NCAA.com — Maybe you remember Indiana State's lousy luck. No, not the basketball team, whose NCAA tournament hopes went poof on Selection Sunday and then lost the NIT title game by two points. We're talking June of 2023, when the baseball Sycamores earned the right to host a 2023 super regional against TCU but circumstances forced them to play 800 miles away at Fort Worth, surrounded by a plague of Horned Frogs and their faithful. It did not end well for them.

We can report that Indiana State is back. Back in the polls — ranked last week in all six major ratings. Back in the RPI — No. 10 as this week begins. Back with a shiny 36-11 record that includes wins over Illinois, Purdue and Indiana, all names at or near the top of the Big Ten. Also a victory over Big East leader Connecticut. Back with its collective batting gloves still firmly gripping the Missouri Valley Conference by the throat, winning a second consecutive outright league season title and going 45-8-1 in the last 54 MVC games.

In other words, the Sycamores haven't gone anywhere, even without all three weekend starting pitchers from last season. So it's time to notice them again among all the marquee powerhouses. "It's hard because people see us as kind of distant from an SEC school or someone like that. That's something that's been with us forever," catcher Grant Magill said. "It's so hard for a mid-major to dig its way out. But once you get on the other side, it's awesome."

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