2012 College World Series

[Fat Joe left Atlantic]

.....who ya got?

2012 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES SCHEDULE (all times Eastern)

Friday, June 15

Game 1 – 5 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPN3)

(V) Stony Brook (52-13) vs. (H) No. 2 UCLA (47-14)

Game 2 – 9 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPN3)

(V) Arizona (43-17) vs. (H) No. 3 Florida State (48-15)

Saturday, June 16

Game 3 – 5 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN3)

Kent State (46-18) vs Arkansas (44-20)

Game 4 – 9 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN3)

(V) No. 8 South Carolina (45-17) vs. (H) No. 1 Florida (47-18)

Sunday, June 17

Game 5 – 5 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPN3)
Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2
Game 6 – 9 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPN3)
Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2

Monday, June 18

Game 7 – 5 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPN3)
Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4
Game 8 – 9 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPN3)
Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4

Tuesday, June 19

Game 9 – 8 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN3)
Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6

Wednesday, June 20

Game 10 – 8 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN3)
Winner Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8

Thursday, June 21

Game 11 – 5 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPN3)
Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 6
Game 12 – 9 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPN3)
Winner Game 10 vs. Winner Game 8

Friday, June 22

Game 13 – 5 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPN3) or 9 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN3) Game 13 will be necessary if the winner of Game 9 also wins Game 11. If it is the only game scheduled for that day, the game will start at 8 p.m.

Game 14 – 9 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN3)
Game 14 will be necessary if the winner of Game 10 also wins Game 12. If it is the only game scheduled for that day, the game will start at 8 p.m.

Saturday, June 23

No games scheduled

MEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES FINALS

Sunday, June 24

Game 1 – 8 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPN3)
Bracket One Winner vs. Bracket Two Winner

Monday, June 25

Game 2 – 8 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN3)
Bracket One Winner vs. Bracket Two Winner

Tuesday, June 26

Game 3 – 8 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN3)
Bracket One Winner vs. Bracket Two Winner
(*if necessary)

[BoBigRed]

My pick would be Florida vs. Arizona for the championship.

[Fat Joe left Atlantic]

I know history isn't on my side here, but I said early in the year I liked FSU's team, so I'm sticking to my guns.

finally Martin's year.

[BigOrange]

stony brook vs. kent state.

[Fat Joe left Atlantic]

stony brook vs. kent state.

damn yankees are taking over college basebal, lol

[Beau Vine]

I know history isn't on my side here, but I said early in the year I liked FSU's team, so I'm sticking to my guns.

finally Martin's year.

So you're a Mayan?

[Fat Joe left Atlantic]

So you're a Mayan?

[TheCruiser]

that can't be right, the Mayans would say "End of the World" Ever wonder why every body of water in the Western Hemisphere starts with "Lake" then the name, not the other way around as English would suggest.

[rumblefishstix]

Let's go gamecocks! Why not make it 3?!

[BoBigRed]

I want anyone to beat the SECSEC so I'm pulling for Arizona or UCLA.

Not jealous, BTW. No hard feelings. I just want someone else to win.

[Fat Joe left Atlantic]

Dead serious though...it's really not out of the question at all that Stony Brook & Kent State could come out of their brackets.

Stony Brook was as impressive as any team in these Supers, and Kent State is legit, and has one of the best young coaches in the game.

[TheCruiser]

Well, at least they are both in opposite brackets. It makes is slightly more possible. I'm as tired as any serious college baseball fan of the SEC, but you have to respect how South Carolina fields their team. Now Florida? they can go $#@! themselves. Same with Arkansas. UCLA is pretty damn solid though. I told myself I wouldn't waste my time with this year's Omaha field, but here I am plotting the tv schedule in my iphone.

[BoBigRed]

Well, at least they are both in opposite brackets. It makes is slightly more possible. I'm as tired as any serious college baseball fan of the SEC, but you have to respect how South Carolina fields their team. Now Florida? they can go $#@! themselves. Same with Arkansas. UCLA is pretty damn solid though. I told myself I wouldn't waste my time with this year's Omaha field, but here I am plotting the tv schedule in my iphone.

I'm a CWS diehard. I will watch no matter who is in it.

[Lone Star]

I'm as tired as any serious college athletics fan of the SEC

Fify

seriously if FSU is joining the Big12 then them all the way. otherwise give me stony brook or kent state.

[Fat Joe left Atlantic]

i'm a cws diehard. I will watch no matter who is in it.

this.....

[TheCruiser]

I applaud you guys. I feel bad since this year, I watched the fewest Horns baseball games live as I have in the last 5 seasons. I only went to maybe 25 games in person. Way low for me personally. That being said, I have watched a lot of Regional and SR's games this season. But, my interest will fade in the coming week in favor of the Euro Cup. Simply because I have German, Spanish, and Portuguese blood in me. As far as I can tell, I love Stony Brook and Kent state and their stories but we are apparently...not kin.

[Fat Joe left Atlantic]

yikes....

NCAA CWS (@NCAACWS)
6/11/12 9:27 PM
First #CWS without a team from the state of Texas since 2001

[Fat Joe left Atlantic]

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Aaron Fitt (@aaronfitt)
6/11/12 8:56 PM
Really an amazing year for college baseball—haven't had a team from Ohio or further Northeast to #CWS since Maine in 86. Now we've got 2.

[Fat Joe left Atlantic]

MLB Network Radio (@MLBNetworkRadio)
6/11/12 11:35 PM
Joe Nathan, #Rangers closer and @stonybrooku alum talks about the Seawolves going to the College World Series bit.ly/MxTh6J

http://siriusxmsports.posterous.com/...tony-brook-alu

[Fat Joe left Atlantic]

really nice piece on Stony Brook

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...025302602.html

ByWILL JAMES

A crowd of screaming fans awaited the Stony Brook University baseball team's return to Long Island Monday after an upset victory made them the first New York team in three decades to go to the College World Series.

"What's a Seawolf?" read the shirts of many, referring to the team nickname. "I'm a Seawolf."

On a campus better known for its Nobel Prize-winning scientists and prestigious research hospital, the baseball team's Cinderella ride into the national spotlight provided an unexpected new source of pride at the State University of New York's flagship institution.

"It actually puts us on the map," said Cameel Singh, 21 years old, a junior studying health sciences who showed up on the steps of the campus sports center to greet the team bus. "That's pretty good. And it just shows that we're more than just the sciences. We're good at athletics, we're a pretty well-rounded school."

The heroes' welcome came a day after the team defeated a college baseball powerhouse, the Louisiana State University Tigers, by a score of 7-2. The Seawolves are the first New York team to make it to the College World Series since 1980 and the first Northeastern school since 1986. Only four other New York teams have made it into the series. Not one has ever won.

Rep. Timothy Bishop, who represents Stony Brook and the rest of eastern Long Island in Congress, turned up to congratulate the Seawolves. "This doesn't happen to teams in the Northeast," Mr. Bishop said.

The team heads to Omaha, Neb., this week to compete with seven teams from traditional baseball power regions in the South and West. Their first opponent is UCLA on Friday.

Students, administrators and team members reveled in the attention, as the school's name became the third-highest trending search on google.

At the impromptu rally Monday, the university's president, Samuel L. Stanley Jr., called the returning players "the team that shocked the world."

"We love the whole Cinderella story, you know, everyone underestimating us and then showing them what a Northeast team can do," said pitcher Frankie Vanderka, 20, a sophomore and Long Island native. "We just played how we played all year. We didn't change a thing."

Stony Brook has worked to burnish its athletic credentials over the past decade as it strives to emulate Stanford, a school recognized for both sciences and athletics, Dr. Stanley said.

Over the past year alone, Stony Brook teams in football, women's tennis, men's basketball, men's soccer and lacrosse have all won their conferences. Indoor track runner Lucy Van Dalen became an individual champion last year.

But the school has never had an NCAA championship team.

The baseball team joined the highest level of competition, NCAA Division I, in 2000 and has steadily improved. Last year, the Seawolves were the top-seeded team in the America East conference tournament, though they lost in the championship.

They remained an underdog on the national scene, though. When the Seawolves traveled to LSU's packed 10,000-seat stadium in Baton Rouge for a three-game series last week, fans dismissed them as "Tiger bait." LSU has won six baseball national championships.

"A lot of teams, they say, that go there are intimidated," said Seawolves baseball coach Matt Senk. "We wanted to make sure that we enjoyed the experience and fed off it in a positive way."

Even before knocking out LSU in the super regional championship, Stony Brook's baseball team had seven players picked in the Major League Baseball draft last week, including outfielder Travis Jankowski, who was ranked 44th overall.

Mr. Jankowski, 20, a junior from Lancaster, Pa., who is studying health sciences, said the prospect of making it to the College World Series seemed like a faint possibility when he was recruited to the school.

"I mean, it was kind of in the back of my mind," said Mr. Jankowski. "But it was always kind of a dream, you know?"

[rumblefishstix]

Honestly there is one team on our side of the bracket that I am worried about, Kent State. Especially since they get pig aggy first round. I think we can beat FL in the fast round, and then draw Kent State in round 2

[Fat Joe left Atlantic]

http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/...ng-storylines/

[FCHorn]

***Aaron Fitt (@aaronfitt)
6/11/12 8:56 PM
Really an amazing year for college baseball—haven't had a team from Ohio or further Northeast to #CWS since Maine in 86. Now we've got 2.***

Mike Bor$#@! Holla!

[Kevin O'Shea]

I know history isn't on my side, but I'm picking FSU to win their first CWS.

Edit: damn it, didn't see you already picked them. I'll go with UCLA

[Fat Joe left Atlantic]

ESPN preview.....

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/st...d-series-field

[Pike]

Headed up there again tomorrow. Flying to KC. Watching Royals Brewers tomorrow night. Driving to Omaha friday in time for Stony Brook UCLA game at 4pm. Hospitality tent passes outside the ballpark with ac, free beer, food and ice cream. staying at harrahs and will be broke from gambling by Saturday morning. Will be pulling hard for Stony Brook, Kent State and anyone who plays Arkansas.

Whos with me?

Pike

[TheCruiser]

I am jealous man. Have a great trip. I was offered for Red Sox tickets at my old stomping ground, Wrigley Field for this weekend. Instead, I'll be babysitting my drunk cousins and preparing a power point presentation AND I $#@!ING HATE POWER POINT (I do one a year and that's enough for this lifetime).

[Fat Joe left Atlantic]

NCBWA (@NCBWA)
6/13/12 2:46 PM
NCBWA announces its 17th annual Division I All-America Team in advance of the College World Series #cws bit.ly/KG1yVd

http://www.sportswriters.net/ncbwa/n...rica120613.pdf

[rumblefishstix]

http://www.sportswriters.net/ncbwa/n...rica120613.pdf

kind of interesting that there are no s car players on that list......you would think a team that was a top 8 national seed would at least have one person

[Fat Joe left Atlantic]

kind of interesting that there are no s car players on that list......you would think a team that was a top 8 national seed would at least have one person

Yeah I think if I was selecting 3 full teams it'd be tough not to have Christian Walker and/or Michael Roth included.

But I think South Carolina is in a better situation than say A&M, who had 3 players included but couldn't get out of its own regional....amirite, ha

[landsharkbear]

I think Florida wins it, but it seems pretty wide open to me.

[rumblefishstix]

Yeah I think if I was selecting 3 full teams it'd be tough not to have Christian Walker and/or Michael Roth included.

But I think South Carolina is in a better situation than say A&M, who had 3 players included but couldn't get out of its own regional....amirite, ha

even matt price as a closer, but yes i would rather have no one selected but make it to the CWS

[Montag]

Florida over USC and FSU over Stony Brook in the other. FSU edges UF in 3 to make us stop making choking jokes.

[Gatorubet]

I know history isn't on my side here, but I said early in the year I liked FSU's team, so I'm sticking to my guns.

finally Martin's year.

21st time is the charm, all the Noles say.....

I would so love to have those $#@!ers go 0-2 and barbecue. The read on Whorechant would be epic.

[Fat Joe left Atlantic]

21st time is the charm, all the Noles say.....

I would so love to have those $#@!ers go 0-2 and barbecue. The read on Whorechant would be epic.

Really? I mean with all due respect, I could give two $#@!s about Florida State or Florida...and I do think Florida is the favorite this year.

but Florida doesn't have a national championship in baseball either, and Martin alone has taken FSU to Omaha almost twice as many times as Florida has been in its history, total.

Sooooo, maybe UF should actually win a title first before going into the FSU $#@! talk, considering FSU has been to Omaha 21 times & Florida has only been 8....just sayin'

[rumblefishstix]

Really? I mean with all due respect, I could give two $#@!s about Florida State or Florida...and I do think Florida is the favorite this year.

but Florida doesn't have a national championship in baseball either, and Martin alone has taken FSU to Omaha almost twice as many times as Florida has been in its history, total.

Sooooo, maybe UF should actually win a title first before going into the FSU $#@! talk, considering FSU has been to Omaha 21 times & Florida has only been 8....just sayin'

let's get regarded in here.......I love it. screw the gators.....

[CO_Gator]

Sooooo, maybe UF should actually win a title first before going into the FSU $#@! talk, considering FSU has been to Omaha 21 times & Florida has only been 8....just sayin'

Normally, I'd agree. But this FSU. We're required by state law to talk $#@! to each other.

[Fat Joe left Atlantic]

Normally, I'd agree. But this FSU. We're required by state law to talk $#@! to each other.

Haha! granted....flame away then my friend

(I was just busting balls a little bit anyways)

It's good to have a few different fan bases rep'n on the board

[js]

This $#@! starts tomorrow? holy $#@! where have I been

[Fat Joe left Atlantic]

NYT: At Stony Brook, Baseball Is Just the Latest Success Story

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/14/sp...d=1&ref=sports

For five decades, Stony Brook had quietly built its reputation here as a top research branch of the New York state university system. Modest recognition stemmed from nuclear physics labs and geometry classrooms. But recently, the university’s name has traveled, after it has waded into high-level athletics.

On Friday, the baseball team will become the second No. 4 seed to play in the College World Series when the Seawolves face U.C.L.A. in Omaha. Arizona, which is in Stony Brook’s bracket, has more C.W.S. appearances (15) than the Seawolves have years as a Division I program (12).

That the team could advance so far so fast is a testament to its head coach — Matt Senk, who began working at the university as a part-time physical education teacher 22 years ago — and an athletic department that recognized a void on campus and has sprinted to fill it.

[Tuco Ramirez]

Headed up there again tomorrow. Flying to KC. Watching Royals Brewers tomorrow night. Driving to Omaha friday in time for Stony Brook UCLA game at 4pm. Hospitality tent passes outside the ballpark with ac, free beer, food and ice cream. staying at harrahs and will be broke from gambling by Saturday morning. Will be pulling hard for Stony Brook, Kent State and anyone who plays Arkansas.

Whos with me?

Pike

I'm there! I'm making the trip from Benson.

[BamaSucks]

Arkansas has a chance to take Kent State down, but no chance to go any further, but would love to see them take out SC or UF, as much as I'd like to see them do well. Yes, Pig Aggy.

[TheCruiser]

Is Stony Broolk part of the SUNY campus group ?

[Fat Joe left Atlantic]

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On tap: Stony Brook vs. UCLA, game one
BY LEE BARFKNECHT | 9:42 PM, THURSDAY, JUN. 14 | POSTED IN CWS
A capsule look at the first game of the College World Series, with first pitch set for 4 p.m. on Friday.

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Stony Brook (52-13)

Pitcher: Tyler Johnson (12-1, 1.94 ERA).

Top hitters: CF Travis Jankowski (.422 BA, .485 on-base percentage, 34 extra-base hits); 3B Willie Carmona (.399 BA, 25 2Bs, 12 HRs, 72 RBIs in 64 games); 2B Maxx Tisssenbaum (.389 BA, 20 2Bs, 51 RBIs, just eight strikeouts in 234 at-bats).

How they got here: The Seawolves won the America East Conference tournament, roared into the Coral Gables regional and helped oust Miami, then controlled play for nearly every inning of the three super-regional games at LSU.

Trends: Stony Brook is first nationally in hits, second in batting average, second in slugging percentage, second in triples, fourth in doubles and fourth in runs. Oh, and the pitching ain’t bad, either. The team is seventh in fewest hits allowed and 12th in ERA.

Stony Brook will win if: it keeps doing what it has been and doesn’t get its head turned by all the fawning and attention. We’ve seen CWS newbies swallow the pressure bubble before. But the Seawolves don’t appear built that way.

UCLA (47-14)

Pitcher: RH Adam Plutko (11-3, 2.56 ERA).

Top hitters: RF Jeff Gelalich (.365 BA, 11 HRs, 46 RBIs); 1B-2B Trevor Brown (.328 BA, 13 2Bs, 51 RBIs); CF Beau Amaral (.313 BA, 80 hits, 45 RBIs).

How they got here: The Bruins are cruising. They won regional games at home 3-0, 7-1 and 13-5 (the first and third against Creighton). In super-regional play at home, they swept TCU 6-2 and 4-1. The only runs allowed to TCU were three solo homers.

Trends: Not much fazes UCLA. Winning 20 of 24 games away from home was a national best. Keep an eye on the bullpen. Coach John Savage makes pitching changes early and often. The Bruins relievers were 15-5 this season with a 2.27 ERA and 16 saves.

UCLA will win if: it relies on its experience from 2010, its seven players drafted in the first 15 rounds produce according to expectations and the bullpen continues its strong work.

[Beef]

Pulling for Coach Martin and FSU

[phdhorn]

Is Stony Broolk part of the SUNY campus group ?

It is, though interestingly it doesn't market itself like that. Their correspondence merely says "Stony Brook University."

[Hogssmellgood]

Arkansas has a chance to take Kent State down, but no chance to go any further, but would love to see them take out SC or UF, as much as I'd like to see them do well. Yes, Pig Aggy.

This same Arkansas team did go down to Gainesville and take 2 from the mighty Gators, and knocked Roth out of his start in 4 innings. I know our bats haven't been great, but don't count out the ability to keep a good offense from scoring. That being said, I also wouldn't be surprised if we lost 2 1-0 games.

[Beau Vine]

$#@!ty weather here last night and a repeat is scheduled for tonight. Would be surprised if they got both games in.

[EuroHorn]

Would be happy with FSU, Stony Brook or Kent State

[phdhorn]

Something tells me Zona is going to take it. 2nd choice will be SC.

People who dislike either school should be happy, now that I named them as my picks they're sure to tank completely.