Can the UC Davis baseball team make the postseason? It's a legitimate question considering the Aggies are 17-8 and have won 11 of 12 after a sweep of Pacific on Sunday.
The NCAA traditionally takes three teams from the Big West Conference, although it took four last year with league champ UC Riverside earning the automatic bid. UC Irvine, Cal State Fullerton and Long Beach State were the others.
Both of the major polls have Irvine, Long Beach and Fullerton ranked this week, a good sign for the conference. The Aggies play Irvine and Beach at home this year and Fullerton and Santa Barbara on the road. Those figure to be the crucial series for the Aggies. UCD also plays nationally ranked Cal and Stanford at home and on the road this year, so that's four more big games that could help determine a berth.
If the Aggies are indeed a "bubble" team hoping to get picked, the NCAA traditionally selects more established programs, so that's a major roadblock.
Fullerton travels to Irvine this weekend in the first major series of the conference.
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