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AU Financial Review
5 days ago
- Business
- AU Financial Review
Billionaires back climate-focused $125m Byron Bay VC fund
A Byron Bay-based venture capital firm promising to back companies trying to solve the planet's biggest problems has raised $92 million from some of Australia's richest people and drawn them to the coastal celebrity mecca for its annual meeting this week, with a side of whale watching. ReGen Ventures, which is run by former Macquarie banker and hedge fund manager Dan Fitzgerald, has built a portfolio of 21 companies after raising $65 million for its first fund in 2021. The firm backs technology companies trying to solve climate and environmental problems.
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
KU earns No. 2 seed in NCAA baseball regionals. Here's Jayhawks' game site & foe
Kansas baseball coach Dan Fitzgerald met with reporters on Monday, May 26, 2025 after the Jayhawks were accorded a No. 2 seed in the NCAA regionals. The Kansas Jayhawks baseball team is headed to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2014. Third-year coach Dan Fitzgerald's KU team finished as runner-up to West Virginia during the Big 12 regular season and lost in the semifinals of the conference's postseason tournament. On Monday the Jayhawks were assigned to a four-team regional in Arkansas as a No. 2 seed among the national field of 64. Advertisement KU will meet No. 3 seed Creighton (41-14) in a first-round regional contest at 7 p.m. Friday at Baum-Walker Field in Fayetteville, Ark. The other two teams in the double-elimination regional event are No. 1 seed Arkansas and North Dakota State. The Bison went 20-32 this season, winning the Summit League title. The Razorbacks (43-13) finished second in the SEC behind Texas. They're rated fifth in the latest Division I baseball rankings and hold the same spot in RPI. Creighton's Bluejays (41-14) are coming off a Big East tournament championship and have won seven games in a row. KU is ranked No. 25 nationally and No. 24 in the RPI. Advertisement Each regional will include four teams playing in a double-elimination format. The regionals will start Friday and Saturday and run through Monday, June 2, with the winners meeting in best-of-three NCAA Super Regionals the following week. Selection of the eight super regional hosts will be announced June 3. 'This is really special,' Fitzgerald said. 'To see the joy they (players) are having and for it to mean so much ... To be a 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament in year three and lead the Big 12 in wins, if someone told me that I would have taken it all day long and more. 'We have an awesome group of human beings in this program that care so much. We'll have a good practice today. They're ready.' Advertisement The coach had no complaints about where KU was sent and the opposition in the Fayetteville regional. 'You look through this tournament,' Fitzgerald said, 'and this is true of the NCAA tournament: There's never a regional where you're like, 'Oh, man, that's an easy one for so-and-so.' They're all tough.' Of KU's first-round foe, he said: 'Creighton has a really good team and is playing really good baseball.'
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
KU Jayhawks fall in Big 12 baseball championship semis. Will they host in NCAAs?
Kansas coach Dan Fitzgerald exchanges words with umpires before being ejected from the game in sixth inning of a game against Texas on Thursday, May 16, 2024, at UFCU Disch-Falk Field in Austin. No. 3 seed TCU, a team that swept a three-game series against Kansas from April 11-13 in Fort Worth, Texas, slugged the No. 2 seed Jayhawks 11-1 in the semifinals of the Big 12 baseball championship Friday night at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. The game was called after eight innings because of the run rule. Advertisement The Horned Frogs (39-17), who have won three games in a row and seven of nine, advanced into Saturday's 6 p.m. final against No. 4 seed Arizona (38-18). Meanwhile the Jayhawks (43-15), who had their six-game winning streak snapped by the Horned Frogs, will now have to wait until Monday to learn their upcoming assignment in the 64-team NCAA Tournament. KU had been hoping to win three games at the Big 12 tourney and convince the NCAA Tournament committee the Jayhawks were worthy of hosting a four-team NCAA regional. The announcers working Friday's game on ESPN+ speculated the Jayhawks were locks to make the tournament, but not as hosts. TCU, which erased a 1-0 deficit by scoring four runs in the second inning Friday, will face the No. 4 seed Arizona Wildcats, who defeated No. 1 seed West Virginia 12-1 in another semifinal Friday. Advertisement KU reached the semifinals by rallying from a four-run deficit to defeat No. 7 seed Oklahoma State, 7-6, on Thursday. On Saturday, Derek Cerda had two hits for the Jayhawks, who mustered just five hits off a pair of TCU pitchers. TCU's Jack Bell went 3-for-5 with five RBIs. The Horned Frogs slugged 16 hits off five KU pitchers. KU's Cooper Moore (7-2) was the losing pitcher. Louis Rodriguez (5-1) earned the win.
USA Today
24-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
What channel is Big 12 baseball championship on today? Time, TV schedule for TCU-Arizona
What channel is Big 12 baseball championship on today? Time, TV schedule for TCU-Arizona Show Caption Hide Caption Kansas baseball coach Dan Fitzgerald previews Big 12 tournament Check out everything Kansas baseball coach Dan Fitzgerald had to say Monday as the Jayhawks continued to prepare for the Big 12 Conference tournament. The Big 12 will crown its baseball champion this weekend. A conference tournament that began Wednesday with 12 teams vying for their league's biggest prize will wrap up Saturday with TCU and Arizona meeting in the championship game of the 2025 Big 12 tournament at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, the home ballpark of the Texas Rangers. The No. 3 seed Horned Frogs and No. 4 seed Wildcats advanced to the title game with lopsided semifinal victories against higher-seeded foes, with TCU drubbing No. 2 seed Kansas 11-1 in eight innings and Arizona routing regular-season champion and No. 1 seed West Virginia 12-1. REQUIRED READING: Arizona NCAA baseball tournament projections: Where will Wildcats be in 2025 bracket? The Horned Frogs are seeking their fifth Big 12 baseball tournament championship since joining the league ahead of the 2012-13 academic year and their third title in the past five years while the Wildcats are aiming to win the title in their first year in the conference. The winner of the game earns an automatic berth to the 2025 NCAA tournament, though both teams are safely in the field, with TCU the projected No. 15 national seed and a regional host in the latest mock bracket from Baseball America. Here's what you need to know about how to watch the Big 12 baseball tournament championship game, including the TV channel and start time: Watch: Big 12 baseball championship live with Fubo (free trial) What channel is Big 12 baseball championship on today? TV channel: ESPNU ESPNU Streaming: ESPN app, Fubo The 2025 Big 12 baseball championship between TCU and Arizona will air live on ESPNU, with streaming options available on the ESPN app or Fubo, which offers a free trial to new users. Big 12 baseball championship time today Time: 7 p.m. ET 7 p.m. ET Date: Saturday, May 24 Saturday, May 24 Location: Globe Life Field (Arlington, Texas) The Big 12 baseball championship game between TCU and Arizona is set for a 7 p.m. ET first pitch on Saturday, May 24, from Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. TCU baseball schedule 2025 Here's a look at TCU's results in its past five games. To see the Horned Frogs' full 2025 schedule, click here. Thursday, May 15: TCU 13, Utah 5 TCU 13, Utah 5 Friday, May 16: Utah 8, TCU 6 Utah 8, TCU 6 Saturday, May 17: TCU 8, Utah 6 (11 innings) TCU 8, Utah 6 (11 innings) Thursday, May 22: TCU 7, Houston 1 TCU 7, Houston 1 Friday, May 23: TCU 11, Kansas 1 (7 innings) Arizona baseball schedule 2025 Here's a look at Arizona's results in its past five games. To see the Wildcats' full 2025 schedule, click here. Thursday, May 15: Houston 13, Arizona 4 Houston 13, Arizona 4 Friday, May 16: Arizona 14, Houston 6 Arizona 14, Houston 6 Saturday, May 17: Arizona 8, Houston 1 Arizona 8, Houston 1 Thursday, May 22: Arizona 4, BYU 1 Arizona 4, BYU 1 Friday, May 23: Arizona 12, West Virginia 1 We occasionally recommend interesting products and services. If you make a purchase by clicking one of the links, we may earn an affiliate fee. USA TODAY Network newsrooms operate independently, and this doesn't influence our coverage.
Dominion Post
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Dominion Post
ANALYSIS: If not WVU, then who wins Big 12 baseball tournament?
MORGANTOWN — With a move to single elimination and no team ranked above No. 23 in the country, but with six teams in the top 35 of the RPI, the Big 12 baseball tournament is wide open. The 23rd-ranked Mountaineers have never been in the position as the Big 12's top seed before. As far as that goes, No. 25 Kansas has never been as high as the No. 2 seed it earned this season. The league has the possibility of putting eight teams into the NCAA tournament, but there's also a chance the league gets no regional hosts. 'Nobody can go full steam and the only thing that matters is winning the (Big 12) tournament, unless you're not going to play in a regional and you have to win it,' WVU head coach Steve Sabins said. 'We have six teams that the only thing that matters is the (conference) tournament, and you have another half that wants to win, but doesn't have to win the tournament. That's the difference, essentially. That's why it can get a little bit wanky in pitching and setting people up.' With all of that in mind, if the Mountaineers don't sweep their way through the Big 12 tournament, there are a few others in line to hoist the trophy. If not WVU, then who? Here are your top possibilities: The Jayhawks (42-14) put together a historic season under Big 12 Coach of the Year Dan Fitzgerald, who has Kansas in line to play in the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2014, when it was also a regional host. Kansas enters the tournament on a five-game winning streak, which includes a sweep of WVU to end the regular season. The Jayhawks' pitching was the story in that series, coming up with two shutouts. The rest of the season was about Kansas' offense. Two more home runs will give the Jayhawks 100 dingers on the season and Jackson Hauge and Brady Ballinger – a combined 33 home runs – form the league's top one-two punch. What can go wrong: The Jayhawks may wind up with the toughest quarterfinal draw with a potential matchup against seventh-seeded Oklahoma State. The Cowboys are the defending Big 12 tournament champs, were the preseason favorite to win the Big 12 this season and have won 11 of their last 14 games entering the tournament. The Cowboys have played in 11 consecutive NCAA tournaments, which is the fourth longest streak in the country. That was in jeopardy in mid-April, right before the Cowboys started to play like the team that was expected to win the Big 12 at the start of the season. Oklahoma State is 27-22 heading into the tournament, which doesn't look like being worthy of the NCAA tourney, but the Cowboys played the most difficult schedule of any Big 12 team this season. It's that strength of schedule (13th in the nation) that has them in position to play in another NCAA regional. Also, when you have the league's top MLB draft prospect – Nolan Schubart – anything can happen. Schubart has five home runs and has driven in nine over his last six games. Then there is also starting pitcher Harrison Bodendorf, who went 10-1 with a 2.43 ERA this season. Need to know: Oklahoma State is 10-5 in the Big 12 tournament since it was moved to Globe Life Field in 2022. No other Big 12 team can match that type of success in the league tournament. The Horned Frogs (37-17) have the Big 12's top freshman in outfielder Sawyer Strosnider (.360, 10 HR, 50 RBI) and quite possibly the top 1-2 starting pitching combination in Tommy LaPour (7-2, 3.11 ERA) and Mason Brassfield (5-1, 3.59 ERA). And TCU is 6-2 at Globe Life Field over the past two Big 12 tournaments, including a tournament title in 2023. At the moment, the Horned Frogs are projected as the lone Big 12 regional host in the NCAA tournament, according to Baseball America and D1 Baseball. Fitting right in: The Horned Frogs played a great schedule, are accustomed to success in the Big 12 tournament, and when you look at the Big 12 stats, they aren't bad at anything. If WVU doesn't win the Big 12 tournament, then TCU would be a pretty good bet.
