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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 defeated the Florida Gators 13-7, following a 10-7 win over defending national champion LSU Tigers, marking back-to-back road upsets of nationally ranked Southeastern Conference opponents.
- Eighth-Year coach Jonathan Hernandez operates the program on a shoestring budget with home games averaging 87 fans, yet emphasizes, "We have to think outside the box because we can't afford the box."
- The Wildcats feature 11 international players from Aruba, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Colombia, and the Dominican Republic alongside 24 Americans, positioning the program as a "big program" in Latin America, Hernandez said.
- With 13 scholarships available, players earn money through name, image, and likeness opportunities, providing "just enough for some guys to buy groceries or a tank of gas," Hernandez said.
- The Wildcats play nationally ranked Big 12 contender UCF home and away over the next month while maintaining a 12-3 record and a three-way tie for first in the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
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Bethune-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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Bethune-Cookman’s SEC wins 'speaks volumes' about baseball program
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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