2017 BYU Cougars baseball team


The 2017 BYU Cougars baseball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood acted in his fifth season as head coach of the Cougars. BYU was picked to finish fourth in the WCC Pre-season rankings. The Cougars overcame expectations to claim a tri-team championship in the regular season. Afterwards, the Cougars won the West Coast Conference tournament for the first time in their history, claiming the conferences automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, the Cougars first tournament berth since 2002. The Cougars were placed in the Stanford Regional, where they went 1–2. The Cougars finished the season 38–21.

Schedule

! style="background:#FFFFFF;color:#002654;"| Regular season
! style="background:#FFFFFF;color:#002654;"| 2017 West Coast Conference baseball tournament
! style="background:#FFFFFF;color:#002654;"| 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

Rivalries

BYU has two main rivalries on their schedule- the Deseret First Duel vs. Utah and the UCCU Crosstown Clash vs. Utah Valley.

Radio Information

Many BYU Baseball series had a radio/internet broadcast available. 44 games were broadcast on KOVO with Brent Norton calling the games for his 25th consecutive season. A rotating selection of analysts were used. 42 of the games were simulcast on BYU Radio. BYU Radio also had 1 radio exclusive this season: the early Mar. 10 game vs. UC Santa Barbara.

TV Announcers

For the first time every game was shown on television or streamed live online as BYU Baseball carried the road games that weren't going to be streamed on Facebook Live.
  • Feb 17: &
  • Feb 18: No commentators
  • Feb 20:
  • Feb 23: Tuckett Slade
  • Feb 23: Tuckett Slade
  • Feb 24: Tuckett Slade
  • Feb 25: Tuckett Slade
  • March 2:
  • March 3: Corey Costelloe
  • March 4: Corey Costelloe
  • March 9: ' &
  • March 10: Brent Norton & '
  • March 10: Brent Norton
  • March 11: ', Gary Sheide, & '
  • March 14: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • March 16:
  • March 17: ' & '
  • March 18: Dave McCann, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • March 23: &
  • March 24: Jesse Kass &
  • March 25: Jesse Kass &
  • March 28: & Andy Lopez
  • March 30: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • March 31: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • April 1: Brent Norton &
  • April 3: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • April 6: &
  • April 7: Jeff Dominick & Mark Walch
  • April 8: Jeff Dominick & Mark Walch
  • April 11: &
  • April 13: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • April 14: Brent Norton & Ryan Hancock
  • April 15: Brent Norton & Cameron Coughlan
  • April 20: Jack Murray &
  • April 21: Jack Murray & John Cunningham
  • April 22: Jack Murray & John Cunningham
  • April 27: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • April 28: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • April 29: Brent Norton
  • May 2: Jordan Bianucci & Ryan Pickens
  • May 4:
  • May 5: David Gentile
  • May 6: David Gentile
  • May 9: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • May 11: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • May 12: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • May 13: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • May 16: Dave McCann, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • May 18:
  • May 19: &
  • May 20: Roxy Bernstein &
  • May 25: Steve Quis, Alex Jensen, &
  • May 26: Steve Quis, Alex Jensen, & Meghan von Behren
  • May 26: Steve Quis, Alex Jensen, & Meghan von Behren
  • May 27: Steve Quis, Alex Jensen, & Meghan von Behren
  • May 27: Steve Quis, Alex Jensen, & Meghan von Behren
  • June 1: & JT Snow
  • June 2: Steve Lenox & JT Snow
  • June 3: Steve Lenox & ''JT Snow''