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RC proved more to me (in a good way) by winning 50 and losing game 3 of a SR than winning 40 and going 0-2 in Omaha.
I meant to add, while I'd rather get to Omaha than not, I think if you're just taking an objective look at it, 50 wins and a top 5 RPI tells you more about the quality of team you had than what Arkansas did. They got a lucky draw with the Stillwater regional, where they only had to beat OSU once, then got their SR at home vs Missouri State. We'd have made Omaha as well in that situation. I also think we'd have been in Omaha if not for the epic NCST collapse vs TCU. Playing at home for the SR round is such a huge advantage.
Sure, as a baseball fan, it's Omaha or bust, and it's not at all wrong to rather have their season.
RC seemingly can't catch a break in the post season, either from the selection committee or from someone knocking off the national seed he's paired with. That's not his fault. What is his fault is letting his national seed quality teams fall just short of getting one, and his inability to beat in state teams in the post season. I don't know what it is, whether it be Rice, tu, or TCU, but they always seem to want to beat us more than we want to beat them. I know that's not true, it's just the feeling I get watching the games. We seem to play tight, they seem to play loose. We seem to play not to lose, they seem to play to win. I don't know what it is, but I never felt we were going to win that game 3 of the SR after I saw us leave so many on base early in the game.