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Where Kansas Baseball’s Big 12 Title Hopes Stand After WVU Sweep

Kansas Jayhawks On SI·Joshua Schulman·22 days ago
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The Kansas baseball team had an opportunity to claim its first-ever Big 12 regular-season title this weekend in a three-game set against No. 15-ranked West Virginia. Instead, Dan Fitzgerald's group was swept on its own home field by a run differential of 17 across the three-game span. Although a 20-7 record in conference play for a program like KU remains an unprecedented feat, the Jayhawks can't afford to keep up this skid to close out the regular season. They now have a chance to rebound beginning Thursday after several days' rest when they face BYU in Provo. KU holds a one-game lead over the Mountaineers in the conference standings, meaning the Jayhawks can control their destiny and claim the Big 12 title outright with a sweep over the Cougars. The last time BYU faced the Jayhawks was last year when the crimson and blue went 2-1 in Hoglund Ballpark, but the schools have not met this season. The Cougars sit just below .500 in Big 12 play with a 13-14 league record.…

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