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The Niners are set to compete for a Tournament Title this week starting on Wednesday in the Conference USA Tournament.  Here is a breakdown of the tourney from a 49ers perspective. HISTORY In program history, the 49ers have raised the trophy at the end of the Metro Tournament (1993) and the Atlantic 10 Tournament (2007,Continue reading “2022 Conference USA Tourney Preview”

We are back with the final regular season edition of Niner Nuggets. This is a slightly abbreviated version as we are about to hit the road to Columbia to watch the Niners. All the charts have been updated. Charlotte jumped 10 spots in the RPI to 75 after a 2-1 week last week, and areContinue reading “Niner Nuggets- Week 14”

We are back with the Week 13 edition of Niner Nuggets. They are out a little later than normal with no mid-week game this week. Charlotte had the week off for exams and will travel to Boca Raton to face FAU this weekend. Currently Charlotte is riding a 9 game C-USA win streak including weekendContinue reading “Niner Nuggets- Week 13”

We are back with the Week 12 edition of Niner Nuggets. The Niners will travel to Chapel Hill on Tuesday, and return home to host Rice this weekend at the Hayes. Currenty Charlotte is riding a 9 game win streak including two consecutive weekend sweeps. Charlotte moved up 9 spots in the RPI to 79Continue reading “Niner Nuggets- Week 12”

We are heading down the final stretch in the Conference USA Baseball season with 4 weeks remaining. There is still plenty up for grabs rolling in to Week 11 as we look toward the C-USA Tournament. C-USA has 12 schools that play baseball and only the Top 8 teams qualify for the tournament. With 12Continue reading “Week 11- Bonus Nugget”

We are back with the Week 11 edition of Niner Nuggets. The Niners will host UNC Asheville on Tuesday, NC A&T on Wednesday and then travel to Marshall this weekend. It looks like ther will be radio only for the mid-week games and the games at Marshall will be shown on Marshall’s YouTube channel. CharlotteContinue reading “Niner Nuggets- Week 11”

We are back with the Week 10 edition of Niner Nuggets. The Niners will host Coastal Carolina on Tuesday and UAB this weekend. The Niners had their 2nd C-USA Pitcher of the Week this week as Matt Brooks took home the weekly award. Matt pitched a 1 hit shutout vs Winthrop on Tuesday night &Continue reading “Niner Nuggets- Week 10”

We are back with the Week 9 edition of Niner Nuggets. The Niners will host Winthrop on Tuesday and travel to MTSU for the weekend. Rankings (Teams of interest in the national rankings) Baseball America: 9 Louisville, 14 Southern Miss D1 Baseball: 9 Louisville, 11 Southern Miss, 18 UConn USA Today Coaches Poll: 11 Louisville, 14Continue reading “Niner Nuggets- Week 9”

We are back with another edition of Niner Nuggets. We are going to start utilizing this platform a little more as the season goes on. Rankings (Teams of interest in the national rankings) Baseball America: 11 Louisville, 20 North Carolina, 22 Southern Miss D1 Baseball: 12 Louisville, 18 Southern Miss, 22 North Carolina, 25 UConnContinue reading “Niner Nuggets- Week 8”

With conference play set to start, it’s time for our annual look at a sampling of year-over-year (over year) metrics. Here are the numbers and a few observations: 2020 2021 2022 Record 9-8 11-8 11-5 RPI 121 41 111 Strength of Schedule 71 14 148 Offense Runs/Game 5.35 7.11 8.44 Batting Avg. .259 .283 .299Continue reading “Tale of the Tape: 2020-2022 Out of Conference Performance”