and this is exactly why the athletic department is the worst in all of power 5 athletics - the admin and fan base repeatedly just hit the ignore button rather than face reality
baseball scholarships, coaching/admin salaries, facilities, recruiting, travel, equipment
The budget should mirror sunbelt and other mid major programs that are big ten peers or superiors when it comes to baseball
LOL - you’ve come back at least 3 separate times to edit your post since “click”
if you can’t even make the final 8 of a tourney consistently you are mid major
the big has not had a baseball national champion since 1966
there have only been ~ 3 teams make the college world series in the last 34-35 years
there have been over 270 slots in the CWS over this time span - the big ten has only filled 3 of them --
the big ten averages less than a team a...
the big ten is low mid-major baseball - keep Bolt but divest in baseball
the big ten's baseball RPI is currently 10th -- 5 places behind the Missouri Valley with teams like S. Illinois, Evansville and Indiana State
it's simply not a major college/power 5 sport in the big ten … the university...
wow ... we've had players that would have started for Alabama and were coached to 1-8 record playing in the big ten west last year
the problem isn't the players
when there is zero accountability in the revenue generating sports and particularly football in which we are supposed to be a blue blood - the coaching staffs, administrators and players in the other sports get the message loud and clear that winning doesn't matter and the approach to the game...