NCAA Baseball Tournament Projection (4/24) (3 Viewers)

Link: D1Baseball

Big Ten has two teams in the field in this week's projection: Nebraska and Illinois

LAST FOUR IN
Georgia Tech
Illinois
Texas
Louisiana Tech

FIRST FOUR OUT
Xavier
TCU
Pickle Smoochers
Mississippi

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College Station Region
#1 Texas A&M (1)
#4 North Dakota State

#2 Louisiana-Lafayette
#3 Texas

Tucson Region
#1 Arizona (16)
#4 Grand Canyon

#2 UC-Irvine
#3 San Diego

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Fayetteville Region
#1 Arkansas (2)
#4 Arkansas-Little Rock

#2 Oklahoma State
#3 Louisiana Tech

Columbia Region
#1 South Carolina (15)
#4 South Carolina-Upstate

#2 Virginia
#3 Southern Mississippi

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Clemson Region
#1 Clemson (3)
#4 Army

#2 Mississippi State
#3 Utah

Conway Region
#1 Coastal Carolina (14)
#4 Samford

#2 Georgia
#3 Georgia Tech

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Knoxville Region
#1 Tennessee (4)
#4 Wright State

#2 Virginia Tech
#3 Kennesaw State

Durham Region
#1 Duke (13)
#4 Columbia

#2 Vanderbilt
#3 North Carolina-Wilmington

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Lexington Region
#1 Kentucky (5)
#4 Bowling Green

#2 West Virginia
#3 California

Corvallis Region
#1 Oregon State (12)
#4 Fresno State

#2 Texas Tech
#3 Connecticut

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Greenville Region
#1 East Carolina (6)
#4 Sacred Heart

#2 North Carolina State
#3 James Madison

Terre Haute Region
#1 Indiana State (11)
#4 St. Louis

#2 Kansas State
#3 Illinois

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Chapel Hill Region
#1 North Carolina (7)
#4 Niagara

#2 Alabama
#3 Northeastern

Norman Region
#1 Oklahoma (10)
#4 Lamar

#2 Nebraska
#3 Oregon

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Winston-Salem Region
#1 Wake Forest (8)
#4 Bryant

#2 UC-Santa Barbara
#3 Central Florida

Tallahassee Region
#1 Florida State (9)
#4 Florida A&M

#2 Dallas Baptist
#3 Florida

On the hosting possibility: https://d1baseball.com/analysis/postseason-stock-report-week-11-at-large-national-seed-analysis-2/

Nebraska, UC-Santa Barbara, UC-Irvine and Dallas Baptist all remain in the hosting hunt, but they all have obvious work to do. The Cornhuskers have the best RPI in the Big Ten at No. 23, but they're just 8-4 in the standings (two games behind Illinois) and 1-5 vs. Q1. UCSB has the best RPI in the Big West (No. 14) but its lone marquee series against UC-Irvine -- the only Q1 games for either team. They're tied in the standings at 11-4, percentage points ahead of UC-San Diego (which remains postseason ineligible while completing its transition to Division I), but Irvine needs to boost its RPI (No. 26).

Dallas Baptist has a solid RPI (No. 20) but a series loss to Louisiana Tech left the Patriots just 7-5 in C-USA, good enough for fifth place. It's hard to envision any of these four teams hosting if they don't win their respective regular-season titles, so that is priority No. 1 for all of them.

Link: Baseball America

Two Big Ten teams in this projection as well: Nebraska and Ohio State

LAST FOUR IN
Florida
Utah
Ohio State
Texas

FIRST FOUR OUT
TCU
Illinois
Louisville
Louisiana Tech

NEXT FOUR OUT
Mississippi
Georgia Tech
College of Charleston
Kansas

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College Station Region
#1 Texas A&M (1)
#4 North Dakota State

#2 Louisiana-Lafayette
#3 Lamar

Nashville Region
#1 Vanderbilt (16)
#4 Western Kentucky

#2 Oklahoma State
#3 Southern Mississippi

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Fayetteville Region
#1 Arkansas (2)
#4 Arkansas-Little Rock

#2 Oregon
#3 Kansas State

Columbia Region
#1 South Carolina (15)
#4 Samford

#2 Virginia
#3 Northeastern

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Clemson Region
#1 Clemson (3)
#4 Sacred Heart

#2 North Carolina-Wilmington
#3 Kennesaw State

Durham Region
#1 Duke (14)
#4 Virginia Commonwealth

#2 West Virginia
#3 Connecticut

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Lexington Region
#1 Kentucky (4)
#4 Bowling Green

#2 UC-Santa Barbara
#3 Ohio State
Terre Haute Region
#1 Indiana State
#4 Grand Canyon

#2 Arizona
#3 Xavier

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Knoxville Region
#1 Tennessee (5)
#4 Wright State

#2 San Diego
#3 Virginia Tech

Norman Region
#1 Oklahoma (12)
#4 Niagara

#2 Dallas Baptist
#3 Alabama

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Chapel Hill Region
#1 North Carolina (6)
#4 Bryant

#2 Mississippi State
#3 Utah

Corvallis Region
#1 Oregon State (11)
#4 Fresno State

#2 UC-Irvine
#3 Texas

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Tallahassee Region
#1 Florida State (7)
#4 Bethune-Cookman

#2 Texas Tech
#3 Florida

Conway Region
#1 Coastal Carolina (10)
#4 South Carolina-Upstate

#2 Georgia
#3 California

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Greenville Region
#1 East Carolina (8)
#4 Army

#2 North Carolina State
#3 James Madison

Winston-Salem Region
#1 Wake Forest (9)
#4 Columbia

#2 Nebraska
#3 Central Florida

Alum-Ni said:

Nebraska, UC-Santa Barbara, UC-Irvine and Dallas Baptist all remain in the hosting hunt, but they all have obvious work to do. The Cornhuskers have the best RPI in the Big Ten at No. 23, but they're just 8-4 in the standings (two games behind Illinois) and 1-5 vs. Q1. UCSB has the best RPI in the Big West (No. 14) but its lone marquee series against UC-Irvine -- the only Q1 games for either team. They're tied in the standings at 11-4, percentage points ahead of UC-San Diego (which remains postseason ineligible while completing its transition to Division I), but Irvine needs to boost its RPI (No. 26).

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Yo Kendall, friendly reminder that 2023 Indiana State was 2-9 against Q1 teams prior to Regionals. And both wins were midweek games, while all losses were on the weekend, just in case you try to play both sides of the fence. Oh, and they were also 6-3 against Q2 prior to Regionals. Strong non-conference SOS, extremely poor results against that schedule. 11-3 v Q3 & 15-1 v Q4 (26-4 total).

Big weekend for us to keep hosting alive.