Selection Monday pain ends once promising season: How did we end up here?

Huddle up, Arizona State fans. It’s time for the tri-annual commiseration session. It’s easy to be angry right now. What we just watched unfold on the NCAA baseball selection show wasn’t necessarily unexpected, but how it happened was gut-wrenching. The Sun Devils not only didn’t see their name scroll across the bracket on Monday morning’s selection show, but they also had to watch in certain agony as its in-state rival Arizona’s name did appear on the screen. Undeniable progress was made this season, but make no mistake; this was a gut punch and a pumping of the brakes on the…