Bethune-Cookman baseball team proves money doesn't always buy happiness. Just ask these SEC powers
Bethune-Cookman's baseball team plays in the second-weakest conference in Division I, runs on a shoestring budget and its home games draw an average of 87 fans. The small private school in Daytona Beach, Florida, is the pride of historically Black colleges and universities ranks after going on the road and knocking off a nationally ranked SEC team two weeks in a row. The Wildcats posted a 13-7 victory Tuesday night against the Florida Gators, No.
7 in the Baseball America ratings.
Bethune-Cookman's baseball team plays in the second-weakest conference in Division I , runs on a shoestring budget and its home games draw an average of 87 fans. And the powerful big-money programs of the Southeastern Conference should want no part of the Wildcats right now. The small private school in Daytona Beach, Florida, is the pride of historically Black colleges and universities ranks after going on the road and knocking off a nationally ranked SEC team two weeks in a row.
The Wildcats posted a 13-7 victory Tuesday night against the Florida Gators, No. 7 in the Baseball America ratings. That followed a 10-7 win over the defending national champion LSU Tigers, who were No.
24 by D1Baseball. com when they met April 7. While college baseball observers look at the wins as upsets, eighth-year coach Jonathan Hernandez would prefer his players not.