NCAA Tournament Watch: Will Texas Host A Regional?

The tip of the common season in faculty baseball is quick approaching as groups throughout the nation attempt to make one final push to both get a high 16 seed and host a regional, or only one final push to safe themselves a spot within the area of 64. 

For the Longhorns, they fall within the former, as they’re virtually 100% assured to make the NCAA Match however will intention to enhance their seed and host a regional come June. 

Because the NCAA Match approaches, a number of retailers will publish their projected fields of 64 and who they suppose who would be the 16 host websites. School Baseball Nation posted a projection of their very own, and they don’t have Texas as a number because it presently stands. 

Reasonably, they’ve the Longhorns because the No. 2 seed within the School Station regional, the place Texas A&M would host because the No. 1 seed and the No. 8 total seed within the nation. Becoming a member of the Longhorns and the Aggies can be UTSA because the No. 3 seed and Maine because the No. 4 seed. 

Kole Kaler and Dylan Rock

Trey Faltine

Ivan Melendez

The one manner this regional might get any spicier would have been placing Texas Tech because the No. 3 seed reasonably than UTSA, however they’ve the Crimson Raiders because the No. 3 seed in Georgia’s regional. 

Whereas the Longhorns did drop their regular-season matchup to the Aggies earlier this season, this regional can be an fascinating matchup for each groups, ought to they advance to the regional remaining. 

Ought to that occur, the Longhorns would possible be throwing their frontline starters in Pete Hansen and Lucas Gordon reasonably than a bullpen day, whereas the offense we all know has no hassle placing up runs in bunches, particularly by way of the lengthy ball. 

With that being mentioned although, the Longhorns no doubt hope to complete their season on a five-game win streak after which go on to win some video games within the Large 12 Match to extend their probabilities of internet hosting baseball in Austin come June, at which level something might occur. 

Pete Hansen

Lucas Gordon

Murphy Stehly

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