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College Baseball: The Road to Omaha Week 6

Mar 29, 2016

"The Road to Omaha" is a column I started writing opening weekend of last college baseball season where I would talk about the weekend's biggest winners, surprises, and post my vote for the Top-25 in the countr...

College Baseball: Rice Wins Series Over No. 16 ECU

Scott Stone

Mar 14, 2016

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Friday- #16 ECU 10 - Owls 1 Jon Duplantier looked really good for most of the night. One week after the 6-4 225 lb. righty struck out 14 against Central Florida, the junior struck out nine more in 6 2/3 inning...

Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic: 5 Thoughts on the Weekend

Scott Stone

Mar 1, 2016

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In lieu of another day's recap from The Classic, I'm going to do something a little different and give my analysis of the weekend on each team in "Five Thoughts." ARKANSAS (3-0) I came into the weekend kno...

Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic: Day 2

Scott Stone

Feb 29, 2016

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Day one of the Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic was a great day for pitching and defense, but the offense took over on Saturday. One player had multiple home runs (Michael Bernal, Arkansas-2), an...

Shriner Hospitals for Children College Classic- Day 1

Scott Stone

Feb 27, 2016

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Game 1: Texas Tech 3 - UH 2 Andrew Lantrip was masterful throughout most of the contest for the University of Houston, but a couple of mistakes did him in Friday afternoon. The Red Raiders got a home run f...

Houston Cruises Past Nova on Opening Weekend

Scott Stone

Feb 22, 2016

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The Houston Cougars opened the 2016 slate with a three-game sweep of the Villanova Wildcats over the weekend. Over the course of the entire weekend, the power hitting and pitching of the University of Houston p...

College Baseball: PAC-12 Season Preview

Scott Stone

Feb 19, 2016

College

2015 Review The PAC-12 has always been one of the premiere baseball conferences in the country and 2015 was one of the best years the conference has had in quite some time. While perennial contenders like Stan...

College Baseball: The American Athletic Conference

Scott Stone

Feb 15, 2016

College

2015 Review The American Athletic Conference is still a young conference. It has only been around for a few years. In those few years though, the conference has established itself as one of the top conferenc...

College Baseball: Big XII Season Preview

Scott Stone

Jan 31, 2016

College

Overview The 2015 season was a down year for one of the best conferences in college baseball. Only TCU made it out of a regional (3rd place in Omaha), as only three teams qualified for post-season play. They w...

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