Notre Dame needed a strong showing in the ACC Tournament to get off the NCAA Tournament bubble. Instead, the Irish suffered losses to Pittsburgh and Wake Forest, and that was it for them in Durham. Two days after D1Baseball projected them as the last team in, they now are the second team out. Before falling to the Demon Deacons, they were the first team out.
The Irish have no one to blame but themselves for this. Beginning with a defeat to a putrid Northwestern team at Wrigley Field, the Irish lost five of their last six before Selection Monday. When you sputter towards the finish line before the tournament, you don’t do yourself any favors with the selection committee. Nothing the Irish did earlier in the season will matter much if they don’t have momentum, and they don’t.
The Irish will need a lot of luck to break into the field. To put it mildly, having to leave your season up to chance stinks. Alas, here they are.
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