Final "Weekend" ~ #23 UConn v. #9 ECU @ J.O.C Field (Thurs. 5/17 @1p & DblHdr Fri. 5/18 @ 11a >>)

[Fantana]

Did i miss something? Is Prato ok? Just saw box score and Hague played second game. Thats got to be like his second start of season in what was a huge game.

 

[huskymedic]

Did i miss something? Is Prato ok? Just saw box score and Hague played second game. Thats got to be like his second start of season in what was a huge game.

Prato’s been nursing a left lower arm/hand injury and aggravated it in first game of double header. They wanted to rest him second game w/ Tourney coming up.

 

[huskymedic]

Baseball: Tim Cate focused on the present in return from injury

 

[ATLDYKA]

I'm guessing you do not follow college baseball. There are exceptions for everything, and for the AAC the big exception is baseball. In terms of competition and quality teams, baseball is the one sport at UConn to benefit from moving from the Big East to the AAC. For baseball, the AAC is now always one one of the top conferences in the country. This season the AAC currently ranks 4th in the RPI, with 8 of 9 AAC teams lodged in the RPI top 100, and with 5 teams in the RPI top 50. The AAC in its few years has always gotten multiple bids to the NCAA baseball tourney. For the upcoming NCAA baseball tourney, expect to see the AAC to get 4 or 5 teams into the tourney, not a bad number when you are not the SEC or the ACC. Also, if UConn does well in the AAC tourney (getting to the finals or winning the tourney), there is a real chance that the Huskies could be selected as one of the 16 host seeds for the NCAA tournament. That despite having the No. 3 seed in the AAC tourney.

I actually think you can say the same about football. I feel the AAC is better as well. Problem is if you only read the basketball board you would think that is the only sport played at UConn. I've always been of the mindset that if you're a UConn alum you are a fan of all sports not just one.

 

[huskymedic]

ECU’s Packard was Player of the Week: