Barnes played college baseball for the Connecticut Huskies baseball team in the Big East Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's ( NCAA ) Division I . As a freshman , he had a 5 – 3 win – loss record with a 5.43 earned run average ( ERA ) and 55 strikeouts in 53 innings pitched . As a sophomore , Barnes had an 8 – 3 record with a 3.92 ERA and 75 strikeouts . In his junior season , Barnes had an 11 – 3 win-loss record and an 1.11 ERA with 97 strikeouts in fourteen games started during the regular season , as the Huskies won their first conference regular season title
Big East Conference
Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Matt Barnes (baseball)