Rice

Rice was knocked out of the College World Series today.

It was a tough couple of games for the Owls, who had high expecations going in. They were a top-10 team all year -- and handled UH (another top 10 team) in their Silver Glove series -- but I thought Rice was ranked a little high by the end of the season. They played a solid non-conference schedule, but piled up a ton of wins in a mediocre conference. I suspect that didn't prepare them as well as a tougher conference would have. It probably gave Texas an edge being battle tested in the Big 12, for example.

Still, a fine season for Wayne Graham's guys. I'm already looking forward to the next baseball season. It's cool living in a city that has two college baseball powers. Especially given the stench produced by the Astros this year.

[Posted at 21:07 CST on 06/17/02] [Link]