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No. 2 seed Kentucky is preparing to face No. 15 seed Oregon State in the Lexington Super Regional, with the Wildcats looking to book their first-ever trip to Omaha for the College World Series. Ahead of the big series, Kentucky head coach Nick Mingione spoke to media, and at one point was asked about the Beavers and the challenges they present as a national seed in their own right. Mingione commended Oregon State leadoff hitter Travis Bazzana and noted the team’s versatility across the lineup. “I would say they’re multidimensional,” he said. “When you look at even in the leadoff spot, he can b...
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For the second consecutive season, Kentucky baseball is headed back to the super regional round, and this time, they’re hosting as the No. 2 overall seed. The Wildcats have advanced out of the regional two other times under Nick Mingione, once back in 2017 and then in 2023. Both times they went on the road and lost in two games to higher seeds in the supers. This year, though, No. 15 Oregon State comes to Lexington and Kentucky Proud Park, which provided and exceptional home field advantage all weekend. After the third win in three days to wrap up the regional as quickly as possible, Wildcat s...
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The Kentucky Wildcats swept the Lexington Regional to advance to the Super Regional round of the NCAA championship tournament following their 5-0 win over Indiana State. Following their advancement to the next round, head coach Nick Mingione discussed balancing the team’s accomplishments thus far with what they are still on a quest to achieve — becoming the 2024 college baseball champions. “This facility is an amazing facility, and my favorite thing about this facility is actually the people in it,” said Mingione. “You can have a building, a beautiful building and facility. But if you don’t ha...
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Kentucky Wildcats baseball was selected as the No. 2 overall seed in the NCAA tournament, the highest such ranking in the program’s history. As a reward for their hard work throughout the 2024 campaign, Kentucky will host a regional tournament for the second straight season under head coach Nick Mingione. As the Wildcats gear up for the first game of the Lexington regional against Western Michigan on Friday, their head coach took a moment to share his feelings about their historic 2024 run. “It feels great. [I’m] proud of our guys,” Mingione said. Obviously, you’ve heard me say this over and o...
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As the SEC Baseball Tournament unfolds this week in Hoover, coaches are of course trying to win the championship, but they also have to walk a tightrope when it comes to managing their pitching staffs ahead of the NCAA Tournament next weekend. That dynamic was on display in the Kentucky vs. Arkansas game on Thursday. Both squads are squarely in the hunt for a top-eight seed in the big dance and plan on competing deep into the postseason. So, each club threw their top starter but neither lasted as long as they could. For the Wildcats, starter Trey Pooser went six scoreless innings and was feeli...
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No. 3 seed Kentucky knocked No. 2 seed Arkansas out of the SEC Tournament on Thursday with a 9-6 victory. The Cats will now play the loser of Thursday’s game between No. 10 seed South Carolina and No. 11 LSU on Friday at 3:00 p.m. CST/4:00 p.m. EST. Here’s everything Kentucky head coach Nick Mingione said after Kentucky’s first SEC Tournament win May 28, 2022 (LSU). Arkansas started 2024 SEC Pitcher of the Year Hagen Smith on Thursday, who was expected to be on a pitch count. Earlier this season, Kentucky totaled just three hits and one run against Smith in six innings. The left-hander finishe...
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Kentucky baseball bounced back in Hoover with a massive victory in their second game, beating No. 2 seed Arkansas 9-6 one day after losing to No. 11 seed LSU 11-0. The win marked Kentucky’s third in four games this season against a fellow top-five team in the country in Arkansas, who the Wildcats beat 2-1 in their series in Lexington. This time out, the Wildcat offense was unstoppable, busting up two of the better Razorback arms en route to victory. “I thought our offense was on full display today,” said Nick Mingione after the game when speaking to the SEC Network crew. He then broke down the...
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On Wednesday, the Kentucky Wildcats baseball team was hammered by the defending national champions, LSU, in their SEC tournament matchup. The Tigers beat the Wildcats 11-0, invoking the run rule, which resulted in the No. 3 seed conceding the game early. After the game, in the postgame press conference, Kentucky head coach Nick Mingione discussed his team’s mindset, expressing confidence that they would bounce back from Wednesday’s loss. “That’s the beauty of this team; that’s, in my opinion, one of the main reasons why we’ve been so successful this year,” Mingione said. “And this league is an...
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Kentucky Baseball head coach and 2024 SEC Coach of the Year Nick Mingione joined the SEC Now crew in Hoover Tuesday afternoon to discuss winning the award. “It just means that we have amazing coaches,” Mingione said. “I’ve surrounded myself with an amazing coaching staff and I have a bunch of ‘dawgs’ as players. You guys know this, I view this as a team award. There’s no way I could do this by myself.” Mingione is now a two-time winner of the award (2017), joining Arkansas’ Dave Van Horn (three-time), Vanderbilt’s Tim Corbin (three-time), and Florida’s Kevin O’Sullivan (three-time) as the only...
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On Monday, Kentucky head coach Nick Mingione was named the 2024 SEC Coach of the Year. Mingione also won the honor during his debut campaign with the ‘Cats in 2017. Mingione led Kentucky to a 39-12 overall record during the regular season and a 22-8 mark in conference play. With a win over Vanderbilt this past weekend, Kentucky secured a share of the SEC regular-season title for only the second time in program history. This story will be updated. The post Nick Mingione named 2024 SEC Coach of the Year appeared first on On3.
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