COMMENTARY
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — When a program like West Virginia is 21 years removed from its last NCAA baseball regional, including two recent near-misses, there’s no taking a postseason bid for granted.
Owners of four straight wins and a top-20 RPI, the Mountaineers (31-20) are hungry to solidify their resume during the regular season’s final weekend at Texas (32-19).
“Nothing’s guaranteed,” cautioned reliever Jackson Sigman. “We don’t want to leave any doubts for the committee to leave us out again.”
Baseball America’s Teddy Cahill projects West Virginia as a No. 2 seed, with a profile probably strong enough to absorb any potential breakdowns in Austin and the Big 12 tournament.