Over the 10-day span of the 2025 College World Series in Omaha, audiences were treated to nearly everything one can imagine in baseball. And it was glorious. Conference representation was at a premium, whereas in 2024 two conferences evenly split the eight-team field, in 2025 six conferences and an independent team without a conference made up the field, and only one conference fielded multiple teams. The field of eight had a No. 4 seed, just the fourth such team to reach Omaha since the NCAA Tournament field expanded to 64 teams in 1999. That team ended up on the wrong end of a no-hitter, but a no-hitter was tossed for the first time since 1960 and for only the third time in the history of the College World Series. Of course there was a rain delay and postponement, which is typical in Omaha during this time of year. We can be grateful there was only one bad weather day, some years have not been as fortunate. Viewers were treated to multiple walk-offs, some with the season on the line and on one gut-wrenching occasion a season ended the moment the winning run touched home plate. There were on-field player confrontations where teammates held one another accountable in the heat of the moment. There were tips of the cap by hitters to defenders who made great plays, an ultimate sign of sportsmanship and showing appreciation for great play and hustle. There were too many names to mention them all, but there were memorable names to be sure. Names like Zion and King, Kamau and Pluta, Thorndyke and Skirka, Mihalakis and Kmatz, Tague and Mistone, Caden Bodine and Gage Wood, and two guys named Aloy. There was a team that played five games in the 2025 College World Series, and won all five. The two teams in the College World Series Finals never lost a game in getting there, and therefore no games were played on either Thursday or Friday, the stage having been set late on Wednesday. Then there was Kade Anderson. Perhaps the best pitcher in the field, or in the nation for that matter, delivered a 1-0 complete game shutout in the first game of the College World Series Finals to put his team a win away from immortality. Asked after the game how often he had imagined that moment, how many times in his life he had imagined pitching LSU toward a championship, Anderson gave perhaps the most honest and human answer of all, "Probably every night." On the other side of that equation, Coastal Carolina head coach Kevin Schnall was brutally honest when he stated after the 1-0 loss, "If it was going to be easy there would be more than one national champion." In what turned out to be the final game of the 2025 season, a head coach and a first base coach from the same team were both ejected in the first inning of the game mere moments apart. These are ejections that will spill over into the season that awaits us next. But the two teams battled. As one would expect in this 75th iteration of the event in Omaha that featured so much. Toward the end, there was the stopper. Brought in with a runner on base protecting a 5-3 lead, tasked with recording eight outs to secure the title. Chase Shores threw 27 pitches, 22 of them for strikes. He faced eight batters and vanquished all eight of them, the final two outs coming on a 4-6-3 game-ending, title-clinching double play executed to perfection giving way to a celebration that 307 teams envisioned for themselves when the season opened in mid-February. Asked after the victory how the dream matched up with the reality of the moment, LSU starter Anthony Eyanson said, “I remember hugging my parents right now with the natty hat and shirt on. When I dreamed about this place, and even on my visit, just looking at all the history on the wall, this is what I dreamed of, literally; throwing pitches, starting the game for the final game of the national championship.” Tigers head coach Jay Johnson talked postgame about the "tough and together" motto for LSU baseball this season after essentially rebuilding an entire roster following the 2024 season. “I’m just so proud,” Johnson said. “This is a team.” The words were simple, which was fine for the moment. Coach Johnson’s face conveyed the emotions that the words might have lacked, but all were understood. That roster formed a team which now stands atop the mountain. In the end, the team that lasted the longest, represented a school that did the same thing just two seasons ago with equally elite names that still stir the minds and emotions of fans who think back to 2023. The 2025 College World Series brought us history and humbleness, bragging and beauty, curses and courage. There were legacies and leadership, ejections and elation, memories and misfortune. Most of all, there was baseball. Plenty of it, and plenty of it great. Baseball fans were treated to it all over 10 days in Omaha. First there were 307 Division I baseball teams that all started the season with the same record and the same goal. Sunday afternoon, only one team was still standing, reclaiming perhaps the most important description of all when discussing what this College World Series gave us in June 2025, a term reserved for the Tigers of LSU: National Champions. Thanks for stopping by! Follow us on X  and on Instagram  to keep up with all of our content!

The Big 12 has been 1/8 of the NCAA Tournament field at all three stages of this postseason. The Big 12 had eight of the 64 teams in the Regionals, two of the 16 teams in the Super Regionals, and now one of the eight teams in Omaha for the College World Series. Parity among the conferences in Omaha this year is as apparent as it has been in some time. Six conferences are represented in Omaha along with one independent in Oregon State, who is not in a conference at this point. As opposed to 2024 where the field was made up of two conferences, divided equally between the SEC and ACC. The Arizona Wildcats The Wildcats are playing in their 19th College World Series and are seeking their first National Championship since 2012. Arizona will open the College World Series when they face Coastal Carolina at 1pm CT on Friday afternoon at Charles Schwab Field. RHP Owen Kramkowski (9-6, 5.48) will take the hill for Chip Hale's Arizona team and he will be countered by Chanticleers RHP Riley Eikhoff (6-2, 2.90). Friday's winner will face the winner of the second game between Louisville and Oregon State, while the Arizona/Coastal loser will face the loser of game two. These four teams will have Saturday off and will resume play on Sunday. Arizona's chances of reaching Omaha looked bleak last Friday in Chapel Hill in the Super Regional when North Carolina was an easy 18-2 winner in the first game. But the Wildcats rallied to win 10-8 on Saturday and then won a nail-biter deciding game 4-3 on Sunday afternoon to advance. At a media availability on Thursday in Omaha, Arizona players Mason White and Tony Pluta were asked about a "wow, we're here" moment. "t's a big park. A lot of seats. It's really cool to see people in the outfield, where you don't really feel that in college as much. But it was definitely a wow, this is real," White said. "Yeah, I kind of did. But I was surprised. It actually felt a lot like Hi C. We were talking about the dimensions earlier. It's a big park," Pluta added. "Feels like home." Arizona head coach Chip Hale talked about the nature of college baseball during this time of year when anything can happen and anyone can win. "When you get into a Regional, when you get into a Super Regional, where it's two out of three, anything can happen. And we proved that. Lose 18-2 and then come back win two really close games," Hale said. "North Carolina was unreal. Very, very good team." Thanks for stopping by! Follow us on X  and on Instagram  to keep up with all of our content!

The field of 64 teams for the 2025 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship is down to 16 teams, with two of them being from the Big 12, just as in 2024. Multiple Big 12 teams reached the NCAA Super Regionals for the seventh straight year. Six different current Big 12 programs have won a Regional in that span. The Big 12 has sent at least one team to the College World Series in nine of the last 10 postseasons. Four current Big 12 schools (Arizona, Oklahoma State, TCU, and Texas Tech) have made it to Omaha in that span. Arizona last made a Super Regional appearance in 2021 while West Virginia did so in 2024. Baton Rouge Super Regional West Virginia, winner of the Clemson Regional, will now face LSU in Baton Rouge. Saturday, June 7, 2pm ET Sunday, June 8, 6pm ET Monday, June 9, TBD Chapel Hill Super Regional Arizona, winner of the Eugene Regional, will now face North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Friday, June 6, 12pm ET Saturday, June 7, 12pm ET Sunday, June 8, TBD Thanks for stopping by! Follow us on X  and on Instagram  to keep up with all of our content!

The field of 64 teams for the 2025 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship was announced this morning and the Big 12 Conference, as expected, got eight teams into the field. Four of the teams are in Regionals that if they won, would pit them against another Big 12 team should they both emerge. The other four Regional winners from the Big 12 would face teams from other conferences. In theory, six teams could advance to Omaha for the College World Series. Below are the NCAA Regional matchups for Big 12 teams, all of which begin on Friday, May 30. Austin Regional The Austin winner will play Los Angeles winner in the Super Regionals Game 1: (2) Texas vs. Houston Christian, 1pm CT Game 2: UTSA vs. Kansas State, 6pm CT Los Angeles Regional The Los Angeles winner will play Austin winner in the Super Regionals Game 1: (15) UCLA vs. Fresno State, 1pm PT Game 2: UC Irvine vs. Arizona State, 6pm PT Fayetteville Regional The Fayetteville winner will face the Knoxville winner in the Super Regionals Game 1: (3) Arkansas vs. NDSU, 2pm CT Game 2: Kansas vs. Creighton, 7pm CT Knoxville Regional The Knoxville winner will face the Fayetteville winner in the Super Regionals Game 1: Wake Forest vs. Cincinnati, 1pm ET Game 2: (14) Tennessee vs. Miami (OH), 6pm ET Athens Regional The Athens winner will play the Oxford winner in the Super Regionals Game 1: Binghamton vs. (7) Georgia, 11am CT Game 2: Oklahoma State vs. Duke, 5pm CT Corvallis Regional The Corvallis winner plays the Tallahassee winner in the Super Regionals Game 1: USC vs. TCU, 3pm ET Game 2: (8) Oregon State vs. Saint Mary's, 8pm ET Clemson Regional The Clemson winner plays the Baton Rouge winner in the Super Regionals Game 1: Kentucky vs. West Virginia, 12pm ET Game 2: (11) Clemson vs. USC Upstate, 6pm ET Eugene Regional The Eugene winner plays the Chapel Hill winner in the Super Regionals Game 1: Cal Poly vs. Arizona, 4pm ET Game 2: (12) Oregon vs. Utah Valley, 9pm ET Quoted "It's exactly what we came here to do and more. Coming into this year we knew that we were a regional team. It was just about going out and executing. If you think about how we did execute, it was pretty fantastic. We won the games we were supposed to win and the times that we stubbed our toe, you can count them. This is incredibly fulfilling." -Kansas head coach Dan Fitzgerald on making the field of 64 “I’m so thrilled for this team for the fact that from now on, they’ll never, ever quit at anything they do because they’ll have something to look back on and say ‘Hey, when something seems like a big task or hard to figure out or I’m not sure I can do this,’ they’ll have this experience to draw from,” -Oklahoma State head coach Josh Holliday on making the field of 64 Thanks for stopping by! Follow us on X  and on Instagram  to keep up with all of our content!

This is what the final two days of the 2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship look like. Friday, May 23 Game 9 – No. 4 Arizona vs. No. 1 West Virginia – 4pm Game 10 – No. 2 Kansas vs. No. 3 TCU – 7:30pm Saturday, May 24 Game 11 – Championship Game – 6pm ** all times are Central Time ** Notes and Observations Around the Big It is no surprise that the top four seeds entering the 2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship are the final four teams vying for the title. The first-day bye aided these teams, such are the rewards for earning the bye in the first place. There were two upsets along the way, with No. 12 BYU upsetting No. 5 Arizona State to open the day, and No. 11 Houston upsetting No. 6 Kansas State to close out the day. Thanks for stopping by! Follow us on X  and on Instagram  to keep up with all of our content!

The new look Big 12 Championship features an expanded field of 12 teams and is now single elimination. This is what the first two days of the 2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship look like. Wednesday, May 21 Game 1 – No. 5 Arizona State (35-21, 18-12) vs. No. 12 BYU (27-26, 10-20) – 9:00am Game 2 – No. 8 Cincinnati (31-23, 16-14) vs. No. 9 Texas Tech (20-32, 13-17) – 12:30pm Game 3 – No. 7 Oklahoma State (27-22, 15-12) vs. No. 10 Baylor (33-21, 13-17) – 4:00pm Game 4 – No. 6 Kansas State (31-23, 17-13) vs. No. 11 Houston (29-24, 12-17) – 8:00pm Thursday, May 22 Game 5 – No. 4 Arizona (36-18, 18-12) vs. Game 1 Winner – 9:00am Game 6 – No. 1 West Virginia (40-13, 19-9) vs. Game 2 Winner – 12:30pm Game 7 – No. 2 Kansas (42-14, 20-10) vs. Game 3 Winner – 4:00pm Game 8 – No. 3 TCU (37-17, 19-11) vs. Game 4 Winner – 7:30pm ** all times are Central Time ** Notes and Observations Around the Big No. 1 West Virginia comes into the Championship cold, but with the best winning percentage, thus their #1 seed. The Mountaineers were swept at home by eventual #2 seed Kansas to close out the regular season. No. 2 Kansas comes in red hot, having swept West Virginia to close out the season and finishing with the most wins in the Big 12 with 20. No. 3 TCU was a big winner when the All-Big 12 teams were announced on Tuesday afternoon. The Horned Frogs had five players make the 12-member All-Freshman team, with Sawyer Strosnider claiming the Freshman of the Year honor. No. 5 Arizona State and No. 12 BYU will play the first game on Wednesday, set for 9am. This may be the worst draw of all for two of the three teams in the later time zones. For BYU it will be 8am back home in Provo, while the Sun Devils will have a first pitch set for 7am Phoenix time. No. 7 Oklahoma State might be one of the more compelling teams in the field, perhaps having everything come together at the right time as of late. Long time pitching coach Rob Walton announced on Monday that the conclusion of this season will also bring about the conclusion of his stellar career. There’s no doubt that he will continue to give his all to his pitching staff this week. The thing to watch with the Cowboys is will their pitching staff perform above and beyond to help send out their coach on a high note, while Oklahoma State is also fighting for a spot in a NCAA Regional. No. 11 Houston drew the earliest possible time slot for Tuesday's batting practice session at Globe Life Field at 9am. The Cougars will also play the latest day one game, projected to start at 8pm, but likely to start later as the earlier games run late and force the schedule later. That is quite a bit of time between practice and playing. The top four seeds have the biggest advantage this week. West Virginia, Kansas, TCU, and Arizona will all make a NCAA Regional, they would also only have to win three games to claim the 2025 Championship, while any other team would have to win four games. At first glance at the projected starting pitchers for Wednesday's opening day, most teams are throwing their top starters. In the previous Big 12 Championship format, which was double elimination, teams would often give their best arms an extra day of rest, but the new single elimination format is leading teams to go with their best pitchers early. Game 1 - no starters announced at this time Game 2 - Mac Heuer (2-3, 6.18 ERA) vs. Nathan Taylor (5-2, 3.65 ERA) Game 2 - Ethan Calder (3-6, 5.43 ERA) vs. Sean Youngerman (3-1, 2.08 ERA) Game 4 - Jacob Frost (1-3, 5.16 ERA) vs. Paul Schmitz (4-5, 5.37 ERA) Thanks for stopping by! Follow us on X  and on Instagram  to keep up with all of our content!

Tuesday, the Big 12 announced their yearly awards for the 2025 season ahead of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship, which gets underway at 9am Wednesday. Yearly Awards Player - Kerrington Cross, Cincinnati Pitcher - Antoine Jean, Houston Co-Newcomers - Matt King, Arizona State and Harrison Bodendorf, Oklahoma St. Freshman - Sawyer Strosnider, TCU Scholar-Athlete - Tony Pluta, Arizona Coach - Dan Fitzgerald, Kansas All-Big 12 First Team C: Logan Sauve, West Virginia IF: Matt King, Arizona State IF: Tyriq Kemp, Baylor IF: Kerrington Cross, Cincinnati* IF: Brady Ballinger, Kansas IF: Core Jackson, Utah OF: Isaiah Jackson, Arizona State OF: Sawyer Strosnider, TCU OF: Damian Bravo, Texas Tech OF: Logan Hughes, Texas Tech DH: Noah Franco, TCU UT: Landon Hairston, Arizona State SP: Harrison Bodendorf, Oklahoma State SP: Tommy LaPour, TCU SP: Colter McAnelly, Utah SP: Griffin Kirn, West Virginia RP: Cole Carlon, Arizona State RP: Gabe Craig, Baylor RP: Antoine Jean, Houston *- unanimous selection All-Big 12 Second Team C: Jack Natili, Cincinnati C: Nolan Traeger, TCU IF: Mason White, Arizona IF: Kyle Walker, Arizona State IF: Antonio Jimenez, UCF IF: Maximus Martin, Kansas State IF: Robin Villeneuve, Texas Tech OF: Jackson Hauge, Kansas OF: Keegan O'Connor, Kansas State OF: Chase Brunson, TCU OF: Kyle West, West Virginia DH: Dariel Osoria, Kansas UT: Karson Bowen, TCU SP: Ben Jacobs, Arizona State SP: Cooper Moore, Kansas SP: Sean Youngerman, Oklahoma State SP: Jack Kartsonas, West Virginia RP: Tony Pluta, Arizona RP: Sean Youngerman, Oklahoma State RP: Jack Cebert, Texas Tech ** A tie resulted in two catchers on the second team. All- Freshman Team Smith Bailey, Arizona Landon Hairston, Arizona State Pearson Riebock, Baylor Quinton Coats, Cincinnati Aj Evasco, Kansas State Mason Brassfield, TCU Kade Eudy, TCU Noah Franco, TCU Sawyer Strosnider, TCU Nolan Traeger, TCU Austen Roellig, Utah Gavin Kelly, West Virginia Honorable Mention: Arizona:  Adonys Guzman, Owen Kramkowski, Brendan Summerhill, Aaron Walton Arizona State:  Brandon Compton, Josiah Cromwick, Lucas Kelly, Jack Martinez, Jacob Tobias, Kien Vu Baylor: Pearson Riebock, Travis Sanders BYU: Parker Goff, Ryder Robinson, Cooper Vest UCF: Edian Espinal, Dylan King, DeAmez Ross, Andrew Williamson Cincinnati: Kellen O'Connor, Nathan Taylor, Landyn Vidourek Kansas: Brady Counsell Kansas State: Seth Dardar, Jacob Frost, James Guyette Oklahoma State: Colin Brueggemann, Ian Daugherty, Mario Pesca, Nolan Schubart, Brayden Smith, TCU: Mason Brassfield, Kade Eudy, Anthony Silva Utah: Austen Roellig West Virginia: Reese Bassinger, Chase Meyer, Jace Rinehart, Sam White Thanks for stopping by! Follow us on X  and on Instagram  to keep up with all of our content!

Entering the final weekend of the regular season, seeding for next week’s Big 12 Championship is still very much up in the air. West Virginia (19-6) sits atop the Big 12 with Arizona State (18-9) in second and Kansas (17-10) and TCU (17-10) tied for third. Arizona (16-11) and Kansas State (16-11) are tied for fifth and two games up on Cincinnati (14-13). West Virginia can clinch the 2025 Big 12 baseball regular season title with one win or one Arizona State loss. Arizona State can clinch the regular season crown with a 3-0 series sweep over Oklahoma State and a Kansas 3-0 sweep over West Virginia. Weekly Awards Big 12 Players of the Week Player: Jack Natili, Cincinnati Pitcher: Cooper Moore, Kansas Newcomer: Jack Natili, Cincinnati Weekend Matchups Kansas State (30-21, 16-11) at Cincinnati (29-22, 14-13) Baylor (31-20, 11-16) at UCF (28-24, 8-19) Kansas (39-14, 17-10) at West Virginia (40-10, 19-6) Arizona State (35-18, 18-9) at Oklahoma State (24-22, 12-12) Arizona (34-17, 16-11) at Houston (28-22, 11-15) TCU (35-16, 17-10) at Utah (20-27, 7-20) Texas Tech (19-30, 12-15) at BYU (25-25, 8-19) League Notes Arizona The Wildcats lead the country with 31 triples in 51 games, four more than the next highest team. Arizona is six triples shy of tying the Big 12 Conference single-season record. Reliever Tony Pluta leads the Big 12 and has the eighth-most saves in the country with 11. Arizona State Arizona State won their home series against Houston last weekend after dropping the opener 6-5. The Sun Devils then won by scores of 13-3 and 13-1 (run-rule 7 innings) to close out the weekend. Arizona State is hitting a Big 12-best .322 as a team and averaging nearly nine runs per game. Matt King is hitting a team-high .386, while Isaiah Jackson leads the Sun Devils with 15 home runs and 62 RBI. Arizona State has hit the fourth-most doubles (130) in the country this season. Baylor With one weekend remaining in the regular season, the Bears currently sit 11th in the Big 12 standings at 11-16. Baylor's magic number is one to clinch a spot in the Big 12 Championship next week in Arlington. A Baylor win vs. UCF OR a BYU loss vs. Texas Tech would send the Bears to Arlington as one of the top 12 teams that qualifies for this season's championship. Reliever Gabe Craig continues to impress out of the Baylor bullpen. In Big 12 play, Craig has allowed just one run on seven hits in 17 1/3 innings with a 30:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio. BYU Six BYU hitters enter the weekend hitting .290 or better. Bryker Hurdsman leads the way at .343. Cooper Vest leads BYU with 15 home runs and 55 RBI, both are good for fourth and fifth, respectively, in the Big 12. Vest also leads the Cougars in total bases with 119 and is second in hits (57). Luke Anderson is batting .302 with a team-leading 61 hits. Anderson’s 51 RBI ranks 10th in the Big 12 and second on the team. Cincinnati Catcher Jack Natili led Cincinnati at the plate last week, hitting .556 with two home runs and nine RBI over four games. Natili went 4-for-5 with a home run and four RBI in the opener at TCU last weekend on his way to being named both the Big 12 Player and Newcomer of the Week. Natili is hitting .347 this season and has started 39 games at catcher this season. Natili was great during Cincinnati’s recent 11-day road trip, hitting .621 with three home runs and 13 RBI. Natili has at least four hits in three of his last six games. Houston Shortstop Tyler Cox has quietly put together Houston’s best batting average in Big 12 play with a .301 average against Conference opponents this season. Cox has 11 hits in his last 17 at bats (.647) with six RBI. Kansas Cooper Moore was terrific on Friday night against BYU to help Kansas even the series. Moore pitched eight dominant innings and recorded a career-high 10 strikeouts in his way to earning the Big 12 Pitcher of the week honor.. Moore matched his career high with eight innings and allowed only one run and one walk, while striking out double-digit BYU batters. Moore retired the first eight batters he faced in the game and recorded four strikeouts in his final two innings. Moore has now gone at least 7 innings in six of his last nine starts and he has five quality starts this season. The Jayhawks broke the school record for the most wins in a regular season with a walk-off victory on Saturday. The 17 wins in conference play match the most in program history. Kansas State Kansas State is coming off a series win at home over West Virginia where the Wildcats finished with a conference-best 18-3 home record this season. Kansas State also won their seventh Big 12 series of the season. Seth Dardar slammed the 90th home run of the season for Kansas State, breaking the previous record of 89 set in 2021, with his second grand slam of the season that led the Wildcats to a 14-9 victory in the weekend finale. The Wildcats have homered in 38 of 51 games this season. Oklahoma State The Cowboys won their series over Baylor last weekend in Waco. Oklahoma State ranks among the nation's best in shutouts (5), strikeouts per nine innings (10.2) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.64). TCU TCU hit nine home runs over the weekend in a home series win over Cincinnati to run its season total to 62, its most since the 2022 season. The Horned Frogs are fourth in the Big 12 with a .297 average, third with a 4.30 ERA and seventh with a .974 fielding percentage. TCU is third in the country with 25 triples. The Horned Frogs are hitting .348 in the month of May and .318 since April 1. Texas Tech Having already clinched a spot in the 12-team field of the Big 12 Championship, Texas Tech can still finish anywhere between seven and 11 in the final standings. UCF UCF won their road series at Texas Tech last weekend. The Knights will enter this weekend in a tie with BYU for 12th place in the Big 12 standings. Utah sits just a game behind UCF and BYU with 7-20 conference records. Baylor will enter the final weekend in 11th place with an 11-16 league record. With UCF holding the tiebreaker over BYU, a sweep this weekend would guarantee the Knights a spot in the conference tournament. Utah Utah won a road series at Arizona last weekend. Core Jackson hit .400 in that series with two home runs, six RBI, and five walks while Jackson also pulled off a straight steal of home. Austen Roellig also had a great weekend against Arizona, turning in a team-leading .429 clip with two doubles. On the mound, the Utes enjoyed two quality starts from Colter McAnelly and Merit Jones on the way to winning the first two games of the series. McAnelly's five strikeouts brought his total to 90 this season; which ranks fourth-most for a season in Utah history. West Virginia Sam White leads West Virginia with a .368 batting average while Jace Rinehart and Kyle West each have a team-high eight home runs. Rinehart also leads the Mountaineers with 50 RBI and leads the Big 12 with 20 doubles. On the mound, Griffin Kirn is 4-1 with a 3.49 ERA and leads West Virginia with 73 strikeouts. Jack Kartsonas is 6-1 with a 2.44 ERA and 55 strikeouts in 48 innings. Thanks for stopping by! 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With just two weekends left in Big 12 play, there is still plenty for most teams to play for. West Virginia continues to lead the pack at 18-4. Arizona State follows at 16-8 with Kansas and Arizona both at 15-9. If the season ended today, these four teams would have a bye on day one of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship in Arlington. Only 12 of the 14 Big 12 teams make the Championship field, and there is a fight at the bottom for the final two spots. UCF 6-18 and Utah at 5-19 would both miss the field at the moment. BYU at 7-17 is the 12th team in at the moment, edging out the 11th team in Baylor at 10-14. Only five total conference wins separate third place Kansas and 11th place Baylor. At the moment, West Virginia and Arizona both have a clear chance to host a NCAA Regional. Weekly Awards Big 12 Players of the Week Player: Kerrington Cross, Cincinnati Pitcher: Harrison Bodendorf, Oklahoma State Newcomer: Keegan O'Connor, Kansas State Weekend Matchups UCF (25-23, 6-18) at Texas Tech (17-28, 11-13) BYU (23-23, 7-17) at Kansas (37-13, 15-9) Cincinnati (27-20, 13-11) at TCU (33-15, 15-9) West Virginia (39-8, 18-4) at Kansas State (28-20, 14-10) Oklahoma State (22-21, 10-11) at Baylor (30-18, 10-14) Utah (18-25, 5-19) at Arizona (33-15, 15-9) Houston (27-20, 10-13) at Arizona State (32-17, 16-8) League Notes Arizona Wildcats reliever Tony Pluta currently leads the Big 12 and is tied for sixth in the nation with 11 saves. Pluta's 11 saves are tied for the second most in a single season in program history and are two shy of the program record of 13 saves. 48 games into the season Arizona has collected a Division I leading 29 triples, three more than second place at 26. Arizona State Cole Carlon has struck out 70 batters in just 44 innings pitched this season, a total good for sixth in the Big 12 despite doing so solely in relief work. Carlon has allowed just 10 hits in his last 27 1/3 innings of work and 47 of those 83 outs come via strikeout. Carlon is 2-0 this season with a 2.45 ERA and three saves and a .132 batting average against  over 44 innings. The Sun Devils offense is led, among others, by Matt King who has 12 games this season where he has recorded three or more hits, the next-closest player on the team has six. King is second in the Big 12 with a .393 batting average. Baylor In 21 appearances so far this season, Baylor closer Gabe Craig has been outstanding with a 2-0 record, a 0.72 ERA, and nine saves. 19 of Craig’s outings have been scoreless, 12 have been hitless, and he has recorded multiple strikeouts in 14 outings. In Big 12 play, Craig has allowed just one run on five hits in 13 innings with a 26:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio. BYU BYU comes into the weekend having won three of their last five games. The Cougars rank in the top five in the Big 12 in doubles, hit by pitches, total bases, RBI, slugging percentage, and runs. BYU is battling with UCF and Utah for the 12th and final spot in the conference tournament. Cincinnati Kerrington Cross was named Big 12 Player of the Week for his incredible performance last weekend at Kansas. Cross delivered 10 RBI in an unbelievable 5-for-7 performance in Saturday’s 18-14, 10-inning thriller over the Jayhawks. Cross launched three home runs to tie the single-game program records for home runs and total bases (14), falling one RBI shy of the all-time Big 12 record. Houston Houston swept Utah last weekend, its first Big 12 Conference series sweep of the season. Houston last swept a Big 12 opponent in 2024, opening Big 12 play with a sweep of Baylor. The Cougars have won four-straight Big 12 games, the longest streak in the two years since joining the conference. Antoine Jean has a nation-leading 15.43 strikeouts per nine innings pitched and the fifth-best hits allowed per nine rate of 5.14 while striking out the 10th most hitters in all of college baseball with 96, all in a relief role. Jean is one of two pitchers nationally in the top 10 in both K/9 and H/9. Jean's 58.5% whiff rate on his curveball leads all Division I pitchers who have thrown at least 150 curveballs. His 39.3% whiff rate is eighth-best nationally among pitchers with at least 500 pitches thrown. Kansas Kansas has its most wins in a season since 2009 and is one win shy of tying the most regular season wins in program history. The 15 wins in Big 12 games are tied for the most in program history. Through 50 games, Kansas has its best record since 1993, which is also the only year Kansas has ever made the College World Series. Kansas State Keegan O’Connor’s .338 average and 15 home runs leads the Kansas State offense and his incredible .706 slugging percentage is first in the Big 12. After pounding a record-tying three home runs and notching 16 total bases to break the school single-game record in helping Kansas State win the series at BYU, O’Connor was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week. Oklahoma State Oklahoma State left-hander Harrison Bodendorf was honored as the Big 12 Pitcher of the Week for the fourth time this season. Last weekend against UCF, a lineup which entered the game second in the Big 12 and 11th nationally with a .319 team batting average and averaging over seven runs per game, Bodendorf tossed eight shutout innings and picked up the win, improving to 8-1 this season. Bodendorf struck out seven UCF batters and allowed just four hits and one walk. Bodendorf’s eight wins are tied for the most in the Big 12 this season and rank 11th nationally, and he lowered his ERA to 2.63, which ranks fourth in the Big 12. TCU The TCU pitching staff ranks second in the Big 12 in ERA (4.03) and batting average against (.235). Tommy LaPour is 7-2 this season with a 2.24 ERA, which leads the Big 12 and ranks 15th in the nation, and is fifth among Power 4 pitchers. Offensively, Sawyer Strosnider is among the Big 12 leaders in batting average (.370), OPS (1.104), hits (64), and triples (9); nine triples leads the league. Texas Tech Texas Tech will enter the weekend in ninth place in the Big 12 standings with an 11-13 mark. Robin Villeneuve leads Texas Tech offensively with a .340 batting average and team-leading tallies of 14 doubles and a .424 on-base percentage. Logan Hughes is next with a .322 average and leads the team in home runs (16), runs scored (43), and RBI (51). Jack Cebert continues to pitch well for Coach Tadlock with a 6-2 record, 3.28 ERA and 45 strikeouts in 46 2/3innings. UCF UCF right-hander Russell Sandefer leads the Knights starting rotation with a 3.07 ERA and 45 strikeouts over 41 innings. Fellow right-hander Alex Galvan is one of the top arms from the bullpen with a 2.59 ERA and two saves. Left-hander Dominic Castellano has also been solid with a 5-1 record, 3.76 ERA, and a team-leading 54 strikeouts in 40 2/3 innings. Utah Utah right-hander Colter McAnelly heads into the weekend atop the Big 12 in innings pitched at 78 2/3 and fourth in the league in strikeouts with 85. West Virginia The Mountaineers are averaging 8.1 runs on 10.3 hits per game. As a team, West Virginia is slashing .305/.405/.470 with 103 stolen bases, which is the second highest in the league. Seven West Virginia starters are batting over .300 led by Sam White at .368. West Virginia has a league-best 3.77 ERA which ranks 12th in the nation. Twenty pitchers have taken the mound this season for Coach Sabins with a team-high 22 appearances from reliever Reese Bassinger who is 6-0 with a 3.22 ERA. Thanks for stopping by! Follow us on X  and on Instagram  to keep up with all of our content!

West Virginia is still alone at the top of the Big 12 standings with a 16-3 record. Kansas is alone in second place with a record of 15-6. TCU and Arizona State follow with 14-7 records. Weekly Awards Big 12 Players of the Week Player: Matt King, Arizona State Pitcher: Dominic Voegele, Kansas Newcomer: Matt King, Arizona State Weekend Matchups Texas Tech (15-26, 10-11) at West Virginia (37-6, 16-3) Cincinnati (24-20, 10-11) at Kansas (36-10, 15-6) UCF (24-20, 6-15) at Oklahoma State (19-21, 7-11) Utah (17-22, 5-16) at Houston (24-20, 7-13) Arizona State (30-16, 14-7) at Baylor (28-16, 9-12) Kansas State (26-19, 12-9) at BYU (21-21, 6-15) TCU (32-13, 14-7) at Arizona (31-13, 13-8) League Notes Arizona Arizona has won five of seven Big 12 series this season, their first in the Big 12. On the mound, right-hander Collin McKinney's 3.02 ERA ranks 7th in the Big 12. Relief pitcher Tony Pluta has 10 saves in 24 appearances. The Wildcats offense leads the country with 28 triples this season. Aaron Walton is Arizona’s leading hitter at .352, while Mason White leads the Wildcats with nine home runs and 44 RBI. Arizona State Matt King was named both the Big 12 Player and Newcomer of the Week after the week he put together for the Sun Devils. King finished the week with 12 RBI in four games, three of those games were in a series sweep over BYU. King hit for a .625 batting average as he recorded multiple hits and RBI in each of the four games. King tallied four RBI in the series finale against BYU. In Saturday's win over the Cougars, King hit two home runs in the first two innings to aid in the Sun Devils' 16-6 run-rule victory. King is the third player this season to be honored with two Conference awards in the same week. Baylor Baylor is 11-5 this season in games following a loss. The Bears have 10 come-from-behind victories this season, including one walk-off win. Baylor is 17-4 when racking up 10+ hits offensively. Baylor is 20-2 when striking out nine or more batters this season. The Bears are 19-3 when allowing two walks or less. BYU In 15 Big 12 losses, BYU has had seven games determined by margins of two runs or less. The Cougars have a 7-8 record when playing at home, including a 2-3 record in their last five home contests. In Big 12 games, the Cougars are hitting .271 with 19 home runs and an 8.74 ERA, striking out 123 against 107 walks. Cooper Vest leads the BYU offense and ranks within the top 10 in the Big 12 in multiple offensive categories. Vest has hit 14 homers this season, second-most in the league. As a team, BYU has a slash line of .283/.391/.472 with 98 doubles, 10 triples, and 55 home runs. Cincinnati Cincinnati is embarking on an 11-day road trip as they head to Kansas this weekend and will stay on the road through their series with TCU next weekend. Last weekend the Bearcats won a series at home over Oklahoma State, recording a 4-0 shutout in game one, which was played over two days due to rain. Nathan Taylor started the game for the Bearcats and had seven strikeouts through three innings before play was halted for the day. When the game resumed the next day, Kellen O’Connor took over on the bump and picked up right where Taylor left off, striking out eight over the final six innings to blank the Cowboys. Kansas Kansas has won nine straight games and is 18-3 at home this season. Dominic Voegele was named the Big 12 Pitcher of the Week for the second time this season after his start last Friday at Utah. Voegele was dominant in a 2-0 road victory as he tossed a career-high 8 2/3 innings in which he struck out five batters and did not allow a walk. Voegele retired 12 consecutive batters at one point. The start  was Voegele's fifth quality start of the year. The Jayhawks rank among the national leaders in home runs (85), hits (476), and slugging percentage (.529) and are also fourth in the country in walks (301). Jackson Hauge leads the Big 12 with 17 home runs and Brady Ballinger is among the league leaders with 13. Kansas State Kansas State won a home series over Houston last weekend. Kansas State is hitting .261 in conference play, averaging 6.4 runs on 8.5 hits. Keegan O’Connor leads the way offensively, slashing .355/.405/.711 with a team-leading nine doubles and six home runs in Big 12 games. The Wildcats rank second in the Big 12 and 12th in the country with 77 home runs this season, with 28 of those coming in the month of April. The Wildcats have hit multiple home runs in 23 games this season. Oklahoma State Colin Brueggemann continues to lead the Cowboys offensively with a .318 batting average to go with 19 extra-base hits and 41 RBI. Nolan Schubart follows with a .308 average and team-leading tallies of 12 home runs and 42 RBI. Harrison Bodendorf leads Oklahoma State’s weekend rotation with a 7-1 record, 2.98 ERA, and 74 strikeouts in 60 1/3 innings. Sean Youngerman follows with a 2-1 record, 2.01 ERA, and four saves. TCU The Horned Frogs won a series at home against Baylor last weekend. Tommy LaPour turned in his sixth straight quality start of the season and lowered his ERA to 2.14, a mark that leads the Big 12 and ranks 13th in the nation. Last weekend against Baylor, LaPour (7-2) pitched 8 2/3 innings and allowed just two runs on five hits and struck out eight batters in the victory. Texas Tech Logan Hughes continues to hit well for the Red Raiders, as the Stetson transfer extended his on-base streak to 27 straight games on Wednesday. Hughes leads the Red Raiders in home runs and in RBI. Hughes is one of two Texas Tech hitters (Tracer Lopez, 16 games) that currently have an on-base streak of at least 15 games. Hughes’ 14 home runs are the second-most in the Big 12 this season; he has homered in three of the last five games and four of the last seven. UCF The Knights are hitting .319 as a team and averaging just over seven runs per game. Ross DeAmez is leading the UCF offense with a .376 batting average, while Andrew Williamson leads the Knights with eight home runs and 44 RBI. Utah Utah right-hander Colter McAnelly delivered another quality start in the series opener last weekend at home against Kansas, despite a tough-luck 2-0 loss in a pitchers' duel. The Utah offense did not strike out in the middle game against Kansas, making it just the third Big 12 offense this season to accomplish that feat. West Virginia West Virginia has won 14 consecutive Big 12 games, that includes four weekend sweeps, the most recent one last weekend at UCF. Skylar King leads the Mountaineers with a .362 batting average while Jace Rinehart and Logan Sauve each have seven home runs. Rinehart also leads the team with 43 RBI. On the mound, Griffin Kirn is 4-0 with a 3.38 ERA and leads the team with 62 strikeouts. Chase Meyer leads all West Virginia relievers with 49 strikeouts in 33 innings. Thanks for stopping by! Follow us on X  and on Instagram  to keep up with all of our content!

West Virginia continue to sit alone atop the Big 12 standings at 13-3. Kansas, Arizona, and TCU are right behind the Mountaineers at 12-6. Oklahoma State and Houston had a game rained out last weekend, which makes a total of three Big 12 games the Cowboys have been unable to play this season, the equivalent of a weekend series. West Virginia has two games they were unable to play and Houston has one game. Time will tell how this affects the final outcome of league play and the 12 team field that makes it to Arlington late next month. Weekly Awards Big 12 Players of the Week Player: Mason White, Arizona and Ryder Robinson, BYU Pitcher: Matt Sauser, UCF and Tommy Lapour, TCU Newcomer: Jackson Hauge, Kansas Weekend Matchups Oklahoma State (18-19, 6-9) at Cincinnati (22-19, 8-10) West Virginia (34-5, 13-3) at UCF (23-17, 6-12) Baylor (26-14, 8-10) at TCU (29-12, 12-6) Houston (13-23, 8-10) at Kansas State (24-17, 10-8) Arizona (29-11, 12-6) at Texas Tech (13-23, 8-10) Kansas (32-10, 12-6) at Utah  (17-19, 5-13) BYU (20-18, 6-12) at Arizona State (25-16, 11-7) League Notes Arizona Brendan Summerhill returned for the Wildcats on Wednesday against UT Arlington after losing a month due to a fractured hand. Summerhill hit the first pitch he saw in his return for a home run and finished the game going 2-for-3 with a double, a home run, two RBI, and two walks. Arizona has played well over the last month without Summerhill, but getting him back in the lineup makes the Wildcats tougher for their Big 12 opponents. Arizona State Arizona State is coming off of a series win against Texas Tech in Phoenix last weekend. Landon Hairston has been swinging a hot bat of late as he had seven extra-base hits in his last nine games, including two home runs, four doubles, and one triple. The Sun Devils are batting an exceptional .389 this season when the team has put the first ball of an at-bat into play. Baylor Baylor won a home series against Utah last weekend after losing on Thursday night. The Bears are 15-4 this year when picking up 10 or more base hits. Baylor owns a +87 overall run differential this season (292 runs scored, 205 runs allowed), which ranks 5th in the Big 12. Only West Virginia (+164), Kansas (+150), UCF (+121), and TCU (+101) are ahead of the Bears. Baylor's 3.27 walks per nine innings ranks 11th in the country. BYU Ryder Robinson earned Big 12 Co-Player of the Week honors after collecting five doubles and two home runs over four games, including three games against Arizona. Payton Gubler came out of the bullpen to pitch five innings with five strikeouts in BYU’s 12-5 win over Arizona last weekend. Gubler has been a starter most of the season. Cincinnati Right-hander Nathan Taylor has pitched at least five innings in eight of nine starts this season. Taylor ranks second in the Big 12 in ERA at 2.73. Offensively, catcher Jack Natili leads Cincinnati in Big 12 play with 17 RBl. Natili also has multiple hits in 11 games this season for the Bearcats. Kerrington Cross continues to lead the Big in both batting average and on-base percentage. Landyn Vidourek has driven at least two runs in 11 games this season. Houston Antoine Jean is leading Division I pitchers with 4.47 hits allowed per nine innings pitched and leading the nation with 16.24 strikeouts per nine innings pitched, while striking out the 11th most hitters in all of college baseball with 80 and allowing the ninth best WHIP of 0.88. The Cougars have 11 road wins this season, which is third-most in the Big 12. Houston has improved their road win total from 2024 by 175% with seven road games remaining. Kansas Jackson Hauge was named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week after he hit .467/.526/1.000 with two doubles, two home runs, nine RBI, six runs scored, three walks and a 1.526 OPS in four games last week, including a sweep of Kansas State in Lawrence. Hauge crushed a go-ahead three-run home run in the seventh inning last Friday and then extended his on-base streak to 28 games on Tuesday at Nebraska. Hauge leads the Big 12 with 17 home runs, 60 RBI, and 118 total bases. Kansas State The Wildcats are a tale of two teams at home and on the road. Kansas State has won 14 of its 15 home games in 2025. At home, the Wildcat offense is hitting .335 and slugging .673 with 41 home runs and averages 9.9 runs per game on 11.1 hits at Tointon Family Stadium. On the flip side, the Wildcats are hitting .244 and slugging .494 in games away from home, averaging 5.8 runs per game and 8.2 hits per game. The Kansas State bullpen boasts a 4.89 ERA at home, striking out 126 compared to 38 walks (3.32 strikeout-to-walk ratio). In road and neutral contests, Wildcat pitching has a combined ERA of 5.88 with 244 strikeouts and 125 walks. Oklahoma State Brayden Smith Leads the Cowboys with a .370 batting average in Big 12 play. Smith also leads the team in doubles, slugging percentage, and on-base percentage in the Big 12. Nolan Schubart is hitting.395 with runners in scoring position this season and is third in the Big 12 with 36 walks. TCU Tommy LaPour turned in his fifth straight quality start last weekend against UCF and lowered his ERA to 2.15, a mark that leads the Big 12 and ranks 19th nationally. LaPour earned Big 12 Co-Pitcher of the Week honors for his effort. Chase Brunson has reached safely in all 40 games this season and he has hit 10 home runs for the Horned Frogs. Texas Tech Over the last seven games the Texas Tech offense has come alive, scoring 55 runs in that span. It began with a pair of nine run games against Baylor and has featured three games with nine runs and a game with 12 runs. Over the last three games, the Red Raiders have scored 29 runs. Zane Petty turned in the longest and best outing of his career in last weekends finale against Arizona State, the lone win for Texas Tech in Phoenix. Petty allowed just three runs (two in the first inning) in the start. Petty was terrific in a bounce-back performance pitching into both the seventh and eighth innings for the first time in his career. UCF The Knights won their series at home against TCU last weekend after dropping the first game. Matt Sauser was named a Big 12 Co-Pitcher of the Week after earning the decision for the Knights in a 4-2 win over TCU. Sauser scattered five hits over eight innings while striking out eight batters. It was the first career start for Sauser and he was terrific as he faced the minimum batters in six of his eight innings pitched. The Knights lead the Big 12 in hitting and they are led by Edian Espinal who is hitting .352. The Knights are also second in the Big 12 in ERA with three pitchers having an ERA under two. Utah Shortstop Core Jackson continues to lead an Utah offense with a lot of potential. Jackson has a .395 batting average, to go with 15 doubles, nine home runs, 34 RBI, and 45 runs scored, all of which are team highs. Additionally, Austen Roellig (.347), Santino Panaro (.310), and Tyler Quinn (.301) are each hitting above .300. West Virginia West Virginia the highest winning percentage in the country at .872, along with Texas. West Virginia is currently leading the Big 12 and is ninth in the country with a 3.66 ERA. Mountaineer pitching is tops in the Big 12 in hits allowed/9 (7.01), stolen bases (90), and WHIP (1.26). West Virginia is second in the conference with a .314 batting average. Thanks for stopping by! Follow us on X  and on Instagram  to keep up with all of our content!

Kansas sits alone atop the Big 12 with a 9-3 record, with West Virginia a game behind at 7-3. Four teams are tied for third place at 8-4: Arizona, Arizona State, Kansas State, and TCU. The Big 12 has two of the top seven highest on-base percentages in college baseball with Kerrington Cross of Cincinnati (sixth at.563) and Brady Ballinger of Kansas (seventh at .562). Weekly Awards Big 12 Players of the Week Player: Brady Ballinger, Kansas Pitcher: Harrison Bodendorf, Oklahoma State Newcomer: Sean Youngerman, Oklahoma State Weekend Matchups Arizona State (22-11, 8-4) at Cincinnati (19-13, 6-6) Kansas (27-7, 9-3) at TCU (25-9, 8-4) UCF (18-14, 3-9) at Kansas State (21-11, 8-4) Baylor (21-11, 5-7) at Texas Tech (9-20, 5-7) West Virginia  (27-4, 7-3) at Houston (19-14, 5-7) BYU (16-14, 4-8) at Utah (13-16, 2-10) Oklahoma State (15-15, 4-6) at Arizona (23-9, 8-4) League Notes Arizona Arizona is a team of offensive streaks right now. The Wildcats longest active hit streak leading into this weekend's action belongs to Tommy Splaine, who has hit safely in each of his last six games. Andrew Cain and Adonys Guzman both enter the weekend with four-game hit streaks. Garen Caulfield has been automatic for Arizona as of late, boasting a 21-game on-base streak that is the second longest active streak on the team. The longest active on-base streak of 23 games belongs to Brendan Summerhill, who is currently sidelined due to injury. During his 21-game on-base streak, Caulfield has hit .312 with 25 base hits, 14 runs, 20 RBI, and 14 walks leading to a .408 on-base percentage. Arizona State Arizona State enters the weekend ranked fourth in the nation in doubles with 87 this season. The Sun Devils are on an unreal tear at the moment in the category, having recorded multiple doubles in each of its last eight games and 32 total in that stretch. That total is 11 more than any other team in the Big 12. Kansas Kansas has displayed one of the best offenses in the country throughout this season. The Jayhawks lead the Big 12 in walks (tied for third nationally), home runs (tied for fourth nationally), runs (tied for eighth nationally), slugging percentage (ninth nationally), hits, runs per game, on-base percentage, and total bases. Kansas has hit 74 home runs this season and is one shy of tying the program record of 75 set in 2006 and matched in 2023. Twelve different Jayhawks have hit a home run this season. There have been 41 home runs hit at Hoglund Ballpark and 33 hit on the road this year. Oklahoma State The Cowboys duo of Harrison Bodendorf and Sean Youngerman earned Big 12 honors in Oklahoma State's series win against Kansas State. Bodendorf earned the win in the series opener with a career-high 12 strikeouts in seven innings pitched. Youngerman pitched eight scoreless innings during the series-clinching win in just his second start this season. Youngerman racked up a career-high 11 strikeouts against the Wildcats, an offense that ranked in the top 25 nationally in slugging percentage entering the series. TCU TCU ace Tommy LaPour has a 2.62 ERA which leads the Big 12. LaPour opened the series last weekend against BYU pitching a career-high seven innings, all of them hitless. BYU did get an infield hit, but the Horned Frogs won the opener 8-0. Sawyer Strosnider raised his average to .390 on Tuesday night, which ranks eighth in the Big 12 and sixth nationally among NCAA freshmen. Chase Brunson has reached base safely in all 33 games he has played this season. Against BYU last weekend, Jack Arthur hit TCU's first pinch-hit home run since 2023. Utah Utah enters the weekend on a seven-game slide after being swept in three games at West Virginia. Austen Roellig hit .462 in the series against the Mountaineers with two doubles. Colter McAnelly gave the Utes 7 1/3 innings in his start in the series opener. Shortstop Core Jackson continues to lead the Utah offense with team bests in a .398 batting average, 11 doubles, seven home runs, 26 RBI, and 34 runs scored. Quoted “From this point forward, it's just fill in the blank with blank great team that we play.” Kansas head coach Dan Fitzgerald on Big 12 play. Thanks for stopping by! Follow us on X  and on Instagram  to keep up with all of our content!