An 18-inning contest on Tuesday night prompts emergency action by the State's Board of Regents, in the midst of the Hawkeyes' NCAA Tournament chase.
DES MOINES, IA -- The Iowa Board of Regents met overnight Tuesday in emergency session, and voted for the entire Iowa community college system to be annexed into the University of Iowa. The decision was prompted by an 18-inning, 6-hour-and-2-minute baseball game between the University of Iowa (currently ranked 16th by Baseball America) and Sacramento State, which Iowa won 4-3.
The Hawkeyes used eight pitchers (tossing a combined 265 pitches) in the contest, after which the Board immediately convened and, without public notice and comment, turned the State's 31,000-student flagship institution into a statewide network with campuses in Fort Dodge, Ottumwa, and Mason City, among other locations.