One glitch is that there are 5 full season A ball leagues but the numbers
don't add up right to divide them into High and Low a ball. Some leagues seem
to be strictly High A ball and some low but one league seems to be used by some
teams for different purposes. The full season A ball leagues and how they were
used last season are: 

    - Florida          - High A ball
    - Carolina         - High A ball
    - California       - Both high and low
    - Midwest          - Low A ball
    - South Atlantic   - Low A Ball

  Most teams seem to have their High A ball team in the Florida or Carolina
and their other team in one of the other three but Seattle only had their
two A ball teams in the California and Midwest. Of course there is no reason
a club can't use one of the lower leagues as their High B ball team. Only
down side would be a bit less competition to help their guys develop.

  A couple things to note, first some shuffling goes on each year as minor
league contracts expire and teams change major league team affiliation. Also
the contract between MLB and the association which controls the minor leagues
is almost up and there is speculation that there may be changes including a
decrease in the number of minor leagues per major league club.

  George

    I read a comment that the UNH Baseball team had to be denied a team
    because UNH does not have a Softball diamond and therefore no softball
    team but would have to build and start one in order to continue having
    baseball. 
    
    Come to think of it why couldn't they just start a women's baseball
    team.  Glenn's got a team that'd be glad to play'em.