Oklahoma baseball was the next to last team to make it into the 2023 NCAA Baseball Tournament, and the way they played in 14-3 loss to East Carolina in the Charlottesville Regional was a patent example of why.
The champions of the American Athletic Conference pounded the Sooners like a heavyweight taking on a lightweight, and as a result Oklahoma has to quickly put the loss behind them and turnaround and play a morning elimination game against No. 4 regional seed Army. The Black Knights suffered a similar fate against regional host Virginia in Friday’s opening round, losing 15-1.