Arizona State Looks To Overcome Adversity

Sun Devils Will Play 2012 With No Postseason Hopes… By College Baseball 360 Contributor Kevin Kennedy Kevin Kennedy provided coverage of Arizona State and Pac-10 baseball for CB360 last year, including coverage of the Cal-Dallas Baptist Super Regional. He will be providing coverage of ASU and the Pac-12 for us this year. He checks-in with a preview of the 2012 Sun Devils. Tempe, AZ — Arizona State Baseball will not be going to the College World Series or the NCAA Tournament. That sentence was the in the third paragraph of my 2011 ASU Baseball article, and statement still applies in 2012. The Sun Devils were supposed to be banned from the postseason last year because of NCAA violations that occurred under former Head Coach Pat Murphy, but because of the lengthy appeals process ASU was eligible for the 2011 postseason.Since the school was appealing the NCAAs ruling the team was eligible to play in the tournament while �the appeals process was still taking place. Appeals to the NCAA usually take a few month for a ruling, and the school argued their case to the NCAA just two weeks before the tournament selections.Officially the Sun Devils were not assured of a [...]

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