A lot of the questions aimed at East Carolina baseball players and coaches during media day Monday were about increased expectations.
It was a sign that things are different this year under second-year coach Cliff Godwin from last preseason when unexpectedness was a theme. But the 2015 Pirates over overachieve despite a slight roster, collecting 40 wins and winning the American Athletic Conference tournament to earn the No. 2 seed at the Coral Gables Regional, where the team lost both its games to finish with a 40-22 record.
This team, which features five seniors and 13 juniors, is unlikely to appear in preseason national polls — like Baseball America’s version released Monday that had AAC favorite Houston at No.