The College World Series begins Friday, with eight teams competing to decide who will earn the right to play for the championship.

Arizona made it to Omaha all but one year from 1954-60 and won its three titles in the 1970s and 1980s across five CWS appearances. After missing it 17 consecutive times between 1987 and 2003, the Wildcats returned to the CWS in 2004, marking their first of five appearances this century. Four of those trips have come since 2012.

The CWS often boils down to manufactured runs. Arizona will have to hammer out four games worth of them just to make the championship series.