https://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/artic...a-baseball


Athens, Georgia – Georgia (37-19)
Austin, Texas – Texas (37-20)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina – North Carolina (38-18)
Clemson, South Carolina – Clemson (45-14)
Corvallis, Oregon – Oregon St. (44-10-1)
Conway, South Carolina – Coastal Carolina (42-17)
DeLand, Florida – Stetson (45-11)
Fayetteville, Arkansas – Arkansas (39-18)
Gainesville, Florida – Florida (42-17)
Greenville, North Carolina – East Carolina (43-16)
Minneapolis, Minnesota ­– Minnesota (41-13)
Lubbock, Texas – Texas Tech (39-17)
Oxford, Mississippi – Ole Miss (46-15)
Raleigh, North Carolina – NC State (40-16)
Stanford, California – Stanford (44-10)
Tallahassee, Florida – Florida St. (43-17)

Quote:The remaining at-large teams, top 16 national seeds, first-round regional pairings and site assignments will be announced at noon ET, Monday, May 28. The one-hour program will be shown live on ESPNU. The committee will set the entire 64-team bracket through both the super regionals and the first round of the Men’s College World Series and will not reseed the field after play begins.

Congrats to the Stetson Hatters for being selected as a regional host for the first time.

We have treachery in College Baseball. Vile Evil treachery!

Kentucky...was left out of the NCAA Tournament despite an amazing 13-17 Conference record, and Northeastern...NORTHEASTERN was placed in the tournament instead.

ESPN is furious. They can't believe what is happening! I expect the immediate removal of the selection committee for that treachery! The basketball committee will have to select all 14 SEC teams next year as recompense.

Last 4 in - Dallas Baptist, Northeastern, Oklahoma State, Troy

First 4 out - Arizona, Illinois, Kentucky, UCF

(05-28-2018 11:48 AM)chiefsfan Wrote:  We have treachery in College Baseball. Vile Evil treachery!

Kentucky...was left out of the NCAA Tournament despite an amazing 13-17 Conference record, and Northeastern...NORTHEASTERN was placed in the tournament instead.

ESPN is furious. They can't believe what is happening! I expect the immediate removal of the selection committee for that treachery! The basketball committee will have to select all 14 SEC teams next year as recompense.

LSU fans are pissed. How dare the committee sends them across the country.

(05-28-2018 11:55 AM)jdgaucho Wrote:  

(05-28-2018 11:48 AM)chiefsfan Wrote:  We have treachery in College Baseball. Vile Evil treachery!

Kentucky...was left out of the NCAA Tournament despite an amazing 13-17 Conference record, and Northeastern...NORTHEASTERN was placed in the tournament instead.

ESPN is furious. They can't believe what is happening! I expect the immediate removal of the selection committee for that treachery! The basketball committee will have to select all 14 SEC teams next year as recompense.

LSU fans are pissed. How dare the committee sends them across the country.

That's what happens when you finish 9th in your conference and there is a PAC 12 team in UCLA (Which can't go to Corvallis obviously) in a similar seeding spot. UCLA Had to travel across country, so someone else, a lower 2 seed has to travel the other way.

LSU fans are amusing. Still think they are God's gift to College Baseball.

Really bummed with our regional. I always love the regionals because it gives me a chance to see teams I don't usually get to see, but this year is about as typical as it gets in that regards.

Oklahoma is somewhat interesting, but I already saw them at the CWS a couple years back. Miss State is a common postseason matchup. Samford seems like they're in our regional every year. Then if we win, we matchup most likely with Clemson (whom we've already played four times this year).

Disappointed in that regard, but otherwise not much to say. The committee definitely put a huge emphasis on conference record this year, which is fine. They were very consistent in that across the board.

(05-28-2018 11:58 AM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(05-28-2018 11:55 AM)jdgaucho Wrote:  

(05-28-2018 11:48 AM)chiefsfan Wrote:  We have treachery in College Baseball. Vile Evil treachery!

Kentucky...was left out of the NCAA Tournament despite an amazing 13-17 Conference record, and Northeastern...NORTHEASTERN was placed in the tournament instead.

ESPN is furious. They can't believe what is happening! I expect the immediate removal of the selection committee for that treachery! The basketball committee will have to select all 14 SEC teams next year as recompense.

LSU fans are pissed. How dare the committee sends them across the country.

That's what happens when you finish 9th in your conference and there is a PAC 12 team in UCLA (Which can't go to Corvallis obviously) in a similar seeding spot. UCLA Had to travel across country, so someone else, a lower 2 seed has to travel the other way.

LSU fans are amusing. Still think they are God's gift to College Baseball.

LSU hosted a regional for something like 25 years in a row. They need to get over themselves.

Tough draws on ECU's side of the bracket (Arkansas has the best home field advantage in baseball this year). Nonetheless, it's time for my Pirates to finally get over the hump and make it to Omaha.

https://247sports.com/college/east-carol...-118588599

Hell, it seems the committee doesn't even have the facts straight for why the picked certain teams to host/not host.

(05-28-2018 11:48 AM)chiefsfan Wrote:  We have treachery in College Baseball. Vile Evil treachery!

Kentucky...was left out of the NCAA Tournament despite an amazing 13-17 Conference record, and Northeastern...NORTHEASTERN was placed in the tournament instead.

ESPN is furious. They can't believe what is happening! I expect the immediate removal of the selection committee for that treachery! The basketball committee will have to select all 14 SEC teams next year as recompense.

The Piggies wined so we didn't get to their regional.

I think everyone has their little gripes. For us (FSU), it's why are we the #7 seed behind UNC when we have a better RPI (5 vs 8), SOS (4 vs 5), won the ACC tournament, and beat them 2/3 in Chapel Hill.

In any case, it is what it is. I agree with a lot of the issues from other posters. Compared to other years I think this committee didn't do quite as good a job.

South Carolina got a good draw, only a few hours up the road in Greenville

(05-28-2018 11:58 AM)chiefsfan Wrote:  LSU fans are amusing. Still think they are God's gift to College Baseball.

Well, LSU has led the NCAA in attendance the last *20 years* or something, so they are justified in thinking that.

But to this issue - I just read the BR paper, the Advocate, today and nobody at LSU seems to be whining about being shipped to Corvalis. Just a week ago, they were a bubble team and they understood that the SEC tournament run couldn't have moved them higher than a 2-seed (at a regional), so that means getting shipped out.

In short, jealous fans of other schools are trying to afix a prima donna label to LSU fans that just doesn't apply here.

(05-28-2018 07:45 PM)3BNole Wrote:  I think everyone has their little gripes. For us (FSU), it's why are we the #7 seed behind UNC when we have a better RPI (5 vs 8), SOS (4 vs 5), won the ACC tournament, and beat them 2/3 in Chapel Hill.

In any case, it is what it is. I agree with a lot of the issues from other posters. Compared to other years I think this committee didn't do quite as good a job.

You have a good argument.

(05-28-2018 07:45 PM)3BNole Wrote:  I think everyone has their little gripes. For us (FSU), it's why are we the #7 seed behind UNC when we have a better RPI (5 vs 8), SOS (4 vs 5), won the ACC tournament, and beat them 2/3 in Chapel Hill.

Historically, the committee hasn't put as much stock in conference tournaments. I think they should, but to me they have always been treated like the conference tourneys tend to be treated in hoops - a chance for a team to play itself off the bubble (one way or the other**) but not really improve on its seeding that the regular season established.

In this case, UNC won their ACC division with a 22-8 record. FSU finished fourth in your division with a 16-13 record. So that explains UNC having a higher overall seed.


** E.g., at the AAC tournament, UCF, a bubble team, went 0-2 and likely played itself off the bubble and out; at the SEC tournament, LSU was a bubble team, but by making the tournament final, played itself comfortably off the bubble and in to the tournament.

(05-29-2018 08:47 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(05-28-2018 11:58 AM)chiefsfan Wrote:  LSU fans are amusing. Still think they are God's gift to College Baseball.

Well, LSU has led the NCAA in attendance the last *20 years* or something, so they are justified in thinking that.

But to this issue - I just read the BR paper, the Advocate, today and nobody at LSU seems to be whining about being shipped to Corvalis. Just a week ago, they were a bubble team and they understood that the SEC tournament run couldn't have moved them higher than a 2-seed (at a regional), so that means getting shipped out.

In short, jealous fans of other schools are trying to afix a prima donna label to LSU fans that just doesn't apply here.

It's a vocal minority

https://twitter.com/LSUbaseball/status/1...02273?s=20