4-10

They've been playing better: 9-2 in their last 11 games. So far 4-2 in the league and tied for 2nd. They play Utah tomorrow and then 3 games at current first place San Diego. We'll have to see how they do in those.

http://byucougars.com/schedule/m-baseball

They made the WCC tourney.

http://byucougars.com/schedule/m-baseball

How the mighty have fallen. Once upon a time, they finished fifth in the College World Series.

Vance Law destroyed the program. No NCAA appearances since 2002. It's going to take a little while to get back to respectability but they're going in the right direction now. The kid they just signed out of San Diego (non-LDS) is probably right up there at the level of guys like Hancock/Cory Snyder/Wally Joyner.

BYU got swept by 1 seed San Diego this year but were a combined 4-2 against the other two teams. USD pretty much had their way with the other three teams that made the tournament but somehow lost some games to the lower rung WCC teams this year. They will be heavy favorites, but as the 3 seed BYU won't have to face them right away and it may only take one win against them to win the tournament.

what's it going to take for BYU to reach the NCAA tourney or whatever they call it?

They'll have to win the double elimination WCC tourney to make it to the NCAAs. It can be done in as few as 3 games. BYU has played well against Pepperdine and LMU but not well against the 1 seed San Diego. However, I think USD was the first conference team they played against this year back when BYU was not playing very well in general. It was also at USD. They don't have to play them in the first game, which helps.

Eliminated. So how do we feel about the season? On the right track?

Yeah, I think so. Picked for 6th, finished 3rd. I heard the coach interviewed on BYUSN today and he's hard not to like. I think he's doing the right things and the recruiting is getting better. The administration neglected baseball so badly for so many years. It's not going to be an overnight recovery.