STARKVILLE -- The reviews are in for the new bats in college baseball, and they're not all positive.
The NCAA Baseball Research Panel recommended the new BBCOR formula for colleges after studying an increase in offensive statistical performance in Division I in recent years.
The goal of the panel was to institute a better formula to make sure non-wood bats perform like wood bats. In the fall of 2010, the NCAA laid out the BBCOR bat regulation for college baseball.
The Sports Science Laborato
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