Bulls Ranked No. 35 in College Baseball News Preseason Poll

[Brad]

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USF BASEBALL: Bulls Ranked No. 35 in College Baseball News Preseason Poll

TAMPA – The University of South Florida baseball team checks at No. 35 in the Collegiate Baseball Newspapers’ 2010 Fabulous 40 NCAA Division I pre-season baseball poll.

The Bulls, who are one of three BIG EAST schools listed in the Top 40, tallied 412 votes. Defending BIG EAST Champion Louisville comes in at No. 19 and Notre Dame is tabbed at No. 39, although West Virginia and St. John’s received votes.

Last December, the Bulls received votes in the same poll. For a detailed rundown on the top 40 teams, see the Jan. 8, 2010 edition of Collegiate Baseball newspaper.

The Collegiate Baseball Newspaper poll is the oldest college baseball poll. Its birth took place during the 1958 college baseball season.

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[smazza]

about time

this is another sport usf should dominate in our sorry conference

[Costa]

about time

this is another sport usf should dominate in our sorry conference

I think with the new Stadium, our recruiting will get even that much better than it has been, and we will really start to see some domination.

[SRQ]

hope they finish higher than this

[CoralSpringsBull]

Being a school in the Sunshine State we should be a top 15 team annually. I think we are headed in that direction.

[SattyBull]

Being a school in the Sunshine State we should be a top 15 team annually. I think we are headed in that direction.

Stupid post.

Top 15 yearly just because we're in Florida? Have you seen the facilities in the SEC and ACC? Not to mention the competitiveness of all the California schools and Texas schools as well! We're up against A LOT, even once we get the new stadium. Heck, Miami, FSU, and UF aren't even top 15 annually!!!

Should we make the NCAA tourney yearly? Yeah probably. But that's way different from basically saying we should be hosting a regional each and every year!

[BULLfreak]

any word on where they are playing this season

[SattyBull]

any word on where they are playing this season

Not yet. That's what's taking so long for the schedule to be announced. Most teams schedules have been posted by now so I've been trying to piece it all together.

I know we're opening the season AT UF February 19-21, I think.

[hightechbull]

about time

this is another sport usf should dominate in our sorry conference

Well it took some time to recuperate from Eddie "two drink minimum" Cardieri.

Granted, the BE is very weak in baseball, which is why UM did not play in the BE for baseball.

[SattyBull]

Granted, the BE is very weak in baseball

Not anymore. It's not as strong as it is in basketball, but like football it's getting deeper every year. Probably a top 10 conference this year.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/baseball/news?slug=kr-conferences120709

It's cited as being "On the rise"

"Big East. The Big East still has a plethora of work to do before it can be considered one of the nation’s best conferences, but there’s no question the league is improving. Louisville’s addition to the conference has been huge, and the fact the Cardinals could compete for a national title in ’10 gives the conference a boost. There are plenty of others that have improved, too. South Florida is stockpiling talent and will be a force sooner rather than later. West Virginia also has made some strides, Connecticut has the ability to be much better than it has been the past few seasons, and of course, there’s always Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish have been in a lull the past few seasons, but the postseason hiatus won’t last much longer. There’s also St. John’s, which has been a consistent regional contender the past few seasons with last season an exception."