After seeing its 2020 season cut short after just 15 games, the Arizona baseball team will finally return to action this weekend to open the 2021 campaign.
The UA will host Ball State in a four-game series beginning Friday at 6 p.m. MST at Hi Corbett Field. Fans are currently not allowed at the stadium, but the game will be streamed live via Arizona’s Web site.
Arizona, which started 10-5 a year ago before the COVID-19 pandemic shut things down in mid-March, is looking to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2017. Here’s what you need to know about this team, which is a consensus preseason Top 25 pick:
Arizona has no shortage of experience
With the NCAA granting an extra year of eligibility to all players from 2020, as well as the one-year expansion of roster and scholarship usage limits, this could arguably be Arizona’s most talented team ever based on sheer numbers.