OT: Indiana headed to CWS

Submitted by BPocern on

Indiana completes their Super Regional sweep over the # 7 national seed Florida State Seminoles. FSU was 35-3 at home entering this super regional matchup.

Indiana will play the winner of Lousville and # 2 Vanderbilt in the opening game (Lousville won game 1 of the best of 3).

IU is the first B1G team to make the College World Series since Michigan did it in 1984. This is a pretty big achievement for the conference.

 

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June 9th, 2013 at 4:59 PM ^

It's actually a pretty large sample size.  From 1985-2012 zero Big Ten teams, with athletic budgets about six times that of MAC programs (in 2010 OSU: $122 million, Kent: $20 million) made it to the College World Series.  

The weather excuse is getting old.  Big Ten programs could easily invest more into baseball but choose not to.  Weather wasn't an excuse for Kent State last year.  It wasn't an excuse for Stony Brook either.  Stony Brook!

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BlueinLansing

June 9th, 2013 at 5:10 PM ^

every big ten program has significantly upgraded their baseball facilities since 1984.

 

Weather is a HUGE factor for Northern programs.  You get fewer days outside to even practice, you get terrible weather in your early games in April.  Recruiting a top prospect to a Big Ten program is difficult because they'll get beat out by even lower level D1 programs in the South that simply offer better weather.

 

Now the Regional setup is totally different to the 80's and even 90's when teams were placed in regionals based mostly on geography.

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BPocern

June 9th, 2013 at 4:41 PM ^

The announcers said they have already beat Lousville this year.  They may get a favorable draw in the CWS, if the bats stay hot, you never know.

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WolvinLA2

June 9th, 2013 at 6:41 PM ^

There's only so much baseball you can play indoors. And Al Glick isn't about to donate for an indoor baseball facility. Not only that, but the best players want to play in the warm weather too. Baseball success is not about money like football, which is why teams like Rice and Fullerton can be so consistently good.

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TrppWlbrnID

June 9th, 2013 at 5:06 PM ^

The profile of bball in the conference. the fact that most Big ten markets have pro teams whereas most southern ones do not makes finances and support locally a bit uneven.

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aiglick

June 9th, 2013 at 7:18 PM ^

Good job IU way to blaze the trail. Also they may have a decent shot as it seems a lot of national seeds are not making it to Omaha this year for some reason.

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holt1974

June 9th, 2013 at 11:50 PM ^

Indiana getting the Big Ten's name out in the baseball community along with beating a proven program not just a team having a good one-year run. Indiana can hit it with anyone in Omaha, chances depend upon how well pitchers perform. I'll be on the Hoosiers bandwagon for at least 2 games!

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