The field of 64 is set for the NCAA baseball tournament. 16 regional pairings were announced Monday. Games begin Friday in the double elimination format and will run through Monday if necessary. Sixteen winners advance out of the four-team pods to super regionals. Winners of those best of three series move on to the College World Series in Omaha beginning June 17th.
The Big Ten has two teams in for the first time since 2014. Michigan earned the Automatic bid. Regular season champ, Maryland is in. The SEC has 9 teams in the tournament. #1 Tennessee, #5 Texas A&M, #13 Florida and #14 Auburn. Other national seeds are #2 Stanford, #3 Oregon State, #4 Virginia Tech, #6 Miami, #7 Oklahoma State, #8 East Carolina, #9 Texas, #10 North Carolina, #11 Southern Mississippi, #12 Louisville, #15 Maryland and #16 Georgia Southern. The last four teams in were Florida State, Grand Canyon, Liberty and Ole Miss. Here are the Regionals.
Knoxville – Tennessee, Alabama State, Georgia Tech, Campbell
Statesboro – Georgia Southern, UNC-Greensboro, Notre Dame, Texas Tech
Austin – Texas, Air Force, Louisiana Tech, Dallas Baptist
Greenville – East Carolina, Coppin State, Virginia, Coastal Carolina
College Station – Texas A&M, Oral Roberts, TCU, Louisiana
Louisville – Louisville, Southeast Missouri, Oregon, Michigan
Gainesville – Florida, Central Michigan, Oklahoma, Liberty
Blacksburg- Virginia Tech, Wright State, Gonzaga, Columbia
Palo Alto – Stanford, Binghamton, Texas State, UC Santa Barbara
College Park – Maryland, Long Island, Wake Forest, UConn
Chapel Hill – North Carolina, Hofstra, Georgia, VCU
Stillwater – Oklahoma State, Missouri State, Arkansas, Grand Canyon
Coral Gables – Miami, Canisius, Arizona, Ole Miss
Hattiesburg – Southern Miss, Army, LSU, Kennesaw State
Auburn – Auburn, Southeastern Louisiana, UCLA, Florida State
Corvallis – Oregon State, New Mexico State, Vanderbilt, San Diego
