No NCAA Tournament At-Large Bid for Seton Hall Baseball

Added by Anne Chavez on May 28, 2013.

Photo courtesy of shupirates.com

The Seton Hall baseball team had an incredible season this year, ending with an overall record of 37-19. Although they started out the season 0-9, the Pirates really proved themselves the rest of the season and made the Seton Hall community proud.

Unfortunately, only two BIG EAST teams made it to the NCAA Tournament. Connecticut had an automatic bid since they won the 2013 BIG EAST Championship on Sunday. The other BIG EAST team was Louisville which does not come as a surprise. What is surprising is that just two BIG EAST teams made it this far when Pittsburgh, Notre Dame and Seton Hall had the potential to compete in the NCAA tournament.

The NCAA committee snubs Seton Hall and it is disappointing. Before Monday?s selection show, SHUPirates.com listed all the reasons why the Pirates should have made the tournament:

• Possesses an RPI of 43
• Ranked 19^th in the Collegiate Baseball National Poll
• Ranked 22^nd in the Baseball America National Poll
• Has a record of 18-6 in the BIG EAST Conference (tied for the second-best record)
• Won 13 straight games (April 23 ? May 14)
• Finished the regular season with wins in 15 of 16 games
• 37 overall wins in the most for a Seton Hall team since winning 40 in 2000
• 18 road wins is tied for the sixth-most in the nation
• Won seven of eight BIG EAST weekend series
• Started the season 0-9 and has won 37 of 47 games since
• Swept a three-game series from RPI #61 USF
• Defeated RPI? #58 Houston in two of three games on the road
• Swept road series at Pepperdine, Villanova and Cincinnati
• Ranks second in team hitting and pitching and first in fielding in the BIG EAST Conference
• 39^th most wins in the country
• Currently possesses the second-longest road win streak in the country (nine games)

With this impressive resume for the 2012-2013 season, it was easy to see that Seton Hall is a solid team and deserved to be in the tournament. Many people believed that Seton Hall as well as many other teams should have made the tournament because they deserved to be rewarded for their achievements this past season, but of course, things don?t always turn out the way we expect.

Although their journey is finally over, a lot of people are proud of this team for all of the milestones they have achieved this season. Good luck to the seniors in their future endeavors and everyone is looking forward to next season?s run for the championship.

Source: http://doublegsports.com/2013/05/28/no-ncaa-tournament-at-large-bid-for-seton-hall-baseball/

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