NORMAN — Austin O'Brien began to wonder if he'd ever get the chance to play in an NCAA Regional.
He wondered it early in the season when the ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow snapped after a collision at first base.
The Oklahoma first baseman wondered again when he returned only to have the Sooners fall into a slump that put their status as an at-large team in the field in doubt.
But as team after team popped up onto the television screen inside the home clubhouse at L. Dale Mitchell Park on Monday, O'Brien had no doubt his Sooners were in.