Regionals are still going on, and no one has yet qualified for the Super Regionals, but we should have some teams qualify tonight. Kentucky can win their Region if they can beat Indiana State tonight, but that game has been delayed by rain.
Regionals are still going on, and no one has yet qualified for the Super Regionals, but we should have some teams qualify tonight. Kentucky can win their Region if they can beat Indiana State tonight, but that game has been delayed by rain.
Meanwhile, here's the draw for the KHSAA Baseball Championship, which will start on Thursday in Lexington. As in basketball, we have a single state championship featuring one team from each region:
ReplyDeleteThursday, June 6:
(4th) Russell Co. v. (8th) Simon Kenton
(7th) Lou. Trinity v. (15th) Pikeville
(10th) Mason Co. v. (11th) Lex. Catholic
(5th) LaRue Co. v. (6th) Lou. Pleasure Ridge Park
Friday, June 7:
(1st) McCracken Co. v. (12th) W. Jessamine
(16th) E. Carter v. (9th) Ryle
(3d) Owensboro Catholic v. (13th) Corbin
(14th) Estill Co. v. (2d) Hopkinsville
I will be rooting for our western Paducah Mustangs.
DeleteSo far, only two of the 16 number-one seeds in the NCAA Baseball Tournament have been eliminated: Arkansas (the overall number 5 seed) and Arizona (the overall number 13 seed).
ReplyDeleteHere's where each Region stands:
ReplyDeleteKnoxville: Tennessee (0 losses) and So. Mississippi (1 loss)
Greenville: Evansville (0) and E. Carolina (1)
Norman: Connecticut (0) and Oklahoma (1)
Tallahassee: Florida St. (0) and Cent. Florida (1)
Fayetteville: Kansas St. (0) and S.E. Missouri (1)
Charlottesville: Virginia (0) and Mississippi St. (1)
Tucson: W. Virginia (0) and Grand Canyon (1)
Chapel Hill: N. Carolina (0) and LSU (1)
Lexington: Kentucky (0) and Indiana St. (1)
Corvallis: Oregon St. (0) and Cal-Irvine (1)
Raleigh: N. Carolina St. (0) and James Madison (1)
Athens: Georgia (0) and Georgia Tech (1)
Clemson: Clemson (0) and Coastal Carolina (1)
Stillwater: Oklahoma St. (0) and Florida (1)
Santa Barbara: Oregon (0) and Cal-Santa Barbara (1)
College Station: Texas A & M (0) and La-Lafayette (1)
Everyone not on this list has been eliminated.
DeleteThat includes Vandy, Texas, and South Carolina, who are used to doing better than this.
DeleteShout out to SEMO, who stunned Arkansas 6-3 to eliminate the Razorbacks on their home field.
DeleteWhoa.
DeleteUVA beats Mississippi State 9-2 to win the Charlottesville Region.
ReplyDeleteNCSU, which is having a monster sports year, beats James Madison 5-3 to win the Raleigh Region.
ReplyDeleteI dated a JMU grad for a little while, and I went to church in Raleigh with a slew of NCSU students, graduates and faculty. Also, N.C. State is one of the schools my daughter is visiting. So, ... huge!
DeleteLSU beats UNC 8-4 and forces an elimination game tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteClemson beats Coastal Carolina 12-5 and becomes the third team from the Classic ACC to win its Region.
ReplyDeleteEast Carolina crushes Evansville 19 to 6 to set up an elimination game tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteFlorida State beats Central Florida 12-4 to win the Tallahassee Region.
ReplyDeleteThe Classic SEC gets on the board. Tennessee beats Southern Mississippi 12 to 3 to win the Knoxville Region.
ReplyDeleteKansas State beats SEMO 7-2 to win the Fayetteville Region and put the Classic Big 8 on the board.
ReplyDeleteTwo more Regional Champions from the Classic SEC:
ReplyDeleteGeorgia comes from behind to beat Georgia Tech 8-6 in 10 innings and take the Athens Region.
And the UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY beats Indiana St. 5-0 to capture the Lexington Region.
I had almost forgotten what it was like to see Kentucky make the Sweet 16.
DeleteVery happy for UK.
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