2006 USF Baseball Schedule

[pdiddybull32]

2006 USF Baseball Schedule Announced

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TAMPA, Fla. (Thursday, August 25) – Head Coach Eddie Cardieri and the University of South Florida baseball team unveiled its schedule for the 2006 campaign today.

Comprised of 55 games, the 2006 schedule will pit the Bulls against six teams that received bids to the 2005 NCAA Tournament, including two of the National Top Eight Seeds. The 2006 season will mark USF’s inaugural campaign in the BIG EAST Conference as the Bulls along with Louisville, Cincinnati and DePaul increase the conference’s total of baseball teams to 13.

USF opens up the 2006 campaign with a three-game homestand versus Northwestern (Feb. 10-12). Having met only two other times, the Bulls hold a 2-0-0 record against the Wildcats. Following the three-game set with Northwestern, the Jacksonville Dolphins will visit Red McEwen Field on Feb. 14. The Bulls will then travel to Alexander Brest Field for two more games versus the Dolphins (Feb. 18-19). The former Sun Belt members have met a total of 91 times with USF trailing 46-45 in the all-time series history.

The Bulls will host North Texas on Feb. 21 before traveling to DeLand to take part in the Stetson Invitational (Feb. 24-26). USF will face Western Carolina, Illinois and host institution Stetson. USF will then begin a 14-game homestand, starting with a three-game series with the Fighting Illini (March 3-5). The Penn Quakers will face the Bulls in a single game on Tuesday, March 7. Three games with the Massachusetts Minutemen (March 10-12) followed by a week night game with Army (March 14) will take place before USF plays its BIG EAST Conference opener versus Connecticut (March 17-19). USF owns a 20-4-0 record versus UMass all-time with the Bulls sweeping the last three-game series versus the Minutemen (March 12-14, 2004). Last season, USF fell to Army, 5-4, on March 15, 2005, moving the all-time series to 12-4-0 in favor of the Bulls. Army finished the 2005 season with a 38-12 record and berth in the NCAA Tournament. Following their three-game series with UConn, the Bulls will host the Seton Hall Pirates (March 2426), marking the first-ever meeting between the two teams.

Playing its first game away from Red McEwen Field in over a month, USF will travel to Gainesville to face the Florida Gators (March 29). The Gators - the 2005 national runners-up – were swept by the Bulls last season.

USF will resume conference action with a three-game series at Cincinnati (March 31-April 2), marking the Bulls first-ever visit to the UC Baseball Stadium which opened in May 2004. The Bulls have won eight-straight contests versus the Bearcats.

The Bulls will head home to face the UCF Golden Knights in the first of three contests during the 2006 season. USF and UCF will square off on April 4 (at Red McEwen Field), April 11 and April 18 (at Jay Bergman Field). The Notre Dame Fighting Irish will travel to Tampa to face USF in a three-game series (April 7-9). Notre Dame finished the 2005 season with a 36-22-1 record, winning the 2005 BIG EAST title and making an appearance in the 2005 NCAA Tournament.

The Bulls host Louisville (April 13-15) before hitting the road for UCF and Pittsburgh (April 18-23). The Bulls swept the Cardinals last season, moving the all-time series to 32-18-0 in favor of USF. The Bulls trip to the “Iron City†will mark the first-ever meeting between USF and Pittsburgh.

USF will then head home to host Stetson (April 25) and Georgetown (April 28-30). USF has played Stetson more than any other opponents (139 times). The Hatters went 35-26 in 2006, making a trip to the NCAA Tournament. Georgetown will be USF’s third first-time opponent during the 2006 season (a total of five first time opponent – Seton Hall, Pittsburgh, Georgetown, St. John’s and West Virginia).

USF ends the season playing 10 of it last 11 games away from Tampa. The Bulls will make a trip to Atlanta, Ga. (May 5-7) to face the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. The No. 2 National Seed in last year’s NCAA Tournament, Georgia Tech finished 2005 with 45-17 record. The Bulls have not faced the Yellow Jackets since the 1989 season.

USF will next travel to Jamaica, N.Y. to face the 2005 BIG EAST Regular Season Champion St. John’s Red Storm (May 12-14). St. John’s earned a berth in last year’s NCAA Tournament with a 39-16 record. This will be the first-ever meeting between the Red Storm and Bulls.

The Bulls will wrap up the 2006 regular season with a trip to Morgantown, W.Va. USF will take on the West Virginia Mountaineers (May 19-21).

The BIG EAST Championship will take place in Somerset, N.J. (May 24-27).

[pdiddybull32]

only thing missing is a game or two against Miami. we usually play against them. But a great schedule!

[JoeB]

That is a great schedule.  I like that they come to Atlanta to play  baseball powerhouse Georgia Tech.  I'll be able to be at that game.

Go Bulls!

[bullz97]

ton of road games at end of schedule

[Cubanbull]

But notice how many games outside of the state of Florida? 15

3 in Atlanta

3 in West Virginia

3 in Cincy

3 in Pitt

3 in NY

so the team only travels outside the state 5 times

Last year in CUSA

we had 5 series outside the state

Charlotte

Louisville

Ft. worth

Houston

Hattiesburg

not much travel difference

[Jamie]

ton of road games at end of schedule

That's the way it's going to have to be in the Big East. It's too cold to play games at the northern schools in March.

[Guest]

That's the way it's going to have to be in the Big East. It's too cold to play games at the northern schools in March.

You are right that it can be cold -- that's the reason MLB waits until April to start... but what do the Northern Schools do in March ??  Do they play road games at southern schools ??

[smazza]

another disappointing year in our future

why do they keep EC?

we have such low expectations

[Apis Bull]

another disappointing year in our future

why do they keep EC?

we have such low expectations

Why don't we just fire them all, raze the school and start over from scratch?