Maryland baseball will host first NCAA Tournament regional in program history; bracket unveiled Monday

The Maryland baseball crew will host this system’s first regional in School Park subsequent weekend, the NCAA Event’s choice committee introduced Sunday.

The Terps, who’ve received a program-record 45 video games and claimed the Large Ten Convention regular-season title earlier this month, had been one in all 16 groups to obtain a bunch bid. The event’s 64-team bracket shall be unveiled at midday Monday.

Sunday’s announcement capped a monthlong effort from Maryland officers to make School Park’s Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium a viable host website. Non permanent bleachers past the left-center-field fence have been added, boosting the venue’s seating capability to about 3,000, and different enhancements to the ballpark’s lighting and services are deliberate.

As host, Maryland would be the prime seed within the four-team regional, a double-elimination bracket that begins Friday and runs by not less than Sunday. Eleven of the 16 host groups in final yr’s NCAA Event received their regional. If the Terps obtain a top-eight nationwide seed — the crew entered Sunday ranked No. 9 within the ranking proportion index, an essential event criterion — a regional win would safe internet hosting duties within the super-regional spherical.

Maryland is making its second straight event look underneath coach Rob Vaughn and fifth previously eight tournaments total. The Terps went 1-2 on this weekend’s Large Ten Event, eradicated after dropping back-to-back video games for the primary time this season.

NCAA Baseball Event Choice Present

Monday, midday

TV: ESPN

Regionals: Friday, June 3 by Monday, June 6

Tremendous Regionals: Friday, June 10 by Monday, June 13

First day of School World Sequence in Omaha, Nebraska: Friday, June 17

CWS Finals: Begin Saturday, June 25 (finest of three)