News digest, Feb. 1

ESPN TV plans include Clemson, USC

ESPN has revealed the college baseball schedule for its networks for this season, and there's lots to watch.

Clemson has nine games - four at home and five on the road - set for national coverage. South Carolina has eight - five home games and three road games - set for national coverage.

More Clemson games will be streamed through ACC Network Extra. I will add a link to an ACC-centric schedule when it is posted. The ACC Tournament is set for May 21-26 at Truist Field in Uptown Charlotte. All games before the finals will air on the ACC Network. The ESPN network for the championship game will be announced later.

Additional USC games may be selected for wildcard coverage by the SEC Network for the final weekend of the regular season. In addition, most other USC games are likely to be streamed on SEC+ or some other platform.

The SEC Tournament championship game will air on  ESPN2 at 3 p.m. from Hoover, Ala. May 26. All preceding games in the tournament will be on the SEC Network.

Clemson national telecasts
March 22: Florida State at Clemson, 8 p.m. ACC
March 28: Miami at Clemson, 7 p.m. ACC
April 6: Clemson at Notre Dame, 5:30 p.m. ESPN2
April 13: N.C. State at Clemson, 8 p.m. ESPN
April 23: Clemson at Georgia, 7 p.m. ESPNU
April 28: Clemson at Louisville, 4 p.m. ESPNU
May 11: Clemson at Wake Forest, 4 p.m. ACC
May 12: Clemson at Wake Forest, noon ESPN2
May 18: Boston College at Clemson, noon ACC.

USC national telecasts
March 16: USC at Ole Miss, 2 p.m. SEC
March 28: USC at Alabama, 8 p.m. SEC
April 3: Georgia Southern at USC, 7 p.m. SEC
April 14: USC at Florida, noon SEC
April 27: Kentucky at USC, 6 p.m. SEC
April 28: Kentucky at USC, 3 p.m. SEC
May 9: Georgia at USC, 8 p.m. ESPNU
May 10: Georgia at South Carolina, 5:30 p.m. SEC

SEC 

Complete ESPN Baseball schedule

Erskine looking to add turf

During the offseason - when I struggle to keep focused enough to provide updates here - Erskine announced a fundraiser to install turf at Grier Field. Donations fell short of the $700,000 goal, and the campaign is listed as have ended Dec. 31, but I doubt coach Mark Crocco would turn down a donation if you wanted to contribute to the project's eventual completion.
Turf 

Golinski honored

Greenville High product Braden Golinski, a senior outfielder at Army, was named preseason all Patriot League in a vote of league coaches and publicists. Golinski was all-conference last season, batting .323. The Black Knights also were voted to win the conference championship this season. Golinski played for his dad, Joey Golinski, at Greenville. The elder Golinski stepped down as Red Raiders coach last week to take another job.

Rankings

NCBWA preseason: 1. Wake Forest. 12. Clemson. 15. South Carolina. 19. Coastal Carolina.

Scribes

Honors

NCBWA preseason all-Southeast Region DII
1B: Dale Francis, Erskine. 2B: Bryce Roddey, North Greenville. OF: Pat Monteith, North Greenville; Donovan Ford, Newberry; Util: David Lewis, North Greenville. SP: Bennett Roemer, Newberry. RP: Nate Roof, North Greenville.
(I'd already published the DII preseason all-American team listed on this document)
DII