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Clemson, Coastal Carolina baseball crack poll

January 29, 2010 By

I know some of you, me included, are having a hard time believing that baseball season is almost here. Nothing makes me think baseball like a blanket of freezing rain across the state. Nonetheless, Clemson and Coastal Carolina are ranked in the USA Today/ESPN top 25 coaches poll.

Since there are about ten billion college baseball polls out there and each of them tends to rank teams totally different, I think I need to point out that the three polls we subscribe to here at SportsTalkSC.com are Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball and the USA Today/ESPN coaches poll. Even these three can and will get goofy at times (i.e. USC is 10th in Baseball America and unranked in the USA/Today coaches poll) but they are, for the most part the most credible polls.

With that said, Clemson is 15th in the coaches poll and Coastal Carolina is 19th. USC didn’t crack the top 25 but was first in the “others receiving votes” category.

Texas is the top team in the poll.

Filed Under: Clemson Tigers, USC Gamecocks Tagged With:

SportsTalk Rewind 01.28.10

January 28, 2010 By

As we turn the corner this week and head toward the weekend, SportsTalk had a busy night.  Another commitment to announce for USC and the Marcus Lattimore watch continues as Auburn has their final in-home visit with him. 

  • We started the night off talking with Clemson Skipper, Jack Leggett.  Leggett is exciting about getting the season going and talked about what to look for with his Tigers this season.

Clemson Tiger Head Baseball Coach Jack Leggett

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  • A busy, busy night for recruiting as we begin the transition to the 2011 class.

Thursday night’s Recruiting Report

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  • South Carolina native Bill Haas won the Bob Hope Classic last weekend and is preparing for Torey Pines this week.  He joined the guys to talk a little golf.

Bill Haas

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Filed Under: SportsTalk Rewind

Recruting flash! Ace Sanders commits to USC

January 28, 2010 By

WR Ace Sanders (5-9 165) of Bradenton, FL committed to USC  Thursday morning during a visit with recruiter GA Mangus at his school. Sanders had been favoring USC for much of the recruiting campaign.

Sanders also considered South Florida and West Virginia. Last season he caught 64 passes for 1000 yards and eight touchdowns. He’s the 21st commitment for the Gamecocks. He’s the son of former Florida State star and NFL player Tracey Sanders.

Filed Under: Recruiting, USC Gamecocks

Clemson baseball picked 2nd in Atlantic divsion

January 28, 2010 By

Defending Atlantic Coast Conference champion Virginia, which made its first ever College World Series appearance last June, has been picked as the 2010 preseason favorite in a vote of the league’s 12 head baseball coaches.

The Cavaliers, who return a strong cast that includes All-America outfielder Jarrett Parker, 2009 ACC Freshman of the Year Danny Hultzen and 2009 ACC Championship MVP Dan Grovatt, were projected as the ACC’s 2010 champion on eight head coaches’ ballots. Three coaches chose Florida State, and North Carolina received one vote.

Eleven of the league’s head coaches picked Virginia as the favorite to win the Coastal Division, with defending division champion North Carolina receiving one vote. Florida State was a favored to claim a fourth straight Atlantic Division championship on 10 ballots, while two coaches favored Clemson.

Georgia Tech placed second in the overall Coastal Division preseason coaches’ voting, followed by North Carolina, Miami, Virginia Tech and Duke.

Clemson was picked to finish second in the Atlantic Division, followed by Boston College, NC State, Wake Forest and Maryland.

Teams were awarded six points for each first-place vote, five points for each second-place vote, etc.

Virginia, which won a school-record 49 games in 2009, was joined in the College World Series by North Carolina, which made its ACC-record fourth straight trip to Omaha. Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech and Miami also made the 2009 NCAA field, with Clemson and Florida State joining North Carolina and Virginia in the final 16.

ACC teams open their 2010 seasons Feb. 19 and conclude regular-season play May 22. The ACC Baseball Championship will be held May 26-30 at NewBridge Bank Park in Greensboro, N.C.

Complete results of the 2010 ACC Baseball Coaches Preseason Poll are listed below. First-place votes are in parenthesis:

ATLANTIC DIVISION

Team Points 2009 Record

  1. Florida State (10) 70 45-18. 19-9 ACC
  2. Clemson (2) 62 44-22, 19-11 ACC
  3. Boston College 42 34-26, 13-15 ACC
  4. NC State 38 25-31, 10-20 ACC
  5. Wake Forest 21 22-30, 6-24 ACC
  6. Maryland 19 27-27, 10-20 ACC 

COASTAL DIVISION

Team Points 2009 Record

  1. Virginia (11) 71 49-15-1, 16-11-1 ACC
  2. Georgia Tech 57 38-19-1. 17-10-1 ACC
  3. North Carolina (1) 44 48-18, 19-10 ACC
  4. Miami 42 38-22, 18-12 ACC
  5. Virginia Tech 20 32-21, 12-17 ACC
  6. Duke 18 35-24, 15-15 ACC

 Overall champion: Virginia (8)

Others receiving votes: Florida State (3), North Carolina (1)

Filed Under: Clemson Tigers

SportsTalk Rewind 01.27.10

January 27, 2010 By

A historic night on SportsTalk as this is the first time in the 25 years of programming that the show followed a USC victory over a top ranked team in either men’s basketball or football.  Devon Downey and the big win by USC dominated tonight’s show. 

  • Darrin Horn was proud of his team after last night’s big win.  He spoke of his trump card Devon Downey and how his senior point guard gives his team a chance to win each night.  Here are his comments.

USC Head Coach Darrin Horn

Horn post UK

  • John Calipari had high praise for Downey and the Gamecock faithful.  He was impressed with the atmosphere they created last night.  Here is entire post-game interview right here.

Kentucky Head Coach John Calipari

Calipari post USC

  • Devon Downey and Brandis Raley-Ross met with the media after the game together and Downey and a lot of interesting things to talk about including the opportunity to play a no. 1 and what lies ahead for his team.

Downey and Raley-Ross

Downey and Raley-Ross post UK

  • Recruiting for tonight includes an update on Justin Parker and Keanan Allen.

Wednesday night’s Recruiting Report

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Filed Under: SportsTalk Rewind
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