Oklahoma 2006 Ncaa Tournament
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OKLAHOMA 2006 SOONER BASEBALL ON DECK 2006 SCHEDULE/RESULTS WEEK 18 - GAMES 60-62 The Oklahoma baseball team (40-19, 17-10 Big 12), which is DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT ranked as high as No. 13 this week by Collegiate Baseball, begins Feb. 3 Texas State @ W, 7-6 postseason play this Friday in the 2006 NCAA Norman Regional OKLAHOMA Feb. 4 UTPA @ -KOKC- W, 16-3 (40-19, 17-10) Feb. 5 Lamar @ L, 21-9 against TCU (38-21). First pitch between the No. 1 seeded Soon- Feb. 10 Western Illinois W, 13-4 ers and No. 4 seeded Horned Frogs is slated for 7 p.m. at L. Dale AT Feb. 11 Western Illinois -KOKC- W, 14-0 Mitchell Park. Feb. 12 Western Illinois W, 9-1 2006 NCAA TOURNAMENT Feb. 17 Rice % L, 8-2 Game one on Friday between No. 2 seed Houston (39-20) and Feb. 18 Lamar % -KOKC- W, 11-4 No. 3 seed Wichita State (44-20) is scheduled for a 1 p.m. fi rst Friday, June 2, 7 p Feb. 19 Long Beach State % -KOKC- W, 2-1 .m. • Saturday, June 3, 1 or 7 p.m. • pitch. The winners of Friday’s games will square off at 7 p.m. on L. Dale Mitchell Park - Norman, Okla.Sunday, TBA Feb. 24 Memphis + L, 2-1 Saturday, while the loser’s bracket will get underway at 1 p.m. Feb. 25 Indiana State + W, 6-3 The winner of the Norman Regional will face the winner of the Feb. 26 Notre Dame + W, 4-3 Feb. 28 Wichita State L, 12-2 Houston Regional (Rice, Arizona State, Baylor and Prarie View March 3 UC Riverside W, 1-0 (10) A&M) in NCAA Super Regional play next weekend. March 4 UC Riverside -KOKC- W, 7-4 March 5 UC Riverside W, 7-6 MEDIA EXPOSURE March 7 TCU -KOKC- W, 10-5 All of this weekend’s games can be broadcast live on KOKC 1520 March 10 Centenary W, 17-6 AM with Chuck Kelly calling the play-by-play and DeWayne March 11 Centenary W, 12-0 Vaughn providing the color analysis. Pre-game coverage begins March 12 Centenary W, 7-6 Player to Watch: KEVIN SMI 15 minutes prior to fi rst pitch. In addition, live statistics for all of The Sooners’ fi rst baseman connec TH March 14 Texas-Arlington -KOKC- W, 8-0 ted for four RBI in O the games in the Norman Regional and the entire NCAA Tourna- OSU, the third time he had four or mor U’s last game vs. March 17 Arizona State -KOKC- L, 8-7 leads the club with 59 RBI an e RBI in a game this March 18 Arizona State -KOKC- W, 15-8 ment can be viewed on NCAASports.com. d looks to become the fi season. He RBI in a season sinc rst Soo March 19 Arizona State -KOKC- Canc. e Greg Dobbs had 62 in 200 ner with 60 March 24 Baylor* L, 6-5 REGIONAL TICKETS 1. March 25 Baylor* -KOKC- W, 5-2 Tickets for this weekend’s NCAA Regional are on sale at Sooner- March 26 Baylor* -KOKC- W, 11-10 sports.com and through the OU Athletics Ticket Offi ce at (800) March 28 Dallas Baptist L, 9-3 456-4668. All-Session reserved seating is sold out but general March 31 Texas* -ESPNU- L, 2-0 admission seats still remain. April 1 Texas* -ESPNU- L, 9-4 April 2 Texas* -ESPNU- W, 12-7 April 4 Texas-Arlington -KOKC- W, 4-3 UPDATING THE SOONERS April 7 Texas A&M* -KOKC- L, 3-1 The Sooners’ struggles at the AT&T Bricktown Ballpark continued as they dropped their fi rst two games of the 2006 Phillips 66 Big 12 April 8 Texas A&M* -KOKC- W, 1-0 (11) Championship. OU fi nished the year with a 1-4 mark at the “Brick” in Oklahoma City. April 9 Texas A&M* -KOKC- W, 6-3 April 11 TCU -KOKC- W, 12-11 Kansas’s Kodiak Quick silenced the Sooners’ bats in a 7-2 victory. Quick surrendered one earned run off seven hits throughout seven in- April 14 Missouri* W, 6-4 nings of work. Against Missouri, OU’s offense was shut out for the fourth time this season (Texas and OSU-twice) and was run ruled, 11-0, April 15 Missouri* -FSN- W, 8-6 in seven frames. Missouri’s Max Scherzer tossed seven innings of four-hit baseball. April 16 Missouri* -KOKC- W, 7-6 April 18 Rice -KOKC- W, 15-3 OU salvaged the week with a 21-6 run-rule victory over Oklahoma State in the fi nal game of the championship. The win moved OU’s April 21 Texas Tech* -KOKC- W, 5-2 April 22 Texas Tech* -Cox- W, 6-5 record in the Big 12 Championship against OSU to 6-0 and the Sooners have outscored the Cowboys 64-28 in those contests. April 23 Texas Tech* -KOKC- W, 8-2 April 24 New Mexico W, 18-9 PROJECTED LINEUP April 29 Kansas* -KOKC- W, 11-9 (10) OKLAHOMA LINEUP: HOUSTON ROTATION: April 29 Kansas* -KOKC- W, 17-2 1. Chuckie Caufi eld RF .364, 43 RBI 1. Brad Lincoln RHP 12-1, 1.64 ERA April 30 Kansas* -KOKC- L, 7-5 3. Russell Raley 2B .360, 24 RBI 2. Ricky Hargrove RHP 8-5, 2.78 ERA May 2 Wichita State -KOKC- L, 9-5 5. Ryan Rohlinger 3B .360, 53 RBI May 5 Kansas State* -KOKC- L, 3-2 3. TBA May 6 Kansas State* -KOKC- W, 16-7 (7) 4. Kody Kaiser LF .317, 36 RBI May 7 Kansas State* -KOKC- W, 7-6 2. Aaron Reza DH .330, 32 RBI WICHITA STATE ROTATION: May 12 Oklahoma State* ! -KOKC- L, 4-2 6. Kevin Smith 1B .314, 59 RBI 1. Aaron Shafer RHP 10-3, 2.73 ERA May 13 Oklahoma State* $ -KOKC- L, 7-0 7. Freddy Rodriguez SS .324, 36 RBI 2. Travis Banwart RHP 8-4, 3.47 ERA May 14 Oklahoma State* $ -UPN43- L, 4-0 8. Jackson Williams C .298, 34 RBI 3. TBA May 19 Nebraska* -KOKC- W, 3-2 9. Joseph Hughes CF .322, 12 RBI May 20 Nebraska* -Cox- L, 10-4 May 21 Nebraska* -KOKC- W, 6-2 TCU ROTATION: OKLAHOMA ROTATION: May 24 vs. Kansas -KOKC- L, 7-2 1. Jake Arrietta RHP 13-4, 2.45 ERA 1. Daniel McCutchen RHP 8-7, 3.73 ERA May 26 vs. Missouri -KOKC- L,11-0 (7) 2. Brad Furnish LHP 8-5, 4.22 ERA May 27 vs. Oklahoma State -KOKC- W, 21-6 (7) 2. Steven Guerra RHP 10-3, 3.58 ERA June 2 vs. TCU (NCAA Tourn.) -KOKC- 7 p.m. 3. TBA 3. TBA June 3 TBA (NCAA Tourn.) -KOKC- TBA June 9-12 NCAA Super Regionals -KOKC- TBA June 16-26 College World Series -KOKC- TBA 2006 cumulative statistics are available for Oklahoma on pages 10-11 and Opponents on pages 12-17 May 31 - Oklahoma Baseball Weekly Notes - 1 2006 UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA BASEBALL TEAM COMPARISON prior NCAA Regional appearances and three Super Regional berths. Below is a look at how OU compares with the competition in the NCAA Norman Regional based on cumulative statistics in 2006. Since 1963, the Sooners and Cougars have met 18 times, with OU holding a 13-5 advantage (7-2 in Norman). They have not met since 2000, when OU won in Norman and Houston. The two clubs also met in OFFENSE 2006 2006 2006 2006 two district tournaments in 1951 (National Championship) and 1953. Avg. .324 .295 .303 .310 OU swept three games during their title run over Houston in 1951 and Runs 425 360 414 411 went 1-2 in 1953. Hits 660 609 671 632 2B 112 113 90 118 SCOUTING NO. 3 SEED WICHITA STATE 3B 20 16 19 13 The Shockers enter the NCAA Tournament after going 1-2 in the Mis- HR 41 68 28 50 souri Valley Conference Tournament. Before the tourney, WSU rattled off SUNNY GOLLOWAY AT OKLAHOMA RBI 400 316 372 377 fi ve straight wins and is 9-5 since meeting OU last on May 2. Assistant Coach SLG% .459 .465 .399 .455 1992-1995 ..........................................................166-81 SB-ATT 76-105 86-110 129-157 62-83 Offensively, the Shockers are led by sophomore Matt Brown’s 54 RBI (.338, 3 HR). Sophomore Damon Sublett leads the team with a .394 Assistant Coach 2004 ......................................................................38-24 PITCHING average and 10 homers. ERA 4.80 3.53 3.46 4.30 Associate Head Coach In its fi rst game, Wichita State is expected to throw freshman Aaron 2005 ......................................................................23-20 CG 4 4 2 3 SHO/CBO 5/4 4/1 4/3 3/1 Shafer (10-3, 2.73 ERA, 74 SO, 19 BB, 92.1 IP). Interim Head Coach SV 11 10 22 20 2005 ....................................................................... 12-6 IP 519.2 523.0 570.0 523.1 Wichita State is coached by Gene Stephenson, who is in his 29th Head Coach H 565 486 535 507 season at the Shockers’ helm. He is 1,550-509-3 (.752) in that span 2006 ......................................................................37-16 R-ER 308-277 241-205 268-219 289-250 and is making his 24 th NCAA appearance with Shockers. WSU has also advanced to seven College World Series under Stephesnon. TOTAL .......................................... 279-150 (.650) BB 168 192 182 239 SO 417 482 445 524 WSU leads the all-time series with OU, 10-7 and swept the 2006 1 National Championship (’94) B/Avg.