In case you missed the NCAA baseball selection show today at 12:30 -- Virginia received the #5 national seed, which means we're a regional host and [if we win said regional] a super-regional host.
Our region:
#1-seed, #5 national seed -- Virginia
#2 -- Ole Miss
#3 -- St. John's
#4 -- VCU
Regional play is basically just a four-team double-elimination tournament. We play VCU on Friday at 4:00 PM to get the festivities started.
You might remember Ole Miss from last year -- they hosted the super regional we won to advance to the College World Series, so they are a somewhat familiar potential foe. The Rebs feature a pitcher that many think is the best in college baseball -- Drew Pomeranz. Pom is downright nasty, and sports an 8-2 record, 2.21 ERA, and has tallied 134 strikeouts in 93 innings. Yikes. Luckily for the Hoos, it's widely rumored that Pom will get the start against St. John's on Friday!
Speaking of the Red Storm, they just beat national superpower Louisville twice to win the Big East Tournament. It looks like St. John's runs hot and cold, but are rolling into the postseason definitely running hot. They can be dangerous.
VCU always has a quality team, but we were able to beat them 10-5 back on May 4th. I don't know much about what they have going on this year, but they honestly don't scare me much as the 4-seed in our regional. Knock on wood.
I don't want to get too far ahead of myself, but if we survive our regional (and with 4,800+ Hoo fans at full throat, I feel like we'll have a decided homefield advantage), we would then host the winner of the Norman, Oklahoma regional in the Charlottesville super regional. The teams playing in Norman are #1-seed Oklahoma, #2 Cal, #3 North Carolina, and #4 Oral Roberts.
Click it HERE to take a look at the entire tournament bracket!
GO HOOS!
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