Friday, May 31, 2013

NCAA Baseball Tournament, Day One

Today is the first day of the NCAA Baseball Tournament, with 16 double-elimination regional tournaments taking place over the weekend.  Here are the 16 regions, with the four seeds in each.  Numbers in parentheses represent year-end rankings from Baseball America:

Chapel Hill Regional:
1.  N. Carolina (5)
2.  Fla. Atlantic (23)
3.  Towson
4.  Canisius

Columbia Regional:
1.  S. Carolina (18)
2.  Clemson (22)
3.  Liberty
4.  Saint Louis

Raleigh Regional:
1.  N. Carolina St. (7)
2.  Mississippi
3.  William & Mary
4.  Binghamton

Eugene Regional:
1.  Oregon (9)
2.  Rice (20)
3.  San Francisco
4.  South Dakota St.

Fullerton Regional:
1.  Cal-State Fullerton (3)
2.  Arizona St. (24)
3.  New Mexico (17)
4.  Columbia

Los Angeles Regional:
1.  UCLA (10)
2.  Cal Poly
3.  San Diego (25)
4.  San Diego St.

Blacksburg Regional:
1.  Virginia Tech (16)
2.  Oklahoma (18)
3.  Coastal Carolina
4.  Connecticut

Baton Rouge Regional:
1.  Louisiana St. (2)
2.  La-Lafayette
3.  Sam Houston St.
4.  Jackson St.

Nashville Regional:
1.  Vanderbilt (1)
2.  Georgia Tech
3.  Illinois
4.  E. Tennessee St.

Louisville Regional:
1.  Louisville (15)
2.  Miami (Fla.)
3.  Oklahoma St.
4.  Bowling Green

Bloomington Regional:
1.  Indiana (8)
2.  Austin Peay (21)
3.  Florida
4.  Valparaiso

Tallahassee Regional:
1.  Florida St. (11)
2.  Alabama
3.  Troy
4.  Savannah St.

Charlottesville Regional:
1.  Virginia (6)
2.  UNC-Wilmington
3.  Elon
4.  Army

Starkville Regional:
1.  Mississippi St. (14)
2.  S. Alabama
3.  Mercer
4.  Cent. Arkansas

Manhattan (Kan.) Regional:
1.  Kansas St. (13)
2.  Arkansas (12)
3.  Bryant
4.  Wichita St.

Corvallis Regional:
1.  Oregon St. (4)
2.  Texas A & M 
3.  UC-Santa Barbara
4.  Tex-San Antonio 

8 comments:

  1. Two upsets in the early-going:

    In Tallahassee: Troy 5, Alabama 2

    In Columbia: Liberty 8, Clemson 3

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  2. ESPNU is carrying the game between Kansas State and Wichita State in Manhattan, Kansas. Huge crowd for this in-stater. KSU looked nervous in the field in the top of the first, and the Shockers quickly jumped out to a 2-0 lead. I thought, "this could be an upset in the making."

    Then KSU got to bat. After one full inning, the Wildcats lead the Shockers 9 to 2.

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  3. Other finals from around the country:

    In Blacksburg: Oklahoma 7, Coastal Carolina 3
    In Chapel Hill: Towson 7, Fla. Atlantic 2
    In Charlottesville: Virginia 2, Army 1
    In Nashville: Illinois 6, Georgia Tech 4
    In Raleigh: William & Mary 4, Ole Miss 2
    In Louisville: Miami (Fla.) 7, Oklahoma St. 0

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  4. So far, the Colonial Athletic Conference is 2-0, the Sun Belt is 1-1, and the SEC is 0-2.

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  5. Meanwhile, Wichita State hasn't given up. In the top of the 6th, the Shockers trail Kansas State 13-7.

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  6. The SEC is now 0-3. In Bloomington, Austin Peay beats Florida 4-3.

    What a day for the OVC, the CAA, and the Sun Belt! Those conferences have combined to go 4-1, while the SEC has yet to win a game.

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  7. Kansas State ended up winning 20-11.

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