The dream of the Oregon Ducks baseball team reaching the College World Series in Omaha ended Monday night as the Ducks fell to the Rice Owls 11-4 at PK Park. The Ducks’ loss, their second of the double-elimination style regional round, eliminated them from postseason play.

Taking the hill for George Horton’s squad in the biggest game of the year was Jake Reed, who pitched solidly in the game-one victory in the regional round against South Dakota State.

However, his performance could not be duplicated and he was pulled early from the game after only pitching 1.2 innings.

The Ducks tried to hold on but simply did not have enough firepower to combat the Rice offensive onslaught. The Emerald’s Aubrey Wieber has a full game recap here.

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In the recent past, the Pac-12 Conference has been a breeding ground for future NFL coaches. The latest example of this is former Oregon coach Chip Kelly, who is now the man in charge for the Philadelphia Eagles.

It seems that the Pac-12 is far and away the most popular collegiate conference that professional GM’s look to when hiring a new coach and Ivan Maisel wondered why.

The ESPN.com writer takes a look at the reasons behind this here.

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For the third year in a row, the Miami Heat are playing in the NBA Finals after defeating the Indiana Pacers 99-76 in game seven Monday night.

While a majority of the first six games were closely-contested affairs, game seven was quite the opposite with LeBron James and the Heat dominating seemingly from the first tip.

James paced the Heat with 32 points and eight rebounds, while Indiana big man Roy Hibbert led his squad with 18 and eight himself.

The Heat now set their sights on the San Antonio Spurs, who will travel to Miami for game one of the Finals which is set to tip Thursday at 9 p.m. in Miami.