The king has been dethroned.
The University of Miami’s often painful uphill journey came to an end Monday when the NCAA Division I Baseball Selection Committee left the Hurricanes out of the 64-team tournament, thereby ending an extraordinary 44-year postseason run that included four national championships.
The team that now has the longest baseball postseason streak and in only five years could seize the record? Florida State (39-20), UM’s arch-rival and fellow Atlantic Coast Conference member that earned its 40th consecutive NCAA berth on Monday after winning the ACC tournament championship on Sunday.
The Hurricanes finished their season 31-27 overall, including two wins in the ACC tourney and seven victories in their final 10 games.