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Wednesday, May 11, 2005

SEBaseball.com's Updated Regional Projections

SEBaseball.com's Mark Etheridge continues to believe that the Dirtbags will host a Regional at Blair Field, as the #1 seed, despite losing the UCSB series and falling to #21 in RPI. In his May 10 Regional Projections, here are his pairings:

New Orleans Regional                 Oxford Regional
Host: Tulane {1}                     Host: Ole Miss
1. Tulane *                          1. Ole Miss
4. Mississippi Valley State *        4. Oral Roberts *

2. Mississippi State                 2. Louisiana-Lafayette *
3. Oklahoma State                    3. Missouri

Knoxville Regional                   Tuscaloosa Regional
Host: Tennessee {8}                  Host: Alabama
1. Tennessee *                       1. College of Charleston *
4. Morehead State *                  4. Troy *

2. Winthrop *                        2. Alabama
3. Virginia                          3. Southern Miss

Austin Regional                      Baton Rouge Regional
Host: Texas {4}                      Host: LSU
1. Texas                             1. LSU
4. Quinnipiac *                      4. Vermont *

2. TCU                               2. Rice *
3. Clemson                           3. Northwestern State *

Corvallis Regional                   Long Beach Regional
Host: Oregon State {5}               Host: Long Beach State
1. Oregon State                      1. Long Beach State
4. Harvard **                        4. UNLV *

2. NC State                          2. Stanford
3. Cal Poly                          3. Pepperdine

Coral Gables Regional                Lincoln Regional
Host: Miami {2}                      Host: Nebraska
1. Miami *                           1. Nebraska
4. North Carolina A&T **             4. Creighton *

2. South Carolina                    2. Arizona State
3. UCF                               3. Miami Ohio *

Waco Regional                        Tucson Regional
Host: Baylor {7}                     Host: Arizona
1. Baylor *                          1. Arizona *
4. Youngstown State *                4. San Francisco *

2. Auburn                            2. Arkansas
3. Wichita State                     3. UC-Irvine

Fullerton Regional                   Chapel Hill Regional
Host: Cal State Fullerton {3}        Host: North Carolina
1. Cal State Fullerton *             1. North Carolina
4. Army *                            4. UNC-Wilmington *

2. Southern California               2. Coastal Carolina
3. Illinois *                        3. East Carolina

Atlanta Regional                     Gainesville Regional
Host: Georgia Tech {6}               Host: Florida
1. Georgia Tech                      1. Florida
4. Siena *                           4. Rhode Island *

2. Vanderbilt                        2. Florida State
3. St. John's                        3. Georgia Southern

*Indicates projected automatic berth.
**Indicates clinched automatic berth
National Seeds are indicated in brackets - {x}
Pairings of Regionals for Super-Regionals are side by side.

A couple of points. I don't see Tennessee getting a National Seed with a #22 RPI - though the NCAA has done stranger things. Also, I hope that Mark is correct in projecting 4 west coast Regional hosts - 3 is more typical.

posted on 5/11/2005 by Jeff Agnew

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