2011_Mississippi_State_Bulldogs_baseball_team

2011 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

2011 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team

American college baseball season

The 2011 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team represented Mississippi State University in the NCAA Division I baseball season of 2011. The team was coached by John Cohen, in his 12th year as a collegiate head coach, and his 3rd at Mississippi State.

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Mississippi State returned to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2007 and after three consecutive losing seasons.[1] They were the number 3 seed in the Atlanta Regional hosted by number 1 seed Georgia Tech. They won the Regional, winning three games straight, beating Southern Miss, 3–0, Austin Peay, 8–3, and Georgia Tech, 7–3. They advanced to the Super Regional against host Florida, where they won one game but were eliminated by losing the other two games.[2]

They started the season unranked in the four major polls, and finished in the final polls with their highest rankings of the season.

Daryl Norris prepares to bat
Catcher Wes Thigpen
Ryan Collins tries to take second base

MLB Draft

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Ranking movements

Main article: 2011 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
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^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

Coaches

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Schedule and results

For schedule and results, see the reference.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "State Blanks USM 3-0 To Open NCAA Play..." Mississippi State University Athletics. June 3, 2011. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Mississippi State Bulldogs Advance to Super Regionals..." Vox Media, Inc. June 6, 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  3. [3]
    "2011 Mississippi State - Southeastern Conference". The Baseball Cube. 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
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    "12-MSbbNOTES-RELEASE" (PDF). Mississippi State University Athletics. May 30, 2012. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
  5. [5]
    "The Automated ScoreBook". Mississippi State Athletics. May 25, 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
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