Baseball America NCAA Tournament Projection (4/17)

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Link: http://www.baseballamerica.com/college/projected-field-64-april-17/

Big Ten has five teams in per this projection

Top Eight National Seeds
1. Texas A&M
2. Louisville
3. UCLA
4. Vanderbilt
5. Miami (FL)
6. LSU
7. Florida State
8. Oklahoma State

College Station Regional
#1 Texas A&M vs. #4 Alabama State
#2 Rice vs. #3 Oregon State

Dallas Regional
#1 Dallas Baptist vs. #4 Kennesaw State
#2 Texas Tech vs. #3 San Diego State

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Louisville Regional
#1 Louisville vs. #4 Central Michigan
#2 South Florida vs. #3 Ohio State

Springfield Regional
#1 Missouri State vs. #4 Southeast Missouri State
#2 Iowa vs. #3 Mississippi

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Los Angeles Regional
#1 UCLA vs. #4 Seattle
#2 Maryland vs. #3 San Diego

Lincoln Regional
#1 UC-Santa Barbara vs. #4 Wright State
#2 Nebraska vs. #3 Notre Dame

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Nashville Regional
#1 Vanderbilt vs. #4 Wagner
#2 Illinois vs. #3 Houston

Chapel Hill Regional
#1 North Carolina vs. #4 Mercer
#2 Coastal Carolina vs. #3 Auburn

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Coral Gables Regional
#1 Miami (FL) vs. #4 Bethune-Cookman
#2 Florida Atlantic vs. #3 Nevada

Phoenix Regional
#1 Arizona State vs. #4 Stony Brook
#2 Georgia Tech vs. #3 UC-Irvine

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Baton Rouge Regional
#1 LSU vs. #4 Southeastern Louisiana
#2 North Carolina-Wilmington vs. #3 Virginia

Fort Worth Regional
#1 Texas Christian vs. #4 Creighton
#2 Missouri vs. #3 Oral Roberts

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Tallahassee Regional
#1 Florida State vs. #4 George Washington
#2 Arkansas vs. #3 Connecticut

Gainesville Regional
#1 Florida vs. #4 Columbia
#2 Central Florida vs. #3 Louisiana-Lafayette

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Stillwater Regional
#1 Oklahoma State vs. #4 Navy
#2 College of Charleston vs. #3 California

Los Angeles Regional
#1 USC vs. #4 Canisius
#2 Oklahoma vs. #3 Cal State-Fullerton

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LAST FOUR IN
Nevada
Houston
Auburn
Ohio State

FIRST FOUR OUT
Alabama
Liberty
Long Beach State
New Mexico

 

[StoneColdHusker]

That would be NICE, but after this weekend, it doesnt look promising to host.

 

[RobsterMobster]

This is where baseball is different unique, RPI is huge as usual but so is attendance and facilities, which is why we'd be hosting as a #2 seed. Between you and me, I don't believe were a host school right now but don't be shocked if we do get one as a two seed if we can take care of business against Northwestern and Purdue and sneak a series against either Illinois or Iowa. OSU also has a high RPI so losing to them doesn't hurt as much as many may assume.

 

[bigredrl]

Originally posted by RobsterMobster:

This is where baseball is different unique, RPI is huge as usual but so is attendance and facilities, which is why we'd be hosting as a #2 seed. Between you and me, I don't believe were a host school right now but don't be shocked if we do get one as a two seed if we can take care of business against Northwestern and Purdue and sneak a series against either Illinois or Iowa. OSU also has a high RPI so losing to them doesn't hurt as much as many may assume.

We are a streaky team for sure so anything can happen it would be hard to forecast any series win against Iowa or Illinois at this point, given both are on the road. Would be lucky to go 3-3 over those two weekends and 2-4 is more likely. Purdue and Northwestern are just god awful but we have shown to play down to the lower levels of this conference in the past. 5-1 over those two weekends at home is the minimum expectation but I could certainly see us dropping 1 game each weekend.

Somewhat of worst case scenario puts finishing 6-6 and then facing a top seed in the B1G tournament. Obviously no 2 seed and host comes out of that.

Better case scenario puts us 8-4 and probably a 5 or 6 seed in B1G tournament. Would have to make a decent run to come out as 2 seed host.

 

[Roscoe 12oz]

Currently, we are playing like a road #3 seed that will go 1-2 in the regionals.