Last Eight In: Michigan State, Gonzaga, Nebraska, Pepperdine, Auburn, Arizona, Citadel, Alabama
First Eight Out: Fresno State, Georgia Tech, Washington State, Baylor, UC Irvine, Houston, New Mexico, Loyola Marymount
Opening Day was a battle against the weather for a lot of college baseball programs. Wintery conditions prevented teams from traveling to their scheduled games and caused a lot of teams to scramble to find new opponents to play. The 8 team, USA Baseball Complex Classic hosted by Wright State was cancelled as teams were unable to get to North Carolina, NC State was unable to travel to their scheduled game in California due to cancelled flights and North Carolina had to move their scheduled game home series with the College of Charleston to South Carolina, just to name a few. In response to the cancellations, teams scheduled a number of new matchups that put some talented teams against each other. NC State stayed at home and took on Canisius, who was scheduled to take part in the Wright State tournament, and Western Carolina travelled to Mississippi State to play a series after both of their Opening Day opponents cancelled. Those turned out to be two of the best series of the weekend. Canisius stunned the Wolfpack and star pitcher Carlos Rodon, winning 3-0 on Sunday, and Western Carolina took game one of their series against the national runner-up from last year. Those matchups, and others had a big impact on this week’s bracketology. Western Carolina, for example, has climbed into this week’s bracket after their impressive performance against Mississippi State. It was a frantic weekend for a lot of programs, but a lot of great baseball was played.
See the Projected Baseball NCAA Tournament Bracket
ACC: Clemson, Florida State, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Virginia
American: Louisville
Big East: Creighton
Big 12: Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas
Big Ten: Indiana, Michigan State, Nebraska
Pac-12: Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA
SEC: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
A-10: Saint Louis
America East: Maine
A-Sun: Mercer
Big South: Coastal Carolina
Big West: Cal Poly, Cal State Fullerton, UCSB
CAA: North Carolina-Wilmington
C-USA: East Carolina, Florida Atlantic, Rice
Horizon: Milwaukee
Ivy: Dartmouth
MAAC: Canisius
MAC: Kent State
MEAC: Delaware State
MVC: Wichita State
MWC: San Diego State
NEC: Bryant
OVC: Belmont
Patriot: Holy Cross
Southern: Citadel, Western Carolina
Southland: Sam Houston State
Summit: North Dakota State
Sun Belt: Louisiana
SWAC: Alabama State
WAC: Sacramento State
WCC: Gonzaga, Pepperdine, San Diego
See the Projected Baseball NCAA Tournament Bracket
