OMAHA, Neb. -- Dave Van Horn has taken seven teams to the College World Series, and they've fit many different descriptions.
He had clubs at Nebraska in 2001 and 2002 that hit .334 and .315, respectively, but didn't have enough pitching depth.
His teams at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville in 2004, 2009, 2012 and 2015 had defined strengths -- like the 2012 club's 2.83 ERA and the 2009 team's 80 home runs -- and liabilities -- like a .959 fielding percentage in 2004 and a 4.08 ERA in 2015.
Van Horn never has led a team to Omaha like these current Razorbacks (44-19), who open the quest for their first baseball national championship today at 1 p.