Summit League

With fall workouts beginning, our first notebook has nuggets on Arkansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Wichita State, Creighton, Butler, Illinois, Western Illinois and Illinois State.

Taking down No. 1 national seed UCLA won’t be easy, but Baylor, Loyola Marymount and Omaha will try to pull off the upset at Jackie Robinson Stadium.

Can anyone loosen Oral Roberts’ stranglehold on the top of the Summit League? Nick Faleris breaks down the favorite and the challengers.

Nick Lewis and Baylor headlined our rising teams over the last week.

Louisiana Tech headlines our in-depth look back at Tuesday’s action.

Evan Skoug and the TCU Horned Frogs welcome Arizona State, Gonzaga and Oral Roberts to the Fort Worth Regional.

The regular season is over in most leagues, so we take a conference-by-conference look at the postseason picture.

Tate Blackman and Ole Miss are on a roll and moved in as a regional host, while that is just one of many changes in our latest projections.

Adam Pate had three hits to help North Carolina score double-digit runs for the sixth time in the last eight games. Other Wednesday highlights included upsets by Oral Roberts and Indiana State.

Catcher Matt Whatley leads an Oral Roberts team that continues to rule the Summit League with an iron fist, but IPFW might have the big bats to challenge the Golden Eagles.

Donnie Walton leads a very balanced Oklahoma State team into a loaded Stillwater Regional, where Arkansas, Oral Roberts and St. John’s are all legitimate contenders.

Two-way star Anthony Sequeira and Oral Roberts have built a nice postseason resume by knocking off some heavyweights, and they have the balance to make noise in regionals.