Final NCAA baseball tournament projections
By Rixon Lane
At noon today, the entire field of 64 for the NCAA baseball tournament will be announced.
Our last projections correctly predicted 13 of the 16 teams that were awarded regionals. Now, we’re taking one last crack at projecting the field. If things shake out the way we predict, the Gamecocks will see some familiar faces in Columbia and could get the chance to exorcise some old super regional demons.
Note: National seeds are bold with their seed in parentheses. Conference champions who earned automatic bids are in italics. Projected super regionals are paired together.
Charlottesville Regional:
1. Virginia (1)
2. Kentucky
3. Old Dominion
4. Campbell
Louisville Regional:
1. Louisville
2. Indiana State
3. West Virginia
4. George Mason
Gainesville Regional:
1. Florida (2)
2. Texas
3. Georgia Tech
4. Southeastern Louisiana
Stillwater Regional:
1. Oklahoma State
2. Houston
3. Sam Houston State
4. Sacramento State
Tallahassee Regional:
1. Florida State (3)
2. Alabama
3. Pepperdine
4. Bethune-Cookman
San Luis Obispo Regional:
1. Cal Poly
2. Oregon
3. North Carolina
4. Binghamton
Bloomington Regional:
1. Indiana (4)
2. Texas Tech
3. Texas A&M
4. Kent State
Coral Gables Regional:
1. Miami
2. Arkansas
3. Mercer
Georgia Southern
Corvallis Regional:
1.Oregon State (5)
2. Dallas Baptist
3. San Diego State
4. Bucknell
Oxford Regional:
1. Ole Miss
2. Washington
3. Columbia
4. Jackson State
Lafayette Regional:
1. Louisiana-Lafayette (6)
2. Mississippi State
3. Bryant
4. Jacksonville State
Columbia Regional:
1. South Carolina
2. Liberty
3. Clemson
4. Kennesaw State
Houston Regional:
1. Rice (7)
2. Maryland
3. Arizona State
4. North Dakota State
Forth Worth Regional:
1. TCU
2. UNLV
3. UC Irvine
4. Siena
Baton Rouge Regional:
1. LSU (8)
2. Nebraska
3. Kansas
4. Xavier
Nashville Regional:
1. Vanderbilt
2. Long Beach State
3. College of Charleston
4. Youngstown State
Last Four In: UC Irvine, Mercer, Kansas, Clemson
First Four Out: Stanford, UCF, UC Santa Barbara, Tennessee