Oops: ESPN needs geography refresher course after botching NCAA baseball graphic
By Adam Spencer
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The top 16 seeds for the NCAA Baseball Tournament were named on Monday, and four SEC teams — Florida, Georgia, Ole Miss and Arkansas — were among them.
However, when ESPN tried to put together a graphic showing the locations of the top seeds, there was a problem.
As you can see in the graphic below, the three North Carolina teams — North Carolina, NC State and ECU — are located in Virginia and the two teams from South Carolina — Clemson and Coastal Carolina — are situated in North Carolina:
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— Nikki Hood (@CUnik08) May 28, 2018
Hopefully the schools traveling to those locations don’t follow ESPN’s map, as they’ll end up a little too far north for their liking.
The regionals start this week, and 10 SEC teams will compete for the chance to advance to the super-regional round.
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
