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Bethune-Cookman Baseball Team Proves Money Doesn't Always Buy Happiness. Just Ask These SEC Powers
The Wildcats improved to 26-11 after beating Florida 13-7, adding to a 10-7 win over LSU and strengthening their NCAA Tournament case.
- On Tuesday, Bethune-Cookman stunned the Florida Gators 13-7, marking the second consecutive week the Wildcats defeated a nationally ranked Southeastern Conference opponent after previously beating the LSU Tigers 10-7.
- The small Daytona Beach private school operates on a shoestring budget, with home games drawing an average of 87 fans, contrasting sharply with the multimillion-dollar resources of Southeastern Conference programs.
- Eighth-Year coach Jonathan Hernandez built the roster using an international pipeline, featuring 11 players from Aruba and Colombia alongside 24 Americans, while personally managing team travel and pregame equipment testing.
- Hernandez aims not merely to make the NCAA Tournament but to win when the Wildcats get there, facing nationally ranked Big 12 contender UCF in home and away series over the next month.
- Revenue sharing funds may soon become available through university leaders, though the program currently relies on name, image and likeness opportunities, providing players just enough to "buy groceries or a tank of gas.
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NiagaraFallsReview.caBethune-Cookman baseball team proves money doesn’t always buy happiness. Just ask these SEC powers
Bethune-Cookman's baseball team plays in the second-weakest conference in Division I, runs on a shoestring budget and its home games draw an average of 87 fans.
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For Bethune-Cookman baseball head coach Jonathan Hernandez, the past two weeks have been more than a pair of statement wins. They’ve been proof that his Wildcats program belongs among the country’s elite. Coming off back-to-back midweek victories over SEC powers LSU and Florida, Hernandez said the wins underscore how far the program has come—and how much higher it’s climbing. “I feel good about the team,” Hernandez told HBCU Sports in a phone in…
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