Archive for May, 2012
SEC Baseball Tournament 2012: Top MLB Prospects Boosting Their Draft Stock
LSU starting pitcher Kevin Gausman is one of several top MLB prospects boosting his draft stock during SEC Tournament play this month.With this being the last opportunity for many players to impress pro scouts before the 2012 MLB Draft on June 4, the pressure is on the elite prospects to perform to their highest ability in these tournament gamesLet's look at three prospects boosting their draft stock in the SEC. Kevin Gausman, RHP, LSUThe Tigers' talented ...
SEC Baseball Championship: Score Updates for Mississippi State vs. Vanderbilt
The Vanderbilt Commodores and Mississippi State Bulldogs are currently slugging it out in the 2012 SEC baseball championship game, and what a great game it is.When average sports fans think about SEC sports, they think about football. Obviously programs like Alabama, Auburn, Florida and Georgia are huge powers in the college football world, so the SEC tends to attract a lot of football attention.That being said, the baseball down in the SEC is just as ...
ACC Baseball Tournament 2012: Scorching Georgia Tech Sure to Win Automatic Bid
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets are set to take the ACC's automatic bid to the College World Series this summer with a win in Sunday's ACC Baseball Championship Game (12:00 p.m. ET, ESPN2) in Greensboro, North Carolina. The Yellow Jackets will take on the Miami Hurricanes in a one-game, winner-take-all matchup for the conference crown and an automatic bid—much like in college basketball.Miami went 16-14 in the ACC this past season and has looked beatable in ...
10-Year Anniversary: 10 Best Maryland Terrapins Since the National Championship
Juan Dixon, Steve Blake, Lonny Baxter, Chris Wilcox, Tajh Holden.Five names etched in the brains of Maryland fans for eternity.Those five players were starters on the 2002 Maryland National Championship team, the first and only championship in program history.It's been one decade since the Terps cut down the nets in Atlanta. While Maryland basketball has not quite returned to that level of success, several great players have called College Park home since 2002.As the 10-year ...
College Basketball: Can Danny Manning Become a Great College Head Coach?
Danny Manning was a great college player.He led the Kansas Jayhawks to the 1988 NCAA Championship, and was selected as the Final Four Most Outstanding Player.Manning was voted the Big 8 Player of the Year three times (1986-88) and the Naismith and Wooden Awards winner his senior season (1988).He followed up his stellar collegiate hoops career with 15 outstanding years in the NBA. After retiring from the Association, Manning served on Bill Self's staff at ...
Texas A&M Football: Why Aggies First SEC Season Will Be One to Forget
The offseason is a time of hope for all college football fans. Every team is undefeated and on their way towards a dream season. Unfortunately, all dreams cannot come true, and only one team is going to be the national champion at the end of the year. Rarely do fans take the time to consider the worst-case scenario for their team.This is a look at why the Aggies' first year in the Southeastern Conference could ...
ACC Baseball Tournament Bracket: Georgia Tech Will Ride Momentum to Title
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets entered the 2012 ACC Baseball tournament with the least chance to win considering their No. 8 seed. Now the team finds itself in the finals and riding a wave of momentum that won't be stopped regardless of who they face.Senior pitcher Jake Davies helped punch the Yellow Jackets' final round ticket with six innings of one-run baseball on the mound and a two-run home run from his bat in the ...
ACC Baseball Tournament 2012: Jake Davies’ Power Proves He’s Legit MLB Prospect
Jake Davies should be grabbing the attention of major league scouts now, if he wasn't before. After primarily pitching early in his college career, Davies is showing that his best trait is his power at the plate.He was at it again on Saturday, guiding the surprise Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets to the ACC Championship game with his fourth long ball in the tournament, a two-run shot in the first inning.The Yellow Jackets downed Clemson 5-1 ...
Mississippi State Baseball: Giant-Killer Bulldogs Wreaking Havoc in SEC Tourney
No. 21 Mississippi State already shocked the SEC baseball world once this weekend, and they did it once again Saturday afternoon in Hoover, Ala.The Bulldogs got past No. 12 Kentucky by the score of 2-1 Saturday afternoon in a war of pitching to advance to the SEC Tournament final. It was just a day after they eliminated No. 5 LSU, the regular-season conference champion and tournament favorite.They'll move on to face the winner of Vanderbilt ...
ACC Baseball Tournament 2012: When and Where to Catch Championship Game
The ACC baseball tournament is set to conclude Sunday afternoon in what is sure to be an epic finale of a great few days of baseball.In the beginning, eight teams entered the round robin tournament with hopes of coming out on top, but in the end, it will only be one who can call themselves the ACC baseball champions.The tournament hasn't disappointed so far, as the last seeded Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets have found themselves ...