Bracket Released
By Doug Kroll - May 28, 2007
Brackets are out...Heare are the top eight seeds...
No. 1 Vanderbilt
No. 2 Rice
No. 3 North Carolina
No. 4 Texas
No. 5 Arizona State
No. 6 Florida State
No. 7 Arkansas
No. 8 San Diego
And for the Regionals...
Nashivlle (Vanderbilt):
No. 1 Vanderbilt
No. 2 Michigan
No. 3 Memphis
No. 4 Austin Peay
Charlottesville (Virginia):
No. 1 Virginia
No. 2 Rutgers
No. 3 Oregon State
No. 4 Lafayette
Long Beach (Long Beach St.):
No. 1 Long Beach State
No. 2 UCLA
No. 3 Pepperdine
No. 4 Illinois-Chicago
San Diego (Univ. of San Diego):
No. 1 San Diego
No. 2 Fullerton
No. 3 Minnesota
No. 4 Fresno State
Tempe (Arizona State):
No. 1 Arizona State
No. 2 UC-Riverside
No. 3 Nebraska
No. 4 Monmouth
Oxford (Ole Miss):
1. Ole Miss
2. Southern Miss
3. Troy
4. Sam Houston State
Wichita (Wichita State):
1. Wichita State
2. Arizona
3. Oral Roberts
4. New Orleans
Austin (Texas):
1. Texas
2. UC-Irvine
3. Wake Forest
4. Brown
Houston (Rice):
1. Rice
2. TCU
3. Baylor
4. Prairie View A&M
College Station (Texas A&M):
1. Texas A&M
2. Louisiana-Lafayette
3. Ohio State
4. Le Moyne
Columbia (Missouri):
1. Missouri
2. Miami
3. Louisville
4. Kent State
Fayetteville (Arkansas):
1. Arkansas
2. Creighton
3. Oklahoma State
4. Albany
Tallahassee (Florida State):
1. Florida State
2. Mississippi State
3. Stetson
4. Betune-Cookman
Myrtle Beach (Coastal Carolina):
1. Coastal Carolina
2. Clemson
3. St. John's
4. Virginia Commonwealth
Columbia (South Carolina):
1. South Carolina
2. North Carolina State
3. Charlotte
4. Wofford
Chapel Hill (North Carolina):
1. North Carolina
2. East Carolina
3. West Carolina
4. Jacksonville
So there ya go. We will have a bunch of reaction all week long, and Touching the Bases will be live from each Regional this weekend. Stay with us for more all week.
Posted by Doug Kroll at 12:49 PM on May 28, 2007
Comments (7)
Comments
Man, La-Lafayette was so close from hosting a regional, but they are a talented team. They will still do good. Count on them in Omaha.
Comment by Matthew Ward - May 28, 2007 01:48 PM
What regional games are going to be on tv Friday?
Comment by Jason - May 28, 2007 01:55 PM
I realize that every at-large team left out will complain that the selection committee erred, and that is something that is unavoidable. What should be addressed, however, are the pairings. Economics dictates that geographic proximity should be a primary consideration. That said, however, it should not be all that difficult to avoid the large number of rematches. Consider Clemson. Assuming all other seedings play out to form, they would have to beat Coastal Carolina, followed by Florida State (each of whm they have already faced this season) and then UNC (a fellow ACC school). I would not say that beating Arkansas would be any easier than beating FSU. But wouldn't we all find new matchups more interesting?
Comment by David Hare - May 28, 2007 03:00 PM
Thanks for commenting guys. There's no question that trying to avoid rematches from games played in that season is something that should have been looked at. The beauty of the NCAA Tournament is getting matchups that we're not used to seeing, between conferences that usually wouldn't play each other in the middle of the season, so David, I couldn't agree more. As for which games will be on TV, that is still being determined and I'll post as soon as I hear. As for Louisiana-Lafayette, I think it came down to the fact that they already had two many regionals down in that area of the country, and of course we know the committee is always trying to spread things out. I look forward to seeing a little bit of the Rajin' Cajuns. Keep the comments coming.
Comment by Doug - May 28, 2007 03:42 PM
Coastal Carolina and San Diego regionals confirmed for the other network. CSTV?
Comment by Horn Fan - May 28, 2007 03:49 PM
Word is that CSTV will have the Arkansas Regional...
Comment by Doug - May 28, 2007 03:59 PM
Yea man, La-Louisiana means business this year. If they play Ragin Cajun baseball they will do find.
Comment by Matthew Ward - May 28, 2007 10:25 PM