I know there was a lot of confusion as to why Illinois Baseball lost to an “unranked” Vanderbilt squad. The confusion lie in the way the CWS gives out the 8 national seeds and only showed those numbers on TV.
Vandy was a top 10 team in the nation in the last round of polls and just missed a national seed. Now, they’re headed to the CWS finals, and haven’t lost a game yet in postseason play. Our Illini probably had the toughest Super Regional draw in the nation.
Just a friendly reminder of how awesome our Illini were this year!