Feb. 9, 2006
There have been several minor changes to the Notre Dame 2006 baseball schedule, since its initial release on Dec. 10. Two home games have shifted their start times (April 22 vs. Rutgers at 3:05; April 25 vs. Purdue at 7:05) while the April 13 doubleheader vs. St. John’s will be telecast live by CSTV (other TV broadcasts are TBA). The BIG EAST also has announced that the eight-team conference tournament will be held in the new venue of Bright House Networks Field (Clearwater, Fla.), the Philadelphia Phillies spring-training site and home field for their single-A affiliate.
Here are complete updated schedule notes for the 2006 Notre Dame baseball season:
• Please note that South Bend/Notre Dame now observes Eastern time (including DST) all year-round. That’s a switch from past years when South Bend residents never changed their clocks (and were on EST year-round). Thus, South Bend no longer will be on the equivalent of Central time from April trough October, as it has been in recent years (South Bend’s time zone now will be aligned with the east coast all 12 months).
• Here is the complete schedule for the Service Academies Classic (Feb. 24-26, in Millington, Tenn., at USA Baseball Stadium; home team listed second; all times are EST; ticket office: 901-872-8326)
Fri., Feb. 24 – ND vs. Air Force (10:00 a.m.)
Fri., Feb. 24 – Indiana State vs. Navy (1:00 p.m.)
Fri., Feb. 24 – Oklahoma vs. Memphis (4:00 p.m.)
Sat., Feb. 25 – Air Force vs. Navy (10:00 a.m.)
Sat., Feb. 25 – Oklahoma vs. Indiana State (1:00 p.m.)
Sat., Feb. 25 – Memphis vs. Notre Dame (4:00 p.m.)
Sun., Feb. 26 – Indiana State vs. Air Force (9:00 a.m.)
Sun., Feb. 26 – Notre Dame vs. Oklahoma (noon)
Sun., Feb. 26 – Navy vs. Memphis (noon, at Univ. of Memphis)
Note that Notre Dame and Indiana State will play a Feb. 23 game at USA Stadium (3:00 p.m.; ND home team) that is not part of the Service Academies Classic.
• Here is the complete schedule for the Dairy Queen Classic at the Minnesota Metrodome (March 3-5; home teams listed second; all times are CST; ticket office: 1-800-UGOPHER)
Fri., March 3 – ND vs. Nebraska (12:15 p.m.)
Fri., March 3 – Arizona vs. Minnesota (6:35 p.m.)
Sat., March 4 – Nebraska vs. Arizona (12:05 p.m.)
Sat., March 4 – ND vs. Minnesota (6:35 p.m.)
Sun., March 5 – Arizona vs. ND (11:05 a.m.)
Sun., March 5 – Nebraska vs. Minnesota (3:05 p.m.)
• Here is the complete schedule for the UTSA Express College Classic, at Wolff Stadium in San Antonio (March 10-13; home teams listed second; all times are CST; ticket office: 210-207-3750)
Fri., March 10 – Illinois vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (11:00 a.m.)
Fri., March 10 – Iowa vs. Texas-San Antonio (3:00 p.m.)
Fri., March 10 – ND vs. Texas A&M (7:00 p.m.)
Sat., March 11 – Iowa vs. ND (11:00 a.m.)
Sat., March 11 – Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Texas A&M (3:00 p.m.)
Sat., March 11 – Texas-San Antonio vs. Illinois (7:00 p.m.)
Sun., March 12 – Louisiana Lafayette vs. Iowa (11:00 a.m.)
Sun., March 12 – Texas A&M vs. Texas-San Antonio (3:00 p.m.)
Sun., March 12 – Illinois vs. ND ( 7:00 p.m.)
Mon., March 13 – Texas A&M vs. Illinois (11:00 a.m.)
Mon., March 13 – Texas-San Antonio vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (3:00 p.m.)
Mon., March 13 – ND vs. Iowa (7:00 p.m.)
• Here is the complete schedule for the Irish Baseball Classic, at Wolff Stadium in San Antonio (March 16-18; home teams listed second; all times are CST; ticket office: 210-207-3750)
Wed., March 15 – Southern Illinois vs. Iowa (5:30 p.m.)
Thur., March 16 -Iowa vs. ND (1:30 p.m.)
Thur., March 16 -Iowa vs. Southern Illinois (5:30 p.m.)
Fri., March 17 – Southern Illinois vs. ND (1:30 p.m.)
Fri., March 17 – Iowa vs. ND (5:30 p.m.)
Sat., March 18 – Southern Illinois vs. ND (1:30 p.m.)
• All BIG EAST games will be nine innings during the 2006 season, including a handful of doubleheaders that are necessary due to travel constraints, graduation conflicts, etc. (most BIG EAST series in ’06 will be a Friday-Saturday-Sunday, three-game format).
• The ND-St. John’s doubleheader on Thursday, April 13, will be telecast live by College Sports Television (CSTV). The first game is set to start at 12:05 and the second game tentatively at 4:05, EDT.
• Game-2 of the ND-Rutgers series at Eck Stadium on April 22 has been shifted back to a 3:05 p.m. EDT start, due to the Blue-Gold football intrasquad scrimmage earlier that day.
• The April 25 game between ND and Purdue at Eck Stadium has been moved back an hour to a 7:05 p.m. EDT start.
• Several other television broadcasts of games involving Notre Dame could be announced soon (check back to und.com for regular schedule updates).
Bright House Networks Field in Clearwater, Fla., is regarded as one of the nation’s top minor-league ballparks.
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• The eight-team BIG EAST Championship will be held May 23-27 in Clearwater, Fla., at Bright House Networks Field (spring training site of the Philadelphia Phillies and home field of their single-A affiliate, the Clearwater Threshers). The BIG EAST increased its baseball membership to 12 teams in 2006 with the addition of the University of Cincinnati, University of Louisville and University of South Florida. The league’s top eight teams based on regular-season finish in the conference standings will qualify for the double-elimination event. The tournament champion receives the league’s automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. The format will mirror the College World Series, with two four-team, double-elimination brackets (with seeds 2-3-6-7 in one and seeds 1-4-5-8 in the other). See the PDF attached below for the complete 2006 BIG EAST tournament schedule. Bright House Networks Field, which opened its doors in 2004, is a fan-friendly ballpark with a capacity of 8,500. The ballpark distinguishes itself with a 360-degree main concourse, grass berm seating and a tiki-hut pavilion in left field. The stadium also includes group picnic areas, a children’s play area and a state-of-the-art video scoreboard.
BIG EAST 2006 Baseball Championship Bracket in PDF Format
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