My NCAA Tournament Selections

[GoneGolfin]

I did not have time to slot them in regionals. But here we go ... New Orleans is in. I also think Tulane makes the field.

#1 Seeds

N1 Miami
N2 Florida State
N3 LSU
N4 Arizona State
N5 North Carolina
N6 Rice
N7 Cal State-Fullerton
N8 Oklahoma State
Georgia
Coastal Carolina
Texas A&M
Nebraska
Long Beach State
North Carolina State
Stanford
Georgia Tech

#2 Seeds

Arizona
Texas
Florida
Wichita State
Michigan
California
UNC-Wilmington
East Carolina
Viriginia
UC-Irvine
San Diego
Texas Christian
Missouri
South Carolina
Kentucky
Vanderbilt

#3 Seeds

Pepperdine
Southern Mississippi
Elon
Oral Roberts
Houston
New Orleans
Tulane
Alabama
Ole Miss
UCLA
Dallas Baptist
UC Davis
St. John's
Oregon State
Arkansas
Louisville

#4 Seeds

Western Kentucky
James Madison
Charlotte
Fresno State
Sam Houston State
Stony Brook
Lipscomb
Illinois-Chicago
Columbia
Rider
Eastern Michigan
Bethune Cookman
Mt. St. Mary's
Eastern Illinois
Bucknell
Texas Southern

The last spots will be interesting between Arkansas, College of Charleston, Oklahoma, Missouri State, Oregon State, Clemson, Washington State, and Baylor.

The last national seed is likely between Oklahoma State and Georgia. The last #1 seed is likely between Georgia Tech and Arizona.

Brian

[raginsaints]

You forgot UL...oh wait *goes cry in corner again*

[Sonsissymia]

the streak continues of at least two 'belt teams in the field.

[Turner]

Lightning strikes

[Boomer]

Did Tulane get in the mix and where is everybody going????

[GoneGolfin]

the streak continues of at least two 'belt teams in the field.

UNO was comfortably in. Tulane, as well as some others, came in after UNO.

Brian

[GoneGolfin]

As they moved to the end of the selection show, I thought I was going to have all 64 teams projected. Then Oklahoma came on the board instead of Oregon State at the end. Well, I will take 63/64. I did get Arkansas, which some missed.

Brian

[LifeTimeCajun]

explain the thought with arkansas getting in and not making the confernece tourney. I have seen this a couple of times in the past few years with the SEC. I just cant believe that the 9th place team that could not make there own confernce is a better choice than somebody else. I really haven't studied the field this year, so i dont know what other team would replace them, but my point being they didnt make there conference tourney as the 9th place team. I dont know what there RPI is, but i am assuming since they are in it was good enough?

[Pirogue]

Sun Belt Sends Two to NCAA Baseball Regionals
Written by: Sun Belt Conference

Release: 05/26/2008








NEW ORLEANS – For the 20th consecutive season the Sun Belt Conference will send two teams to the NCAA Baseball Championship as Western Kentucky University and the University of New Orleans were both selected as representatives from the Sun Belt.



WKU earned a spot in the NCAA Regionals after defeating UNO in Sunday’s Sun Belt Championship in Lafayette, La. The Hilltoppers will play in the Stillwater, Oklahoma Regional against the host school Oklahoma State.



UNO, meanwhile, will play in the Baton Rouge Regional. The Privateers were selected to the tournament as an at large team after an impressive campaign that saw the squad go 42-19 with wins over LSU (twice), Tulane (twice), Alabama (twice), and Southern Mississippi. UNO will face off against that Southern Miss squad once more in the opening game of that Regional.



The Sun Belt’s 20-year streak of having two or more teams reach NCAA play is matched by only four other conferences (ACC, Big West, SEC, Pac-10).



2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Field



Ann Arbor Regional

#1 Arizona (38-17) vs. #4 Eastern Michigan (25-32)

#2 Michigan (45-12) vs. #3 Kentucky (42-17)



Athens Regional

#1 Georgia (35-21-1) vs. #4 Lipscomb (32-28)

#2 Georgia Tech (39-19) vs. #3 Louisville (41-19)



Baton Rouge Regional

#1 LSU (43-16-1) vs. #4 Texas Southern (16-32)

#2 Southern Miss. (40-20) vs. #3 New Orleans (42-19)



Cary Regional

#1 North Carolina (46-12) vs. #4 Mt. St. Mary’s (21-32)

#2 UNC Wilmington (42-15-1) vs. #3 Elon (43-16)



College Station Regional

#1 Texas A&M (43-16) vs. #4 Ill.-Chicago (34-20)

#2 Dallas Baptist (37-17) vs. #3 Houston (39-22)



Conway Regional

#1 Coastal Caro. (47-12) vs. #4 Columbia (22-28)

#2 East Carolina (40-19) vs. #3 Alabama (34-26)



Coral Gables Regional

#1 Miami (Fla.) (47-8) vs. #4 Bethune-Cookman (36-20)

#2 Missouri (38-19) vs. #3 Ole Miss (37-24)



Fullerton Regional

#1 Cal St. Fullerton (37-19) vs. #4 Rider (29-26)

#2 UCLA (31-25) vs. #3 Virginia (38-21)



Houston (Rice) Regional

#1 Rice (42-13) vs. #4 Sam Houston St. (37-23)

#2 Texas (37-20) vs. St. John’s (N.Y.) (41-14)



Lincoln Regional

#1 Nebraska (40-14-1) vs. #4 Eastern Ill. (27-28)

#2 UC Irvine (38-16) vs. #3 Oral Roberts (46-12)



Long Beach Regional

#1 Long Beach St. (37-19) vs. #4 Fresno St. (37-27)

#2 San Diego (41-15) vs. #3 California (33-19-2)



Raleigh Regional

#1 North Carolina St. (38-20) vs. #4 James Madison (38-17)

#2 South Carolina (38-21) vs. #3 Charlotte (43-14)



Stanford Regional

#1 Stanford (33-21-2) vs. #4 UC Davis (34-22)

#2 Pepperdine (36-19) vs. #3 Arkansas (34-22)



Stillwater Regional

#1 Oklahoma St. (42-16) vs. #4 Western Kentucky University (33-25)

#2 Wichita St. (44-15) vs. #3 TCU (43-17)



Tallahassee Regional

#1 Florida St. (48-10) vs. Bucknell (29-22-2)

#2 Florida (34-22) vs. #3 Tulane (37-20-1)



Tempe Regional

#1 Arizona St. (45-11) vs. #4 Stony Brook (34-24)

#2 Vanderbilt (40-20) vs. #3 Oklahoma (34-24-1)

[CajunT]

_ UNO was comfortably in. Tulane, as well as some others, came in after UNO.

Brian _

I'm just outraged the ULM is not in as the regular season champion, when is the last time that happen in the Sun Belt Brian?

[DieHard1280]

#1 LSU (43-16-1) vs. #4 Texas Southern (16-32)

Wow, what a mismatch. Obviously, Texas Southern won their conference tourney.

[GoneGolfin]

I'm just outraged the ULM is not in as the regular season champion, when is the last time that happen in the Sun Belt Brian?

South Alabama in 1994 was the last Sun Belt regular season champion not to make the NCAA Tournament (48-team field then). The Jaguars were only 32-25 that season. Jacksonville (#2 seed in SBC Tournament) made it that season as an at-large.

ULM was really not very close. They had a poor overall resume and RPI. They were several spots off of my list of the "next teams" to be considered. They would have needed to have an RPI of about 35 positions higher to have been seriously considered.

Brian