Houston narrowly missed out on an at-large bid for the 2019 NCAA Baseball Tournament, the NCAA Selection Committee announced during Monday morning’s selection show, after being one of the first teams to be left bidless.
The Cougars, having gone 0-2 in the American Athletic Conference Tournament despite its top-five regular season finish in the league, joined Missouri, Texas State and AAC-opponent UCF as the first four out of the tournament.
“First four out doesn’t win any awards,” said head coach Todd Whitting shortly after finding out UH did not qualify for the 64-team tourney. “We were really close.