Corn Flakes: Big Ten Baseball Weekend May Determine Conference Winner

It's an old pun, but it's a really B1G weekend in Big Ten baseball. Nebraska travels to Maryland for a three-game series, a series that may determine the regular season conference. Both teams are ranked.

Nebraska tops the conference in both team pitching (2.30 ERA) and fielding (.983 percentage), but the Huskers are ranked 5th in team batting (.278). Maryland is third in team batting (.285), 7th in pitching (3.95 ERA) and 5th in fielding (.973).

Here's your schedule for the weekend.

All times (Eastern) and dates subject to change

Friday, April 3

Minnesota at Rutgers - 3 p.m.
Illinois at Northwestern - 4 p.m.
Iowa at Purdue - 5:30 p.m.
Michigan at Indiana - 6:05 p.m.
Nebraska at Maryland - 7 p.m. (BTN)
Michigan State at Oregon - 9 p.m.

Saturday, April 4

Minnesota at Rutgers - 1 p.m.
Illinois at Northwestern - 2 p.m.
Iowa at Purdue - 2 p.m.
Nebraska at Maryland - 2 p.m.
Michigan at Indiana - 2:05 p.m.
Penn State at Ohio State - 3:05 p.m.
Michigan State at Oregon - 9 p.m.

Sunday, April 5

Nebraska at Maryland - 12:05 p.m. (BTN - Tape Delay, BTN Plus - Live)
Iowa at Purdue - 1 p.m.
Minnesota at Rutgers - 1 p.m.
Michigan at Indiana - 1:05 p.m.
Penn State at Ohio State - 1:05 p.m.
Illinois at Northwestern - 2 p.m.
Michigan State at Oregon - 5 p.m.

Monday, April 6

Penn State at Ohio State - 1:05 p.m.

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ver the next few weeks Maryland will have a chance to prove that it is an elite team, as the next three weekend foes are all top-50 RPI teams: Nebraska, Iowa, and Cal State Fullerton.

Weekend Preview: April 2-5 - D1Baseball.com
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Nebraska's Darin Erstad: "Just go out and do our thing"
It’s all coach Silva," Erstad clarified. "He just is tremendous with the pitching staff, and he understands from a recruiting standpoint what we are looking for, and how to develop them. He’s had a great year on the west coast developing pitchers, and I was fortunate enough to convince him to come to Lincoln. Pitching and defense gives you a chance to win, if you can throw strikes, make those pitches and take care of the baseball you got a chance, and we are doing those things right now."

And your current Big Ten Standings

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Critical mass - TheGazette
Via a Freedom of Information Act request, The Gazette received more than 250 emails fans sent to Barta in the week after the Nebraska game.

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Free Throws May Be the Biggest Liability Saturday for the Michigan State Spartans - BT Powerhouse
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