PROVO — A 36-win season, an RPI of 46 and the first outright regular-season conference championship in 30 years weren’t enough to propel the BYU baseball team into the 64-team NCAA Tournament.
The Cougars, who made an early exit in the West Coast Conference Tournament last weekend with a pair of punchless performances resulting in two tough losses, put their fate in the hands of the selection committee.
Heading into the NCAA Selection Show, BYU knew the odds of getting in as an at-large were not in its favor. When the brackets were revealed Monday morning, the Cougars learned that they had been shut out of the NCAA Regionals.