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2008 UCLA Bruins baseball team

UCLA Bruins season

UCLA Bruins season

FieldValue
year2008
teamUCLA Bruins
sportbaseball
logoUCLA Bruins logo.svg
logo_size150
logo_altUCLA logo written in blue and gold script
conferencePacific-10 Conference
short_confPac-10
record33–27
conf_record13–11
head_coachJohn Savage
hc_year4th
asst_coach1Matt Jones
ac1_year4th
asst_coach2Brian Green
ac2_year4th
asst_coach3P.C. Shaw
ac3_year2nd
stadiumJackie Robinson Stadium
tourney[Fullerton Regional Finals](2008-ncaa-division-i-baseball-tournament-fullerton-regional) vs. Cal State Fullerton
tourney_resultL, 11–8 and L, 5–4

The 2008 UCLA Bruins baseball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bruins played their home games in Jackie Robinson Stadium. UCLA finished the regular season as the #3 team in the Pacific-10 Conference behind #2 Stanford and #1 Arizona State. The Bruins made it to the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament for the third year in a row, competing in the Fullerton Regionals. After beating Virginia 3–2 in the first round, the Bruins beat the number 1 seeded Cal State Fullerton Titans 11–4. Since the Titans beat Virginia in their double elimination game, the Bruins faced the Titans again in the Regional Finals. The Bruins lost 11–8 and 5–4 to the Titans to finish the season as runners-up in the Fullerton Regionals.

Previous season

The 2007 season saw the Bruins finish 33–28 and third in the Pac-10 Conference behind #1 Arizona State and #2 Arizona. The 2007 season ended in the Fullerton Super Regionals when the Bruins lost two games in a row to Cal State Fullerton.

Roster

Brian Green P.C. Shaw

Schedule

! style="background:#536895;color:#FFB300;"| Regular season |- valign="top" |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 || February 23 || Oklahoma || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 7–5 || D. Klein (1–0) || R. Duke (0–1) || None || 619 || 1–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFE6E6" | 2 || February 23 || Oklahoma || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 3–2 12 || D. Klein (1–1) || A. Doyle (1–0) || J. McCarter || 619 || 1–1 ||– |- align="center" bgcolor= | – || February 24 || Oklahoma || Jackie Robinson Stadium || Cancelled || – || – || – || – || 1–1 ||– |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 || February 26 || Cal State Northridge || Matador Field || 22–2 || M. Drummond (1–0) || D. Muren (0–1) || None || 221 || 2–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 || February 27 || UC Santa Barbara || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 5–4 13 || J. Uribe (1–0) || Z. Samuels (0–1) || None || 437 || 3–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 || February 29 || Southern || Jackie Robinson Stadium || 11–2 || C. Brewer (1–0) || C. Donaby (0–1) || None || 534 || 4–1 || – |-

Rankings

PollPre-
seasonFeb.
25Mar.
3Mar.
10Mar.
17Mar.
24Mar.
31Apr.
7Apr.
14Apr.
21Apr.
28May
5May
12May
19May
26June
3June
10Final
PollCoaches' PollBaseball AmericaCollegiate Baseball^NCBWA†Rivals.com
1819152320NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR
19211519172428RVRVNRNRNRNRNRNRRVRVRV
**^** Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but will only rank 30 teams weekly during the season.
**†** NCBWA ranked 35 teams in their preseason poll, but will only rank 30 teams weekly during the season.

UCLA Bruins in the 2008 MLB draft

The following members of the UCLA Bruins baseball program were drafted in the 2008 Major League Baseball draft.

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB team
Timothy MurphyLHP3rd89thTexas Rangers
Brandon CrawfordSS4th117thSan Francisco Giants
Jermaine Curtis3B5th155thSt. Louis Cardinals
Alden Carrithers2B15th463rdDetroit Tigers
Ryan BabineauC17th528thArizona Diamondbacks

References

References

  1. "UCLA Official Athletic Site - Baseball".
  2. "The Baseball Cube - Research Site for Pro + College Stats + draft".
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  10. "NCAA DIV I POLL - 12-21-07 - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper".
  11. "NCAA DIV I POLL - 2-25-08 - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper".
  12. "NCAA DIV I POLL - 3-3-08 - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper".
  13. "NCAA DIV I POLL - 3-10-08 - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper".
  14. "NCAA DIV I POLL - 3-17-08 - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper".
  15. "NCAA DIV I POLL - 3-24-08 - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper".
  16. "NCAA DIV I POLL - 3-31-08 - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper".
  17. "NCAA DIV I POLL - 4-7-08 - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper".
  18. "NCAA DIV I POLL - 4-14-08 - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper".
  19. "NCAA DIV I POLL - 4-21-08 - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper".
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  21. "NCAA DIV I POLL - 5-5-08 - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper".
  22. "NCAA DIV I POLL - 5-12-08 - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper".
  23. "NCAA DIV I POLL - 5-19-08 - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper".
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