The point is pretty clear. We haven't been good enough to beat a
#1 seed (and often lesser seeds) in the post-season for nine straight years. That's not a small sample size.
2016 - as
#1 , beat
#4 ,
#3 ,
#3 ,
#3 ,
#3 + lost to
#3 to get to Omaha, then lost to
#2 and
#2 .
2015 - as
#1 , beat
#4 ,
#3 ,
#3 ,
#4 ,
#4 + lost to
#3 to get to Omaha, then lost to
#1 , beat
#2 , lost to
#1 (blown out twice)
2014 - as
#1 , beat
#4 ,
#4 ,
#2 + lost to
#2 ,
#2 - eliminated in home regional
2013 - as
#2 , beat
#3 + lost to
#1 ,
#3 - eliminated in road regional
2012 - as
#1 , lost to
#4 ,
#3 - eliminated in home regional
2011 - as
#2 , beat
#3 ,
#3 + lost to
#1 ,
#1 - eliminated in road regional
2010 - as
#1 , beat
#4 ,
#2 ,
#2 + lost to
#2 to get to Super Regional, then lost to
#1 ,
#1
2009 - as
#2 , beat
#3 ,
#3 + lost to
#1 ,
#1 - eliminated in road regional
In games we were expected to win, we were 21-11.
In games we were expected to lose, we were 0-7.
In games of equal seeding, we were 0-2.
So while our opponents manage to pull off the upset a third of the time, we have not beaten a higher or equal seed in 9 years. One would think that in the crazy randomness of baseball in which Columbia can knock off a national seed, we would be able to beat a higher seed just once.
