OMAHA, Neb. -- TCU has made it to the College World Series three straight years, and the Horned Frogs have brought back eight everyday players, their top two starting pitchers and the closer.
No surprise, they'll open the season No. 1 in every major national poll.
"When you return the majority of a team out of a club that finished in the final four of the country, you're probably going to end up ranked highly," coach Jim Schlossnagle said. "You can not talk about it and run away from it. Or, as the Cubs did this past year, you can kind of embrace it.