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UConn up to #9 in D1Baseball Top 25 Poll:
d1baseball.com

D1Baseball Top 25: LSU remains No. 1, Maryland headlines three new entrants • D1Baseball

LSU and Wake Forest headline the latest Top 25, while Maryland, Cal State Fullerton and Northeastern join the rankings.
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UConn “up” to #23 in Baseball America Top 25:

College Baseball Top 25 Rankings

Wake Forest remains atop the Baseball America Top 25 after another series win. The Demon Deacons won all 10 of their ACC series and didn’t post a losing weekend throughout the regular season.
www.baseballamerica.com www.baseballamerica.com

-> Previous ranking: No. 24
Last Week: 3-0
Overall: 32-11, 8-3 in Big East (0-1 vs. Top 25)
Weekend Record: 9-0-2
Results
April 25: Rhode Island: W 9-5
April 29-30: @ Villanova: W 7-3, W 9-1
Upcoming
May 5-7: Seton Hall

UConn continued its winning ways with a perfect week that consisted of a win over Rhode Island and an abbreviated series sweep of Villanova. The standout performance of the week for UConn belonged to righthander Stephen Quigley, who threw 7.2 scoreless innings with 10 strikeouts in its game two victory against Villanova. While its overall record is an impressive 32-11, Connecticut is a half-game behind Creighton in the Big East standings. UConn this weekend hosts Seton Hall. <-
 
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huskymedic said:
UConn up to #9 in D1Baseball Top 25 Poll:
d1baseball.com

D1Baseball Top 25: LSU remains No. 1, Maryland headlines three new entrants • D1Baseball

LSU and Wake Forest headline the latest Top 25, while Maryland, Cal State Fullerton and Northeastern join the rankings.
d1baseball.com d1baseball.com

UConn “up” to #23 in Baseball America Top 25:

College Baseball Top 25 Rankings

Wake Forest remains atop the Baseball America Top 25 after another series win. The Demon Deacons won all 10 of their ACC series and didn’t post a losing weekend throughout the regular season.
www.baseballamerica.com www.baseballamerica.com

-> Previous ranking: No. 24
Last Week: 3-0
Overall: 32-11, 8-3 in Big East (0-1 vs. Top 25)
Weekend Record: 9-0-2
Results
April 25: Rhode Island: W 9-5
April 29-30: @ Villanova: W 7-3, W 9-1
Upcoming
May 5-7: Seton Hall

UConn continued its winning ways with a perfect week that consisted of a win over Rhode Island and an abbreviated series sweep of Villanova. The standout performance of the week for UConn belonged to righthander Stephen Quigley, who threw 7.2 scoreless innings with 10 strikeouts in its game two victory against Villanova. While its overall record is an impressive 32-11, Connecticut is a half-game behind Creighton in the Big East standings. UConn this weekend hosts Seton Hall. <-
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UConn up 4 spots to #9 in USA Today NCAA Coaches Poll:

NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports

Weekly results from the USA TODAY Sports NCAA Baseball coaches poll, conducted weekly using a panel of head coaches at Division I schools.
www.usatoday.com
 
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Palatine said:
Looks like Jim Penders is well liked by his peers.
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Once again, this may be partly the result of UConn making the NCAA Tournament 8 out the last 12 years and the last 4 Tourneys in a row, and also reaching the super regionals last year. It all helps to build things up for the UConn Baseball program.
 
I like being #9, it’s great recognition, but I just feel like our pitching is super suspect to make a run past regionals.
 
husky210 said:
I like being #9, it’s great recognition, but I just feel like our pitching is super suspect to make a run past regionals.
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You may very well be right, but it could be that a bunch of good programs’ staffs are ashambles this year.
 
Rdkid said:
You may very well be right, but it could be that a bunch of good programs’ staffs are ashambles this year.
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Chris Jones has said a number of times during game broadcasts that run production is up all over college baseball. He mentioned that Coach Mac has said the baseball used in college ball is harder, slippery, and the seems are not as high, and this does not favor pitchers.
 
dbmill said:
Chris Jones has said a number of times during game broadcasts that run production is up all over college baseball. He mentioned that Coach Mac has said the baseball used in college ball is harder, slippery, and the seems are not as high, and this does not favor pitchers.
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UConn currently has a team ERA of 5.05, which puts them at No. 74 in Division 1. Only 16 teams in Division 1 currently have an ERA under 4.00.
 
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HookC22 said:
Ehh, I hear ya but I also dont think we are the #9 team in the country either. I'd say we are in the 15 range.
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It's not just this year though, the past several years they've had us consistently DRASTICALLY lower than the other polls. Remember how much longer it took us to break into the top 25 on BA vs the other polls either last year or the year before?
 
greenday61892 said:
It's not just this year though, the past several years they've had us consistently DRASTICALLY lower than the other polls. Remember how much longer it took us to break into the top 25 on BA vs the other polls either last year or the year before?
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Yes no question about that, BA has always been much lower than the others.
 
UConn needs to win a bunch of games to take the Big East regular season title. I'm thinking going 7-2 should give them a good chance at the regular season title, but sweeping at least 2 of the remaining Big East weekend series would certainly improve their changes. Obviously they need to take the last series against Creighton.

The two other main contenders for the Big East regular season title, Creighton and Xavier, play each other in Omaha. That will make things interesting as well. UConn of course concludes the regular season with a series at Creighton as well. Next week Creighton plays at Seton Hall, the team UConn is playing this weekend.

After playing Creighton this weekend, Xavier concludes their Big East schedule playing at St. John's and hosting Georgetown. Considering the Hoyas and Xavier both are offensive focused clubs that play in home field band boxes, that has the possibility of being an interesting offensive display.
 
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huskymedic said:
UConn sticks @ #9 in this weeks NCAA/D1Baseball Poll.
d1baseball.com

D1Baseball Top 25: Wake Forest takes over No. 1 • D1Baseball

For the first time this year, there's a change atop the D1Baseball Top 25, as Wake Forest supplants LSU. And three teams join the rankings.
d1baseball.com d1baseball.com

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UConn up a few spots to #21 in Baseball America Top 25;

College Baseball Top 25 Rankings

Wake Forest remains atop the Baseball America Top 25 after another series win. The Demon Deacons won all 10 of their ACC series and didn’t post a losing weekend throughout the regular season.
www.baseballamerica.com www.baseballamerica.com

-> Last week: 3-0
Overall: 35-11, 11-3 in Big East (0-1 vs. Top 25)
Weekend Record: 10-0-2
Results
May 5-7: Seton Hall: W 10-7, W 3-2 (11), W 15-9
Upcoming
May 10: Hofstra
May 12-14: Butler

UConn this weekend swept Seton Hall, but it was far from easy. The Huskies came from behind to win in each of their three games, headlined by Saturday’s 11-inning, series-clinching victory in which Jake Studley hit a walkoff single. UConn has yet to lose a series this season and sits atop the Big East standings with a conference record of 11-3. This week it takes on Hofstra before a series with last-place Butler<-
 
Crazy, I know, but just curious what folks think about a playoff rotation that looks something like:

Fogell
Quigley
Kirby

With Sears and Cooke in long relief.

I know Fogells strength has been largely based on his move to RP but hes been getting outs like it’s nothing. Super efficient and seemingly effortless. Quiggers is a solid Saturday guy. Kirby is generally efficient, pitches to contact, and is accustomed to extended appearances.

Totally crazy?

Rationale: Jonesy always mentions how many comeback wins we have this year, and it truly is impressive. The flip side of that is how often we get behind, and this is against non-regional type teams. It’s not a winning formula for playoff baseball, imo. Just wondering if Penders and co are secretly thinking the same and cooking something up.
 
CtBaseball said:
Crazy, I know, but just curious what folks think about a playoff rotation that looks something like:

Fogell
Quigley
Kirby

With Sears and Cooke in long relief.

I know Fogells strength has been largely based on his move to RP but hes been getting outs like it’s nothing. Super efficient and seemingly effortless. Quiggers is a solid Saturday guy. Kirby is generally efficient, pitches to contact, and is accustomed to extended appearances.

Totally crazy?
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Totally crazy
 
huskymedic said:
UConn up a few spots to #21 in Baseball America Top 25;

College Baseball Top 25 Rankings

Wake Forest remains atop the Baseball America Top 25 after another series win. The Demon Deacons won all 10 of their ACC series and didn’t post a losing weekend throughout the regular season.
www.baseballamerica.com www.baseballamerica.com

-> Last week: 3-0
Overall: 35-11, 11-3 in Big East (0-1 vs. Top 25)
Weekend Record: 10-0-2
Results
May 5-7: Seton Hall: W 10-7, W 3-2 (11), W 15-9
Upcoming
May 10: Hofstra
May 12-14: Butler

UConn this weekend swept Seton Hall, but it was far from easy. The Huskies came from behind to win in each of their three games, headlined by Saturday’s 11-inning, series-clinching victory in which Jake Studley hit a walkoff single. UConn has yet to lose a series this season and sits atop the Big East standings with a conference record of 11-3. This week it takes on Hofstra before a series with last-place Butler<-
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UConn dropped from 9 to 10 in the USA Today Coaches Poll (Duke jumped from 10 to 8 after taking 2 of 3 from UVA):

NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports

Weekly results from the USA TODAY Sports NCAA Baseball coaches poll, conducted weekly using a panel of head coaches at Division I schools.
www.usatoday.com
 
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CtBaseball said:
Crazy, I know, but just curious what folks think about a playoff rotation that looks something like:

Fogell
Quigley
Kirby

With Sears and Cooke in long relief.

I know Fogells strength has been largely based on his move to RP but hes been getting outs like it’s nothing. Super efficient and seemingly effortless. Quiggers is a solid Saturday guy. Kirby is generally efficient, pitches to contact, and is accustomed to extended appearances.

Totally crazy?

Rationale: Jonesy always mentions how many comeback wins we have this year, and it truly is impressive. The flip side of that is how often we get behind, and this is against non-regional type teams. It’s not a winning formula for playoff baseball, imo. Just wondering if Penders and co are secretly thinking the same and cooking something up.
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The time to experiment like this is during the season, and not during the playoffs. Seriously doubt it will happen at this point in the season, you would need someone to take over for Fogell and Kirby in the bullpen as well. Wonder when the last time either Fogell or Kirby was used as a starting pitcher by any team.
 
dbmill said:
The time to experiment like this is during the season, and not during the playoffs. Seriously doubt it will happen at this point in the season, you would need someone to take over for Fogell and Kirby in the bullpen as well. Wonder when the last time either Fogell or Kirby was used as a starting pitcher by any team.
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Fogell was a starter for Brown, but he has been much better as a reliever.

At any rate, the verdict is in: crazy. Here’s hoping our SPs can get hot at the right time.
 
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