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CWS throwback question--Wichita State in the 90's
Posted on 6/11/25 at 4:13 pm
Posted on 6/11/25 at 4:13 pm
How did they compete? Most of Gene Stephenson's roster were local Kansas kids, maybe Missouri. Whereas Miami. FSU, and LSU had players from all over. Skip recruited from NY Penn Florida Cali. Much smaller percentage of local Louisiana guys. The Midwest had that much baseball talent?
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Posted on 6/11/25 at 4:15 pm to BGLAVI2
Because they threw at guys in the on deck circle
Posted on 6/11/25 at 4:18 pm to BGLAVI2
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Gene Stephenson's
I seem to remember some California kids on those squads??
But Gene's afro was the fricking truth.
Posted on 6/11/25 at 4:19 pm to BGLAVI2
Missouri Valley Conference. That's all that you need to know. 
Posted on 6/11/25 at 4:20 pm to BGLAVI2
I don’t know but I do know if it wasn’t for LSU’s rise at that time, he would be considered an all time great. We beat them in two title games and again in 96. He might have had 4 titles but for Skip and LSU.
Posted on 6/11/25 at 4:20 pm to BGLAVI2
They got lucky with Darren Dreifort being a Wichita local.
ETA: He gets lost in the shuffle in greatest college player discussions. Dude was basically Paul Skenes from his Air Force days...dropping bombs and throwing gas. Dreifort made the leap straight from Wichita St. to MLB with Dodgers.
ETA: He gets lost in the shuffle in greatest college player discussions. Dude was basically Paul Skenes from his Air Force days...dropping bombs and throwing gas. Dreifort made the leap straight from Wichita St. to MLB with Dodgers.
This post was edited on 6/11/25 at 4:37 pm
Posted on 6/11/25 at 4:25 pm to BGLAVI2
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How did they compete?
Because many schools today care to compete that did not back then.
Posted on 6/11/25 at 4:27 pm to Geauxldilocks
That program fell off a cliff.
Posted on 6/11/25 at 4:31 pm to TheDude321
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Missouri Valley Conference. That's all that you need to know.
He was an outstanding coach who attracted solid talent. In the 80s, Maine was a powerhouse. Much different game today.
Posted on 6/11/25 at 4:38 pm to Tigerpaul1969
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We beat them in two title games
Many felt those were shockers.
Posted on 6/11/25 at 4:51 pm to BGLAVI2
Brett Laxton had a pretty good National Championship Game against Wichita State in '93
Posted on 6/11/25 at 4:54 pm to BGLAVI2
They could hit. They may have started guerilla ball.
Posted on 6/11/25 at 5:15 pm to ItTakesAThief
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guerilla ball.
They should have used camouflage uniforms.
Posted on 6/11/25 at 5:29 pm to BGLAVI2
Wasn’t Creighton in that CWS too? Baseball was different back then.
Posted on 6/11/25 at 5:32 pm to kciDAtaE
Creighton was the team Wichita beat to get to the title game.
Posted on 6/11/25 at 5:33 pm to BGLAVI2
Skip may have single handedly stopped that dynasty. They won the CWS Title in 1989. They were CWS runner ups in 1982, 1991, and 1993. Don’t forget Skip was the pitching coach for Miami in 1982. Hidden ball trick, anyone?
Posted on 6/11/25 at 7:42 pm to Stevo
Long Beach State also
Posted on 6/11/25 at 7:44 pm to Islandboy777
Fullerton too. Also, locally for regional purposes South Alabama was good.
Posted on 6/11/25 at 8:00 pm to LSUFanMizeWay
We attended the 93 series......for the championship game we had horrible tickets.....all the way down the left field line surrounded by WSU fans. They had huge players.....remember the two studs they had. We watched batting practice and just about any ball they hit went out of the park. The fans were all over us thinking they were going to beat us up.....and I was afraid they were.....and then Mr Laxton took the mound.
Posted on 6/11/25 at 8:10 pm to BGLAVI2
They were good in basketball too.
I remember the epic game in a packed Superdome when we beat them to go to the final four.
I was a student at the time.
I remember the epic game in a packed Superdome when we beat them to go to the final four.
I was a student at the time.
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