OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
Best nicknames in the field:
Category one: "What is it?" The Furman Paladins? The Stetson Hatters? The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers?
Category two: "Sounds tough!" The Northwestern State Demons. The Illinois-Chicago Flames. The Wichita State Shockers.
Category three: "Just plain cool!" The Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns. The Pepperdine Waves. The Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners. The Austin Peay Governors.
The two seeds:
Best: Arizona, Rice, College of Charleston
Worst: Auburn, Virginia, Arizona State
The three seeds:
Best: Louisiana-Lafayette, Miami (Ohio), Creighton
Worst: Stanford, South Alabama, Oklahoma
The four seeds:
Best: Army, Ohio State, UNLV
Worst: Texas-San Antonio, Furman, North Carolina A&T
Regional ratings:
Strongest: Fullerton, Atlanta, Baton Rouge
Weakest: Tallahassee, Long Beach, Tempe
Top potential Super Regional showdowns:
If the seeds hold: LSU at Tulane, Florida State at Florida, Texas at Mississippi
With an upset or two: North Carolina vs Florida State, Arizona State vs Arizona, South Carolina vs Winthrop
"I find the BR regional being rated as one of the strongest as hard to believe. Not so much because NSU or Rice aren't good, but because I don't believe LSU is that good. just my .02"