Tuesday, May 20, 2014

News digest, May 20

USC climbs, Clemson falls in Baseball America assessment
Baseball America's latest stock report on teams' NCAA Tournament chances has South Carolina moving into one of the eight national seeds after its series win at Vanderbilt. The newspaper calls the Gamecocks "on the bubble - in" for a national seed. However, the newspaper has downgraded Clemson's tournament stock to "on the bubble - out." Also, the paper suggests College of Charleston is unlikely to earn an at-large bid if it doesn't win the CAA Tournament.
BA stock

Guesstimations
CollegeBaseballDaily.com has South Carolina as a regional host - but not national seed - and Clemson as the No. 3 seed in Columbia as part of its latest projection of the NCAA Tournament field.
CBD NCAA

Previews
* Clemson has issued notes previewing its ACC Tournament opener against Duke on Wednesday.
Tigers

UNCA's Smith retires
Tom Smith has retired as baseball coach at UNC Asheville. In addition to Big South Conference games against Charleston Southern, Coastal Carolina, Presbyterian and Winthrop, the Bulldogs also played Wofford and Furman in 2014.
UNCA

Polls
CollegeBaseballInsider.com
Composite NCAA DI poll: 1. Oregon State. 11. South Carolina
Composite

CollegeBaseballCentral.com 
NCAA DI: 1. Lousiana Lafayette. 11. South Carolina.
CBC

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