The last time the University of Miami baseball team failed to qualify for the NCAA tournament, the Vietnam War was raging, Richard Nixon was president and the word “Watergate’’ was about to enter the nation’s collective consciousness.
That was 1972.
Forty-five years later, the Hurricanes are in jeopardy of ending their mind-boggling, national-record streak of 44 consecutive NCAA regionals.
UM's Jim Morris talks baseball, season
Jim Morris, UM's baseball head coach, talks about how the line-up is determined by the players.