Can Arizona baseball make the NCAA Tournament if the Wildcats don’t win the Pac-12 Tournament? It might be possible.
Michael Lev Arizona will earn an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament if it wins the Pac-12 Tournament.Arizona climbed into the top 50 in RPI after defeating Oregon State 13-12 Wednesday to advance to the Pac-12 Tournament semifinals, which are slated for Friday at Scottsdale Stadium. D1Baseball.com listed the streaking Wildcats among its “first four out.”
People are also reading… Those Wildcats, who ended the season with a 10-game winning streak, would’ve relished the opportunity to play in a conference tournament. The Pac-12 finally launched one last year. Arizona was still awaiting its semifinal opponent and start time when the Star went to press Thursday. If Stanford were to beat Oregon in the final pool-play game Thursday night, Arizona would face Washington at 2:30 p.m. Friday. If the Ducks were to beat the Cardinal, the UA would face Stanford at 7 p.m.In 2021, the Cardinal eliminated the Wildcats from the College World Series with a 14-5 victory in Omaha.
‘You got this’UA reliever Chris Barraza executed a Houdini-like escape in the ninth inning vs. OSU. After putting runners on first and third with no outs in a tie game, Barraza retired the next three batters. “I was telling Barraza when he was on the mound: ‘Just slow yourself down. Have fun. You got this. That’s all you gotta do. You gotta take a deep breath and get to the next pitch.’”
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