2023 NCAA Baseball Tournament: SEC begins road to Omaha with 10 teams in field
By Keith Farner
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The NCAA bracket is out for this year’s NCAA Tournament in baseball, and a total of 8 SEC teams were chosen as regional hosts for the 2023 tournament. It’s the first time in history that one conference has produced 8 regional hosts for the NCAA Tournament.
The conference was led by Florida and Arkansas, which secured top 4 seeds at No. 2 and No. 3. Florida has been a national seed in 10 of 15 years under Kevin O’Sullivan. They have hosted a regional in 13 of those 15 years. LSU is the No. 5 seed, and will begin the Baton Rouge Regional against Tulane, which had an improbable run despite a 19-40 record. Vanderbilt is the No. 6 seed.
THE BRACKET ⚾️
➡️ https://t.co/yxf97tkwLE#RoadToOmaha pic.twitter.com/7AjhvQksxT
— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) May 29, 2023
SEC regional hosts are Florida, Vanderbilt, Arkansas, Auburn, Kentucky, LSU, Alabama and South Carolina.
Alabama, a 16th seed, will take on Nicholls to begin the Tuscaloosa Regional. Texas A&M will meet Cal State Fullerton in the Stanford Regional. Kentucky, a 12th seed, will meet Ball State in the Lexington Regional. In the Auburn Regional, the 13th-seeded Tigers will take on Penn.
Tennessee will begin against Charlotte in the Clemson Regional. The Gators will take on Florida A&M to open the Gainesville Regional. The 15th-seeded Gamecocks in the Columbia Regional will tangle with Central Connecticut State.
In the Nashville Regional, 6th-seeded Vanderbilt will meet Eastern Illinois.
Arkansas will meet Santa Clara in the Fayetteville Regional.
Ole Miss won the 2022 College World Series in 2 games over Oklahoma.
NCAA Baseball Tournament national seeds.
1. Wake Forest
2. Florida
3. Arkansas
4. Clemson
5. LSU
6. Vanderbilt
7. Virginia
8. Stanford
Here’s the schedule of how the format will play out:
Selection show: Noon ET on Monday, May 29, on ESPN2
Regionals: Friday, June 2 through Monday, June 5
Super Regionals: Friday, June 9 through Monday, June 12
First day of MCWS games — Friday, June 16
MCWS Finals — Start Saturday, June 24 (best out of 3)
TUSCALOOSA REGIONAL
1️⃣ Alabama
4️⃣ Nicholls
3️⃣ Troy
2️⃣ Boston College#RoadToOmaha pic.twitter.com/hpgSQ8wa4S— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) May 29, 2023
STANFORD REGIONAL
1️⃣ Stanford
4️⃣ San Jose State
3️⃣ Cal State Fullerton
2️⃣ Texas A&M#RoadToOmaha pic.twitter.com/hN1y693DLP— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) May 29, 2023
LEXINGTON REGIONAL
1️⃣ Kentucky
4️⃣ Ball State
3️⃣ Indiana
2️⃣ West Virginia#RoadToOmaha pic.twitter.com/FSXDSEtB77— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) May 29, 2023
AUBURN REGIONAL
1️⃣ Auburn
4️⃣ Penn
3️⃣ Samford
2️⃣ Southern Miss#RoadToOmaha pic.twitter.com/VNdUBp4PSh— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) May 29, 2023
CLEMSON REGIONAL
1️⃣ Clemson
4️⃣ Lipscomb
3️⃣ Charlotte
2️⃣ Tennessee#RoadToOmaha pic.twitter.com/rqC2GW5R94— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) May 29, 2023
BATON ROUGE REGIONAL
1️⃣ LSU
4️⃣ Tulane
3️⃣ Sam Houston
2️⃣ Oregon State#RoadToOmaha pic.twitter.com/2waoJH1FUM— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) May 29, 2023
GAINESVILLE REGIONAL
1️⃣ Florida
4️⃣ Florida A&M
3️⃣ Texas Tech
2️⃣ UConn#RoadToOmaha pic.twitter.com/wqjyzZIPui— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) May 29, 2023
COLUMBIA REGIONAL
1️⃣ South Carolina
4️⃣ Central Connecticut State
3️⃣ NC State
2️⃣ Campbell#RoadToOmaha pic.twitter.com/M7GQrveVOq— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) May 29, 2023
NASHVILLE REGIONAL
1️⃣ Vanderbilt
4️⃣ Eastern Illinois
3️⃣ Xavier
2️⃣ Oregon#RoadToOmaha pic.twitter.com/PqyXSXxJHr— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) May 29, 2023
FAYETTEVILLE REGIONAL
1️⃣ Arkansas
4️⃣ Santa Clara
3️⃣ Arizona
2️⃣ TCU#RoadToOmaha pic.twitter.com/v9Qf6HG9l3— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) May 29, 2023
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
