Missouri Valley Conference

College previews: UK, UofL, Morehead and more

College Baseball
Lots of college news as the official start of the season is only two days away now. Check out the video above from UK sophomore slugger Andy Burns from Eric Lindsey of Cat Scratches and keep checking back to BluGrass Baseball to prepare for the 2010 season:
  • Kendall Rogers of Yahoo! Sports picks Boyle County alum Jordan Cooper as the starting pitcher on the 2010 preseason All-Missouri Valley Conference team.
  • Aaron Fitt of Baseball America projects the field of 64 for the 2010 NCAA baseball tournament and has the University of Louisville as a one seed and University of Kentucky as a three seed. (Subscription required)
  • UK Athletics has a comprehensive position-by-position preview of the 2010 season.
  • Morehead State University also previews its 2010 season on the athletic department Web site.
  • Mike Hughes of Inside the Ville reports UofL head coach Dan McDonnell‘s expectations are still high despite some key offseason losses.
  • UofL Sports also has full audio from the media day festivities.

More honors for UK players; Boyle County alum named top Miss. Valley prospect

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A few afternoon links to pass along:

  • Baseball America ranks Boyle County High School alum and Bradley right-handed pitcher Patrick Cooper as the top newcomer and 2010 draft prospect in the Missouri Valley League. (subscription required)
  • University of Kentucky Athletics reports seven players were named as top draft prospects in their respective classes by PGCrossChecker.
  • UK also reports SEBaseball selected second baseman Chris Bisson and catcher Marcus Nidiffer to their second-team preseason All-SEC squad.
  • Florida Marlins second baseman Dan Uggla, born in Louisville, tells Joe Frisario of MLB.com that he’s happy to still be a Marlin.
  • The 2009 Western Kentucky University 2009 Sun-Belt Championship team was recognized at the WKU basketball game Thursday.