NCAA Baseball Brackets announced

[El Supremo]

No Longhorns this year

http://www.ncaa.com/sites/default/files/external/gametool/brackets/baseball_d1_2011.pdf

[JonLP24]

1. Arizona hosting a regional for the first time since '92

They were pretty much a lock for hosting since Arizona State was banned from post-season play this season.

I guess I'll root for Oregon State out of all the teams listed but for the first round I'll be Missouri's biggest fan.

[El Supremo]

2. You know that Mizzou won the Big 12 Tournament?

For the first time EVER. And the last. Fucking traitors!

[JonLP24]

3. Interesting

Thanks, I didn't know that. Kinda like their basketball team.

[KamaAina]

4. Two losing teams

Creighton at 26-28 and Sacred Heart at 25-30 (!)

Watch them end up playing each other in the CWS finals.

[JonLP24]

6. Well they did win their conference tournaments

In Creighton's case they swept the conference tournament while defeating regular season champ Indiana State twice.

[Condem]

5. LOL! I knew they'd throw a ringer in Purdue's regional.

Kentucky. Time to start your own gig, Mr. Delany.

[era veteran]

7. Why did the 5th place ACC team get a regional?

Kentucky, the 4th team in the SEC, got plain old NCAA fucked.
"UK is among eight teams from the Southeastern Conference in the 64-team NCAA field. Three SEC teams are among the top eight national seeds: No. 1 Florida, No. 7 LSU and No. 8 South Carolina, the two-time defending national champion. UK went 6-3 against those teams, winning 20 SEC games total."
The team is madder than hell. I believe it will motivate them.

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/05/29/2204346/uk-baseball-sent-to-gary-regional.html#storylink=cpy

[JonLP24]

8. There are several factors that determine who gets to host a regional

I can't remember them all without looking up but one of them is to draw on average 80% or more per game and other factors to guarantee revenue to the NCAA. It doesn't have a lot to team with team success though it helps.

[era veteran]

9. There are not any reasons for this on face.

The NCAA is full of shit.
Had winning record over Tournament winner and was ranked #1 in several polls at different times.
They are not explaining it to our local press either.
Terrible seeding, ruins our best season ever.

[JonLP24]

11. I'm not sure how to find it

but it was an article on the Arizona Wildcats and their case to host a regional probably about a month or longer ago on AZCentral.com. It listed several factors and went check-check-check to the listed requirements.

The issues are more about the revenue the site can generate for the NCAA and the one clear thing that I could remember was 80%+ average attendance for the host team.

I know Arizona State has hosted a regional pretty much every year they were good enough to get into the tournament. The reason is ASU draws well and Packard Stadium is a success for the NCAA during the regionals.

I don't know if Kentucky draws a crowd or if they had a revenue generating case or not. I was just pointing out team success isn't the only requirement.

[era veteran]

15. Selling out most of season.

Already lost one.

[JonLP24]

10. Jonathon Crawford throws no-hitter

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida pitcher Jonathon Crawford threw a no-hitter to lead the top-seeded Gators past Bethune-Cookman 4-0 in an opening-round game of the Gainesville Regional on Friday night.

The 6-foot-1, 205-pound sophomore right-hander finished one walk shy of a perfect game. He struck out five and threw only 99 pitches.

The Gators also threw the previous no-hitter in the NCAA tournament. Florida's John Burke threw one against Furman in a first-round game in the NCAA East Regional in Gainesville on May 23, 1991. That was the most recent individual no-hitter in school history and the fifth ever.

Friday's no-hitter was the most innings Crawford has pitched in a game in his career. His previous high was six against LSU earlier this season.

http://espn.go.com/colleges/florida/story/_/id/7999147/jonathon-crawford-throws-no-hitter-florida-gators-regional-opener

[El Supremo]

12. Shit!

[Indianademocrat91]

13. Kent State wins in 21 innings!

They beat Kentucky 7-6 in 21 innings!!! Ridiculous game over 6 hours, there was supposed to be a game after too...needless to say it got postponed til tomorrow.. Wow

[Condem]

14. kudos to ESPNU for going from game to game last night....

...one helluva dramatic night!! What a start to the tournament!!

[El Supremo]

16. Miami (of Flori-duh) eliminated!

[JonLP24]

17. They were at home too

Took a beating from Stony Brook in the first game.

[JonLP24]

18. Eliminated

Bethune-Cookman, Sacred Heart, Manhattan, Indiana State, Valparaiso, UTA, Prairie View, San Diego, Dayton, Belmont, Miami, Cornell, New Mexico State, UAB, and Michigan State.

[Condem]

19. The South Carolina-Clemson game was an absolute classic....

...The Cocks always find a way to pull it out. The scrappiest bunch I've ever seen. Three years and counting...

[Ptah]

20. Hi Corbett Field - Tucson, AZ - - - The Champ in the stands

Arizona Wildcats coach Andy Lopez was so caught up Saturday’s 16-4 win over Louisville
that he didn’t notice the Cardinals’ famous fan.

Muhammad Ali watched Saturday’s game from behind the Louisville dugout with his wife and
one other friend. The former heavyweight champ arrived before first pitch and left in the eighth inning
— long after the top-seeded UA had imposed its will over its third-seeded opponent.

“Really? Wow,” Lopez said postgame. “I wish I would have known that.”

http://azstarnet.com/sports/baseball/college/wildcats/ua-baseball-muhammad-ali-s-presence-at-saturday-s-game/article_8f6d3b88-ad59-11e1-aef9-0019bb2963f4.html

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Arizona Wildacts have had two very good games so far.