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NCAA Baseball Bat Contracts by School

Posted on 4/9/22 at 9:16 pm
Posted by NWLATigerFan12
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2011
12838 posts
Posted on 4/9/22 at 9:16 pm
I got curious about which schools swing which bats...this is what I've been able to find. There are some schools that don't seem to have a contract with one specific company, they seem to swing bats from several different companies.


1. Tennessee - LS
2. Arkansas - several different
3. Virginia - Rawlings
4. Texas Tech - several different
5. Oregon State - Demarini
6. Oklahoma State - Demarini
7. Texas - LS
8. Miami - LS
9. Ole Miss - Easton
10. Texas State - Marucci/Victus
11. Arizona - LS
12. Louisville - LS
13. Notre Dame - Demarini
14. Georgia - LS
15. UCLA - Easton
16. Vanderbilt - Demarini
17. Gonzaga - Marucci/Victus
18. Southern Miss - Easton
19. LSU - Marucci/Victus
20. Florida State - LS
21. NC State - LS
22. North Carolina - LS
23. TCU - Demarini
24. Dallas Baptist - Rawlings
25. UCONN -

LS has 9 top 25 teams
Demarini has 5 top 25 teams
Marucci/Victus has 3 top 25 teams
Easton has 3 top 25 teams
Rawlings has 2 top 25 teams
3 top 25 teams that swing several bats or I couldn't find anything on


Other notable teams:

LS - ULL, Louisville, USC, UNC,

Demarini - Florida, MS State, Michigan, Indiana State,

Easton - Alabama, East Carolina,

Marucci/Victus - LA Tech, Georgia Tech, Jacksonville,

Rawlings (I believe Easton and Rawlings are owned by the same company though)- South Carolina, Duke, Liberty, Rawlings, Norfolk St,




I looked into this because I was really wondering if there was any correlation between top teams and the bats they swung. I have swung several of the BBCOR bats from recents years. To me, based purely on feel and performance (from me who by no means is or was a college ball player) they rank as:

Louisville Slugger Prime / Meta / Select PWR - composite lines. Feel incredible, barely any feedback on your hands when your hit it (doesn't jar), ball seems to come off with lots of pop.

Demarini Voodoo / The Goods - Nice pop and distance, but they didn't feel as good as the LS bats. Hits that weren't as solid felt much worse on the hands.

Marucci - Marucci doesn't make a composite bat as far as I know. These had okay pop/distance, but didn't seem to be as consistent as the LS or Demarini. Definitely didn't feel as good. Probably has more to do with the fact that every other BBCOR bat I swung was composite or at least a hybrid and these are alloy.

Easton - didn't swing any

Rawlings - didn't swing any

Posted by The Egg
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2004
81735 posts
Posted on 4/9/22 at 9:20 pm to
How about steroid contracts
Posted by NWLATigerFan12
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2011
12838 posts
Posted on 4/9/22 at 9:22 pm to
quote:

How about steroid contracts


Gonna be tougher to find that data I think.


In short, I'd go with "lots"
Posted by crownNbull
Gretna
Member since Jun 2010
3198 posts
Posted on 4/9/22 at 9:30 pm to
Marucci does make a composite. Lots of other factors go into hitting and stats besides the make of a bat.
Posted by Dizz
Member since May 2008
15504 posts
Posted on 4/9/22 at 9:37 pm to
It’s crazy how the market use to be dominated by Easton and Louisville.
Posted by rattlebucket
SELA
Member since Feb 2009
12126 posts
Posted on 4/9/22 at 9:40 pm to
Why do all teams bats lately look like my kids bat thats been rolling around on the garage concrete? Even Miss st bats today look dinged up. Brad Cresse would not be happy since he always wiped his barrel like a Deichmann light saber before pitches
Posted by Tigerpride18
Lakewood Colorado
Member since Sep 2017
30776 posts
Posted on 4/9/22 at 9:42 pm to
Who made the old redline bat from around 2000
Posted by CypressTrout10
Louisiana
Member since Jun 2016
3099 posts
Posted on 4/9/22 at 9:43 pm to
Crazy how BBCOR regulations completely destroyed Easton. How have they not come up with a solution
Posted by geauxtigers33
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2014
13734 posts
Posted on 4/9/22 at 9:55 pm to
quote:

Why do all teams bats lately look like my kids bat thats been rolling around on the garage concrete? Even Miss st bats today look dinged up.


Chris Burke explained this on the broadcast Friday. Basically the composite bats get better the more they are used. Also they are tested before every series to make sure they don’t have too much, for lack of a better term, spring in them. The key is to get as close to that limit as possible without going over. So when a player finds a bat that is right below that limit they use it until it breaks.
Posted by GrizzlyAlloy
Member since Aug 2020
2581 posts
Posted on 4/9/22 at 10:05 pm to
Sounds like a bunch of travel dad bullshite.
Posted by PP7 for heisman
New Orleans
Member since Feb 2011
7123 posts
Posted on 4/9/22 at 10:07 pm to
quote:

Crazy how BBCOR regulations completely destroyed Easton. How have they not come up with a solution

It’s wild. The orange composite stealth they made was maybe the best bat of all time. The 2009 team used them. Just a massive sweet spot.

I was in high school when the switch to BBCOR happened and I found that the one piece bats were much better. 5150 from Rawlings was my favorite. 2 piece BBCOR bats seemed so weak.
Posted by JJ27
Member since Sep 2004
61402 posts
Posted on 4/9/22 at 10:10 pm to
quote:

Who made the old redline bat from around 2000


Easton
Posted by purplengold1
Illinois
Member since Feb 2009
5368 posts
Posted on 4/9/22 at 10:14 pm to
The SV12 was elite as well.
Posted by LSUMANINVA
West Virginia
Member since Sep 2004
8613 posts
Posted on 4/9/22 at 10:23 pm to
Who made Deichman’s bat? Go with that brand.
Posted by Simplemaaan
Member since Sep 2007
3966 posts
Posted on 4/9/22 at 10:25 pm to
I bought one as a donation to my sons hs team that year. Many balls left the yard with it.
Posted by Pintail
Member since Nov 2011
11391 posts
Posted on 4/9/22 at 10:45 pm to
quote:

NCAA Baseball Bat Contracts by School
quote:

1. Tennessee - LS


Cheaters

Posted by Quesadilla Superman
SELA
Member since Aug 2020
779 posts
Posted on 4/10/22 at 1:09 am to
Easton Reflex C-Core 96, 97 greatest bat ever made. TPX also had a bat in either 97, 98 that was comparable. It sucked arse as a high schooler going from a -5 to negative -3. That 2 ounces was a huge difference to get adjusted to.
Posted by Penrod
Member since Jan 2011
46418 posts
Posted on 4/10/22 at 1:49 am to
quote:

Lots of other factors go into hitting and stats besides the make of a bat

Yeah, no kidding. He was looking for if there is a correlation to the type of bat. If that was the only thing that went into hitting then there would definitely be a correlation.
Posted by JustHere4OB
Member since Oct 2021
20 posts
Posted on 4/10/22 at 1:55 am to
Reflex C-core were nice.
But Redline was gas. Rediculous.
Posted by Ltown_tiger
Livonia
Member since Aug 2013
2056 posts
Posted on 4/10/22 at 9:53 am to
It was the Easton redline. That what I swung in high school. Still have it. Lol
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