(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Hawkeye baseball team completed a weekend sweep at Michigan State with an 11-3 victory but it may be too little too late when the NCAA pairings are announced on Monday (today). The Hawkeyes finished 26-18 in what coach Rick Heller calls a loaded Big Ten race. They finished ted in fourth with Indiana but the Hoosiers own the tie breaker.

A Big Ten only schedule may hurt the league when it comes to NCAA bids and it appears doubtful the conference will get five teams in.

Heller says the Big Ten continues to make progress in baseball and Michigan’s runner-up finish at the last College World Series is proof of that.