2023 NCAA Baseball Championships

[ST_Lawson]

Our future OVC-mate Eastern Illinois played in the Nashville Regional (regionals are double-elimination).
They lost their first game against #6 Vanderbilt (12-2) then lost their second game against Xavier (7-0).
Oregon won that regional, defeating Xavier (5-4), then #6 Vanderbilt (8-7), then Xavier again (11-2).

The representative from the Summit League, Oral Roberts swept through the Stillwater Regional, beating #11 Oklahoma State (6-4), then Washington (15-12), then Dallas Baptist (6-5).
Oral Roberts will take on previously-mentioned Oregon in the Super Regionals (a best of 3 series).

Other school we have some familiarity with is the MVC representative, Indiana State.
INSU went in as the #14 team, defeated Wright State (6-5), then Iowa (7-4), and then Iowa again (11-8). They will compete in the Super Regional against either TCU or #3 Arkansas.

[sealhall74]

Our future OVC-mate Eastern Illinois played in the Nashville Regional (regionals are double-elimination).
They lost their first game against #6 Vanderbilt (12-2) then lost their second game against Xavier (7-0).
Oregon won that regional, defeating Xavier (5-4), then #6 Vanderbilt (8-7), then Xavier again (11-2).

The representative from the Summit League, Oral Roberts swept through the Stillwater Regional, beating #11 Oklahoma State (6-4), then Washington (15-12), then Dallas Baptist (6-5).
Oral Roberts will take on previously-mentioned Oregon in the Super Regionals (a best of 3 series).

Other school we have some familiarity with is the MVC representative, Indiana State.
INSU went in as the #14 team, defeated Wright State (6-5), then Iowa (7-4), and then Iowa again (11-8). They will compete in the Super Regional against either TCU or #3 Arkansas.


 

The ORU setup man (Widener) and closer (Denton) may be the best relief combo in college baseball this year. 
 
 

[wiu712]

#10 Oral Roberts had a 8-0 lead over Oregon in Friday's Super-Regional game 1.  But they lost the game 9-8.

Oral Roberts will need to win Saturday's game to stay in the tournament.

[wiu712]

Oral Roberts won Saturday's game 2 in dramatic fashion by scoring 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th to win the game 8-7.

Attendance at Oregon = 4,476

Game 3 will be on Sunday.


 
 

[wiu712]

In Sunday's deciding Game 3, Oral Roberts beat Oregon 11-6.  Oral Roberts advances to the College World Series.

Oral Roberts returns to the College World Series for the first time since 1978.

Oral Roberts is only the third Regional #4 seed to advance to the CWS.

Attendance at Oregon = 4,476



 
 

[sealhall74]

ORU going to College World Series is the biggest conference achievement since Mouse McFadden took Cleveland State to the Sweet 16 back in late 80s.  Or did I miss something along the way?

Upon futher review, Valpo and the Drews also made the Sweet 16 a tad later on in 1996.

In the late innings of this one, no pitcher had much in the way of command.  I wonder if the strong wind blowing straight out had an impact on their control.
 
 
 

[wiu712]

ORU going to College World Series is the biggest conference achievement since Mouse McFadden took Cleveland State to the Sweet 16 back in late 80s.  Or did I miss something along the way?



 

Oral Roberts Men's Basketball went to the Sweet Sixteen in 2021.  

They were a #15 seed.  

They beat #2 Ohio State 75-72 in overtime.  Then beat #7 Florida 81-78.

They lost to #3 Arkansas 72-70 in a Regional Semi-Final Game (Sweet Sixteen).
 

[sealhall74]

ORU going to College World Series is the biggest conference achievement since Mouse McFadden took Cleveland State to the Sweet 16 back in late 80s.  Or did I miss something along the way?





 

Oral Roberts Men's Basketball went to the Sweet Sixteen in 2021.  

They were a #15 seed.  

They beat #2 Ohio State 75-72 in overtime.  Then beat #7 Florida 81-78.

They lost to #3 Arkansas 72-70 in a Regional Semi-Final Game (Sweet Sixteen).
 


 

First sign of dementia.  You can remember who your first grade teacher was but can't remember why you just walked into the bathroom.  lol
 
 

[ST_Lawson]

Coincidentally, my family and I are on a trip out to the east coast for a couple of weeks. We were having dinner in Charlottesville, VA and I noticed a large number of people (especially for a Sunday evening in the summer) at all the restaurants…many wearing university of Virginia stuff. It wasn’t until I saw someone in a Virginia baseball shirt that it clicked.

I looked it up and apparently they had just finished beating Duke to win their super regional about 1 mile up the road from where we were eating.

Virginia will be in the same bracket as Florida, TCU (who knocked out Indiana State), and Oral Roberts.


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[wiu712]

More Oral Roberts magic in today's opening game of the College World Series in Omaha.

Oral Roberts was trailing TCU 5-2 going into the top of the 9th inning.

But Oral Roberts scored 4 runs in the top of the 9th to take a 6-5 lead.

Oral Roberts then shut down TCU in the bottom of the 9th to win the game 6-5.

Oral Roberts will now play the winner of tonight's Virginia vs Florida game. That game will be Sunday at 6:00 PM on ESPN 2.