This is a big weekend for the Big 10 as 4 of the top 5 teams play each other. Iowa is at Michigan and Illinois is at Ohio St. This would be a great time for the Big 10 Network to get their head out of their ass and promote baseball by broadcasting some damn games because the conference is actually pretty good this year but those bunch of dopes will probably show Rutgers vs Penn St on sunday afternoon.

Let me know where Wisconsin is playing.

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BTN is really missing the boat this year with baseball/softball coverage. I find myself watching softball games on ESPNU or the SEC network regularly since BTN is showing Big Ten Elite or some other fodder.

Here's the weekend TV schedule. They're showing games but of course they picked the wrong games. Purdue, Rutgers and Penn St are all god awful. That Saturday Iowa vs Michigan will be a good one. Blake Hickman (Simeon) and Ryan Nutof (South Elgin) should be the starters. MLB teams missed on Nutof last year. Kids gonna be a Dude. Indiana vs Maryland will be good.

Friday- Purdue/ Michigan State 2:00 PM
Saturday- Rutgers/ Penn State 1:30 PM
Saturday- Iowa/ Michigan 4:30 PM
Sunday- Indiana/ Maryland 11:00 AM

Hawger, your Hogs are on SECN tonight at 6PM against Bama. With a strong finish they could move into the hosting a regional discussion. LSU vs Miss St is on ESPNU at 6:30PM.

Yeah, they are on all weekend. I am going to miss it as I am going to the Bucks/Bulls game.

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Now you're just fuckin with me.

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The Razorbacks are rolling, hopefully they can keep it up.

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#6 Illinois moved up 2 spots after sweeping Ohio St on the road. The Illini have won 21 in a row. #2 Louisville moved up 1 spot after splitting a series against Clemson. #18 Iowa stayed put after winning 2 of 3 at Michigan. #20 Arkansas moved up 4 spots after sweeping Bama on the road. The Hogs have won 6 straight series.

1. LSU 40-8
2. Louisville 36-11
3. UCLA 33-11
4. Texas A&M 41-7
5. TCU 37-9
6. Illinois 40-6-1
7. UC Santa Barbara 34-10-1
8. Florida State 35-14
9. Vanderbilt 35-14
10. Florida 35-13
11. Arizona State 29-15
12. Oklahoma State 31-15
13. Miami 34-13
14. Southern California 32-14
15. Florida Atlantic 35-11
16. Missouri State 34-10
17. Dallas Baptist 36-9
18. Iowa 33-12
19. College of Charleston 35-9
20. Arkansas 29-18
21. Missouri 28-20
22. Oregon State 29-14
23. Auburn 32-17
24. North Carolina 29-16
25. Radford 33-14

New Entries:

Oregon St
Auburn
Radford

Dropped Out:

Maryland
Coastal Carolina
Ohio ST

Updated stats for Illinois top two pitchers:

Kevin Duchene (Joliet Catholic HS):

Record- 8-1
ERA- 0.78
IP- 69
H- 57
BB- 6
K's- 74
WHIP- 0.913

Tyler Jay (Lemont HS):

Record- 5-1
Saves- 9
ERA- 0.73
IP- 49.1
H- 24
BB- 4
K's- 54
WHIP- 0.770

If I could see this coming from over 500 miles away why the hell couldn't they?!?

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#5 Illinois moved up a spot and extended their winning streak to 24 games after sweeping Rutgers which included a 28-13 thrashing yesterday. #2 Louisville stayed put after winning 2 of 3 against #8 Florida St. #14 Iowa moved up 4 spots after sweeping Minnesota. #20 Arkansas moved up a spot after splitting a 2 game series with Tennessee.

1. LSU 43-8
2. Louisville 40-12
3. UCLA 36-12
4. TCU 39-9
5. Illinois 43-6-1
6. Florida 38-14
7. Texas A&M 42-9
8. Florida State 37-16
9. Miami 38-13
10. Vanderbilt 36-16
11. Missouri State 38-10
12. Dallas Baptist 39-9
13. Oklahoma State 31-16
14. Iowa 37-12
15. UC Santa Barbara 35-13-1
16. Southern California 34-16
17. Arizona State 30-17
18. College of Charleston 39-10
19. Oregon State 32-14-1
20. Rice 33-16
21. Arkansas 30-19
22. Houston 32-16
23. Radford 36-14
24. Florida Atlantic 36-14
25. California 31-16

New Entries
Rice
Houston
Cal

Dropped Out
Missouri
Auburn
North Carolina

Hawger, your guy Benentendi hit his 17th last night. He pretty much has SEC Player of the Year locked up now he's working on National POY. He's also shooting up draft boards. The Brew Crew have the 15th pick......

Yes I saw that last night, his numbers are sick. The Hogs have won 16 of their last 20 also, sucks they lost to Tennessee once last weekend, they are terrible.

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That was a tough loss. Not sure what happened to the Vols. This was the year the great Dave Serrano was supposed to turn them around or so the experts told us. Not that easy to turn things around in that meat grinder of a conference.

Keyser,

If you've seem him, what's your projection for Blake Hickman (Iowa - P) in the upcoming draft?

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All reports are saying 1st or 2nd round on Hickman. They say he has a chance of going in round 1 but should be in the top 50 picked.

I haven't seen him but I've talked to a couple guys who have Iowa. Sounds like the 1st round is a little rich. He's more likely to go somewhere in the 3-5 range. He's pitched a lot better than they thought as a starter so he's earned the chance to continue starting but he'll most likely end up as a reliever.

Big 10 Champs #5 Illinois extended their winning streak to 26 games after sweeping Nebraska in a two game series. #3 Louisville dropped a spot after losing a mid-week game to Vandy then winning 2 of 3 at North Carolina St. #20 Arkansas moved up a spot after winning 2 of 3 at Georgia. #22 Iowa dropped 8 spots after losing 2 of 3 at Rutgers.

1. LSU 46-9
2. UCLA 40-12
3. Louisville 42-14
4. TCU 43-9
5. Illinois 45-6-1
6. Florida 40-15
7. Texas A&M 43-10
8. Miami 42-13
9. Vanderbilt 39-17
10. Missouri State 41-10
11. Oklahoma State 34-17
12. Dallas Baptist 41-11
13. Florida State 37-19
14. UC Santa Barbara 39-13-1
15. College of Charleston 41-11
16. Southern California 35-17
17. Arizona State 32-19
18. Oregon State 36-14-1
19. Houston 39-17
20. Arkansas 33-20
21. Rice 35-18
22. Iowa 38-14
23. Radford 39-14
24. Florida Atlantic 38-14
25. California 32-17

Conference tournaments are getting started this week. The SEC starts today and the Big 10 tomorrow.

LSU is the #1 seed. Arkansas is #5 and Mizzou #7. It looks like the SEC Network will be broadcasting all the games. Arkansas plays Tennessee tonight at 7:30PM.

http://www.secsports.com/bracket/baseball

Illinois is the #1 seed and Iowa is #2. The Big 10 Network will broadcast most of the games. Illinois plays Nebraska on Wed at 5:30PM

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big ... racket.pdf

Keyser, my boys got lucky last night as they left at least 15 men on base and still won in the bottom of the 9th. My guy Benintendi was awful, as he left at least 7 on himself.

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Wow they did get lucky. I watched until the Vols tied it up in the 8th. Benintendi had some bad at bats. Maybe he was a little spooked by all the heat in the building.

I couldn't believe the pitches he kept missing, he just had a bad night.

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They get a real tough matchup tonight with Florida. Hoping it's McKinney vs Shore. I think the second round goes to double elimination so it's not win or go home. If they go deep in this tourney they could host a regional though it would be really cool if they end up in Champaign.

It is now double elimination, and Trey Killian was really good last night. I am fairly certain you will see McKinney tonight, it is a big game to win that first one.

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And I just saw Dunning for Florida.

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They're saving Shore and Puk. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Kevin O'Sullivan is probably the best in all of college baseball at not overusing his pitchers.

Speaking of Florida I heard Lux went on recruiting trip there last week.

I have heard all kinds of things about the Lux kid, and not all of them are very good.

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Illinois vs Nebraska is on the Big 10 Network at 5:00. Mark Buehrle......I mean Kevin Duchene (Joliet Catholic) is pitching for the Illini.