The opening day of the Big 12 tournament was all smiles and sunshine. Sure, teams won and lost, sometimes in heartbreaking fashion. But no one's tournament dreams ended, and everyone went home knowing there was still a chance they're crowned champion Sunday.  Unfortunately, Thursday marks the beginning of the bad news. Mostly for the conference's best teams. Two teams are headed to the elimination chamber by early afternoon. TCU and Texas Tech get things underway bright and ...

The Big Ten is known for its strength on the football field and basketball court, but if Wednesday’s baseball games were any indication, the rest of the conference tournament is appointment viewing for hardball fans. Iowa’s Nick Day stunned Ohio State with a dramatic walk-off home run. Illinois, the overwhelming favorite, needed some late magic to rally past underdog Nebraska. Maryland edged Michigan State in the nightcap. The two-time defending Big Ten tournament champion Indiana Hoosiers ...

The 2015 ACC Baseball Tournament kicked off on Tuesday at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in North Carolina. Louisville enters the 10-team event as the top seed after the Cardinals posted a 25-5 record during the regular season. They received the opening day off along with the tournament's other top six teams. The other four squads took center stage for the play-in round. The winner of each game gets placed into one of the two pools for ...

The 2015 SEC Baseball Tournament is underway at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Alabama. The top four teams, led by top overall seed LSU, received byes to the second round. The other eight qualifying squads can join them with victories Tuesday.   Along with being the top seed, the Tigers also enter the tournament as the reigning champions. They edged Florida 2-0 in the championship game last spring. A rematch of that game is possible in the ...

After months of slogging it out through a tough regular season, the Southeastern Conference ramps up play Tuesday with the beginning of its conference tournament. The SEC has won four of the last six national championships, giving it a stranglehold almost equal to that of its football prowess. Vanderbilt is currently the defending national title holder and holds the No. 2 seed, finishing behind only 2009 champion LSU. With both teams off until Wednesday having earned ...

The first pitch for the 2015 Big 12 Baseball Championship will be thrown on Wednesday morning, when the fourth-seeded Texas Tech Red Raiders take on the Texas Longhorns. Next up after that matchup is TCU, the reigning tournament champions who have climbed to even greater heights this season. The Horned Frogs claimed their maiden regular-season conference title and are ranked No. 2 in the country behind only LSU with a 43-9 overall record. Below is an overview ...

No matter who wins the Big Ten tournament, fans watching along will almost certainly be treated to some exciting action thanks to many of the top players in the nation. Illinois is certainly the favorite thanks to a loaded roster that cruised through the conference in the regular season. Still, key competitors on other squads have a chance to turn the tables in the postseason with an upset or two to earn a championship of their ...

Before the ACC baseball tournament can start with round-robin pool play on Wednesday, there is the matter of settling the play-in games on Tuesday. No. 8 North Carolina is set to face No. 9 Virginia Tech in Pool A play, while No. 7 Virginia will take on No. 10 Georgia Tech in Pool B. Below, we'll take a look at the pools, seeds, schedule and television info, and make predictions for Tuesday's action.    Pools and Seeds Pool A No. ...

Many of the nation's best schools are in Hoover, Alabama, for the 2015 SEC baseball tournament, but Tuesday's opening-round action is for those who may slip under the radar come NCAA regionals time. With the top four seeds owning a first-round bye, seeds Nos. 5-12 will be facing off in four single-elimination contests throughout Tuesday. The winners will enter the conventional eight-team double-elimination format, but four teams will be sent packing on the opening day. Although the ...

This is patriotism at its finest.Before the third game of the NCAA softball regionals at Louisiana Lafayette, fans were told the national anthem would not be played. But that didn't keep the fans from singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" themselves, and the players still took their caps off during the national anthem.Well done, everyone.The NCAA's official softball Twitter account later clarified that the anthem was skipped because it had already been played "before the first full game ...