Arizona and Kansas State sit atop the Big 12 with 5-1 records. Kansas leads the Big 12 in team base hits with 279, and UCF is right behind the Jayhawks with 276. UCF leads the Big 12 in batting average at .332 with Baylor in second with a .308 average. UCF also opens the weekend with the lowest team ERA at 3.18. Arizona pitching has allowed the fewest home runs in the Big 12 limiting the opposition to just 11. Houston has allowed the next fewest at 16. Weekly Awards Big 12 Players of the Week Player: Sawyer Strosnider, TCU Pitcher: Colter McAnelly, Utah Newcomer: Sawyer Strosnider, TCU Weekend Matchups West Virginia (20-3, 2-2) at BYU (13-9, 3-3) UCF (17-7, 3-3) at Cincinnati (13-11, 1-5) Oklahoma State (12-10, 1-3) at Kansas (20-6, 3-3) Texas Tech (8-13, 4-2) at Kansas State (16-8, 5-1) TCU (19-7, 3-3) at Houston (14-10, 2-4) Arizona State (16-9, 4-2) at Utah (13-10, 2-4) Baylor (17-7, 2-4) at Arizona (19-5, 5-1) League Notes Arizona Garen Caulfield has hit safely in 13 straight games, the longest active streak on the team and the longest on the team this season. During that streak, Caulfield has hit .333 with four doubles, two triples, two home runs, and 18 RBI. During a 16-inning marathon win against West Virginia last weekend the Wildcats pitching staff tallied a program-record 29 strikeouts. Collin McKinney has allowed the fewest earned runs in the Big 12 at four. Arizona State Arizona State has scored at least three runs in 28 innings this season, 10 innings with four or more runs, and seven innings with 5 or more runs. The Sun Devils have scored 57 runs over their past five Big 12 games (11.4 rpg). On the bump, Jack Martinez has given the Sun Devils some much-needed longevity in his three starts this season, tossing a team-best 33 2/3 innings. Martinez leads in the Big 12 with 48 strikeouts this season and his 12.83 K/9 is second in the league while his 5.33 strikeout to walk ratio is third in the Big 12. Baylor Baylor has scored at least nine runs in each of its last six wins and seven of its last eight victories. Hunter Simmons and Pearson Riebock lead the Baylor offense, hitting .420 and .419, respectively. The Bears are 11-2 this season when the pitching staff allows two walks or less. Will Glatch has not allowed a run to score in 14 innings pitched over eight appearances. BYU Bryker Hurdsman leads BYU with a .388 batting average while Cooper Vest has a team-high nine home runs and 30 RBI. Garrison Sumner, who has been the third starter each weekend, is 3-1 and coming off a win at Cincinnati where he allowed just one run in six innings while striking out a career high nine batters. Sumner leads the Cougars with 26 strikeouts and is holding opposing batters to an average of .241. Cincinnati Entering play this weekend, 10 pitchers have made at least six pitching appearances for Cincinnati this season. Only two of those 10 pitchers pitched an inning for the Bearcats last season. 73.1% of the 206+ innings thrown by Cincinnati pitchers this season have been from players who did not appear in a game for Cincinnati last season. Houston Houston left-hander Antoine Jean leads Big 12 pitchers with the lowest opposing batting average of .163, the next closest average is .183. Jean's 47 strikeouts is second in the Big 12, trailing the leader in the conference by just one strikeout. On the road at UCF last Friday, Jean pitched five scoreless innings out of the bullpen and struck out 11 Knights batters in the win. Kansas The Jayhawks lead the Big 12 in five offensive categories with 52 home runs, 180 walks, 279 hits, a .556 slugging percentage, and 245 runs scored. The program record for home runs in a season is 75. Kansas has an 18-2 record this year when hitting a home run. Kansas State After starting the season 1-4, Kansas State is 16-3 in the month of March, which includes a season-long six-game win streak. The Wildcats are hitting .296 as a team and are second in the Big 12 with 43 home runs. Maximus Martin leads Kansas State in eight offensive categories, including a slash line of .413/.489/.888 with 33 hits and 35 RBI. Martin's .888 slugging percentage leads the Big 12. Oklahoma State Nolan Schubart is hitting .448 with runners in scoring position for the Cowboys. Brayden Smith is batting .459 during his current nine-game hitting streak. Kollin Ritchie, having missed 10 games to open the season, has returned to the lineup for the Cowboys and hit two home runs against West Virginia last Sunday. TCU Sawyer Strosnider was named both the Big 12 Player and Newcomer of the Week for last week after going 10-for-20 with three home runs and eight RBI. Strosnider is batting .358 with 34 base hits with 27 RBI this season. Chase Brunson has reached safely in all 25 games he's played this season for the Horned Frogs. Nolan Traeger is working on a 13 game hitting streak as the weekend series opens. Texas Tech Logan Hughes continues to hit well for Texas Tech as he is 17 for his last 41 overall with a pair of doubles, two triples, and four home runs. With TJ Pompey out with an injury, freshman Coleman Ryan has started the last three games at shortstop for the Red Raiders. Ryan has raised his average to .308 and is 6 for his last 11 at the plate with five walks and two RBI. UCF Edian Espinal continues to hit well for the Knights, leading the Big 12 in batting average (.461) and ranking second in on-base percentage (.567). On the mound, Wiley Hartley is sixth in the Big 12 in ERA (2.70) and is one of six qualified starting pitchers with an ERA below 3.00. Utah Colter McAnelly tied the Utah single-game record with 12 strikeouts in a combined shutout last Friday night against Oklahoma State. The performance earned McAnelly the Pitcher of the Week honor in the Big 12. At the plate, Core Jackson hit .429 last weekend with two home runs as the Utes’ two-hole hitter has hit safely in 17 of Utah's last 18 games. West Virginia West Virginia is currently eighth in the country with a 3.29 staff ERA, which includes seven pitchers with an ERA under 3.00. Skylar King has become a defensive star in center field, but he is also the Mountaineers batting average leader with a .411 average and 30 base hits. Sam White leads the team with 32 hits and is second behind King with a .400 average. Quoted "A 6:30 Friday night baseball game has found Saturday morning." - West Virginia television broadcaster Lanny Frattare in the 16th inning of Friday night's game against Arizona. "We try really hard to give them 27 outs and no more," Utah head coach Gary Henderson said about his pitching and defense, "It's especially hard to put a crooked number up." "Get going ball, get going ball." - Baylor head Mitch Thompson during an in-game television interview while Wesley Jordan hit a home run. "I think it's really really just intent to catch the baseball." Utah outfielder Kaden Carpenter on the great defensive play by the entire team. Thanks for stopping by! Follow us on X  and on Instagram  to keep up with all of our content!

Four teams are undefeated after the first weekend of conference play. Arizona, Kansas State, and Texas Tech all swept three-game series' while West Virginia won the only game they were able to play in Stillwater, with two games cancelled due to wildfires. Texas Tech was 3-11 going into their series at Houston last weekend. They won all three games by a combined score of 28-10. The Red Raiders were the only team to sweep a series on the road. Texas Tech is 3-0 in Big 12 play for the first time since 2017. Weekly Awards Big 12 Players of the Week Player: Jackson Hauge, Kansas Pitcher: Chase Meyer, West Virginia Newcomer: AJ Evasco, Kansas State Weekend Matchups BYU (11-8, 1-2) at Cincinnati (11-9, 0-3) Houston (11-9, 0-3) at UCF (16-4, 2-1) Arizona (16-4, 3-0) at West Virginia (18-1, 1-0) Kansas State (13-7, 3-0) at Baylor (15-5, 1-2) TCU (15-6, 1-2) at Texas Tech (6-11, 3-0) Oklahoma State (10-8, 0-1) at Utah (11-8, 0-3) Kansas (17-4, 2-1) at Arizona State (14-7, 2-1) League Notes Arizona Arizona is on a 9-game win streak, which is tied for fifth longest active streak in the country. Over the span of that streak, the Arizona pitching staff has recorded a 1.25 ERA. Arizona’s pitching has been their strength in 2025, entering the game with a 3.61 ERA and just 2.72 walks per nine innings, the lowest mark in the country. Brendan Summerhill is hitting .427 and leads the nation with six triples. Arizona State Arizona State hitters have had four games this season in which the team struck out fewer than five times. That already matches the Sun Devils offense over the entirety of last season. The Sun Devils as a team are striking out nearly one fewer time per game from last season. Kyle Walker and Matt King are among the toughest players in the Big 12 to strikeout. On the mound, Arizona State pitching continues to excel in getting swing and miss, and leads the Big 12 with 10.9 K/9. The Sun Devils have struck out double digit batters 13 times in 21 games this season. Baylor Baylor erased an early five-run deficit to come from behind and win 9-7 Sunday on the road against Kansas. All nine Bears starters had at least one hit, the first time Baylor has done so this season. Baylor's 3.21 walks per nine innings ranks 12th in the nation and its 1.20 WHIP ranks 17th in the nation. The Bears bullpen has allowed just 29 earned runs over 95 1/3 innings of relief, good for a 2.74 ERA. BYU First baseman Cooper Vest is hitting .313 and leads the Cougars in nine offensive categories including at-bats, runs, doubles, triples, home runs, RBI, total bases, slugging, and hit by pitch. Defensively, BYU leads the conference in double plays turned (17). Cincinnati Cincinnati is 48-for-54 in stolen base attempts this season. Landyn Vidourek leads the Bearcats with 16 stolen bases, which leads the Big 12 and is tied for eighth in the nation. Right-hander Nathan Taylor has a 1.50 ERA to go with 35 strikeouts over 24 innings pitched with just nine walks. Taylor did not pitch against Arizona last weekend. Houston Houston had a streak of five straight games of scoring 10-runs or more come to an end last weekend against Texas Tech. Connor McGinnis leads the Big 12 with 11 doubles, which ranks 6th nationally. McGinnis' .417 batting average ranks 7th in the Big 12. Kansas Jackson Hauge was named Big 12 Player of the Week on Monday and NCBWA Dick Howser Trophy National Hitter of the Week on Tuesday. Hauge hit .421 with four home runs, four doubles, 14 RBI, seven walks, and a 1.856 OPS in five games last week. He leads the Big 12 in home runs (11), RBI (32) and total bases (64). The Jayhawks lead the Big 12 and are sixth in the nation with 46 home runs this season. Kansas also leads the Big 12 in walks with 144, runs scored with 207, runs per game at 9.9, and slugging percentage at .572. Kansas State Kansas State has won eight of their last 10 games, out-hitting their opponents .322 - .257 during that stretch. Twelve different Wildcats have homered this season, led by Maximus Martin with nine, which is second-most in the Big 12. Freshman AJ Evasco was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week, becoming the third Wildcat this season to earn the weekly award. Oklahoma State Oklahoma State is hitting .280 as a team and holds a .507 slugging percentage while averaging just over eight runs per game. Colin Brueggemann leads the Cowboys with a .389 batting average and 26 RBI. TCU TCU is 6-0 on the road this season as they head to Lubbock to take on Texas Tech. Sawyer Strosnider is riding a nine-game hitting streak and is hitting .500 during the streak. Strosnider hit his first career home run in Tuesday's midweek. Chase Brunson has a career-long 15-game hitting streak. He leads TCU with 27 hits and 19 RBI. Brunson and Isaac Cadena have reached base safely in all 21 games this season for the Horned Frogs. Braeden Sloan leads the Big 12 with a 0.84 ERA which ranks 13th in the nation. Texas Tech The Texas Tech bullpen was outstanding in their sweep in Houston last weekend. Led by Parker Hutyra and Jack Cebert, the bullpen held the Cougars to just four hits in 12 innings pitched. Hutyra threw three perfect innings while Cebert struck out eight in 5 2/3 shutout innings. Six different Red Raiders hit over .300 last weekend and three had six hits in the weekend series. Robin Villeneuve went 6-for-11 with two home runs and seven RBI, while Logan Hughes went 6-for-13 with two home runs, a double, a triple, and six RBI. Damian Bravo also had six hits, going 6-for-14. UCF As a team, UCF currently holds the second-best team batting average in the nation at .351. Second baseman Edian Espinal is currently leading the nation in both batting average (.508) and on-base percentage (.623). Over 59 at-bats on the year, Espinal has 30 hits with four homers, four doubles, and 10 walks. Espinal currently leads the Knights with 11 multi-hit games and enters the weekend on an 11-game hitting streak. Utah Utah has yet to play at home this season until this weekend when they host Oklahoma State. In the Utes series at Kansas State last weekend, Tyler Quinn was 6-for-12 including a double and two RBI. Core Jackson and Kaden Carpenter each went 4-for-11, with Carpenter hitting a double, home run, and three RBI in the series. Jackson leads Utah with a .421 batting average to go along with two homers and 16 RBI. Utah is hitting .297 as a team and averaging 6.5 runs per game. West Virginia The Mountaineers are eighth in the country with a 3.14 ERA, with nine pitchers owning an ERA below three. Griffin Kirn leads the staff with 30 strikeouts in 26 1/3 innings. Skylar King leads West Virginia hitters with a .444 batting average and a 1.107 OPS. Sam White, Jace Rinehart, Kyle West, and Gavin Kelly all have an OPS over 1.000 as well. Quoted " It's time to play a home game. We're looking forward to it, getting in front of the home crowd." - Utah head coach Gary Henderson on the Utes finally playing a home game after playing the first 19 games on the road. "Fitz preaches get into their bullpen. Get the starter out early and see pitches. That's what kind of team we are. Wedon't swing at balls, we get our pitches and then we try and do damage with them." - Ian Francis, Kansas catcher on the teams plate approach on opening weekend of Big 12 play. “The parity in this league is ridiculous, every weekend is going to be a dogfight.” Houston head coach Todd Whitting on Big 12 Conference play. "We went on the road, we got a series.” - Rich Wallace, UCF head coach talking to his team after their series win at BYU. Thanks for stopping by! Follow us on X  and on Instagram  to keep up with all of our content!

Weekly Awards Big 12 Players of the Week Player: Xavier Perez, Houston Pitcher: Ben Jacobs, Arizona State Newcomer: Jack Martinez, Arizona State & Maximus Martin, Kansas State League Notes Arizona Arizona has posted a perfect 9-0 record at home this season while outscoring their opponents 77-20. Arizona has hit 11 triples, which leads the Big 12 Conference. The Wildcats pitching staff has issued only 34 walks in 16 games and posted an average of 2.22 free passes per nine innings pitched, which ranks second-best in Division I. Arizona's 4.35 strikeout-to-walk ratio currently ranks fourth best in the nation. Arizona State Ben Jacobs is the reigning Big 12 Pitcher of the Week after he threw a perfect game through 17 batters in last Friday night's victory. Jacobs struck out six batters, allowed one hit, and did not allow a walk over six innings. It was the first quality start of the year for the Sun Devils. Jacob Tobias leads Arizona State with 20 RBI this season, which ranks 7th in the Big 12. Tobias has been among the Sun Devils best hitters with two outs, recording a .346 average. Tobias has also been Arizona State’s most productive outs, advancing runners with an out 12 times. Baylor The Bears open up conference play 13-3 overall and winners of five in a row. The Baylor pitching staff has a 2.79 team ERA, which ranks 7th in the nation and 2nd in the Big 12. The Bears bullpen has allowed just 18 earned runs over 76 1/3 innings of relief, good for a 2.12 ERA. BYU The weekend starters for BYU are 6-1 so far this season and have combined for 57 innings pitched in 12 starts. Payton Gubler is 3-1 and tied for third in the Big 12 in wins. Gubler is holding opposing hitters to a .179 average, good for eighth in the Big 12. Gubler leads the BYU staff in innings pitched (24) and strikeouts (19). Jaden Harris is 1-0 with 15 2/3 innings pitched and 10 strikeouts over four starts. Garrison Sumner is 2-0 and has 11 strikeouts in 17 1/3 innings and is holding opposing hitters to an average of .235. Cincinnati Cincinnati has won six straight games entering this weekend. The six games were also the first home games of the season for the Bearcats. Landyn Vidourek was outstanding over the six-game span hitting .500 with four home runs, 11 RBI, and 11 runs scored. Teammates Cal Sefcik (.579) and Jack Natili (.565) also saw the ball well over the six games. Sefcik also walked six times and did not strike out once during the current win streak. The Bearcats hit .393 as a team and slugged .621 while the pitching staff registered a 2.60 ERA. Houston Xavier Perez, who won Big 12 Player of the Week honors this week, knocked in eight RBI in one game last week, which is fourth-most by any player in Division I in 2025. Connor McGinnis has hit nine doubles for Houston, which leads the Big 12 and is eighth nationally. Left-hander Antoine Jean is second in the nation in hits allowed per nine innings pitched with a 2.65. Kansas Brady Ballinger has led the way offensively for the Jayhawks. Ballinger has reached base safely and scored at least one run in all 17 games so far this season. Ballinger leads the Big 12 in hits (29), runs scored (27), and walks (22), while ranking second in batting average (.475), slugging percentage (.836), on-base percentage (.632), and total bases (51). Jackson Hauge leads the Big 12 in home runs (9), RBI (28) and total bases (53) and he is tied for eighth in the nation in home runs and tied for 14th in the nation in RBI. Kansas State Maximus Martin was named the Golden Spikes Award and Brooks Wallace Award Player of the Week, as well as Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Week. Martin is hitting .460 and leads the Wildcats with seven home runs and 23 RBI. The Wildcats are undefeated (8-0) when leading after the sixth inning. Oklahoma State Oklahoma State is 9-7 as conference play begins. Oklahoma State has a .280 team batting average and .480 team slugging percentage and are averaging just over eight runs per game. Colin Brueggemann leads the Cowboys with a .406 batting average and 25 RBI. The Oklahoma State pitching staff has a 3.76 ERA and leads the Big 12 in strikeouts per nine innings at 11.2. TCU The Horned Frogs enter the weekend riding a six-game win streak. TCU outscored its opponents 59-24 during that streak. Sawyer Strosnider led the Horned Frogs with a .619 average over those six games while driving in eight runs. Strosnider has a six-game hitting streak as the weekend opens. Texas Tech Outfielder Logan Hughes remains one of the toughest players in the country to strike out this season. Hughes enters the weekend ninth in the country among the hardest to strike out (2). After not recording a start of five innings or more over the first 10 games of the season, all three of the Red Raiders scheduled starters (Mac Heuer, Tyler Boudreau and Zane Petty) each pitched at least five innings last weekend at Grand Canyon. UCF UCF is currently on a seven-game winning streak as they travel to BYU. In those seven games, the Knights have won by a combined score of 94-14. The Knights have 10 players with at least 10 at-bats batting over .300. Edian Espinal leads UCF with a .524 batting average which ranks second in the nation. Espinal leads the team in runs scored with 21 and also ranks second in the nation in on-base percentage at .643. On the mound, Wiley Hartley leads the UCF rotation with a 3-0 record and a 1.25 ERA. Dominic Castellano leads the bullpen with a 3-0 record and 1.29 ERA and a team-best 21 strikeouts in 14 innings. Utah Core Jackson, the two-hole hitter for Utah, is riding an 11-game hitting streak. The Utah bats enter Big 12 play in the upper half of the league. Overall, the Utes are hitting .300 as a club, which ranks sixth. Utah has been keyed by 45 doubles, which leads the conference. Colter McAnelly struck out eight batters in his start last Friday before fellow right-hander Merit Jones tossed eight innings on Saturday and struck out six on the way to victory. West Virginia Brodie Kresser sustained a broken nose last weekend against Kennesaw State, but he was back in the lineup the next day and went 3-for-5 with a home run, four RBI, and two stolen bases. Sam White is in the midst of a 12-game hitting streak for the Mountaineers. White is hitting .458 during the streak with two home runs, seven doubles, and 16 RBI. Quoted "A new season starts next weekend. The preseason is over. We put in the work, good job in the preseason, now a new one starts, and this one really matters." - BYU head coach Trent Pratt to his team after last weekend. "Well, yeah, 16-0." - Baylor outfielder Ty Johnson when asked if he could have imagined a better start than Baylor's 13-3 record to open the season. Thanks for stopping by! Follow us on X  and on Instagram  to keep up with all of our content!

Weekly Awards Big 12 Players of the Week Player: Maximus Martin, Kansas State Pitcher: Harrison Bodendorf, Oklahoma State & Griffin Kirn, West Virginia Newcomer: Tommy Barth, Kansas League Notes Arizona Maddox Mihalakis enters the weekend with Arizona’s longest active hit streak at eight games. Over those eight games, Mihalakis has hit .355 with six runs scored, three doubles, one triple, and four walks. Brendan Summerhill has reached base safely in all 11 games this season for the Wildcats and currently sports a .434 OBP. Mihalakis (9) and Easton Breyfogle (8) also have active on-base streaks for Arizona. Arizona State The Sun Devils are 9-4 entering this weekend. Arizona State’s pitching staff recorded 37 strikeouts against Minnesota in three games last weekend, it was the highest total strikeouts in a 2025 series to date. Batting in the lead off spot for the first time, Kien Vu went 3-4 with 3 RBI in Tuesday’s midweek win for the Sun Devils. Vu doubled and scored in the first inning, then hit home runs in back-to-back at-bats, his third career multi-home run game. Baylor The Bears begin the weekend 9-3 this season. Much of their early success is due to their pitching. The Baylor bullpen has allowed just 15 earned runs in 55 total innings of relief, an ERA of 2.45. Baylor's 2.97 team ERA ranks 16th in the nation and their 1.05 team WHIP ranks 6th in the nation. Bears pitchers have walked just 32 batters in 106 innings (2.72 BB/9,) which ranks 5th in the nation. BYU BYU returns to Provo this weekend with a 7-4 record having played 11 road games over 16 days in California and Washington. Cooper Vest has continued his great offensive start to the season. Last weekend Vest hit .500 including three doubles, a triple, and a home run. The reigning Big 12 Co-Player of the Week scored six runs and added eight RBI. Cincinnati Cincinnati is 6-6 entering this weekend’s series and is coming off a 7-5 win against Toledo in its home opener on Tuesday. The top of the lineup did its part in the victory, as each of the first four batters in the order had multi-hit efforts. Senior Tommy O’Connor and junior Landyn Vidourek homered as well, going back-to-back in the third inning. Vidourek also stole two bases against the Rockets and is 9-for-9 stealing this year. He leads all Big 12 players in stolen bases. Houston Xavier Perez became the first Houston hitter since 2008 to drive in eight runs in one game Wednesday night at Rice. Perez was 4-for-5 with three doubles and a home run. The eight RBI by Perez is fourth-most by any player in Division-I this season. Left-hander Antoine Jean struck out seven in 4 2/3 innings of one-hit relief on Tuesday. Jean has struck out 19 batters in 12 innings pitched. Jean ranks 11th nationally in hits allowed per nine innings pitched (2.87). Kansas The Jayhawks are currently leading the Big 12 with 8.9 runs per game and 69 walks on the season. Tommy Barth was named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week. Barth hit .500 with a double, three home runs, seven RBI, four walks, a stolen base, and a 1.980 OPS in four games last week. Barth hit a home run in three consecutive games, twice hitting the second of back-to-back home runs. Kansas State The Wildcats are 6-5 after playing all 11 of their games away from home. Kansas State will play its first home series of the season this weekend. Maximus Martin, a transfer from Georgia State, went 6-for-12 with a 1.404 OPS last weekend to earn Big 12 Player of the Week honors. Oklahoma State The Cowboys enter the weekend with a .467 slugging percentage. Colin Brueggemann leads Oklahoma State with a .388 batting average and has hit safely in the last 11 games. The Oklahoma State pitching staff has a 3.26 ERA and leads the Big 12 in strikeouts per nine innings at 11.3. TCU Sam Myers has reached safely in 29 straight games dating back to last season. TCU pitching received what should be a big boost as Kole Klecker made his 2025 debut on Wednesday. Blake Rogers also made his return to the mound for the Horned Frogs, after 732 days since his last appearance. Texas Tech Texas Tech opens the weekend with five players batting at least .300. That group is led by Co-Big 12 Home Run leader TJ Pompey batting .444. Robin Villeneuve at .395 is followed by Damian Bravo who is batting .362 and has recorded a hit in every game for the Red Raiders. Kyeler Thompson rounds out the five Texas Tech stars at .311. UCF UCF begins the weekend 9-3 and features nine players hitting .300 or better: Edian Espinal (.519), Aris Rivera (.400), DeAmez Ross (.373), Chase Krewson (.361), Andrew Williamson (.354), Lex Boedicker (.341), Braden Calise (.326), Antonio Jimenez (.308), and Dylan King (.300). Over their last three games, the Knights have outscored their opponents 37-6 and out-hit them 41-18. Espinal is leading UCF during that stretch by batting .600 as well as boasting an impressive 2.014 OPS. Utah Utah is 10-2 this season. The Utes are hitting .325  as a team, which ranks second in the Big 12 and No. 27 in the nation. The Utes offense has been aided by 41 doubles; only Georgia Tech (44) has more in college baseball. Shortstop Core Jackson hit .611 last weekend and was named the Brooks Wallace Player of the Week as the nation's top shortstop. West Virginia The Mountaineer pitching staff has a 2.66 ERA, eighth best in the nation and the top mark in the Big 12. Carson Estridge has yet to allow a run in 15 innings while Griffin Kirn is the reigning Big 12 Co-Pitcher of the Week. Offensively, Jace Rinehart is hitting .435 while Brodie Kresser is just behind him at .425. Ten different Mountaineers have hit a home run this season led by two from Grant Hussey, giving him 39 for his career which continues to push the program record. Quoted "Hey guys, the fans are incredible, the energy is amazing, but that doesn't turn the plate into 20 inches wide, it's still 17. You cannot hit a grand slam with no one on base." - Kansas head coach Dan Fitzgerald to his team regarding the lively student section at Jayhawks home games this season. “Yeah, I don’t think I can give you that message.” UCF head coach Rich Wallace when asked what his message was to his team after a double-digit loss prior to a UCF offensive outburst. Thanks for stopping by! Follow us on X  and on Instagram  to keep up with all of our content!

Weekly Awards Big 12 Players of the Week Player: Nu'u Contrades, Arizona State & Cooper Vest, BYU Pitcher: Colter McAnelly, Utah Newcomer: Mathis Meurant, Arizona & Lincoln Sheffield, Kansas State League Notes Arizona Brendan Summerhill and Maddox Mihalakis both have five-game hitting streaks going into the weekend. Both players have a hit in each game of Arizona's current five-game win streak; Mihalakis is hitting .400 with two doubles and a triple during the streak, while Summerhill is hitting .391 with one double, three triples, and seven RBI during that same stretch. Summerhill and Aaron Walton lead the Wildcats with eight-game on-base streaks, having reached base safely in all eight games to open the season. Arizona State Brandon Compton is third in the nation with 15 walks on the season while he also leads the Sun Devils in batting average at .360. This has all contributed to Compton's .571 OBP, which is 8th in the Big 12. On the bump, Ben Jacobs has a 8.00 strikeout to walk ratio to start the season, the fifth-best tally in the Big 12. Sixteen total strikeouts by Jacobs this year are second in the league and ranks 38th nationally. Baylor Baylor is off to a 7-1 start to open the season. This is Baylor's best since 2019 and just the fourth time since 1995 that the Bears have opened the year 7-1 or better. Baylor won their only midweek game this week which is its seventh-straight midweek win dating back to last season. BYU BYU first baseman Copper Vest was named Big 12 Co-Player of the Week for his performance against UCLA and CSUN. Vest has started 97 straight games for the Cougars over the past three seasons. Over four games, Vest hit .438 with a 1.188 slugging percentage. Bryker Hurdsman is also off to a great start, leading BYU in batting average (.393), hits (11), runs (9), and stolen bases (3). Hurdsman also has five walks, two doubles, a home run, and three runs driven in. Cincinnati Right-hander Nathan Taylor turned in one of the best outings of his career last weekend against UNLV in Las Vegas, striking out 11 in six scoreless innings. Taylor had at least two strikeouts in each of the first three innings. All three of the losses by the Bearcats this season have been by only one run. Houston Connor McGinnis is off to a hot start in 2025 with three multi-hit games and with home runs in back-to-back games. McGinnis' three home runs is the fourth-most nationally. Right-hander Richie Roman was named the #67 sophomore nationally by Perfect Game and has started 2025 with a nation-leading five saves in as many opportunities without allowing an earned run. Left-hander Antoine Jean leads the Big 12 in hits allowed per nine innings (2.57) which ranks 36th nationally. Kansas The Jayhawks open play this weekend with a 7-0 record. Brady Ballinger and  Dariel Osoria have both gotten off to a strong start by hitting safely in all seven games this season. Ballinger leads Kansas in batting average (.440), slugging percentage (.840), on-base percentage (.588), and runs scored (10). Osoria leads the Jayhawks in hits (12) and RBI (12), the 12 RBI are tied for the most in the Big 12. Kansas State Kansas State outscored its opponents 18-5 in the three-day Amegy Bank College Baseball Series last weekend . The Wildcats racked up 26 base hits and played clean defense, committing no errors. The pitching staff had a 1.67 era, holding opponents to a .186 average and combining for 30 strikeouts over 27 innings. The Wildcats pounded out a tournament-high 12 hits against TCU (in a non-Big 12 game). Oklahoma State The Cowboys have won three straight as they get ready to play in the Astros Foundation College Classic this weekend. Oklahoma State has a .324 team batting average and a .526 slugging percentage. Nolan Schubart ranks fifth in the Big 12 with a .440 batting average and a .588 on-base percentage. TCU The Horned Frogs have four come-from-behind victories in the early going, three of which have been rallies from behind by multiple runs. TCU has hit 13 home runs on the season which ranks third in the Big 12. The Horned Frogs used five pitchers Tuesday night in their midweek contest, four of the pitchers were freshmen. Texas Tech TJ Pompey leads Texas Tech in home runs (4), hits (9), on-bast percentage (.480), slugging percentage (1.000), and runs scored (8). While leading the Red Raiders offense, Pompey is also a co-leader in the Big 12 in home runs and leads the Big 12 in slugging percentage (1.000). UCF The UCF bullpen has been great to start the season. To date, the group of 11 Knights pitchers have a combined 38 innings pitched, in which they have an ERA of 1.89, a 3-1 record, 54 strikeouts, allowing just 23 hits (for a .174 batting average), and eight earned runs. Five pitchers currently have an ERA of 0,00 and two of them, Carter Stanford and James Lordi, have yet to give up a base hit. Utah Utah enters this weekend with a team batting average of .308, which ranks fourth in the Big 12. The 25 doubles by the Utes leads the Big 12 and ranks 7th in the nation. Utah has pushed across 59 runs with opponents only scoring 21 runs to this point. On the mound, the Utah pitching staff has an ERA of 2.50 through eight games. The Utes rank third in the Big 12 and 21st nationally in ERA. West Virginia West Virginia enters the weekend 8-0, the best start for the Mountaineers since they opened the 1964 season 18-0. Grant Hussey hit his first home run of the season earlier in the week. The blast was Hussey's 38th of his career, extending his all-time program record. Logan Sauve added three hits and two RBI while senior Kyle West had two hits and two RBI in the midweek matchup. Quoted "Our job is to be great today, in the event we get to do it again tomorrow, because we're really not promised anything." - Kansas head coach Dan Fitzgerald "Ultimately, we're never going to feel good about winning two ball games, no matter who it's against, in a four-game series." - Cincinnati head coach Jordan Bishel "This game is real humbling." - Utah infielder Austen Roellig Thanks for stopping by! Follow us on X  and on Instagram  to keep up with all of our content!

Weekly Awards Big 12 Players of the Week Player: Brandon Compton, Arizona State Pitcher: Ethan Calder, Baylor & Colter McAnelly, Utah Newcomer: Cole Cramer, TCU League Notes Arizona Mason White hit two home runs over opening weekend career home runs] total to 31. The Wildcats have committed just one error in four games, a .992 fielding percentage that leads the Big 12. Arizona State The Sun Devils are 4-0 to start the season and have scored 38 runs over that four-game stretch. Brandon Compton led the Sun Devils offensive, hitting .462 to go along with two home runs, nine RBI, and eight runs scored. Baylor Baylor scored 38 runs on 46 hits in their three-game series against Youngstown State, including 14 extra-base hits. The Bears were led offensively by Wesley Jordan who was 9-for-13 with a home run and seven RBI. On the mound, left-hander Ethan Calder struck out a career-high 13 batters in just five innings on Opening Day. BYU The BYU bats are led by Bryker Hurdsman and Luke Anderson along with newcomer Easton Bryant. Hurdsman leads the Cougars in batting average at .412 and has scored five runs on seven hits. Bryant has a slugging percentage of .471 while batting .294 with two runs and five hits. Bryant is one of just eight batters in the Big 12 with three doubles on the young season. Cincinnati Cincinnati was one of the national stories after they won their opening weekend series at Duke. After splitting the first two games, the Bearcats dominated in the finale, winning 19-5. Kerrington Cross hit .438 against Duke with two home runs and six RBI and Donovan Ford batted .455 and drove in four runs for the Bearcats. The Cincinnati pitching staff notched 32 strikeouts in 29 1/3 innings. Eighteen Bearcats made their Cincinnati debuts last weekend. Houston After opening the season 2-1 last weekend against visiting Minnesota, the Cougars had both of their midweek games cancelled this week due to frigid weather in Central Texas. Houston newcomers Connor McGinnis and Aaron Lugo each drove in three runs in Houston's two wins against Minnesota. Kansas Second year right-hander Dominic Voegele was terrific in his first Friday night outing of the season. Voegele pitched six innings allowing just two runs on five hits to go with seven strikeouts.against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Brady Ballinger, Dariel Osoria, and Tommy Barth each hit safely in all four games over opening weekend to lead the Jayhawks. Osoria leads the team with a .467 batting average and 10 RBI. Kansas State The Wildcats will play their first 11 games on the road, including some neutral site games. Kansas State played four games over opening weekend and a midweek game, so they have five games behind them entering this weekend. Kansas State had 20 newcomers make their debuts over opening weekend, including eight on Opening Day, five of them freshmen. The Wildcats have been outscored 45-28 in those first five games. Oklahoma State The Cowboys have opened the season 1-3, playing all four of their games at Globe Life Field in Arlington. Oklahoma State defeated Louisville 12-3 in their sole victory over opening weekend. The victory was sandwiched between a one-run loss to top-ranked Clemson to open the season and a loss to former Big 12 foe Texas. TCU The Horned Frogs hit 11 home runs over the weekend, which ranks fourth in the NCAA and helped them to their 4-0 record. Cole Cramer was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week after hitting .412 with two home runs and six RBI at San Diego. Texas Tech Texas Tech enters this weekend 0-3 after a rough opening weekend at North Carolina, despite the fact they hit more home runs than the Tar Heels, 3 to 0. Texas Tech got great work out of its bullpen with seven relievers combining for a 2.80 ERA over opening weekend. The Red Raiders bullpen struck out 22 of the 30 Tar Heel batters. The Red Raiders have won 30 consecutive home games at Rip Griffin Park in the month of February. UCF UCF will play four games over four days, hosting Mizzou on Thursday night before welcoming Bryant for a weekend set. In the three games over opening weekend, UCF out-hit Siena 44-17 on its way to outscoring the Saints 40-5. Braden Calise led the way by hitting .636 with six runs scored and a pair of stolen bases, while Matt Prevesk batted .545 with two home runs and eight runs batted in. In Sunday’s finale, Prevesk recorded the first two-home run game of his career while also driving in a career-best five runs to help lead the Knights to a 16-1 victory in the series finale. Utah Utah opened the new season with a four-game road sweep of Pepperdine, outscoring the Waves by a combined score of 30-8. After a 10-inning victory in the season opener, The Utes followed with three more wins, each by at least five runs. The Utes had three of the four starters go at least five innings against Pepperdine as the pitching staff combined for a four-game ERA of 1.95. West Virginia The Mountaineers opened the season on the road at Jacksonville and promptly won all four of their games to open a new era for head coach Steve Sabins. Skylar King led the way offensively going 6-for-10 with five RBI, including a triple and a home run. On the mound, Griffin Kirn tossed 5 2/3 innings of one-run baseball on opening day to earn the victory. Reese Bassinger earned two saves out of the bullpen while not allowing a run in 3 1/3 innings and striking out four batters. Quoted "If you look at the things we did well, it’s the stuff we preach. The way we executed the short game, put pressure on them on the bases, got after the strike zone. It’s not so much the winning and losing, it’s doing the things we preach." - Cincinnati Head Coach Jordan Bischel "I feel like these guys in the clubhouse are great kids. We don't recruit turds. We recruit good kids," said Arizona State Head Coach Willie Bloomquist. "We do try to do our homework and bring in kids that are academically oriented and good citizens and good kids that want to work hard and get better." "Hit the heater. He had a good heater and I figured it out, might as well hit it." - Utah third baseman Tyler Quinn on his game-tying home run at Pepperdine Thanks for stopping by! Follow us on X  and on Instagram  to keep up with all of our content!

Before college baseball throws its first pitch of 2025 on Friday, here are some things to know around the Big 12 Conference. For the second consecutive year, Big 12 baseball has a new look. After expanding with four new teams in 2024, the Big 12 lost two of the teams at the conclusion of last season and picked up three new ones at the same time. Gone are Texas and Oklahoma. Meanwhile, Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah have been welcomed into the fold for the 2025 season and beyond. Not only does the conference itself have a new look, but so does the criteria for the Big 12 Conference Championship in Arlington, Texas at the end of the season. The 12 teams with the best conference records will make the Championship field. The entire tournament is then single elimination. The Big 12 also cut out a day of action, with everything getting underway on Wednesday, instead of Tuesday. This makes the entire Championship four days instead of five. The four teams with the best records will have a bye on the first day and will open play on Thursday. The Championship final will take place on Saturday. The first three weekends of the season will feature non-conference play for 14 of the Big 12 squads. Conference play will open on the fourth weekend of the season, getting underway on March 13. Arizona enters the Big 12 having won the final Pac-12 championship a season ago. Arizona and Arizona State are both led by former big leaguers, Chip Hale and Willie Bloomquist, respectively. After the retirement of head coach Randy Mazey at West Virginia at the end of the 2024 season, Steve Sabins was hired from within the program to lead the Mountaineers going forward. All other teams, including the three new ones, return their head coach from a season ago. Golden Spikes Award Watch List When the 2025 Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List was announced it featured six Big 12 players: Ben Abeldt, TCU, LHP Brandon Compton, Arizona State, OF Ben Jacobs, Arizona State, LHP Nolan Schubart, Oklahoma State, OF Brendan Summerhill, Arizona, OF Kyle Walker, Arizona State, 2B Stopper of the Year Watch List On February 12, the 2025 Watch List for the 20th Annual National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Stopper of the Year Award was announced, and it featured eight pitchers from Big 12 teams: Ben Abeldt, TCU Casey Hintz, Arizona Tony Pluta, Arizona Dalton Smith, Kansas Dominic Castellano, UCF Kris Sosnowski, UCF Stone Cushing, BYU Gavin Van Kempen, West Virginia The Big 12 head coaches voted on some preseason honors and made some predictions. 2025 Big 12 Baseball Preseason Poll (as voted by the coaches) 1. Oklahoma State 2. Arizona 3. TCU 4. West Virginia 5. Texas Tech 6. Arizona State 7. UCF 8. Kansas State 9. Kansas 10. Cincinnati 11. Houston 12. Utah 13. Baylor 14. BYU 2025 Big 12 Preseason All-Big 12 Team (as voted by the coaches; *- denotes a unanimous selection) C, Logan Sauve, West Virginia IF, Mason White, Arizona IF, Kerrington Cross, Cincinnati IF, Colin Brueggemann, Oklahoma State IF, Aidan Meola, Oklahoma State IF, Anthony Silva, TCU OF, Brendan Summerhill, Arizona OF, Kien Vu Arizona, State OF, Nolan Schubart*, Oklahoma State OF, Damian Bravo, Texas Tech DH, Wesley Jordan, Baylor UTL, Christian Mitchelle, Cincinnati SP, Ben Jacobs, Arizona State SP, Dom Stagliano, UCF SP, Nathan Taylor, Cincinnati SP, Dominic Voegele*, Kansas SP, Gabe Davis, Oklahoma State RP, Stone Cushing, BYU RP, Dominic Castellano, UCF RP, Ben Abeldt*, TCU 2025 Big 12 Preseason Yearly Awards (as voted on by the coaches) Player of the Year: Nolan Schubart, Oklahoma State Pitcher of the Year: Dominic Voegele, Kansas Newcomer of the Year: Cade Climie, Houston Freshman of the Year: Noah Franco, TCU Quoted "I think about it. We're a weekend away from going to where this program needs to go. A couple balls here and there. I think about it because it's a really small gap for us to close. It certainly motivates me.” - Kansas State head coach Pete Hughes "We fully intend on playing five or six home games at the end of the year here. We put that schedule together with the intent to host a Regional and to host a Super, and that's what it does," said Texas Tech head coach Tim Tadlock. "Really didn't want to leave it to chance." "You know, I think in today's day and age it's a privilege and it's a thrill to have numerous kids going into their third and fourth year together with you, so I appreciate them and I'm thankful everyday they're here." - Oklahoma State head coach Josh Holliday "You think of all the time that goes into building the team, it's literally to play." - Kansas head coach Dan Fitzgerald "Some people think we're crazy, but I think guys come here to do this. I want them to be able to play against the best across the country and see how we measure up." - Arizona head coach Chip Hale Thanks for stopping by! Follow us on X  and on Instagram  to keep up with all of our content!

The NCAA Tournament field began with six Big 12 teams, but Regionals weekend saw four of the teams depart the field, leaving two teams among the final 16 standing at this point. Kansas State Wins Fayetteville Regional Kansas State was leading Louisiana Tech on Friday night before rain, followed by a 90-minute weather delay forced the suspension of the game until Saturday morning. The delay occurred before the start of the sixth inning with the Wildcats in front 9-4. When play resumed roughly 13 hours later on Saturday morning it was all Kansas State. The Wildcats plated 10 runs over the final four innings of play to claim a 19-4 victory. The Kansas State offense was led by the duo of Chuck Ingram and Kaelen Culpepper. Ingram went 3-for-5 with a season-high five RBI while Culpepper hit for the cycle in the game. Left-hander Owen Boerema allowed just two hits over 4 1/3 innings pitched to lead Kansas State on the mound. The win set up a matchup with host No. 5 Arkansas on Saturday night in a winner's bracket game against Razorbacks ace Hagen Smith. Kansas State, playing the game as the home team, trailed 2-0 going to the bottom of the fifth inning. Ingram and Brendan Jones each delivered RBI singles to tie the game. Leading 3-2, Culpepper launched a three-run home run to right-center field on the way to a six-run inning against Smith. Kansas State went to right-hander Tyson Neighbors with two outs in the sixth inning and needing six outs. Leading 6-4 in the eighth inning, Nick English homered to left field just inside the foul pole for what proved to be the winning run. Arkansas added two runs in the ninth inning before Neighbors slammed the door on the Razorbacks giving the Wildcats a 2-0 advantage with the 7-6 victory and sending Arkansas to the loser's bracket. Kansas State faced SEMO on Saturday afternoon after the Redhawks had eliminated Arkansas earlier in the day. The Wildcats rolled to a 7-2 victory over SEMO to claim the Fayetteville Regional with three-straight wins. Pitchers Ty Ruhl, Cole Wisenbaker, Blake Dean, and JJ Slack tossed eight scoreless innings in the victory. Jones was 3-for-5 with three RBI in the game and Ingram also had three hits. David Bishop drove in two runs as well. Five Kansas State players were named to the NCAA Fayetteville Regional All-Tournament Team: Culpepper, Ingram, Neighbors, Jaden Parsons, and Jackson Wentworth. Culpepper, who hit .583 with two home runs and seven RBI, was named the Fayetteville Regional’s Most Valuable Player. Kansas State has reached a Super Regional for just the second time in program history, and the first time since 2013, also the first under head coach Pete Hughes. Hughes was asked Sunday night what the moment meant to him. "It means everything," Hughes said. "We came here to win Regionals and go to Super Regionals and raise the standard of Kansas State baseball." West Virginia Wins Tucson Regional Derek Clark pitched a complete game on Friday against Dallas Baptist to lead West Virginia into the winner’s bracket in Tucson. Clark struck out eight Patriots batters, allowed four hits and no walks, and threw only 101 pitches to set the Mountaineers bullpen up for the rest of the weekend. Catcher Logan Sauve provided all the offense West Virginia needed with a three-run home run in the third inning over the batter’s eye in center field. Tyler Switalski made his best start of the season Saturday in a 5-2 win over Grand Canyon to put the Mountaineers in control of the Tucson Regional. Switalski allowed one run over 7 2/3 innings. Brodie Kresser went 2-for-3 three with three RBI to lead the West Virginia offense. West Virginia defeated Grand Canyon 10-6 on Sunday to advance to a Super Regional for the first time in program history. Sauve and JJ Wetherholt each delivered three hits with Sauve driving in three runs. Sam White, Reed Chumley, and Grant Hussey each drove in two runs while Ben Lumsden, Spencer Barnett, and Skylar King all added two hits for the Mountaineers in a complete team victory. Aidan Major allowed just one run in 4 2/3 innings, making his first appearance since May 5. Carson Estridge struck out four batters over 3 2/3 innings pitched. And after throwing a complete game on Friday, Clark came in to get the final two outs of Sunday's clincher, striking out two of the three batters he faced. Clark was named the Tucson Regional Most Outstanding Player while Sauve, Chumley, and Switalski were named to the NCAA Tucson Regional All-Tournament Team. West Virginia head coach Randy Mazey was asked after Sunday's victory about reaching the first Super Regional in West Virginia's program history. "To win a regional like this, we represent a ton of people," Mazey said. "Not just our university and the community but 1.8 million people in the state of West Virginia that I know are really proud of all of these guys right now and all they accomplished." Stillwater Regional Oklahoma State lost the Stillwater Regional in seven games. After opening the Regional by thumping Niagara 19-7, the Cowboys got a complete game from Brian Holiday on Saturday to lead Oklahoma State to a 7-1 win over Florida and starter Jac Caglianone in the winner’s bracket. Florida rebounded on Sunday to 5-2 to set up a deciding game seven on Monday. Florida took Monday afternoon's final game 4-2 to advance to a Super Regional as the Cowboys could muster just two runs in defeat. Holiday, Ian Daugherty, Nolan Schubart, and Zach Ehrhard were named to the NCAA Baseball Stillwater Regional All-Tournament Team for Oklahoma State. College Station Regional Texas defeated Louisiana 12-5 on Friday to open Regional play. A seven-run fifth inning was the difference for the Longhorns; the big inning was spurred by a Jalin Flores grand slam. Kimble Schuessler also had a big day at the plate going 3-for-4 with two doubles and two walks. Texas took a 1-0 lead against Texas A&M on Saturday night when Jared Thomas hit the first pitch of the ballgame over the wall in the left-center field. The game was decided ten innings later as the Aggies won a thriller that took 11 innings to decide, 4-2. Lebarron Johnson Jr. battled for five innings and Gage Boehm for four innings with each allowing just one run, though the run against Boehm was unearned. Texas was ousted from the College Station Regional after winning their first game on Friday when Louisiana defeated the Longhorns 10-2. Ace Whitehead was outstanding for the Longhorns over 6 2/3 innings allowing just two runs. A seven-run eighth inning was more than enough for Louisiana in the win. The loss meant the end of the road for Texas in the Big 12. Schuessler was the only Texas player named to the NCAA Bryan-College Station Regional All-Tournament Team. Tallahassee Regional UCF opened their Regional with a 8-7 win over Alabama on Friday. Braden Calise was 4-for-5 for UCF and Andrew Sundean drove in the go-ahead RBI with a two-out pinch-hit single in the top of the ninth inning. The Knights then lost to Florida State on Saturday 5-2 to fall into the loser's bracket. UCF started their Sunday with a 5-2 victory over Stetson to remain alive in a game that was delayed by rain in the bottom of the eighth inning. Sundean tied the game in the seventh inning with another pinch-hit RBI, this one a double, and Jack Zyska followed with a go-ahead two-run home run. Wiley Hartley pitched a terrific game for the Knights in the win, throwing six innings and allowing just two runs and four hits. The wheels fell off for the Knights late Sunday in a rematch with Florida State and the Seminoles ultimately prevailed 12-4 to advance to a Super Regional. Zyska was named to the  NCAA Tallahassee Regional All-Tournament Team   for his performance over the weekend. Over the four games, Zyska hit .600 with four doubles, two home runs, and eight runs batted in. Norman Regional Oklahoma shutout Oral Roberts 14-0 on Friday. Kyson Witherspoon allowed one hit over six innings and Carter Campbell allowed two hits over three innings on their way to the shutout victory. The Sooners were outdueled on Saturday and lost 4-1 to UConn in a winner’s bracket game. The Sooners scored their lone run on seven hits while the Huskies got to Oklahoma ace Braden Davis for three runs over 6 1/3 innings. Davis also struck out 10 UConn batters in the loss. Oklahoma then eliminated Duke 4-3 on Sunday afternoon before defeating UConn 6-4 on Sunday night to force a game seven. Monday night was all UConn as the Huskies rolled to a 7-1 victory and a berth in a Super Regional. As with Texas, the loss Monday night meant the end of the road for Oklahoma in the Big 12. Scott Mudler, Michael Snyder, Bryce Madron, Easton Carmichael, and Jett Lodes were all named to the NCAA Norman Regional All-Tournament Team for Oklahoma. Super Regional Schedule On Tuesday, the NCAA announced the schedule for the Super Regionals this weekend. 2024 NCAA Charlottesville Super Regional (Best of Three) Kansas St. (35-24) at No. 12 Virginia (44-15) Friday, 6 p.m. CT (ESPNU) Saturday, 2 p.m. CT (ESPNU) Sunday, 2 p.m. CT (ESPNU) 2024 NCAA Chapel Hill Super Regional (Best of Three) West Virginia (36-22) at No. 4 North Carolina (45-14) Friday, 6 p.m. ET (ESPN2) Saturday, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN2) Sunday, 3 p.m. ET (ESPN2) Thanks for stopping by! Follow us on X and on Instagram to keep up with all of our content!

The NCAA Tournament field was just announced this morning (or this afternoon for those on the east coast) and the field will feature six Big 12 teams with two teams that just missed the final cut. The NCAA Regionals will begin on Friday, May 31 and are double elimination. Regional Hosts No. 9 Oklahoma will welcome Oral Roberts, UConn, and Duke to Norman. No. 11 Oklahoma State will welcome Nebraska, Florida, and Niagara to Stillwater. Regional Tournament Teams Texas will travel to the Bryan-College Station Regional to join a field of No. 3 Texas A&M, Grambling State, and Louisiana. Kansas State will join the Fayetteville Regional to face No. 5 Arkansas, SEMO, and Louisiana Tech. UCF was sent to the Tallahassee Regional to face No. 8 Florida State Stetson, and Alabama. West Virginia will be in the Tucson Regional to face No. 13 Arizona, Dallas Baptist, and Grand Canyon. In and Out While UCF was among the final four IN to the tournament field, TCU and Cincinnati were among the final four OUT of the tournament field. 2024 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Tuesday Tuesday got started during the breakfast hour in most parts of the country and fans were immediately treated to a thriller. Kansas edged out Kansas State 2-1. Evan Shaw was tremendous for Kansas over five one-run innings in which he struck out six Wildcats batters. Tied at one in the top of the ninth inning, Lenny Ashby tripled off the left field wall to lead off the inning before scoring what would be the winning run. Kaelen Culpepper was 3-for-3 with the lone RBI for Kansas State in the loss. The Wildcats left 10 runners on base. TCU then defeated West Virginia 5-2 behind the pitching of Caedmon Parker and Braeden Sloan who allowed the Mountaineers just three hits. Brody Green tripled and homered to lead the TCU offense. UCF edged out Cincinnati 6-5 in a game that took 11 innings to decide. Knights catcher Danny Neri hit three home runs in the game, including the game-winner in the top of the 11th inning. Three home runs set a new record for one player in a Big 12 Championship, Neri did it in one game. After the three-home run performance, Neri heaped praise on his teammates, especially the pitching staff. "I just happen to be the guy in the position to take the big swings. If you had told me at the beginning of the day or even at the beginning of the year, that I would hold any kind of home run record I would not have believed you. I just feel incredibly fortunate to have been in the right position, gotten the right pitches and put the swings on those balls to give us the chance to win a game like that," Neri said before adding, “I’ve hit two in a summer ball game, but never during a college game.” Texas Tech closed out day one of the Championship by defeating Texas 6-4 in a game that ended early Wednesday morning. The game was tied at four in the top of the ninth inning before Cade McGee hit a two-run home run off the left field foul pole for what would be the winning run. Wednesday The two teams from Oklahoma were the story on Wednesday in Arlington as both teams played their first game of the Championship. No. 1 Oklahoma shutout TCU 4-0. Sooners left-hander Braden Davis tossed a complete game shutout allowing just four hits and striking out nine, while not allowing any walks. Then, Cowboys dual-threat star Carson Benge struck out 10 batters on the mound, and hit a two-run home run at the plate to help No. 2 Oklahoma State defeat Texas Tech in the day's final game. Kansas State used a seven-run fourth inning to beat West Virginia 8-4 and eliminate the Mountaineers. Later in the day, Cincinnati scored four runs in the eighth inning to defeat Texas 8-7 and eliminate the Longhorns. Thursday Thursday's action got underway as TCU got a tremendous outing from Ben Abeldt, typically a closer, but making a start during the Championship. Abeldt struck out a career-high nine batters over five innings as the Horned Frogs went on to eliminate Kansas State 9-4. Sam Myers went 3-for-4 with a double and three RBI for TCU. No. 1 Oklahoma defeated Kansas 7-5 despite committing seven errors on defense. Jaxon Willits was 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBI for the Sooners. Texas Tech scored eight runs in the first two innings to defeat Cincinnati 10-5 and eliminate the Bearcats. UCF advanced to the semifinals after defeating No. 2 Oklahoma State 7-6 in 10 innings to close out day three of the Championship. Matt Cedarburg hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning and AJ Nessler drove in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning for the Knights. Friday Kansas got Friday morning started with a nine spot in the bottom of the first inning. But TCU responded immediately with three runs in the next frame. The Jayhawks held a 10-6 lead after three complete innings. The Horned Frogs tied the game at 10 in the top of the seventh inning before a Jake English solo home run in the bottom of the eighth inning put Kansas in front for good. The Jayhawks held on to win 11-10 and eliminated the Horned Frogs. Kurtis Byrne hit two home runs in the game and drove in four runs for TCU in the loss. Another exciting game awaited fans as No. 1 Oklahoma walked-off Kansas 8-6 on a Jackson Nicklaus (2-for-4) two-run blast in the bottom of the ninth inning, just two of Nicklaus's four RBI in the game. Kansas scored four runs in the game's opening frame, and two more in the second inning to lead 6-0 after two innings. The Jayhakws did not score another run in the game. Kansas starter J’Briell Easley was outstanding, striking out 11 Sooners batters over 4 2/3 innings pitched. The Sooners victory eliminated Kansas and gave Oklahoma one of the two spots in Saturday's Championship final. No. 2 Oklahoma State then eliminated Texas Tech with a 4-0 shutout. Cowboys left-hander Sam Garcia (7-3) tossed eight scoreless innings and struck out eight, to push his season strikeout total to 110, which is third in the Big 12. Nolan Schubart drove in two runs for the Cowboys. Texas Tech starter Trendan Parish was outstanding on the mound, throwing six innings and allowing just two runs to give the Red Raiders a chance. Not to be outdone by his teammate in the prior game, Brian Holiday (6-3) pitched the Cowboys to a Championship final berth with a complete game 10-1 win over UCF in the final game Friday. Benge (3-for-5) and Schubart (2-for-5) both homered in the game and drove in three and four runs, respectively. Neri drove in the lone UCF run. After the complete game performance, Holiday was making his bid for a chance to pitch Saturday night. "I would love to go out there and pitch tomorrow. It’s pretty easy to pitch when you have an offense like we do," Holiday said. "I’m just glad I was able to go out there and give us nine innings to put us in a good spot for tomorrow.” Saturday Bedlam was renewed on Saturday night as No. 1 Oklahoma took on No. 2 Oklahoma State with a Big 12 Championship on the line. Both teams, having used their top starters to reach the final game, turned the game into a bullpen game from the start. Carter Campbell started for Oklahoma and was quite good over four innings allowing just three runs. But the trio of Tommy Molsky, Gabe Davis, and Robert Cranz was better on Saturday night. Molsky got the start and struck out eight Sooners batters over 4 1/3 innings. Schubart launched a home run ball to center field in the seventh inning, a three-run blast to give Oklahoma State a late five-run lead. The home run was Schubart's 20th of the season, and his third in three games, which means it was the third of the Championship, tying him with Danny Neri who set the new record on Tuesday night. Kollin Ritchie and Ian Daugherty hit back-to-back home runs in the eighth inning to push the Cowboys advantage to 9-2. Cranz pitched the final two frames for the Cowboys and allowed only one hit and nothing more to close out the 9-3 Championship victory. Oklahoma State's Carson Benge was selected as the Most Outstanding Player of the Big 12 Championship. With the celebration underway on Saturday night, Benge deflected the credit to his team. “This is a great program with a great history, so we expect to win around here and it shouldn't surprise anyone when we do it.” Cowboys head coach Josh Holliday spoke about his start player in his postgame media session. “He is a beautiful, simple soul in that none of the stuff going on that a lot of kids would get consumed by, he doesn’t do it. There is no such thing as draftitis or awards or anything. He absolutely could care less. I think it’s what allows him to play with freedom and allows him to do everything from play right field to close to start and never say a word. In today’s day and age, that’s not normal. He is a special kid. I’ve said this before, he could play baseball in any generation," Holliday said. "He is just a baseball player.” 2024 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship All-Tournament Team C: Danny Neri, UCF 1B: Kurtis Byrne, TCU 2B: Jackson Nicklaus, Oklahoma 3B: Anthony MacKenzie, Oklahoma SS: Jaxon Willits, Oklahoma OF: Kendall Pettis, Oklahoma OF: Carson Benge, Oklahoma State OF: Nolan Schubart, Oklahoma State OF: Sam Myers, TCU DH: Easton Carmichael, Oklahoma SP: Braden Davis, Oklahoma SP: Sam Garcia, Oklahoma State RP: Grant Stevens, Oklahoma *A tie resulted in four outfielders on the All-Tournament Team* Most Outstanding Player: Carson Benge, Oklahoma State (Full disclosure: I was a voter for the Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team, including Most Outstanding Player) Thanks for stopping by! Follow us on X and on Instagram to keep up with all of our content!

Game 17 — (1) Tennessee-4 vs (11) LSU-3 Updated: 5/26 10:00pm The magic ran out for LSU in Hoover as the Volunteers punctuated a regular season title with a tournament championship as well. It was LSU who struck first with a solo home run by Jared Jones in the first inning. Billy Amick answered back in the third with a 3-run shot to put the Volunteers on top. They’d add another one in the seventh to make it a 4-1 lead, which is what remained until the bottom of the ninth. Hayden Travinski and Steven Milan hit back-to-back 1-out doubles to make it 4-2. And then an error made it 4-3. With the way things had gone all week for LSU it seemed almost certain they’d walk it off. Tennessee reliever Aaron Combs settled down and struck out the next two batters to end the game and give Tennessee the crown in Hoover. Game 16 - (1) Tennessee-6 vs. (8) Vanderbilt-4 Updated: 5/25 9:26pm As if things couldn’t get more exciting, you had a couple of rivals squaring off in the semi-finals on Saturday night. The two teams exchanged blows early, but then Christian Moore gave the Volunteers some separation with a 2-run homer in the sixth to make it 5-2. Tennessee got big contributions on the mound from Zander Sechrist (6 IP, 4 H, 1 BB, 2 ER, 5 Ks) and Marcus Phillips (3 IP, 4 H, 2 BB, 1 ER, 3 Ks). The win for Tennessee sets up a championship matchup between the top seed and the hottest team in the country right now in LSU who has won seven straight games. Game 15 - (11) LSU-12 vs. (10) South Carolina-11 It became the fifth straight one-run game in the tournament, a streak that started with these same two teams when LSU won 11-10 on Thursday night. This one was even more of a classic with LSU getting a walk-off home run Steven Milam in the bottom of the 10th. After the Gamecocks jumped out to an 8-0 lead, LSU scored 6 runs in the bottom of the fourth to get back in the game. A rally that features a double, 3 walks, and 3 singles. All 6 runs scored with 2 outs. South Carolina took a 1-run lead into the bottom of the ninth, but Ethan Frey doubled to start the inning and later scored on a throwing error to tie the game. Things got all kinds of crazy in the top of the 10th as South Carolina scored with 2 outs thanks to a couple of walks, catcher’s interference, and a balk. The South Carolina runner tried to steal home and was thrown out, but the umpires ruled that the catcher left the catcher’s box and counted the run. LSU head coach Jay Johnson was ejected from the game. But just two batters into the bottom of the 10th it didn’t matter as Milam hit the walk-off homer. Game 14 - (1) Tennessee-6 vs. (5) Mississippi State-5 The Volunteers jumped out to a 3-0 lead with Drew Beam cruising on the mound. That is, until the fifth inning when Mississippi State put up a five-spot. With two on and two out, The Bulldogs got back-to-back walks and back-to-back singles to take a 5-3 lead. The Volunteers took advantage of a throwing error in the seventh to tie the game at five, and then Blake Burke hit the game-deciding solo home run in the eighth. Game 13 – (3) Kentucky-5 vs. (10) South Carolina-6 Updated: 5/24 8:00pm No team came limping into Hoover worse than South Carolina who had lost six in a row. But the Gamecocks will be leaving Hoover feeling good about themselves no matter what happens the rest of the way. The offense has been hot in Hoover and they’ve used the long ball a lot. That’s how they got on the board to begin this one as Gavin Casas hit a 3-run homer in the second to give South Carolina a 3-2 lead. Kentucky, as they often do, took advantage of some South Carolina mistakes in the fourth to regain the lead 4-3. Will Tippett hit a leadoff home run to start the fifth that tied the game at four. And then after two quick outs, Kentucky pitching issued 3 walks and hit a couple of batters to help South Carolina take a 6-4 lead. The Wildcats got 1 run in the eighth and had a chance at more, but the threat ended as Nolan McCarthy lined into a double play. It’s worth mentioning that Cole Messina got the Barry Bonds treatment in this one with 3 walks. Game 12 – (8) Vanderbilt-4 vs. (5) Mississippi State-3 After a slugfest between LSU-South Carolina, we got a pitcher’s duel to end day three. Jurrangelo Cijnte was outstanding for Mississippi State striking out 10 over 6 innings while he allowed 3 earned runs on 5 hits and a walk. But he was outmatched on this night by sophomore JD Thompson who allowed just 1 run on 5 hits and a walk over 6 innings with 8 strikeouts. Davis Diaz got Vanderbilt on the board early with a 2-RBI single. Calvin Hewett ended up having the game-winning hit with an RBI single in the seventh that made it 4-1 at the time. Connor Hujsak tried his best to rally the Bulldogs again in the ninth inning with an RBI triple. He’d score on a single to make it 4-3. But they couldn’t quite complete the comeback this time around. Game 11 – (11) LSU-11 vs. (10) South Carolina-10 Updated: 5/24 11:45am These two teams put on quite the show in what might end up being the most entertaining game of the tournament. Cole Messina continued his torrid pace in the SEC Tournament by hitting a grand slam in the third inning that gave South Carolina a 5-1 lead. But LSU answered back with 4 runs in the top of the fourth highlighted by a 2-run home run from Jake Brown and a solo shot from Jarred Jones to tie the game at 5. Messina drove in two more runs as part of a 4-run sixth inning for the Gamecocks that gave them a 10-7 lead. A costly error by South Carolina led to 2 unearned runs for LSU in the eighth, pulling them within one. After a sacrifice fly tied the game in the ninth, LSU shortstop (and South Carolina transfer), Michael Braswell III, snuck a single down the line to drive in the winning run. Chris Veach, who was so good on Tuesday, tried to come back on Thursday but clearly didn’t have it as both teams were struggling to find arms. LSU threw out some of the best arms they had left in Thatcher Hurd, Nate Ackenhause, and Christian Little but those three combined to give up 10 runs in 5.2 innings. It was Justin Loer and Fidel Ulloa who were able to shut down the Gamecocks late. LSU continues to play like one of the most dangerous teams in the country and is in great position to win the SEC Tournament as they rust up for Saturday. South Carolina has had a great run and secured their postseason spot, but you have to wonder if there is enough pitching left for them to win three more games in Hoover. The bats have been outstanding though, and nobody wants to see the Cole Messina show end. Game 10 — (1) Tennessee-6 vs. (4) Texas A&M-2 Updated: 5/23 4:30pm The SEC Freshman of the Year, Gavin Grahovac, got the scoring started in this one with a solo home run in the third inning. Tennessee looked to answer right back by loading the bases to start the bottom of the third, but Ryan Prager and Brock Perry did a great job limiting the damage to just one. The game remained tighter until Kavares Tears hit a 3-run homer in the bottom of the seventh two batters after Texas A&M failed to turn a double-play because of a throwing error. AJ Causey came on in relief for Tennessee as he has for weeks now and continued his good work tossing 4 innings allowing 1 earned run with 7 strikeouts. Similar to Arkansas and Kentucky, these two teams know their postseason fate. Tennessee has the talent to work through the loser’s bracket and win the SEC Tournament. Game 9 — (3) Kentucky-9 vs. (2) Arkansas-6 Updated: 5/23 4:10pm Arkansas might have been a little sleepy to begin the 9:30 game as Hagen Smith gave up 2 runs in the first thanks to a walk, a couple of errors, and Peyton Stovall seemed to misjudge a slow liner that he couldn’t grab. It was essentially a bullpen day for Smith who only pitched 2 innings as the Razorbacks prep for the postseason. He gave up 2 unearned runs on 2 hits and a walk with 4 strikeouts. The Wildcats raced out to a 6-0 lead before the Arkansas bats woke up. A 3-run homer in the sixth by Peyton Holt made it a 6-4 game. Ryan Waldschmidt hit his second home run of the game in the seventh inning to make it 8-4. Kentucky would add another with a double-steal and then a sac fly — textbook Kentucky baseball. Holt hit another home run for Arkansas, but the Razorbacks just put themselves in too big of a hole. Kentucky advances for another game, while Arkansas rests up to see who will be coming to Fayetteville next weekend. Game 8 — (5) Mississippi State-5 vs (4) Texas A&M-3 Updated: 5/23 9:05am For the second night in a row Mississippi State’s Connor Hujsak delivered in the ninth inning. This time with the game tied, he got a 2-out, 2 RBI single against A&M’s top reliever. It was the first hit for the Bulldogs in 4 innings. Mississippi State threw its ace in this one, Khal Stephen, who was solid allowing 3 runs over 5 innings. Both bullpens were really good in this one, but a couple of hit batters and an error led to Hujsak’s big hit in the ninth. Our latest projections didn’t have Mississippi State as a host — that likely needs to be changed now. Game 7 — (8) Vanderbilt-13 vs (1) Tennessee-5 The upsets continued on day two as Vanderbilt easily dismantled their rival. Alan Espinal hit a pair of 3-run homers, both coming at crucial times. The first one extended Vanderbilt’s lead from 2-1 to 5-1. And then as the Volunteers made a comeback attempt with Reese Chapman’s 3-run homer making it 6-4, Espinal hit his second 3-runner homer in the seventh to make it a 9-4 game. Tyler Green was great out of the pen for Vanderbilt tossing 4 scoreless innings to end the game. Vanderbilt is another one of these bubble teams that now feels much better after a couple wins in Hoover. Game 6 — (10) South Carolina-6 vs. (2) Arkansas-5 Updated: 5/22 4:40pm Every year there is a player that gets hot and helps their team go on a deep run. This year it looks like South Carolina’s Cole Messina might be that guy. After going 3-4 on Tuesday in their win over Alabama with 2 runs and 3 RBI, he hit a pair of 2-run homers on Wednesday and drove in 5 of the 6 runs that South Carolina scored. His first 2-run homer gave the Gamecocks a 4-2 lead in the fifth inning. After Arkansas tied the game with a pair of runs in the seventh, Messina brought the heroics again with a 2-run shot in the ninth that gave them the lead for good. There were questions about South Carolina’s depth of pitching coming into this tournament, but they got a great outing from Chris Veach on Tuesday, and then Eli Jones, Ty Good, and Gerret Gainey pieced it together on Wednesday to hold Arkansas to 5 runs (4 earned). Arkansas came from behind to tie the game three times. A lead-off single in the second came around to tie it at 1. A leadoff walk and error in the fourth helped them tie the game at 2. They started the seventh inning with two singles, a double, and a walk. Arkansas bought two of those baserunners home to tie it at 4. After Messina’s homer in the top of the ninth, they mounted a rally in the bottom half with three straight 1-out singles to plate 1 run. But Gainey was able to get the final two outs and close the deal. Like LSU, South Carolina feels safe to get into the tournament with two wins at Hoover. Arkansas is a lock as a top eight national seed no matter what happens here. Game 5 — (11) LSU-11 vs. (3) Kentucky-0 (8 inn.) Updated: 5/22 12:15pm Luke Holman followed up Gage Jump’s tremendous work in game one of the tournament by tossing 6 no-hit innings with 8 strikeouts in LSU’s win over Kentucky on Wednesday morning. Those two starters, along with an emerging offense, is why no team wants to see them in the postseason right now. Michael Braswell III got the scoring started for LSU with a lead off home run in the first and an RBI groundout in the second. Kentucky’s Robert Hogan and Johnny Hummel did a great job of keeping the Wildcats in the game, combining to throw 5 shutout innings only allowing a hit and a walk with 7 strikeouts. That’s important for Kentucky as they look for some arms they can trust going into the postseason, and both guys looked very good. But then LSU broke it open with a 5 run seventh inning in which they only had 2 hits, but both left the park. The big blast being a grand slam by Jared Jones after Kentucky intentionally walked Tommy White to load the bases. White added a grand slam himself in the following inning that led to the run-rule victory. Kentucky’s fate as a top eight national seed is secured, and LSU continues to boost its postseason resume with a good showing at Hoover. Game 4 — (5) Mississippi State-2 vs. (12) Ole Miss-1 Updated: 5/22 10:15am Day 1 of the 2024 SEC Baseball Tournament couldn’t have asked for a better finish with a couple of rivals squaring off. The actual game itself delivered in a big way. Riley Maddox (Ole Miss) and Brooks Auger (Miss. St.) put on one of the better pitcher’s duels you’ll see in Hoover. Maddox tossed 7 shutout innings allowing just 3 hits with no walks and 7 strikeouts, while Auger allowed just 1 run on 3 hits with no walks and 13 strikeouts. Ole Miss was one out away from pulling off the big upset of their rival, but Connor Hujsak hit a 2-run, walk-off homer. The win for Mississippi State increases their chances of hosting a regional. One more win in the tournament should lock that up. Game 3 — (8) Vanderbilt-6 vs. (9) Florida-3 Updated: 5/22 8:30am Vanderbilt showed what they are capable of in game three of the SEC Tournament with great pitching and timely hitting as they took down the Florida Gators to advance. Head coach Tim Corbin knew what was at stake on Tuesday sending ace Bryce Cunningham to the mound. The junior righty delivered by tossing 6 shutout innings. Offensively, the Commodores took advantage of every opportunity Florida gave them. After a walk and double to start the second, they used a groundout and sac fly to drive them in. In the fourth, some good base running led to a couple of 2-out RBI. And then a 1-out error in the seventh, a stolen base, and another 2-out hit led to another run. The Gators made an effort late against Vanderbilt’s bullpen, which has been shaky all season, but it wasn’t enough. There is no question that both of these teams hvae the talent to win in the postseason. Vandy’s chances of just getting there look much better now. For Florida, it might be hard for the selection committee to ignore an overall record of 28-27. Losing all of those mid-week games might come back to bite them. Game 2 — (10) South Carolina-10 vs. (7) Alabama-5 Both of these teams really needed a win, but certainly the Gamecocks had more urgency after losing their last six games. They fell behind 3-0 early before a 6-run top of the third that included 3 home runs capped off by a grand slam from the seven-hole hitter, Dalton Reeves. Alabama clawed back with 2 runs in the fourth to make it 6-5. Then South Carolina’s Cole Messina extended the lead with a solo home run in the fifth and a 2-out, 2-RBI double in the sixth that felt like a back-breaker for Alabama. Both of those hits came off Alabama’s Alton Davis II. Chris Veach came on in the fourth inning for South Carolina and settled things down on the mound. The right-handed junior finished the game off, and at one point he retired 13 batters in a row. Veach’s final line was 5.2 IP, 3 H, 0 BB, 0 ER, 6 Ks. The Gamecocks can breathe a little easier with the win, while Alabama will have to hope their great resume is enough to sway the selection committee on Monday. Game 1 — (11) LSU-9 vs. (6) Georgia-1 The Tigers put their ace on the mound knowing they needed a win in Hoover to feel better about their chances of an at-large bid for the NCAA Tournament. That strategy paid off in a big way as Gage Jump was fantastic. He tossed 7 innings allowing just 1 earned run on 4 hits and 1 walk with 7 strikeouts. The left-handed pitching sophomore retired the last 10 batters he faced and ended his outing with a 94 MPH fastball painted on the inside corner. The offense gave him plenty of early support scoring 2 in the top of the first on an RBI single from Josh Pearson. They’d add another in the second, two in the fifth, one in the seventh, and then to really drive the nail into the coffin they’d scored three in the ninth. Georgia pitching was able to limit the damage and kept the Bulldog offense in the game, but they couldn’t get anything going against Jump. The only real shot they had came in the second when Georgia had bases loaded with 2 outs for lead off man Corey Collins. Jump got him swinging, which also left Charlie Condon in the on-deck circle. LSU also made several outstanding plays on defense in this game as they seem to be clicking at just the right time. It feels like their chances of getting an at-large bid are very good, and I feel bad for the team who has to host them. As for Georgia, they were a lock to host a regional coming, but this loss might keep them from being a top eight national seed. Thanks for stopping by! 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The regular season comes to an end in the SEC and just like we all thought, it’s Tennessee at the top along with … the Kentucky Wildcats! What an incredible year for Kentucky who didn’t even start the year in the Top 25 and is now looking to be a top eight national seed. They finished the regular season off with a series win against Vanderbilt, while Tennessee swept South Carolina to earn a share of the title. The win was huge for Vanderbilt as it got them to 13 conference wins, making them feel much better about their at-large chances no matter what happens in Hoover. Even with the same number of conference wins, South Carolina might be sweating it out after losing their last six SEC games. Florida had a huge series win at Georgia that should make them feel more confident on selection Monday. Alabama made things a lot more difficult on themselves by dropping the first two games at Auburn. But they did manage to win the third game and get to that 13-win mark in the conference. With their RPI, that should be good enough to get them in this year. Auburn finished strong – as Butch Thompson’s teams normally do – going 6-6 in their last four SEC series. They also had a mid-week win over Georgia Tech during that stretch. But it was too little too late. With everything that was on the line this weekend, a great matchup between Arkansas and Texas A&M got overlooked. And if you missed the Thursday night game you missed one of the best pitching and defensive games of the year. The Aggies ultimately took the series at home, but both teams are a lock to be a national seed. Mississippi State’s chances of hosting look much better after winning a series against Missouri and finishing with 17 conference wins. A lot of eyes were on the LSU-Ole Miss matchup as it felt like whichever team won that series would have a good shot at an at-large bid. Credit to LSU who swept Ole Miss and now sets themselves up to be one of the most dangerous three seeds in the bracket if they get in. What to Watch for in Hoover Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Arkansas, Texas A&M, and Mississippi State are locks to make the tournament. Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Texas A&M are all locks as national seeds, while Georgia and Mississippi State are locks as hosts. Georgia could potentially play itself into a top-eight seed with a big week in Hoover. You have a collection of teams with 13 wins in Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Florida, LSU, and Alabama. The Crimson Tide have the highest RPI of that group and 12 Quad 1 wins, so they seem like the safest bet to get in the tournament out of this group no matter what happens in Hoover. All of these teams will feel much better if they can get a win on Tuesday. LSU has the lowest RPI of the group, but after their sweep of Ole Miss, they now have a top 30 RPI. It’s unlikely the committee lets all five of those 13-win teams get in as that would be 11 SEC teams. LSU and South Carolina are the two teams who really can’t afford to lose on Tuesday in Hoover. Needless to say, none out of that group would be able to play their way into a hosting spot as they’re all just hoping they don’t get left out at this point. Thanks for stopping by! Follow us on X and on Instagram to keep up with all of our content!

Buckle up folks, there is a lot of content, and things are about to get exciting. Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship The Big 12 Championship gets underway in Arlington, Texas on Tuesday and runs through Saturday. No. 1 Oklahoma and No. 2 Oklahoma State will get a first day bye. No. 3 Texas No. 4 West Virginia No. 5 Cincinnati No. 6 Kansas State No. 7 Kansas No. 8 UCF No. 9 TCU No. 10 Texas Tech Baylor, Houston, and BYU did not make postseason play. Big 12 Baseball Awards This afternoon the Big 12 announced its awards with the regular season having concluded. Player of the Year: Max Belyeu, Texas Pitcher of the Year: Payton Tolle, TCU Freshman of the Year: Dominic Voegele, Kansas Newcomer of the Year: Payton Tolle, TCU Coach of the Year: Skip Johnson, Oklahoma More awards are listed in the bottom portion of this post. A Look Back at Week 10 in Big 12 Baseball No. 14 Oklahoma at Cincinnati Entering the weekend, Oklahoma had already claimed the Big 12 regular season championship and set a program record for conference wins, so the weekend series meant less for the Sooners than for the Bearcats. Oklahoma swept the Thursday doubleheader by scores of 14-6 and 12-8. Easton Carmichael led the Sooners offense in game one going 4-for-5 with three RBI and Michael Snyder was 3-for-4 with two RBI. The Sooners pounded out 16 base hits while the Bearcats collected six hits as a team. In the second game of the day, John Spikerman led Oklahoma with a 4-for-5 performance and two RBI, while Jaxon Willits plated a trio on his home run and Rocco Garza-Gongora went 3-for-3 with two RBI. In Friday's final game of the series, the two teams were tied at six in the bottom of the eighth inning when Josh Hegemann hit an 0-1 pitch over the right field wall for a grand slam to give the Bearcats their first lead of the night, and of the series. The blast was Hegemann's first career home run and helped propel Cincinnati to a 10-6 win to avoid the sweep at home. No. 16 Oklahoma State at Houston The destructive weather in Houston last week altered the schedule and eventually only two of the three scheduled games were played. After Thursday's game was cancelled and moved to Friday as part of a doubleheader, the first game on Friday was rained out. The first game of the series finally got underway on Friday night, but after just three outs were recorded in the top of the first inning, the game was delayed before ultimately being postponed and continued on Saturday as part of a doubleheader. The Cowboys were leading game one 7-2 going to the sixth inning when they put together a 10-run inning on their way to a resounding 20-3 victory. All 10 runs scored with two outs in the inning. Avery Ortiz, Zach Ehrhard, Nolan Schubart, and Tyler Wulfert each drove in three runs for Oklahoma State. Sam Garcia (6-3) earned the win with seven innings pitched and seven strikeouts. Brian Holiday pitched 8 1/3 innings and struck out 14 Houston batters in Saturday's second game, leading the Cowboys to a 9-2 win. Schubart was 3-for-4 with five RBI and a home run while Carson Benge was 2-for-4 with two doubles. Kansas at No. 22 Texas Texas led Kansas 3-2 going to the top of the ninth inning on Thursday night. Ben Hartl smashed a two-run home run to left field and the Jayhawks took a one run lead to the bottom of the ninth inning. Casey Borba started the frame with a pinch-hit solo home run. A free pass put a runner on base for the Longhorns and Jalin Flores doubled home the winning run in walk-off fashion for a 5-4 Texas win. Flores (2-for-4) delivered another walk-off winner on Friday as Texas took the series with a 3-2 win. Starter Charlie Hurley pitched six scoreless innings allowing just four hits. Hurley struck out a career-high nine batters. Jared Thomas was 2-for-3 with two walks, a triple, one RBI, and one run scored. Will Gasparino went 2-for-4 with a triple, two RBI, and one run scored. Texas completed the sweep on Sunday with a 9-7 victory. Kimble Schuessler was 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBI while Peyton Powell, Max Belyeu, and Casey Borba each drove in two runs. Lebarron Johnson Jr. tossed six one-run innings and allowed just five hits to earn the win. Johnson also struck out seven batters. Gage Boehm pitched the final 2 1/3 innings to earn his eighth save of the season. West Virginia at TCU TCU opened the series at home on Thursday with a 6-3 victory. Payton Tolle (7-3) pitched seven innings, allowing three runs on five hits and striking out 11 to earn the win. TCU shortstop Anthony Silva was 2-for-3 with three RBI in the game. Ben Abeldt took the mound in the eighth with the bases loaded and retired all six batters he faced to record his eighth save of the season. West Virginia bounced back to take the next two games and the series. Left-hander Derek Clark pitched the Mountaineers to a 7-2 win on Friday, while JJ Wetherholt hit two home runs, each was a two-run blast, to lead the offense. It was Wetherholt's first career multi-home run game. Clark threw eight strong innings allowing just two runs and striking out six. Reed Chumley provided most of the offense for the Mountaineers on Saturday, finishing the day with two hits and four RBI, including a three-run home run. Sam White and Grant Hussey also drove in runs for West Virginia. Tyler Switalski threw five scoreless innings with a pair of strikeouts to pick up his fourth win of the year. TCU rallied in the bottom of the ninth but fell a run short as West Virginia won 6-5. UCF at Baylor Ben Vespi tossed six strong innings allowing two runs and Kris Sosnowski recorded the final four outs to earn the save as UCF picked up a 6-4 victory in Friday's first game of a doubleheader. Braden Calise was 2-for-3 and drove in two runs for the Knights. Baylor scored four unearned runs in game two of the doubleheader on their way to a 4-2 win. Ethan Calder pitched a career high seven innings, allowed just two runs, and earned his fifth win of the season as the Bears evened the series. UCF plated six runs in the top of the first inning on their way to a 10-8 series-clinching victory. Mikey Kleksa contributed a three-run double in the inning. Andrew Brait and Lex Boedicker each drove in two runs. Enzo Apodaca drove in three runs for Baylor in the loss. BYU at Kansas State Kansas State opened their home series by walking-off BYU on Thursday 7-6 in 12 innings. BYU tied the game in the top of the ninth inning to eventually send the game to extra innings. Wildcats pitchers Owen Boerema, Blake Dean, Tyson Neighbors, and JJ Slack combined for 21 strikeouts in the game. Kyan Lodice delivered a walk-off single in the 12th inning. Cooper Vest had three hits and drove in four runs for the Cougars. Kansas State claimed the series on Friday edging out BYU 2-1. Jackson Wentworth struck out 11 over eight innings in which he allowed just one run. Tyson Neighbors pitched a perfect ninth inning, striking out two BYU batters. Brady Day and Kaelen Culpepper each drove in a run to account for the Wildcats offense. BYU starter Ben Hansen was great over six innings, allowing just two runs. BYU rallied to take the final game of the weekend 12-8 in 10 innings to close out their season with a road win. Crew McChesney went 4-for-5, but Parker Goff delivered the damaging blow with a grand slam in the top of the 10th inning, part of a five RBI game for Goff. Texas Tech did not play a Big 12 opponent this weekend. Big 12 Baseball Awards, Continued . . . All-Big 12 First Team C: Jake English, Kansas IF: Brady Day, Kansas State IF: Michael Snyder, Oklahoma IF: Jalin Flores, Texas IF: Jared Thomas, Texas IF: JJ Wetherholt, West Virginia OF: Carson Benge, Oklahoma State OF: Zach Ehrhard, Oklahoma State OF: Max Belyeu, Texas DH: Easton Carmichael, Oklahoma UT: Josh Kross, Cincinnati SP: Braden Davis, Oklahoma SP: Brian Holiday, Oklahoma State SP: Payton Tolle, TCU* SP: Derek Clark, West Virginia RP: Ben Abeldt, TCU RP: Gage Boehm, Texas *- unanimous selection All-Big 12 Second Team C: Kevin Bazzell, Texas Tech IF: Kodey Shojinaga, Kansas IF: Kaelen Culpepper, Kansas State IF: Colin Brueggemann, Oklahoma State IF: Peyton Powell, Texas IF: Reed Chumley, West Virginia OF: Cary Arbolida, Houston OF: Bryce Madron, Oklahoma OF: Nolan Schubart, Oklahoma State DH: Wesley Jordan, Baylor UT: Christian Mitchelle, Cincinnati UT: Justin Murray, Houston SP: Dom Stagliano, UCF SP: Reese Dutton, Kansas SP: Dominic Voegele, Kansas SP: Kyson Witherspoon, Oklahoma SP: Sam Garcia, Oklahoma State RP: Tyson Neighbors, Kansas State RP: Robert Cranz, Oklahoma State Ties resulted in five starting pitchers and two utility players on the second team Honorable Mention Baylor: Ethan Calder, Cole Posey BYU: Stone Cushing, Mason Olson, Collin Reuter UCF: Dominic Castellano, Chase Centala, Kyle Kramer, Danny Neri, Matt Prevesk Cincinnati: Lauden Brooks, Kerrington Cross, Josh Hegemann, Tommy O'Connor, Nathan Taylor Houston: Cade Citelli, Harold Coll Kansas: Michael Brooks, Hunter Cranton, Ben Hartl, John Nett Kansas State: Owen Boerema, Nick English, Brendan Jones, Raphael Pelletier, Jackson Wentworth Oklahoma: Cater Campbell, Anthony Mackenzie, Scott Mudler, Jackson Nicklaus, John Spikerman, Jaxon Willits Oklahoma State: Aidan Meola, Tommy Molsky TCU: Kurtis Byrne, Zachary Cawyer, Logan Maxwell, Sam Myers Texas: Rylan Galvan, Will Gasparino, Max Grubbs, Jared Thomas (UT), Ace Whitehead Texas Tech: Damian Bravo, Gavin Kash, Cade McGee, T.J. Pompey, Kyle Robinson, Drew Woodcox West Virginia: Aidan Major, Sam White, Kyle West All-Freshman Team Kuhio Aloy, BYU Nathan Taylor, Cincinnati Ace Reese, Houston Dominic Voegele, Kansas Blake Dean, Kansas State Jaxon Willits, Oklahoma Chase Brunson, TCU Sam Myers, TCU Will Gasparino, Texas Mac Heuer, Texas Tech Parker Hutyra, Texas Tech T.J. Pompey, Texas Tech Thanks for stopping by! Follow us on X and on Instagram to keep up with all of our content!