This TCU team is no stranger to being ranked highly. There are still many members of the roster who remember opening the season ranked as the #2-#3 team by many of the college baseball publications back in 2015. TCU spent a good portion of that year ranked #1 as well. Even last year’s team, who started out the year as a top 20 team, was ranked as a top-6 team for pretty much the whole month of March.
Still, the #1 ranking is a different animal. The media attention, the expectations from fans, players and coaches alike. It’s a lot to process for a group of 18-22 year olds.