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College baseball gets influx of talent thanks to thriftier MLB draft

Alec Rash is a 6-foot-6 right-hander with the kind of talent that makes professional baseball scouts salivate.

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BASEBALL

Baseball Cats rally from 2-0 hole, beat Marshall 8-2

Freshman catcher Greg Fettes reached base safely in all four trips to the plate and had a pair of hits, leading No. 8 Kentucky to an 8-2 win over Marshall on Wednesday afternoon at Cliff Hagan Stadium.
BASEBALL

Kentucky, Louisville make strong showings in baseball polls

Louisville was ranked No. 4 and Kentucky No. 11 in the Baseball America pre-season college rankings released Thursday.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Is this the beginning of the end of the NCAA?

Poor Mark Emmert. The president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association has had to stand idly by as college football reconstitutes itself around him.
BASEBALL

Three UK baseball players named pre-season All-Americans

Three University of Kentucky players were named pre-season All-Americans by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association on Thursday.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Maryland leaves ACC for Big Ten

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Choosing to look toward the future rather than honor the past, Maryland joined the Big Ten on Monday, bolting from the Atlantic Coast Conference in a move driven by the school's budget woes.
COLLEGE BASEBALL

South Carolina on track to defend title

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Coach Ray Tanner gathered his players around him on the infield soon after clinching a spot in the College World Series.
COLLEGE BASEBALL

SEC teams Florida, South Carolina, Arkansas all advance

Mike Zunino and Daniel Pigott drove in four runs apiece, and top-seeded Florida beat Georgia Tech 15-3 to win the Gainesville, Fla., Regional on Sunday.
BASEBALL

Bat Cats eliminated in SEC semifinals by Mississippi State

Despite Kentucky's 2-1 loss to Mississippi State in the SEC Tournament semifinals Saturday, the Wildcats baseball team expects to be named a regional host in the NCAA Tournament.
COLLEGE BASEBALL

Miss. State rallies to tie game in ninth, beats LSU in 10th

HOOVER, Ala. — Matthew Britton's single up the middle brought home the winning run in Mississippi State's 4-3, 10-inning victory over top-seeded LSU on Friday in the Southeastern Conference Tournament.
COLLEGE BASEBALL

SEC Tournament results, schedule

Adam Matthews went 3-for-4 with two RBI as South Carolina built a five-run lead and held on to defeat Auburn 5-3 Thursday in the third round of the Southeastern Conference baseball tournament.