NCAA Division 1 Tournament Announced

By Jorge Bannister
Fan Fanatic Sports Staff

For me, this is the most wonderful time of the year. NCAA Regionals.

Nothing like it.

Larry Templeton and the NCAA Division 1 Baseball Committee officially announced the field of 64 at 12:30 p.m. for the NCAA Division 1 Baseball Tournament.

No. 1 Texas (41-13-1)
No. 2 Cal. State Fullerton (42-14)
No. 3 LSU (46-14)
No. 4 North Carolina (42-16)
No. 5 Arizona State (44-12)
No. 6 UC Irvine (43-13)
No. 7 Oklahoma (41-18)
No. 8 Florida (39-20)

Sites and matchups (top 8 seeds in parentheses and bolded)

Austin Regional (Texas)
(1) Texas vs. Army (34-19); Boston College (33-24) vs. Texas State (41-15)

Fort Worth Regional (TCU)
TCU (36-16) vs. Wright State (33-28); Oregon State (35-17) vs. Texas A&M (36-22)

Atlanta Regional (Georgia Tech)
Georgia Tech (35-17-1) vs. Georgia State (39-20); Southern Mississippi (35-23) vs. Elon (40-16)

Gainesville Regional (Florida)
(8) Florida vs. Bethune-Cookman (32-26); Jacksonville (36-20) vs. Miami (36-20)

Tempe Regional (Arizona State)
(5) Arizona State vs. Kent State (42-15); Cal Poly (37-19 vs. Oral Roberts (31-13)

Clemson Regional (Clemson)
Clemson (40-19) vs. Tennessee Tech (30-22-1); Oklahoma State (32-22) vs. Alabama (37-19)

Greenville Regional (East Carolina)
East Carolina (42-17) vs. Binghamton (29-20); George Mason (42-12) vs. South Carolina (38-21)

Chapel Hill Regional (North Carolina)
(4) North Carolina vs. Dartmouth (27-16); Kansas (37-22) vs. Coastal Carolina (46-14)

Fullerton Regional (Cal. State Fullerton)
(2) Cal. State Fullerton vs. Utah (26-29); Gonzaga (35-16) vs. Ga. Southern (42-15)

Louisville Regional (Louisville)
Louisville (44-15) vs. Indiana (32-25); Vanderbilt (34-25) vs. Middle Tennessee (43-16)

Tallahassee Regional (Florida State)
Florida State (42-16) vs. Marist (31-26); Ohio State (40-17) vs. Georgia (37-22)

Norman Regional (Oklahoma)
(7) Oklahoma vs. Wichita State (30-25); Washington State (31-23) vs. Arkansas (34-22)

Irvine Regional (UC Irvine)
(6) UC Irvine vs. Fresno State (32-28); San Diego State (40-21) vs. Virginia (43-12-1)

Oxford Regional (Ole Miss)
Ole Miss (40-17) vs. Monmouth (32-23); Western Kentucky (39-18) vs. Missouri (34-25)

Houston Regional (Rice)
Rice (39-15) vs. Sam Houston State (36-22); Xavier (38-19) vs. Kansas State (41-16-1)

Baton Rouge Regional (LSU)
(3) LSU vs. Southern (30-15); Baylor (29-24) vs. Minnesota (38-17)

OK, the way I listed them may look weird to you, but bare with me.

I put them in order of matchups come Super Regionals time. So, if you look at the beginning of the Regionals, the Austin and Fort Worth Regionals are listed first. Meaning, the winner of the Austin Regional will faceoff against the winner of the Fort Worth Regional and so on.