BNN Report
News from the CBO, Minors, CCBL, CYL, and CBA
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
11 March 2314
CCBL Preview
The 2314 collegiate season in the CCBL begins today with the Northeastern University Huskies looking to defend their 2313 title. PAM has spoken in her first preview of the 2314 calendar year, and she has tagged Greenfield College as the favorites to win it all. Meanwhile, the Boston Collegiate Athletic Conference (BCAC) is expected to be a tight race with four teams expected to finish within a game of 1st place. The Huskies are expected to emerge from that pack.
Looking at the setup of the playoffs, there has been one change where the conference champions are not guaranteed to have the highest seeds, though they are guaranteed to make the 16-team playoff. Conference champions of the BCAC, MassCon, NoComm, and SoComm are all guaranteed a spot with one of those conferences' champions getting the #1 overall seed. 2nd place and lower and all Independent teams can earn one of the 12 wildcard spots.
Based on PAM's predictions, this is how that 16-team field would look in the first round, the Sweet 16:
#1 Greenfield College (MassCon champs) vs #16 Acadia College (NoComm champs)
#2 Northeastern (BCAC champs) vs #15 Mass Maritime (Ind)
#3 Commonwealth (BCAC) vs #14 Westerly (SoComm champs)
#4 Boston College (BCAC) vs #13 Mass Atlantic (MassCon)
#5 Revere College (BCAC) vs #12 UMass-Lowell (MassCon)
#6 Harvard (BCAC) vs #11 Plymouth (MassCon)
#7 Endicott College (Ind) vs #10 CIT (BCAC)
#8 Cape Cod (MassCon) vs #9 Mass Bay (BCAC)
Top hitters in the league come from a variety of teams. The predicted top five hitters for the Top Collegiate Hitter Award are 2B Spud Sewell (UMass-Lowell), 2B Cool Papa Cornwell (Mass Maritime), LF Pop Dylan (CWU), 1B Palmer Smith (Fairfield), and 2B Phil Brodie (Glowing Sea). Junior 2B Stud Colgan of Assumption was the 2313 winner.
Top Collegiate Pitcher Award candidates are Roof Watkins (Endicott), Christian Hill (Rhode Island), Bullets Barnes (Northeastern), Torcan Frawley (BostonColl), and Chad Scandal (CWU). Barnes (Soph) is looking to repeat as the award winner after a 12-1, 2.17 season in the Huskies' championship season.