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Monday - May 31, 2010

Austin Regional info

Thank you, Kyle Peterson. He just pounded the nail in UT's CWS coffin as he predicted Texas would take it all. Sigh...

'Just finished watching the selection show. Texas is the #2 overall seed and will be hosting Rice, U. of Louisiana-Lafayette, and Rider. The winner of the Austin Regional will play the winner of the Fort Worth Regional (TCU, Baylor, Arizona, and Lamar).

Rider? The Rider Broncs won the MAAC (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) tournament to make their way into the tournament. Rider was the #3 seed going into the tournament. Rider's in New Jersey, by the way.

Rice? The Horns are 1-1 (oops, sorry...2-1, forgot about the game at the Astros College Classic) against Rice this year. Rice has had a very up-and-down season this year. They're very 'up' right now, though. Rice scored 56 runs in the four games they played at the C-USA tournament. Ouch.

U-LaLa? They went 0-2 in the Sun Belt Tournament but tied for 1st during the regular season. The Sun Belt conference is home to Florida International...who have Garrett Wittels and his 54-game hitting streak going for them.

As usual, I'll be keeping track of things on my 2010 Post Season page.

Oh. And, back to the Kyle Peterson curse. He predicted earlier in the show that TCU could actually finally break their way into the CWS this year...which would mean Texas didn't make it. So...which curse will take?

PS: See the NCAA site for a nice interactive bracket.

UPDATE: Just a quick note about the rest of the Big 12. Oklahoma is also hosting a Regional. Baylor, like I mentioned earlier, will be going to Ft. Worth. Kansas State is traveling to Fayetteville (hosted by Arkansas) and Texas A&M is going to Coral Gables (hosted by Miami).

Posted by Joanna at 12:09 PM