After getting bounced early in regional play in each of the last two seasons, Mike Bianco and the Ole Miss baseball team need break up the postseason mediocrity with a deep run in 2017. On Tuesday afternoon, we learned that the path won’t be easy—nearly half of the 56 games listed on the 2017 schedule will come against teams that played in the NCAA Tournament last season.
Perhaps the most intriguing series of the year comes in the opening weekend, when the Rebs welcome former hitting coach Cliff Godwin back to town. Now the head man at ECU, Godwin led the Pirates on an incredible 2016 tourney run that came up one extra-innings game short of Omaha.