Projo Sports Blog

Despite recording a school record for wins en route to a 37-20 record and finishing with an RPI of 53, the University of Rhode Island baseball team learned earlier this week that it was not among the field of 64 invited to play in the NCAA Regional Tournament.

The Rams' non-conference opponents included Cal State Fullerton, Oklahoma State, N.C. State, Santa Clara, Ohio State and Miami. They were 4-4 against those teams, posting wins over N.C. State, Miami, Ohio State and splitting with Oklahoma State.

Going 19-6 against conference opponents, which included a 3-0 sweep of regular-season champion Dayton, URI earned the second seed and a first-round bye in the Atlantic 10 Championship, where the Rams advanced to the title game against No. 3 Xavier with wins over the Muskateers and Dayton, 7-6 and 9-2, respectively.

But Xavier avenged its setback to URI earlier in the tourney, defeating the Rams, 9-7 and 10-1, to capture the A-10 crown. Earning the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament in the process, Xavier (18-9) will face Kansas State in the Houston Regional, Friday at 3 p.m.

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1 Comments

Bobby Townsend said:

How does Oklahoma State get in even if they weren't good enough in their own conference tournament ?(B12)

Rhody can make a case but it was obvious they were not going to take an at-large out of the A-10. Regardless, they had a great season and Coach Jimmy Foster and the guys should still be proud. You can't let one bad day ruin everything that was accomplished .

The Big East only got one team in (Louisville) USF and West Virginia could have made a case.

No way the ACC should get 7 teams in. I guess Miami has automatic bid rights.

Cal-Fullerton Titans is a team to watch win the whole thing. They got to host in the first round and if they get through that, anything is possible

Link | May 28, 2009 1:53 AM
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