Coastal Carolina baseball releases 2016 baseball schedule
Coastal Carolina baseball coach Gary Gilmore believes his 2016 team has the potential to play its way into hosting an NCAA regional if all goes as hoped, and he wants to make sure the Chanticleers have every opportunity to do just that.
So Gilmore has again loaded up the Chants’ non-conference schedule with some of college baseball’s premier programs, announcing on Thursday a slate that features 19 teams who finished last season among the top-100 in the RPI and seven teams who reached the NCAA regional round.
Overall, the schedule includes 11 games against ACC and SEC opponents.
“It’s another fantastic challenge again,” Gilmore said. “... It’s got to be one of the more difficult out-of-conference schedules in the entire country. It’s going to be very interesting how it plays out. It’s the kind of schedule that if we play extremely well will put us in a position to hopefully be able to play here at the end of the year.”
Coastal Carolina is coming off a 39-21 finish last year and has reached the NCAA regionals in 13 of the last 15 seasons.
They’ll certainly have plenty of opportunities to build their resume again this spring, starting right away in February.
The Chants open the season Feb. 19-21 in the annual Caravelle Resort Tournament with games against Appalachian State, NC State and reigning NCAA national champion Virginia.
It’s another fantastic challenge again. ... It’s got to be one of the more difficult out-of-conference schedules in the entire country.
CCU baseball coach Gary Gilmore
Other ACC opponents this coming season include home games with Duke (Feb. 28) and Wake Forest (March 8-9), a road game at North Carolina (April 19) and a three-game series at Georgia Tech (April 29-May 1).
Also on the schedule are SEC foes Mississippi (home March 5) and South Carolina (away April 5) and two home games each with Big Ten opponents Ohio State (Feb. 27, 29) and Illinois (March 12-13).
Additionally, Coastal Carolina will play four games (two home, two away) with College of Charleston this season and three (one home, two away) with UNC Wilmington, building up those regional rivalries.
“We just basically all talked about it. It’s like a mini-World Series game for all of us when we play one another, and it’s a great RPI [help] for each of us,” Gilmore said. “It gives us opportunities regionally to really give us a chance to have a shot at an at-large and when you have a tremendous amount of success, which we have two or three times, you put yourself in a position to possibly host a regional.”
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2016 CCU Baseball Schedule
Date | Opponent | Location | Time |
Feb. 19 | Appalachian State | Springs Brooks Stadium | 4 p.m. |
Feb. 20 | NC State | Springs Brooks Stadium | 2 p.m. |
Feb. 21 | Virginia | Springs Brooks Stadium | 2 p.m. |
Feb. 23 | at UNC Wilmington | Wilmington, N.C. | 4 p.m. |
Feb. 26 | Marshall | Springs Brooks Stadium | 4 p.m. |
Feb. 27 | Ohio State | Springs Brooks Stadium | 2 p.m. |
Feb. 28 | Duke | Springs Brooks Stadium | 2 p.m. |
Feb. 29 | Ohio State | Springs Brooks Stadium | 4 p.m. |
March 2 | at College of Charleston | Mount Pleasant, S.C. | 5 p.m. |
March 4 | Cincinnati | Springs Brooks Stadium | 4 p.m. |
March 5 | Mississippi | Springs Brooks Stadium | 3 p.m. |
March 6 | Ball State | Springs Brooks Stadium | 3 p.m. |
March 8 | Wake Forest | Springs Brooks Stadium | 5 p.m. |
March 9 | Wake Forest | Springs Brooks Stadium | 5 p.m. |
March 11 | UNC Greensboro | Springs Brooks Stadium | 4 p.m. |
March 12 | Illinois | Springs Brooks Stadium | 4 p.m. |
March 13 | Illinois | Springs Brooks Stadium | 11 a.m. |
March 13 | UNC Greensboro | Springs Brooks Stadium | 3 p.m. |
March 16 | at UNC Wilmington | Wilmington, N.C. | 6 p.m. |
March 18 | at Longwood | Farmville, Va. | 6 p.m. |
March 19 | at Longwood | Farmville, Va. | 4 p.m. |
March 20 | at Longwood | Farmville, Va. | 2 p.m. |
March 22 | at College of Charleston | Mount Pleasant, S.C. | 6 p.m. |
March 24 | Stetson | Springs Brooks Stadium | 6 p.m. |
March 25 | Stetson | Springs Brooks Stadium | 6 p.m. |
March 26 | Stetson | Springs Brooks Stadium | 1 p.m. |
March 30 | The Citadel | Springs Brooks Stadium | 6 p.m. |
April 1 | Gardner-Webb | Springs Brooks Stadium | 6 p.m. |
April 2 | Gardner-Webb | Springs Brooks Stadium | 2 p.m. |
April 3 | Gardner-Webb | Springs Brooks Stadium | 2 p.m. |
April 5 | at South Carolina | Columbia, S.C. | 7 p.m. |
April 8 | at Radford | Radford, Va. | 6:30 p.m. |
April 9 | at Radford | Radford, Va. | 4 p.m. |
April 10 | at Radford | Radford, Va. | 2 p.m. |
April 12 | College of Charleston | Springs Brooks Stadium | 6 p.m. |
April 15 | Presbyterian | Springs Brooks Stadium | 6 p.m. |
April 16 | Presbyterian | Springs Brooks Stadium | 2 p.m. |
April 17 | Presbyterian | Springs Brooks Stadium | 2 p.m. |
April 19 | at North Carolina | Chapel Hill, N.C. | 6 p.m. |
April 20 | College of Charleston | Springs Brooks Stadium | 6 p.m. |
April 22 | High Point | Springs Brooks Stadium | 6 p.m. |
April 23 | High Point | Springs Brooks Stadium | 2 p.m. |
April 24 | High Point | Springs Brooks Stadium | 2 p.m. |
April 29 | at Georgia Tech | Atlanta, Ga. | 7 p.m. |
April 30 | at Georgia Tech | Atlanta, Ga. | 4 p.m. |
May 1 | at Georgia Tech | Atlanta, Ga. | 1 p.m. |
May 6 | at Liberty | Lynchburg, Va. | 7 p.m. |
May 7 | at Liberty | Lynchburg, Va. | 7 p.m. |
May 8 | at Liberty | Lynchburg, Va. | 2 p.m. |
May 13 | at Charleston Southern | Charleston, S.C. | 6 p.m. |
May 14 | at Charleston Southern | Charleston, S.C. | 4 p.m. |
May 15 | at Charleston Southern | Charleston, S.C. | 2 p.m. |
May 17 | UNC Wilmington | Springs Brooks Stadium | 6 p.m. |
May 19 | Campbell | Springs Brooks Stadium | 6 p.m. |
May 20 | Campbell | Springs Brooks Stadium | 6 p.m. |
May 21 | Campbell | Springs Brooks Stadium | 2 p.m. |
May 24-28 | Big South tournament | TBA |
This story was originally published November 12, 2015 at 4:00 PM with the headline "Coastal Carolina baseball releases 2016 baseball schedule."