*****Official B1G Baseball Tournament Games Thread. #3 IOWA vs #1 Maryland, Sunday 2:00 PM CT, BTN*****

[karnack1955]

IF Morgan goes tomorrow it won’t be for long. Brecht will not go.

Next weekend is much more important than tomorrow.

in my opinion Morgan will start and will go as far his arm will take him, be a few innings or 7 innings like Lewellen today

there will be no difference between a regular weekly game situation. like the announcermentioned times is that Iowa has the deepest depth on the pitching side.

the one to watch going forward is RH pitcher Whitlock, if Lewellyn goes Pro it will be interesting to see if Whitlock becomes the 3rd starter next spring

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[Franisdaman]

Rick has done a Heller of a job

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[BigOHawk]

Ticketmaster says sold out...what the? Looking for 3 tomorrow...surely that can't be ??

 

[SotaHawk87]

Ticketmaster says sold out...what the? Looking for 3 tomorrow...surely that can't be ??

Absolutely not. They just do general admission at the gate though.

 

[BigOHawk]

Absolutely not. They just do general admission at the gate though.

Thanks, that's what I'm thinking although lines will be long would be nice to have ahead of time...what's a GA ticket for a single game? Go Hawks!

 

[ICWestfan]

in my opinion Morgan will start and will go as far his arm will take him, be a few innings or 7 innings like Lewellen today

there will be no difference between a regular weekly game situation. like the announcermentioned times is that Iowa has the deepest depth on the pitching side.

the one to watch going forward is RH pitcher Whitlock, if Lewellyn goes Pro it will be interesting to see if Whitlock becomes the 3rd starter next spring

Can you give me the stats for Lewellen did today? Oh wait. Luke pitched 1 inning.

Thanks! Now as discussed earlier, MM will probably go. So while your opinion has merit, you basically are a terrible poster.

 

[AuroraHawk]

I heard the number 30 pitches for Morgan tomorrow. For him that might be 1 inning.

We better hope not.

 

[Franisdaman]

I demand that we win this game.

Thank you.

 

[Franisdaman]

From this morning, from D1 Baseball.

Being in the overall #1 seed's bracket is simply not right and not fair.


2023 Field of 64 Projections: May 28

WINSTON-SALEM		TERRE HAUTE
1 Wake Forest (1)		1 Indiana State* (16)
4 Eastern Illinois*		4 Ball State*
2 TCU		2 Tennessee
3 Iowa		3 Indiana
GAINESVILLE		FAYETTEVILLE (NC)
1 Florida (2)		1 Campbell* (15)
4 Army*		4 Pennsylvania*
2 Oregon*		2 South Carolina
3 Northeastern		3 UNC Wilmington*
FAYETTEVILLE (AR)		AUBURN
1 Arkansas (3)		1 Auburn (14)
4 Central Connecticut*		4 Sam Houston*
2 Dallas Baptist*		2 Duke
3 Cal State Fullerton*		3 Troy
CLEMSON		LEXINGTON
1 Clemson* (4)		1 Kentucky (13)
4 Maine*		4 Wright State*
2 Connecticut		2 Boston College
3 Texas Tech		3 Xavier*
BATON ROUGE		STILLWATER
1 LSU (5)		1 Oklahoma State* (12)
4 Nicholls*		4 Oral Roberts*
2 Maryland*		2 Texas A&M
3 Louisiana		3 USC
NASHVILLE		TUSCALOOSA
1 Vanderbilt* (6)		1 Alabama (11)
4 Lipscomb*		4 Air Force*
2 North Carolina		2 Southern Miss*
3 Arizona State		3 Samford*
STANFORD		CONWAY
1 Stanford (7)		1 Coastal Carolina (10)
4 Santa Clara*		4 Rider*
2 Texas		2 East Carolina*
3 UC Irvine		3 NC State
CHARLOTTESVILLE		CORAL GABLES
1 Virginia (8)		1 Miami (9)
4 George Mason*		4 Bethune-Cookman*
2 West Virginia		2 Oregon State
3 Washington		3 Oklahoma

Last four in, first four out, from strongest to weakest:

61. NC State
62. Arizona State
63. Oklahoma
64. Louisiana

—–CUTOFF—–

65. Kansas State
66. Arizona
67. Notre Dame
68. UC Santa Barbara


Number of Bids, by Conference:

10: SEC
8: ACC
6: Big 12 and Pac-12
4: Sun Belt
3: Big Ten
2: Colonial and Big West

D1Baseball Field of 64 Projections: May 28 • D1Baseball

Heading into championship Sunday at conference tournaments, our latest projections have a new host site plus two new teams in the field.

d1baseball.com

 

[AuroraHawk]

I heard the number 30 pitches for Morgan tomorrow.

Simply posting as it confirms what you posted.

 

[AuroraHawk]

in my opinion Morgan will start and will go as far his arm will take him, be a few innings or 7 innings like Lewellen today

there will be no difference between a regular weekly game situation. like the announcermentioned times is that Iowa has the deepest depth on the pitching side.

the one to watch going forward is RH pitcher Whitlock, if Lewellyn goes Pro it will be interesting to see if Whitlock becomes the 3rd starter next spring

If Llewellyn goes pro, it definitely opens up that 3rd starter slot because, even the most casual Iowa baseball fan knows that Brecht would be #1, Morgan would be #2 and Heller would have to replace all of those starts that Llewellyn had on weekends throughout the year. He’s an absolute innings eater and can be counted on for a good 5-6 innings every time Heller runs him out. 🤪🤪🤪

 

[kslawdog]

Thinking about taking my son today. Will we have a problem getting tickets? I don’t mind paying a premium but only ones I can find online are $200 per ticket.

 

[ssckelley]

Thinking about taking my son today. Will we have a problem getting tickets? I don’t mind paying a premium but only ones I can find online are $200 per ticket.

Are Nebraska fans going to the game just to root against Iowa? lol

Hopefully this means a lot of Hawkeye fans have bought up tickets.

 

[AuroraHawk]

Thinking about taking my son today. Will we have a problem getting tickets? I don’t mind paying a premium but only ones I can find online are $200 per ticket.

Ticketmaster has them available for purchase now. I can’t go today (Grrrrr) but just went to the Ticketmaster site and could have purchased a pair. Strongly suggest buying in advance. Ticket windows may be overwhelmed if there is a large walk-up showing today.

https://www.ticketmaster.com/big-ten-baseball-conference-tournament-omaha-nebraska-05-28-2023/event/06005E4F8C8134D3

 

[AuroraHawk]

Thanks, that's what I'm thinking although lines will be long would be nice to have ahead of time...what's a GA ticket for a single game? Go Hawks!

$16 per ticket.
Lots of availability on Ticketmaster right now.

 

[BigOHawk]

Ticketmaster has them available for purchase now. I can’t go today (Grrrrr) but just went to the Ticketmaster site and could have purchased a pair. Strongly suggest buying in advance. Ticket windows may be overwhelmed if there is a large walk-up showing today.

https://www.ticketmaster.com/big-ten-baseball-conference-tournament-omaha-nebraska-05-28-2023/event/06005E4F8C8134D3

Just saw this thanks!! I'm there today with my crew let's go hawks! Iowa home or visitors?

 

[HawkeyeGenius]

$16 per ticket.
Lots of availability on Ticketmaster right now.

Four more sections were opened up.

 

[Ray Kinsella]

Just saw this thanks!! I'm there today with my crew let's go hawks! Iowa home or visitors?

 

[dconifer]

in my opinion Morgan will start and will go as far his arm will take him, be a few innings or 7 innings like Lewellen today

Like every team at the end of a tournament, we are equally unsure in the Maryland fanbase about who will pitch today. On Tuesday Kyle McCoy had some type of weird injury and only went 2/3 of an inning. He's a weekend starter, but a true freshman. I just don't feel like the manager trusts him (if you remember, he did well in Iowa City on Sunday for four innings back in April, and then your lineup battered him).

So personally, I am expecting a bullpen game from Maryland. I was even more sure of this when they nearly blew the Nebraska game yesterday by putting the cannon fodder on the mound in the ninth instead of the better arms. Maybe some Nate Haberthier, a transfer from Ohio State who was initially expected to be in the weekend rotation but did not deliver.

Good luck, Iowa! I will say that as a Terp fan, the Hawkeyes are the team I fear the most, and it won't hurt you to have a stadium full of your fans (although our guys have gotten used to that this week). I don't see any difference in the level of quality between these teams (though Iowa has the better pitching this year, in my opinion)...

 

[AuroraHawk]

Like every team at the end of a tournament, we are equally unsure in the Maryland fanbase about who will pitch today. On Tuesday Kyle McCoy had some type of weird injury and only went 2/3 of an inning. He's a weekend starter, but a true freshman. I just don't feel like the manager trusts him (if you remember, he did well in Iowa City on Sunday for four innings back in April, and then your lineup battered him).

So personally, I am expecting a bullpen game from Maryland. I was even more sure of this when they nearly blew the Nebraska game yesterday by putting the cannon fodder on the mound in the ninth instead of the better arms. Maybe some Nate Haberthier, a transfer from Ohio State who was initially expected to be in the weekend rotation but did not deliver.

Good luck, Iowa! I will say that as a Terp fan, the Hawkeyes are the team I fear the most, and it won't hurt you to have a stadium full of your fans (although our guys have gotten used to that this week). I don't see any difference in the level of quality between these teams (though Iowa has the better pitching this year, in my opinion)...

I’m fairly confident that Maryland will see:
1-2 innings of Morgan
Then Aaron Savary

After that, it will largely depend on game situation. If throwing strikes and keeping Maryland in check (the latter is a big IF), Savary can give 5-6 innings.

Iowa has some good arms that can pitch an inning or so. Christophersen, Llewellyn, Simpson would be the one Heller and McGrath trust most. Obermueller is a lefty with wicked stuff (draft candidate coming out of HS last year) but he has control issues.

We lost a very reliable and trusted reliever in Jacob Henderson about 12 games ago. Underrated loss that has been largely overlooked by how Christophersen and Llewellyn have thrown since Henderson became unavailable.

If Iowa is to have a chance today, it will need a big effort out of Savary and getting to the Terps’ pitching early.

Should be an entertaining game.

 

[Ray Kinsella]

From this morning, from D1 Baseball.

Being in the overall #1 seed's bracket is simply not right and not fair.


2023 Field of 64 Projections: May 28

WINSTON-SALEM		TERRE HAUTE
1 Wake Forest (1)		1 Indiana State* (16)
4 Eastern Illinois*		4 Ball State*
2 TCU		2 Tennessee
3 Iowa		3 Indiana
GAINESVILLE		FAYETTEVILLE (NC)
1 Florida (2)		1 Campbell* (15)
4 Army*		4 Pennsylvania*
2 Oregon*		2 South Carolina
3 Northeastern		3 UNC Wilmington*
FAYETTEVILLE (AR)		AUBURN
1 Arkansas (3)		1 Auburn (14)
4 Central Connecticut*		4 Sam Houston*
2 Dallas Baptist*		2 Duke
3 Cal State Fullerton*		3 Troy
CLEMSON		LEXINGTON
1 Clemson* (4)		1 Kentucky (13)
4 Maine*		4 Wright State*
2 Connecticut		2 Boston College
3 Texas Tech		3 Xavier*
BATON ROUGE		STILLWATER
1 LSU (5)		1 Oklahoma State* (12)
4 Nicholls*		4 Oral Roberts*
2 Maryland*		2 Texas A&M
3 Louisiana		3 USC
NASHVILLE		TUSCALOOSA
1 Vanderbilt* (6)		1 Alabama (11)
4 Lipscomb*		4 Air Force*
2 North Carolina		2 Southern Miss*
3 Arizona State		3 Samford*
STANFORD		CONWAY
1 Stanford (7)		1 Coastal Carolina (10)
4 Santa Clara*		4 Rider*
2 Texas		2 East Carolina*
3 UC Irvine		3 NC State
CHARLOTTESVILLE		CORAL GABLES
1 Virginia (8)		1 Miami (9)
4 George Mason*		4 Bethune-Cookman*
2 West Virginia		2 Oregon State
3 Washington		3 Oklahoma

Last four in, first four out, from strongest to weakest:

61. NC State
62. Arizona State
63. Oklahoma
64. Louisiana

—–CUTOFF—–

65. Kansas State
66. Arizona
67. Notre Dame
68. UC Santa Barbara


Number of Bids, by Conference:

10: SEC
8: ACC
6: Big 12 and Pac-12
4: Sun Belt
3: Big Ten
2: Colonial and Big West

D1Baseball Field of 64 Projections: May 28 • D1Baseball

Heading into championship Sunday at conference tournaments, our latest projections have a new host site plus two new teams in the field.

d1baseball.com

Baseball America has them in the Stillwater Region.

2023 NCAA Baseball Tournament Projected Field Of 64

We’ll be tracking all the action and updating the Projected Field of 64 daily throughout the week.

www.baseballamerica.com

 

[LaQuintaHawkeye]

Baseball America has them in the Stillwater Region.

2023 NCAA Baseball Tournament Projected Field Of 64

We’ll be tracking all the action and updating the Projected Field of 64 daily throughout the week.

www.baseballamerica.com

Helluva lot more sense.

 

[AuroraHawk]

Helluva lot more sense.

It’s the potential curse of being a team in the upper 20s/low 30s overall. Low 2 seed or high 3 seed could very well mean that you are placed in a Regional with a highly ranked team.

You think that Wake Forest would be thrilled - as the #1 overall national seed - if the committee places them in a bracket where the opponent can throw Brody Brecht in Game 2? My bet is they’d answer with a big fat ‘no.’”

Win today and Iowa is not only tourney champ bit Iowa finishes with higher RPI (best RPI in B1G) than IU, split the season series with IU and overall resume better than IU. For tourney placement, today’s a big game. A win should - stress SHOULD - assist Iowa’s perception with committee.

 

[Randy Marsh]

When is the formal selection or announcement of the field?

 

[Ray Kinsella]

When is the formal selection or announcement of the field?

2023 college baseball tournament selection show: Time, how to watch the bracket reveal

The field of 64 teams that will compete for the 2023 NCAA DI college baseball championship/Men's College World Series will be announced on ESPN2 at noon ET on Monday, May 29.

www.ncaa.com

ESPN2 tomorrow 11 central

 

[Birky]

It’s the potential curse of being a team in the upper 20s/low 30s overall. Low 2 seed or high 3 seed could very well mean that you are placed in a Regional with a highly ranked team.

You think that Wake Forest would be thrilled - as the #1 overall national seed - if the committee places them in a bracket where the opponent can throw Brody Brecht in Game 2? My bet is they’d answer with a big fat ‘no.’”

Win today and Iowa is not only tourney champ bit Iowa finishes with higher RPI (best RPI in B1G) than IU, split the season series with IU and overall resume better than IU. For tourney placement, today’s a big game. A win should - stress SHOULD - assist Iowa’s perception with committee.

This is true, but does it matter? They’re in, and they’re not going to host.

Now it’s all about whose region you get placed in. No control whatsoever on that.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

From this morning, from D1 Baseball.

Being in the overall #1 seed's bracket is simply not right and not fair.


2023 Field of 64 Projections: May 28

WINSTON-SALEM		TERRE HAUTE
1 Wake Forest (1)		1 Indiana State* (16)
4 Eastern Illinois*		4 Ball State*
2 TCU		2 Tennessee
3 Iowa		3 Indiana
GAINESVILLE		FAYETTEVILLE (NC)
1 Florida (2)		1 Campbell* (15)
4 Army*		4 Pennsylvania*
2 Oregon*		2 South Carolina
3 Northeastern		3 UNC Wilmington*
FAYETTEVILLE (AR)		AUBURN
1 Arkansas (3)		1 Auburn (14)
4 Central Connecticut*		4 Sam Houston*
2 Dallas Baptist*		2 Duke
3 Cal State Fullerton*		3 Troy
CLEMSON		LEXINGTON
1 Clemson* (4)		1 Kentucky (13)
4 Maine*		4 Wright State*
2 Connecticut		2 Boston College
3 Texas Tech		3 Xavier*
BATON ROUGE		STILLWATER
1 LSU (5)		1 Oklahoma State* (12)
4 Nicholls*		4 Oral Roberts*
2 Maryland*		2 Texas A&M
3 Louisiana		3 USC
NASHVILLE		TUSCALOOSA
1 Vanderbilt* (6)		1 Alabama (11)
4 Lipscomb*		4 Air Force*
2 North Carolina		2 Southern Miss*
3 Arizona State		3 Samford*
STANFORD		CONWAY
1 Stanford (7)		1 Coastal Carolina (10)
4 Santa Clara*		4 Rider*
2 Texas		2 East Carolina*
3 UC Irvine		3 NC State
CHARLOTTESVILLE		CORAL GABLES
1 Virginia (8)		1 Miami (9)
4 George Mason*		4 Bethune-Cookman*
2 West Virginia		2 Oregon State
3 Washington		3 Oklahoma

Last four in, first four out, from strongest to weakest:

61. NC State
62. Arizona State
63. Oklahoma
64. Louisiana

—–CUTOFF—–

65. Kansas State
66. Arizona
67. Notre Dame
68. UC Santa Barbara


Number of Bids, by Conference:

10: SEC
8: ACC
6: Big 12 and Pac-12
4: Sun Belt
3: Big Ten
2: Colonial and Big West

D1Baseball Field of 64 Projections: May 28 • D1Baseball

Heading into championship Sunday at conference tournaments, our latest projections have a new host site plus two new teams in the field.

d1baseball.com

That'd be some horse sh**.

 

[MeetTheFerentzes]

From this morning, from D1 Baseball.

Being in the overall #1 seed's bracket is simply not right and not fair.


2023 Field of 64 Projections: May 28

WINSTON-SALEM		TERRE HAUTE
1 Wake Forest (1)		1 Indiana State* (16)
4 Eastern Illinois*		4 Ball State*
2 TCU		2 Tennessee
3 Iowa		3 Indiana
GAINESVILLE		FAYETTEVILLE (NC)
1 Florida (2)		1 Campbell* (15)
4 Army*		4 Pennsylvania*
2 Oregon*		2 South Carolina
3 Northeastern		3 UNC Wilmington*
FAYETTEVILLE (AR)		AUBURN
1 Arkansas (3)		1 Auburn (14)
4 Central Connecticut*		4 Sam Houston*
2 Dallas Baptist*		2 Duke
3 Cal State Fullerton*		3 Troy
CLEMSON		LEXINGTON
1 Clemson* (4)		1 Kentucky (13)
4 Maine*		4 Wright State*
2 Connecticut		2 Boston College
3 Texas Tech		3 Xavier*
BATON ROUGE		STILLWATER
1 LSU (5)		1 Oklahoma State* (12)
4 Nicholls*		4 Oral Roberts*
2 Maryland*		2 Texas A&M
3 Louisiana		3 USC
NASHVILLE		TUSCALOOSA
1 Vanderbilt* (6)		1 Alabama (11)
4 Lipscomb*		4 Air Force*
2 North Carolina		2 Southern Miss*
3 Arizona State		3 Samford*
STANFORD		CONWAY
1 Stanford (7)		1 Coastal Carolina (10)
4 Santa Clara*		4 Rider*
2 Texas		2 East Carolina*
3 UC Irvine		3 NC State
CHARLOTTESVILLE		CORAL GABLES
1 Virginia (8)		1 Miami (9)
4 George Mason*		4 Bethune-Cookman*
2 West Virginia		2 Oregon State
3 Washington		3 Oklahoma

Last four in, first four out, from strongest to weakest:

61. NC State
62. Arizona State
63. Oklahoma
64. Louisiana

—–CUTOFF—–

65. Kansas State
66. Arizona
67. Notre Dame
68. UC Santa Barbara


Number of Bids, by Conference:

10: SEC
8: ACC
6: Big 12 and Pac-12
4: Sun Belt
3: Big Ten
2: Colonial and Big West

D1Baseball Field of 64 Projections: May 28 • D1Baseball

Heading into championship Sunday at conference tournaments, our latest projections have a new host site plus two new teams in the field.

d1baseball.com

Not going to pretend to knew anything about seeding for this tournament, but that looks like some B.S. First off, my guess is that they are "projecting" a Maryland win today. Also, why the heck would Iowa get thrown to the wolves and Indiana get to travel an hour to play in the lowest-ranked top seed's regional? I know that geography counts a lot more with this tourney than the basketball one, but it makes no sense sending Iowa on a long trip to North Carolina when they earned a better spot than Indiana; both schools could have medium trips and the matchup would be more fair.

I guess we'll wait and see. If Iowa gets sent to wake, I wouldn't mind repeating Michigan's 2019 postseason performance...

 

[HawkeyeGenius]

Baseball America has them in the Stillwater Region.

2023 NCAA Baseball Tournament Projected Field Of 64

We’ll be tracking all the action and updating the Projected Field of 64 daily throughout the week.

www.baseballamerica.com

That's a bear of a regional.

 

[HawkeyeGenius]

That'd be some horse sh**.

I think the Wake Forest one is a good draw. TCU definitely has some flaws as opposed to drawing say Tennessee as a 2.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

It’s the potential curse of being a team in the upper 20s/low 30s overall. Low 2 seed or high 3 seed could very well mean that you are placed in a Regional with a highly ranked team.

You think that Wake Forest would be thrilled - as the #1 overall national seed - if the committee places them in a bracket where the opponent can throw Brody Brecht in Game 2? My bet is they’d answer with a big fat ‘no.’”

Win today and Iowa is not only tourney champ bit Iowa finishes with higher RPI (best RPI in B1G) than IU, split the season series with IU and overall resume better than IU. For tourney placement, today’s a big game. A win should - stress SHOULD - assist Iowa’s perception with committee.

I'm to the point where I just assume the baseball committee doesn't give two sh**s about the Big Ten, and only includes them because they're obligated to. Last year told us pretty much everything we needed to know.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

I think the Wake Forest one is a good draw. TCU definitely has some flaws as opposed to drawing say Tennessee as a 2.

I'd rather have the path of least resistance to the CWS............

 

[Birky]

I'd rather have the path of least resistance to the CWS............

Yep.

You want to be in the region of a 7-10 seed.

 

[Alum-Ni]

From this morning, from D1 Baseball.

Being in the overall #1 seed's bracket is simply not right and not fair.


2023 Field of 64 Projections: May 28

WINSTON-SALEM		TERRE HAUTE
1 Wake Forest (1)		1 Indiana State* (16)
4 Eastern Illinois*		4 Ball State*
2 TCU		2 Tennessee
3 Iowa		3 Indiana
GAINESVILLE		FAYETTEVILLE (NC)
1 Florida (2)		1 Campbell* (15)
4 Army*		4 Pennsylvania*
2 Oregon*		2 South Carolina
3 Northeastern		3 UNC Wilmington*
FAYETTEVILLE (AR)		AUBURN
1 Arkansas (3)		1 Auburn (14)
4 Central Connecticut*		4 Sam Houston*
2 Dallas Baptist*		2 Duke
3 Cal State Fullerton*		3 Troy
CLEMSON		LEXINGTON
1 Clemson* (4)		1 Kentucky (13)
4 Maine*		4 Wright State*
2 Connecticut		2 Boston College
3 Texas Tech		3 Xavier*
BATON ROUGE		STILLWATER
1 LSU (5)		1 Oklahoma State* (12)
4 Nicholls*		4 Oral Roberts*
2 Maryland*		2 Texas A&M
3 Louisiana		3 USC
NASHVILLE		TUSCALOOSA
1 Vanderbilt* (6)		1 Alabama (11)
4 Lipscomb*		4 Air Force*
2 North Carolina		2 Southern Miss*
3 Arizona State		3 Samford*
STANFORD		CONWAY
1 Stanford (7)		1 Coastal Carolina (10)
4 Santa Clara*		4 Rider*
2 Texas		2 East Carolina*
3 UC Irvine		3 NC State
CHARLOTTESVILLE		CORAL GABLES
1 Virginia (8)		1 Miami (9)
4 George Mason*		4 Bethune-Cookman*
2 West Virginia		2 Oregon State
3 Washington		3 Oklahoma

Last four in, first four out, from strongest to weakest:

61. NC State
62. Arizona State
63. Oklahoma
64. Louisiana

—–CUTOFF—–

65. Kansas State
66. Arizona
67. Notre Dame
68. UC Santa Barbara


Number of Bids, by Conference:

10: SEC
8: ACC
6: Big 12 and Pac-12
4: Sun Belt
3: Big Ten
2: Colonial and Big West

D1Baseball Field of 64 Projections: May 28 • D1Baseball

Heading into championship Sunday at conference tournaments, our latest projections have a new host site plus two new teams in the field.

d1baseball.com

Yikes.

Seems like two years ago when Nebraska won the B1G regular season and got rewarded by being sent to Fayetteville to be in the regional with top overall seed Arkansas.

 

[Ray Kinsella]

If you ranked all the schools from 1 to 64, then the number 1 would be paired with 64, and number 32 with number 33, and these 4 schools would be in the same region. So if Iowa is the 3 seed in the regional with the top 1 seed, then it should consider itself the top 3 seed, playing the worst 2 seed in the first game.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Yep.

You want to be in the region of a 7-10 seed.

No, I mean I'd rather they just automatically put us in the CWS, and have everyone else play in the tournament for the right to play Iowa...................

 

[dconifer]

Not going to pretend to knew anything about seeding for this tournament, but that looks like some B.S. First off, my guess is that they are "projecting" a Maryland win today. Also, why the heck would Iowa get thrown to the wolves and Indiana get to travel an hour to play in the lowest-ranked top seed's regional? I know that geography counts a lot more with this tourney than the basketball one, but it makes no sense sending Iowa on a long trip to North Carolina when they earned a better spot than Indiana; both schools could have medium trips and the matchup would be more fair.

I guess we'll wait and see. If Iowa gets sent to wake, I wouldn't mind repeating Michigan's 2019 postseason performance...

I know less than nothing about how it's done, but I don't think I've seen evidence recently that they care at all what happens in these conference tournaments. I just get the feeling that it was decided a week ago...