Pflugerville Ag
06-05-2008, 10:43 AM
According to ESPN, Okie State was the best team in the Big 12. Huh? That's confusing since they didn't win the regular season or tourney championship and didn't make it out of the first round.
Wichita State stood a great chance of winning at Oklahoma State as a No. 2 seed when the brackets came out, but that opportunity improved when Cowboys ace left-hander Andrew Oliver (7-2, 2.20) was ruled ineligible before play began for undisclosed reasons. That forced OSU, the best team in the Big 12 this season, to start full-time catcher Luis Flores on the mound against Wichita State in an elimination game. While Flores worked as both a pitcher and hitter before transferring from Houston prior to his junior year, he had thrown just four innings all season before making that start.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=3424747
Wichita State stood a great chance of winning at Oklahoma State as a No. 2 seed when the brackets came out, but that opportunity improved when Cowboys ace left-hander Andrew Oliver (7-2, 2.20) was ruled ineligible before play began for undisclosed reasons. That forced OSU, the best team in the Big 12 this season, to start full-time catcher Luis Flores on the mound against Wichita State in an elimination game. While Flores worked as both a pitcher and hitter before transferring from Houston prior to his junior year, he had thrown just four innings all season before making that start.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=3424747