This was a GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT. YSU entered the tournament 12-36 overall, including 4-24 away and 6-3 neutral site(combined 10-27). Went 6-17 in HL play, yet 4-0 in HL Tournament when a trip to NCAA Tournament was on the line. Some will say it was luck. I say BS to that. Especially given that YSU went 4-0 in the HL Tournament. And, YSU's longest winning streak in the regular season was 2 games. In the HL Tournament, they won 4 in a row. 2 of the wins were over the regular season champion(WSU), and a 3rd was against host team UWM.
To give some perspective, here in Vegas, the UNLV team was hyped as the best ever in school history. Coach talked about the team advancing to World Series in Omaha. UNLV won MWC regular season, and hosted the tournament by virtue of it being their year to host. UNLV won their first 3 games, then lost back-to-back to SDSU. And, on Saturday, SDSU had to win an elimination game just to be able to beat UNLV later that night.
YSU may well go into the tournament as the worst team record wise, but they will be in the tournament. And, they will have EARNED it with their performance on the field. I think the men's basketball team and the football team can learn alot from this years baseball team.
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/10984080/college-baseball-bracketology-one-more-look-fieldAccording to ESPN, YSU is projected to play in the Bloomington Regional
(records are D1 game only)
No. 4 Indiana (42-13... RPI 2nd)
Washington (39-15-1.. RPI 24)
Indiana State (35-16.. RPI 22)
Youngstown State (16-36... RPI 270)
http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/baseball/bracketologyCollesportsmadness.com also has YSU playing in Bloomington, along with Indiana and Indy State. Exception is they have Clemson(36-23..RPI 49) in place of UW
GREAT JOB PENGUINS!!!!!!!
