Sooners picked in preseason baseball poll to win Big 12

 
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Modified: February 15, 2011 at 10:30 am | Published: February 15, 2011    Comment on this article Leave a comment

NORMAN — For the first time in the program's history, Oklahoma has been picked as the preseason favorite to win the Big 12 Conference baseball title.

photo - University of Oklahoma's Tyler Ogle, center, is greeted at the dugout after hitting a go-ahead home run against South Carolina in the 12th inning of an NCAA College World Series baseball elimination game, in Omaha, Neb., Thursday, June 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)
University of Oklahoma's Tyler Ogle, center, is greeted at the dugout after hitting a go-ahead home run against South Carolina in the 12th inning of an NCAA College World Series baseball elimination game, in Omaha, Neb., Thursday, June 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)

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The conference office released the preseason coaches' poll on Tuesday. The Sooners received six first-place votes and 78 points while Texas received the other four first-place votes and 76 points.

Texas A&M, Baylor and Kansas State round out the top five, followed by Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. Iowa State and Colorado do not field baseball teams.

Oklahoma is coming off its 10th College World Series appearance and the Sooners are ranked in the top 10 in most national preseason polls.

Oklahoma coach Sunny Golloway says the Sooners are honored to be picked as the favorite but “will remain humble, hungry and driven.”




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