Texas baseball can’t afford to look past powerful Tennessee Tech in Super Regional

By Steve Habel, Senior Contributing Writer

AUSTIN, Texas — Nothing is going to be handed to the Texas baseball team this weekend when it hosts a best-of-three NCAA Super Regional against upstart Tennessee Tech beginning Saturday afternoon at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.

But the Longhorns have become accustomed to inflicting their considerable will upon opponents when it’s really important, and they are riding the crest of that wave in an attempt to qualify for the College World Series for the first time since 2014.

Given those parameters, and UT's pitching staff’s recent penchant for making teams earn everything they get, it’s easy to see how Texas will be a huge favorite to roll past Tennessee Tech and advance to Omaha.

Don’t expect the Longhorns to take lightly the Golden Eagles, who are the first [article-offer]