PlayWithEffort posted:2019Dad posted:We can all agree that the SEC has been the strongest conference recently. In fact, based on the 21st century rate of CWS titles, in another three or four hundred years it should catch the PAC 12 in overall number of CWS titles:
PAC 12: 28 CWS titles overall, 5 so far this century
SEC: 11 CWS titles overall, 6 so far this century
Well played 2019Dad.
That’s funny!
In fairness though, it was the Big 12 that got snubbed rather than the PAC 12.
There’s obviously some good spirited conference bias at play in this thread though...which is fun. However, The argument might have been better if it was made for warm weather schools vs cold.
As far as “quality”...Texas is arguably the best (or one of the best) collegiate baseball programs of all time. 6 titles, 6 runner up finishes. (Disclaimer, I grew up rooting against Texas...so no homer-ism here).
This is from their wiki page.
Texas holds the records for most appearances in the College World Series (36), most individual CWS games won (85), most overall NCAA Tournament games won (240), and most NCAA Tournament appearances (59); the second-place programs in these categories have 25 CWS appearances (Miami), wins in 74 CWS games (Southern California), 192 overall NCAA Tournament wins (Florida State and Miami), and 56 NCAA Tournament appearances (Florida State), as of June 11, 2018.
You would have to look long & hard to find anyone that detests the University of Texas more than I do. But PlayWithEffort’s post is spot on. Their baseball program can’t be left out of this conversation.