On3 Revises 64-Team NCAA Baseball Field After 16 Regional Hosts Are Set

12 articles · Updated · KSR · May 25

16 regional hosts announced by the NCAA prompted On3’s final Field of 64 update before Monday’s bracket reveal, with West Virginia hosting and Arkansas dropping to a No. 2 seed.
7 SEC hosts lead all conferences, ahead of the ACC and Big Ten with three each, while On3 projects the SEC to claim a tournament-high 12 bids.
Kentucky moved into the field as a last-four-in team after ECU won the American and UTSA slipped out, joining TCU, Mercer and Virginia Tech on the bubble’s safe side.
Monday’s selection show begins at 12 p.m. ET on ESPN2, when the full 64-team bracket and the road to the College World Series in Omaha will be unveiled.

Is the SEC’s overwhelming dominance in bids and hosts a sign of strength or a flawed selection system?

Was a top-10 Oregon State team unfairly snubbed from hosting, or were the NCAA's reasons justified?