New Kansas State baseball coach Pete Hughes covered a wide range of topics at his introductory news conference on Tuesday, but his message boiled down to one word.
“Our athletes will prepare at an Omaha pace and at an Omaha standard,” he said, “so we can play at an Omaha level.”
Like any ambitious college baseball coach, making it to Omaha for the College World Series is Hughes’ goal. And he is not shy about stating it now that he is in command of the Wildcats.
That destination feels a long way off at the moment for K-State, which parted ways with Brad Hill following five straight seasons without a NCAA Tournament bid and back-to-back last place finishes in the Big 12.