Are the Miami Hurricanes off the NCAA Tournament Baseball Bubble?

Jun 20, 2016; Omaha, NE, USA; Miami Hurricanes head coach Jim Morris (3) prepares to leave the dugout after the loss to UC Santa Barbara Gauchos in the 2016 College World Series at TD Ameritrade Park. UC Santa Barbara defeated Miami 5-3. Mandatory Credit: Steven Branscombe-USA TODAY Sports /

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The Miami Hurricanes had a six-game winning streak before being eliminated by North Carolina in the ACC Tournament. The streak surged their RPI to 39th in the country and seemingly on the right side of the NCAA Tournament bubble.

Injuries and losses to professional baseball after last season gave the Miami Hurricanes a lot of question marks heading into this season. It was known they would not have the power in their lineup they had last season.

Zach Collins who was the tenth overall pick in the 2016 MLB draft by the Chicago White Sox and Willie Abreu were huge losses from the Hurricanes powerful 2016 lineup to professional baseball.

The Hurricanes also lost ace starter Danny Garcia and dominant closer Bryan Garcia. Jeb Bargfeldt has come in as a junior college transfer and been dominant at times this season as the team’s ace. Frankie Bartow has taken over as Miami’s closer after being Garcia’s primary setup man a year ago.

What has hurt the Hurricanes is that preseason All-Americans Johnny Ruiz, Jesse Lepore and Michael Mediavilla didn’t come close to living up to that status. Carl Chester was also a pre-season all-American. He was the Hurricanes most consistent offense player this season but wasn’t even productive enough to earn all-ACC.

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