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Monday, May 28, 2007
Tech’s sin: Cutting it close
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia Tech can make an excellent case it should have been invited to play in the NCAA baseball tournament. I have little doubt the Yellow Jackets would win more than they lost if matched head to head against a few of the at-large selections.
At the end of the day, though, doesn’t Tech have to blame itself a bit for getting in a position where the committee could rationalize choosing someone else? Aren’t the Yellow Jackets a little like the guy who goes to sleep with the front door open and wakes to find thieves stole his TV? They didn’t deserve to be robbed (nobody does), but their actions (winning only 32 games overall, finishing a half-game behind N.C. State and 1 1/2 games behind Miami) made it possible.
Tech arguably did enough to earn an NCAA tourney berth; it just didn’t do enough to lock up that berth so tightly a less deserving squad couldn’t get it.
