Augie baseball coach Tim Huber after a 5th NSIC tourney win and 9th NCAA berth

Death. Taxes. Augustana baseball winning NSIC Tournament titles and playing in the NCAA Div. II Tournament.   It doesn't happen every year. It just seems like it.   On Saturday Tim Huber's baseball squad took home its fifth Northern Sun conference tournament title and automatic NCAA Tournament berth since 2014. It is Huber's ninth trip to baseball's big dance in his 18 seasons and fifth in the last six years.  Eight years ago, the Vikings became the first "northern" school to win the D2 national championship.   And, so, the road to Cary, North Carolina, for D2's version of the College World Series starts on Thursday in Pittsburg, Kansas, against Northwest Missouri State.   What is the hallmark of this Huber squad, how did it turn the corner and win 13 of 14 after being swept by rival (and Huber's alma mater) Minnesota State in Mid-April, and who are the studs that rode them home in the league tourney?   The affable Huber answers all in a 20-minute chat on a pleasantly sunny midday at Ronken Field.