Winning a college baseball regional is difficult. While a double-elimination bracket is less random than the single-elimination nature of most other NCAA Tournaments, home-field advantage, depth and a healthy dose of luck all factor in to advancing to the second weekend and super regional play.
With the help of six future major leaguers, UConn last made a Super Regional in 2011, advancing out of the Clemson Regional. Even more impressive, the Huskies did so out of the loser’s bracket after being soundly defeated by Coastal Carolina in their opening matchup.
Since then, Jim Penders’ teams have made six Regionals (2013, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022), including regional final appearances in 2018 and 2019, forcing a winner-take-all Game 7 in 2019.