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Monday - May 29, 2006
More on the Regionals
The Texas regional is paired with the regional at Oregon State. See the 2006 NCAA Baseball Brackets page for a complete list of the field of 64. The teams in the Austin regional:
- Texas (40-19)
- North Carolina State (38-21)
- Stanford (30-25)
- UT-Arlington (29-34)
The teams in the Oregon State regional:
- Oregon State (39-14)
- Kansas (42-23)
- Hawaii (43-15)
- Wright State (32-25)
I see that the committee managed to get Texas into a bracket in which they have a losing record this season to two of the teams (1-2 against Stanford and 0-1 against UT-Arlington). And, no record against NC-State. Interesting, eh? I wish I had time to figure out how the other national seeds did in that regard.
The other Big 12 teams. With the way Missouri's been playing, I like their chances out at Pepperdine. Of course, if they do win it, they have to turn around and beat the winner of the Cal State Fullerton regional which will likely be CSF. So, their chances of getting to Omaha seem pretty slim. You never know, though. Baylor's gonna have a tough time getting past Rice. Oklahoma looks to have a pretty tough field (Houston, Wichita State, and TCU). It looks like Nebraska should get through pretty easily (their field: Miami, San Francisco, and Manhattan). Kansas will have a tough time getting past Oregon State but I can't imagine the other two teams (Hawaii and Write State) will be of much concern. Oklahoma State got rewarded for having to travel as a #1 seed by facing Princeton in their first game. They will have to contend with Arkansas (host) and Oral Roberts so they get no cake walk after the first game. By the way, we all saw how well I did predicting things with the Big 12 tournament so this is very likely just a big waste of time!
The surprises this year: no host in Florida. Oklahoma State is the only #1 seed not hosting. LSU did not get in. The SEC did lead the field by getting 8 teams in, though, which is not a surprise.
Posted by Joanna at 1:19 PM