Week Six Preview, Picks

On this episode of The D1Baseball Podcast, Mike Rooney, Aaron Fitt and Kendall Rogers discuss Duke's massive series win at Wake Forest and other impactful results from Weekend 4. They also call out several of their personal favorite players thus far in 2024.

01:54 The Florida State Ranking Controversy
12:15 The Rankings Debate Continues: Common Sense and Strategy
14:50 Duke vs. Wake Forest: The Series of the Year
23:48 Highlighting Other Notable Weekend Series Results
28:01 Weekend Highlights: Miami's Comeback and Nebraska's Rise
30:29 Analyzing Team Performances: UCLA's Struggles and Florida's Potential
31:42 The Big 12's Unpredictability: Texas Tech vs. Texas Showdown
35:21 Emerging College Baseball Stars: Players to Watch
36:45 Draft Picks Debate: Hagen Smith vs. Chase Burns
39:57 Spotlight on Exceptional Players: Montgomery, Bazzana, and More
52:20 The Value of Team Chemistry and Leadership

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On this episode of The D1Baseball Podcast, Mike Rooney, Aaron Fitt and Joe Healy preview week four around college baseball. They discuss the marquee series of the weekend between Wake Forest and Duke, an important series in Coral Gables between Virginia and Miami, Texas looking to bounce back from a tough weekend against Texas Tech on the road and much more.

08:22 The Duke-Wake Forest Series
18:18 The Virginia-Miami Series
25:41 Drew Burress: The Rising Star and His Unique Nickname
27:21 The Home Run Dilemma in College Baseball
30:15 Texas-Texas Tech Series Analysis
34:39 Exploring Other Exciting College Baseball Series
49:17 The Sun Belt and Big Ten Showdowns
53:07 Wrapping Up with Weekend Plans and Tips

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On this episode of the D1Baseball Podcast, Mike Rooney and Joe Healy recap Weekend 3 around college baseball. They discuss the exciting tournaments in Houston, Arlington, Las Vegas and Frisco while also touching on  the big Clemson-South Carolina and Miami-Florida rivalry series.

01:00 Hosts' Casual Banter and Personal Anecdotes
03:25 Recap of Clemson vs South Carolina
08:17 Analysis of Florida vs Miami
14:22 Discussion on Astros Foundation College Classic
15:39 Insights on Texas and LSU's Performance
23:01 Kubota College Baseball Series Weekend 3
23:36 Deep Dive into TCU
25:05 Assessing A&M's Potential and Challenges
28:10 The Struggles of Southern California and Arizona State
29:30 The Rise of Utah in the Pac-12
30:42 Pitt's Unexpected Success
34:55 The Resilience of Alabama and DBU
40:16 The Last Undefeated Teams: A Closer Look
43:31 Wrapping Up and Looking Ahead

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On this episode of the D1Baseball Podcast, Joe Healy, Kendall Rogers and Stephen Schoch preview Weekend 3 around college baseball.

They deep dive into the Houston tournament, headlined by LSU, Vanderbilt and Texas; the rivalry series between South Carolina and Clemson; and the Frisco Classic, which features three ranked teams. The trio also touches on some other headline matchups ahead of a jam-packed weekend.

00:48 Reflecting on 2020 Leap Year Rankings and COVID-19 Impact
06:34 Weekend Preview: Astros Foundation Classic
10:23 Weekend Preview: Clemson-South Carolina
16:43 Weekend Preview: Frisco Classic
19:44 Weekend Preview: Las Vegas College Baseball Classic
21:16 Analyzing Cal's High-End Talent and Depth
24:56 The Florida-Miami Series
35:19 The Oregon-Santa Barbara Series
38:03 The Transition of UC San Diego to Division I
39:59 Wrapping Up the Preview of the Weekend's Games

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Ahead of this weekend's Kubota College Baseball Series at Globe Life Field, D1Baseball’s Joe Healy and Mike Rooney sat down with the four head baseball coaches to discuss their teams, the preseason, and their excitement for this weekend’s tournament! https://d1ba.se/cbs-d1pod

00:01:17 Andy Stankiewicz, USC

00:10:57 Willie Bloomquist, Arizona State

00:18:52 Jim Schlossnagle, Texas A&M

00:26:45 Kirk Saarloos, TCU

DON’T MISS THIS!
Globe Life Field is your home for college baseball!  Fourteen of the nation’s top teams are headed to the home of the World Series-champion Texas Rangers to kick off the 2024 college baseball season.

The action starts with the Shriners Children’s College Showdown presented by Kubota (Feb. 16-18) featuring Baylor, Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Oregon, Tennessee, and Nebraska and continues with the Kubota College Baseball Series (Feb. 23-25 and March 1-3) featuring Arkansas, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, and Michigan in Weekend 2 and TCU, Texas A&M, USC, and Arizona State in Weekend 3.

Visit https://d1ba.se/cbs-d1pod for more information and to purchase tickets, and enter code “D1BASEBALL” at checkout for an exclusive subscriber discount offer.

On this episode of The D1Baseball Podcast, Mike Rooney, Kendall Rogers, David Seifert and Joe Healy look back at Week 2 around college baseball. David Seifert fills us in on Hagen Smith's dominant performance in Arlington, while Kendall and Joe recap what they saw at their respective tournaments and Roons discusses what went wrong with UCLA in a sweep at the hands of TCU.

02:04 Discussion on College Baseball Venues
04:23 Favorite Non-Baseball Moments from the Weekend
11:41 Deep Dive into Player Performances
14:24 Scouting Reports and Player Comparisons
25:35 Discussion on the Pac-12 and Other Teams
29:45 Discussing the TCU Rotation and Pitching Strategy
31:09 Deep Dive into Oregon State's Performance
32:27 Impressions on Arkansas' Pitching Dominance
34:05 Assessing Teams from the Jax Classic
34:15 Insights on Wichita State and Auburn
39:54 Analyzing the Performance of Texas and Indiana State
41:19 Evaluating UCLA and Louisville's Starts
46:51 Predictions for Iowa's Season

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On this episode of The D1Baseball Podcast, Mike Rooney, Aaron Fitt and Joe Healy get you ready for Week 2 around college baseball by previewing the College Baseball Series at Globe Life Field, the Jax Classic and the series between UCLA and TCU in Fort Worth before closing with some quick-hit thoughts on a few other games of note.

01:11 Fabulous Roondogs Performance Analysis
07:18 College Baseball Series Weekend 2 Preview
15:45 Jax Classic Preview
25:33 TCU vs UCLA: A Detailed Preview
28:21 Weekend Series Highlights
31:32 ECU vs UNC: A Marquee Series
33:43 UConn at Cal: A Crucial Matchup
37:40 St. John's at Houston: A Test of Strength
37:40 NC State at Hawaii: A Challenging Encounter
41:35 Closing Thoughts and Weekend Expectations

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Episode Notes

Ahead of this weekend's Kubota College Baseball Series at Globe Life Field, D1Baseball’s Joe Healy and Mike Rooney sat down with the six head baseball coaches to discuss their teams, the preseason, and their excitement for this weekend’s tournament! https://d1ba.se/cbs-d1pod

00:01:30 Dave Van Horn, Arkansas

00:09:37 Josh Holiday, Oklahoma State

00:17:14 Mitch Canham, Oregon State

00:28:21 Tracy Smith, Michigan

DON’T MISS THIS!
Globe Life Field is your home for college baseball!  Fourteen of the nation’s top teams are headed to the home of the World Series-champion Texas Rangers to kick off the 2024 college baseball season.

The action starts with the Shriners Children’s College Showdown presented by Kubota (Feb. 16-18) featuring Baylor, Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Oregon, Tennessee, and Nebraska and continues with the Kubota College Baseball Series (Feb. 23-25 and March 1-3) featuring Arkansas, Oklahoma State, Oregon State, and Michigan in Weekend 2 and TCU, Texas A&M, USC, and Arizona State in Weekend 3.

Visit https://d1ba.se/cbs-d1pod for more information and to purchase tickets, and enter code “D1BASEBALL” at checkout for an exclusive subscriber discount offer.

On this episode of The D1Baseball Podcast, Mike Rooney, Aaron Fitt, Kendall Rogers and Joe Healy recap their observations from Opening Weekend. Among our takeaways from Baseball at the Beach, the Shriners Classic and Arizona, our crew was particularly impressed by Duke, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Grand Canyon and Oregon State.

01:30 Baseball Banter: Cold Weather Challenges and Vest Debates
04:35 Highlighting Standout Players
13:01 In-depth Analysis: Billy Amick and Ryne Farber
17:05 Observations from the Field: Grand Canyon, USC, Arizona, and More
19:42 Post-Game Analysis: Santa Clara vs ASU
19:55 Discussion on Northeastern's Performance
20:58 Arizona's Game Strategy
21:55 SEC Opening Weekend Observations
23:38 Vanderbilt's Performance Analysis
26:15 Oklahoma's Performance Review
28:35 Tennessee and Texas Tech's Game Analysis
32:48 Duke, Indiana, and Coastal's Performance Review
38:05 Closing Remarks

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On this episode of The D1Baseball Podcast, Mike Rooney, Aaron Fitt, Kendall Rogers and Joe Healy draft college baseball teams for their annual stock market game. The goal is to pick the teams that will have the greatest increase in wins year over year. Each competitor must choose at least one team from each of the ACC, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC while also choosing four wild card teams from any conference.

REV Entertainment Vice President Jared Schrom also joins to discuss the Shriners Children’s College Showdown presented by Kubota and the Kubota College Baseball Series, scheduled for the next three weekends at Globe Life Field. (https://d1ba.se/cbs-d1pod)

The D1Baseball Podcast is presented by S2 Cognition. S2 Cognition measures game-speed decision-making and provides solutions to improve performance. Quantifying sports cognition as it happens in real-time! More at https://www.s2cognition.com/

D1Baseball is the #1 source for college baseball. Subscribe to our show to get the best college baseball podcast straight to your Apple Podcasts (https://d1ba.se/Pod-Apple) or Spotify (https://d1ba.se/spotify) feed all year round. Reviews and 5-star ratings are greatly appreciated!

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