KSU Baseball

[kay-ess-you]

For all the Debbie Downers and Hill haters... 

* You really can't say enough about Kansas State and the job coach Brad Hill is doing this season. The Wildcats, with a series win over Texas, basically punched their ticket to an NCAA regional barring a major surprise. Just an amazing campaign so far this season and they actually are very much in the Big 12 title race. KSU is in fantastic shape down the stretch if it finishes off a sweep of the Longhorns.


Kendall Rogers
Rivals.com/Yahoo! Sports College Baseball Editor

[Chad May Lover]

Where are we at in your rankings? 

[kay-ess-you]

Where are we at in your rankings? 

copy and paste from rivals cbb site

[KSt8er]

Keep this up and we're going to need a Bat Cat Board!   

[catfan28]

http://www.cjonline.com/sports/2009-04-27/k_state_moves_up_to_no_16

[JTKSU]

Where are we at in your rankings? 

16. KANSAS STATE
Last Week: 2-0-1. Overall: 31-11-1, 10-7-1 in Big 12 (7-7-1 vs. Top 25). Weekend Series: 6-3.
Kansas State won its second series ever in Austin, and first since 1997. Jr. RHP A.J. Morris (9 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K) needed 141 pitches Friday to fire his second complete game of the season and pick up his school-record 10th win of the year. Sr. OF Jordan Cruz homered twice Saturday, and Fr. OF Nick Martini (3-for-6) singled home the winning run in the 12th. Sr. SS Drew Biery's two-run single in the eighth Sunday gave K-State a lead that it relinquished in the ninth, and the game ended in a tie after 10 innings due to a travel curfew.
RESULTS
April 24-26: @ (5) Texas: W 4-2, W 5-4 (12 innings), T 6-6 (10 innings)
UPCOMING
April 28-29: North Dakota
May 1-3: @ Oklahoma State


http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/college/top-25-tracker/2009/268012.html

[JTKSU]

http://www.cjonline.com/sports/2009-04-27/k_state_moves_up_to_no_16

Damn, beat me to it.

[catfan28]

UC Irvine retained the No. 1 ranking in the Baseball America Top 25 rankings thanks to a pair of midweek wins against Oregon and a weekend series win at Utah.

The top four teams in the rankings remained the same, as Irvine, Rice, Arizona State and North Carolina all posted winning weeks. Cal State Fullerton and Mississippi each jumped up four spots to Nos. 6 and 7, respectively. The Titans swept UC Davis over the weekend and allowed only one run in the entire series, while the Rebels took two of three against Georgia, which slid from No. 8 to No. 11.

Kansas State continued its impressive season by making the biggest jump of any team the rankings. The Wildcats won the first two games of their series on the road against Texas before the finale ended in a tie, enabling them to vault seven to No. 16. Fellow Big 12 member Texas A&M also made a sizeable leap, moving up four spots to No. 20 thanks to a series win over Oklahoma State that put the Aggies in first place in the league. Baylor, which has lost six in a row, plummeted eight spots to 17th.

Three teams returned to the rankings this week. Clemson bested No. 10 Georgia Tech over the weekend to return to the rankings for the first time since mid-March at No. 21. The Tigers are joined by Florida, which swept its weekend series over South Carolina, and East Carolina, which knocked off Southern Mississippi.

staff of Baseball America determines the Top 25 rankings. Records indicated are through games of April 26 and do not include ties.

Rk. Team W-L Last Week Prev.

1. UC Irvine 30-11 4-1 1
2. Rice 28-10 1-0 2
3. Arizona State 31-9 3-1 3
4. North Carolina 35-11 4-1 4
5. Louisiana State 33-11 5-0 6
6. Cal State Fullerton 29-11 5-0 10
7. Mississippi 32-12 4-1 11
8. Texas 29-11 0-3 5
9. Oklahoma 33-11 4-0 13
10. Georgia Tech 28-11 2-3 7
11. Georgia 33-11 2-3 8
12. Arkansas 29-12 3-1 12
13. Cal Poly 29-10 2-1 14
14. Virginia 34-9 4-1 15
15. Texas Christian 27-12 4-1 16
16. Kansas State 31-11 2-0 23
17. Baylor 25-17 0-5 9
18. Miami 29-14 3-1 18
19. Florida State 30-12 5-0 21
20. Texas A&M 28-15 3-1 24
21. Clemson 30-15 4-1 NR
22. Alabama 29-15 2-2 22
23. Kent State 32-9 4-1 25
24. Florida 31-14 5-0 NR
25. East Carolina 32-13 4-1 NR

Dropped Out: Oregon State (17), San Diego State (19), Hawaii (20)

[JTKSU]

UC Irvine retained the No. 1 ranking in the Baseball America Top 25 rankings thanks to a pair of midweek wins against Oregon and a weekend series win at Utah.

The top four teams in the rankings remained the same, as Irvine, Rice, Arizona State and North Carolina all posted winning weeks. Cal State Fullerton and Mississippi each jumped up four spots to Nos. 6 and 7, respectively. The Titans swept UC Davis over the weekend and allowed only one run in the entire series, while the Rebels took two of three against Georgia, which slid from No. 8 to No. 11.

Kansas State continued its impressive season by making the biggest jump of any team the rankings. The Wildcats won the first two games of their series on the road against Texas before the finale ended in a tie, enabling them to vault seven to No. 16. Fellow Big 12 member Texas A&M also made a sizeable leap, moving up four spots to No. 20 thanks to a series win over Oklahoma State that put the Aggies in first place in the league. Baylor, which has lost six in a row, plummeted eight spots to 17th.

Three teams returned to the rankings this week. Clemson bested No. 10 Georgia Tech over the weekend to return to the rankings for the first time since mid-March at No. 21. The Tigers are joined by Florida, which swept its weekend series over South Carolina, and East Carolina, which knocked off Southern Mississippi.

staff of Baseball America determines the Top 25 rankings. Records indicated are through games of April 26 and do not include ties.

Rk. Team W-L Last Week Prev.

1. UC Irvine 30-11 4-1 1
2. Rice 28-10 1-0 2
3. Arizona State 31-9 3-1 3
4. North Carolina 35-11 4-1 4
5. Louisiana State 33-11 5-0 6
6. Cal State Fullerton 29-11 5-0 10
7. Mississippi 32-12 4-1 11
8. Texas 29-11 0-3 5
9. Oklahoma 33-11 4-0 13
10. Georgia Tech 28-11 2-3 7
11. Georgia 33-11 2-3 8
12. Arkansas 29-12 3-1 12
13. Cal Poly 29-10 2-1 14
14. Virginia 34-9 4-1 15
15. Texas Christian 27-12 4-1 16
16. Kansas State 31-11 2-0 23
17. Baylor 25-17 0-5 9
18. Miami 29-14 3-1 18
19. Florida State 30-12 5-0 21
20. Texas A&M 28-15 3-1 24
21. Clemson 30-15 4-1 NR
22. Alabama 29-15 2-2 22
23. Kent State 32-9 4-1 25
24. Florida 31-14 5-0 NR
25. East Carolina 32-13 4-1 NR

Dropped Out: Oregon State (17), San Diego State (19), Hawaii (20)

 

[PowercatPat]

We have 7 top 25 wins. 

[Andy]

We should have locked up a spot in a regional with this series win against Texas. Another good series was we split (1-1) with #1 Arizona State. I doubt we would host a regional unless we win out (win Big 12 regular season & tournament titles).

I would love a Big 12 regular season title, we are in good shape because we have the advantages over Texas (2-0-1) & Texas A&M (2-1). We just have to keep on winning. We have 9 more Big 12 games left against Tech, Oklahoma St., & uk. Here are the Big 12 standing as of today:

didn't mizzou host a regional a few years back?  were they much better then than we are now?  i like our chances with mostly bottom half teams left on the sked.

[mizzousteve]

We should have locked up a spot in a regional with this series win against Texas. Another good series was we split (1-1) with #1 Arizona State. I doubt we would host a regional unless we win out (win Big 12 regular season & tournament titles).

I would love a Big 12 regular season title, we are in good shape because we have the advantages over Texas (2-0-1) & Texas A&M (2-1). We just have to keep on winning. We have 9 more Big 12 games left against Tech, Oklahoma St., & uk. Here are the Big 12 standing as of today:

didn't mizzou host a regional a few years back?  were they much better then than we are now?  i like our chances with mostly bottom half teams left on the sked.

Yes, we hosted in 2007 and had a significantly better conference record in addition to a better RPI and SOS. I think K-State we'll get that opportunity but it is difficult to just break into the thing and host. The selection committee tends to show a lack of respect to programs that aren't perennial powers.

[JTKSU]

We should have locked up a spot in a regional with this series win against Texas. Another good series was we split (1-1) with #1 Arizona State. I doubt we would host a regional unless we win out (win Big 12 regular season & tournament titles).

I would love a Big 12 regular season title, we are in good shape because we have the advantages over Texas (2-0-1) & Texas A&M (2-1). We just have to keep on winning. We have 9 more Big 12 games left against Tech, Oklahoma St., & uk. Here are the Big 12 standing as of today:

didn't mizzou host a regional a few years back?  were they much better then than we are now?  i like our chances with mostly bottom half teams left on the sked.

Yes, we hosted in 2007 and had a significantly better conference record in addition to a better RPI and SOS. I think K-State we'll get that opportunity but it is difficult to just break into the thing and host. The selection committee tends to show a lack of respect to programs that aren't perennial powers.

Mizzou is a perennial power?  You know that, prior to 2007, Mizzou had never finished higher than 4th in the conference?

[k-state87]

I am not saying that we aren't going to host a regional, but we have never been in this position before. We have 13 (9 Big 12 games) more games left, we can't afford to go 7-6 & expect to host a regional. We have to finish strong to even be considered.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/baseball/news;_ylt=Au0QtYD8COLAvAIjUN2GrYQMwLYF?slug=kr-bullpensession042709

^This says that the next projections comes out tomorrow, & the article also says this:

Potential hosts to watch between now and Wednesday include Clemson, tcu, Florida, Oklahoma, Texas A&M and Kansas State.

 

[Chad May Lover]

God I hate to say this but ku will be tough.

[mizzousteve]

We should have locked up a spot in a regional with this series win against Texas. Another good series was we split (1-1) with #1 Arizona State. I doubt we would host a regional unless we win out (win Big 12 regular season & tournament titles).

I would love a Big 12 regular season title, we are in good shape because we have the advantages over Texas (2-0-1) & Texas A&M (2-1). We just have to keep on winning. We have 9 more Big 12 games left against Tech, Oklahoma St., & uk. Here are the Big 12 standing as of today:

didn't mizzou host a regional a few years back?  were they much better then than we are now?  i like our chances with mostly bottom half teams left on the sked.

Yes, we hosted in 2007 and had a significantly better conference record in addition to a better RPI and SOS. I think K-State we'll get that opportunity but it is difficult to just break into the thing and host. The selection committee tends to show a lack of respect to programs that aren't perennial powers.

Mizzou is a perennial power?  You know that, prior to 2007, Mizzou had never finished higher than 4th in the conference?

I wouldn't call Missouri a perennial power. We have to string a few more successful seasons in a row to get to that group. What helped us host in 2007 was the fact that we had been to every Regional since 2003 and had received significant hype in both 2005 AND 2006. We underachieved greatly in 2006 (preaseason #10 just like MU was again this year) but snuck in as the last at large and won the Malibu Regional.

K-State will have a small chance to host this season but a much better one in the future due to this season's recognition. It also costs a fair amount of money to bid on a Regional and I would imagine that the K-State athletic department probably hadn't planned for that expense at the start of the season.

[RonLongshaft]

 

[Saulbadguy]

we're done. we're &@#%ing done. I can't &@#%ing believe were going to &@#%ing lose to &@#%ing north dakota.

[Chad May Lover]

Relax

[kay-ess-you]

we're done. we're fracking done. I can't fracking believe were going to fracking lose to fracking north dakota.

Does it get old being THAT guy?

Batkatz 10
ND 2

Final






...or is this a brilliant reverse psychology method???

[QuinnMac]

we're done. we're fracking done. I can't fracking believe were going to fracking lose to fracking north dakota.

Does it get old being THAT guy?

Batkatz 10
ND 2

Final






...or is this a brilliant reverse psychology method???

Saul is just jealous he missed the bandwagon.

[k-state87]

Saul scared me for a moment because I got off work & I clicked onto this thread & I saw his post & thought that K-State lost to ND.  That is win #32!!!

 

[RonLongshaft]

D-bags were out in full force last night at the T. 

[Saulbadguy]

D-bags were out in full force last night at the T. 

Explain.

[RonLongshaft]

4-5 d bags along the first baseline showed up at the bottom 3rd IIRC. had some great quotes such as.

"we drink beer and smoke crack in manhattan!"
"my dad owns oil and gas"
"i've had two rotator cuff surgeries and i can throw harder than that"
"he ripped the tits off that"
"he ripped that one out my ass"
"lets go katz, we ain't got crap, football sucks with old balls now"
"we've sucked 20 years, now we're better cause we recruit better players"
etc

and these all included "bras" "doods" and "baby" plus many vulgar words as well.

dudes sounded like they're the biggest batkat fans but didn't know the games are free for students, you can't buy chew at the c-stand,  and called the big 12 the "big X i i (eye, eye)

[k-state87]

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/college/on-campus/2009/268016.html

^The new projections are out & we are the #2 seed in the Fayetteville region, here is what the region looks like:

1) Arkansas
2) Kansas State
3) Eastern Illinois
4) Missouri State

I would like that regional, tough mid-majors but beatable.

 

[ednksu]

4-5 d bags along the first baseline showed up at the bottom 3rd IIRC. had some great quotes such as.

"we drink beer and smoke crack in manhattan!"
"my dad owns oil and gas"
"i've had two rotator cuff surgeries and i can throw harder than that"
"he ripped the tits off that"
"he ripped that one out my ass"
"lets go katz, we ain't got crap, football sucks with old balls now"
"we've sucked 20 years, now we're better cause we recruit better players"
etc

and these all included "bras" "doods" and "baby" plus many vulgar words as well.

dudes sounded like they're the biggest batkat fans but didn't know the games are free for students, you can't buy chew at the c-stand,  and called the big 12 the "big X i i (eye, eye)

you going  tonight ? i think  im driving  in from topeka.

[RonLongshaft]

4-5 d bags along the first baseline showed up at the bottom 3rd IIRC. had some great quotes such as.

"we drink beer and smoke crack in manhattan!"
"my dad owns oil and gas"
"i've had two rotator cuff surgeries and i can throw harder than that"
"he ripped the tits off that"
"he ripped that one out my ass"
"lets go katz, we ain't got crap, football sucks with old balls now"
"we've sucked 20 years, now we're better cause we recruit better players"
etc

and these all included "bras" "doods" and "baby" plus many vulgar words as well.

dudes sounded like they're the biggest batkat fans but didn't know the games are free for students, you can't buy chew at the c-stand,  and called the big 12 the "big X i i (eye, eye)

you going  tonight ? i think  im driving  in from topeka.

went up for the first couple, until it got out of hand. Would love to stick around but got a test and a paper due at 8 am and Senioritis is getting the best of me 

[pwrcat1]

4-5 d bags along the first baseline showed up at the bottom 3rd IIRC. had some great quotes such as.

"we drink beer and smoke crack in manhattan!"
"my dad owns oil and gas"
"i've had two rotator cuff surgeries and i can throw harder than that"
"he ripped the tits off that"
"he ripped that one out my ass"
"lets go katz, we ain't got crap, football sucks with old balls now"
"we've sucked 20 years, now we're better cause we recruit better players"
etc

and these all included "bras" "doods" and "baby" plus many vulgar words as well.

dudes sounded like they're the biggest batkat fans but didn't know the games are free for students, you can't buy chew at the c-stand,  and called the big 12 the "big X i i (eye, eye)

you going  tonight ? i think  im driving  in from topeka.

went up for the first couple, until it got out of hand. Would love to stick around but got a test and a paper due at 8 am and Senioritis is getting the best of me 

Enjoy it while you can...

[Butt Fugly]

Frank and family were at the game  last night.


I was to far away to see if he was enjoying Manhattan.