HI NOTES: It was the Best of Times. It was the Worst of Times.

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE

The Good News:  Between now and the end of the regular season, MU gets to play

• Texas Tech 3 games (22-20, 3-12 and tied for last in the Big 12; 92nd RPI), 
• Memphis 3 games (17-23; 118th  RPI)
• Kansas 3 games (16-25, 4-11 and 7th in Big 12; 168th  RPI)

The Bad News:  Mixed in with that schedule, Mizzou also will face

• Missouri State 2 games (29-12; 36th  RPI)
• Texas 3 games (23-14, 11-4 and 2nd in Big 12; 45th  RPI)
• @ Arkansas 2 games (28-12, 9-9 and tied for 2nd in the SEC West; 16th  RPI)

Worse News:  According to the BoydsWorld.com RPI Needs Report, Missouri needs to go 16-0 to from here on out to finish in the top 45 RPI and have a shot at an at-large bid to the Regionals.

Good News:  Based on his performance against Illinois at Busch Stadium and against Kansas State this past weekend, Brett Graves looks like he's arrived as a legitimate 3rd weekend starter to take up the slack since Eric Anderson went on the shelf.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

♦ Saturday Roundup (Baseball America)

College baseball has gone no-hitter-crazy.

Penn State's Steven Hill and Army's Logan Lee each threw no-hitters Saturday—the third and fourth Division I no-hitters in the last four days (Oregon's Jordan Spencer threw one Wednesday, and UC Irvine's Andrew Thurman threw one Friday).

♦ Thank you Baylor, vindication is mine (College Baseball Today)

How huge-o-balls do the Bears got right now? Holy crap! The Bears complete the weekend sweep of Texas A&M with today’s 7-5 win. I couldn’t put anyone else in this position, ‘coz BU was so spot-on all weekend. And plus they make me look like some big swingin’ Johnson by having them No. 1 in my Power Rankings while everyone else had them as far down as No. 17. Egad! (Sorry, self-induced mini-rant there). The Bears also have a Big 12 record 18-game in-conference win streak and a conference-best 24-game win streak overall.