First, Iowa has not made the NCAA tourney in baseball in 25 years.
2nd, Iowa has never hosted a baseball NCAA regional.
I am hoping for a top 2 finish in the Big 10 Tourney (the ILLINI are ranked #3 in the nation), which would hopefully allow Iowa to host a 4 team regional (there are 16 host sites, each with 4 teams) Win that, they are one of 16 teams left; they then would play a team best 2 of 3 with the winner being one of the 8 teams to advance to the College World Series in Omaha.
Think big; anything could happen! A berth in the college World Series just might give Heller the National Coach of the Year honor (I think he has the B1G COY wrapped up). What a great 2 years (so far) it has been under Coach Heller
2nd, Iowa has never hosted a baseball NCAA regional.
I am hoping for a top 2 finish in the Big 10 Tourney (the ILLINI are ranked #3 in the nation), which would hopefully allow Iowa to host a 4 team regional (there are 16 host sites, each with 4 teams) Win that, they are one of 16 teams left; they then would play a team best 2 of 3 with the winner being one of the 8 teams to advance to the College World Series in Omaha.
Think big; anything could happen! A berth in the college World Series just might give Heller the National Coach of the Year honor (I think he has the B1G COY wrapped up). What a great 2 years (so far) it has been under Coach Heller