NCAA Sends 64 Teams to 16 Baseball Regionals as UCLA, Georgia Tech Lead Title Chase
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Updated · NCAA.com · May 27
NCAA Sends 64 Teams to 16 Baseball Regionals as UCLA, Georgia Tech Lead Title Chase
7 articles · Updated · NCAA.com · May 27
Sixteen NCAA baseball regionals will open with 64 teams, with host sites ranging from Athens and Atlanta to Los Angeles and Tuscaloosa.
UCLA enters as the top overall seed at 51-9, while Georgia, Georgia Tech, Texas, North Carolina and Florida State headline a host field packed with conference champions and national seeds.
Several brackets feature immediate tension: North Carolina drew Tennessee and East Carolina, Nebraska landed Ole Miss and Arizona State, and Oregon shares a regional with Oregon State for the first time.
Pitching health and form could swing multiple sites, including UCLA ace Logan Reddemann’s return, Texas righty Ruger Riojas’ tendinitis, Coastal Carolina ace Cameron Flukey’s buildup and Boston College’s late-season mound slump.
The regional round sets the opening path to Omaha, with previews highlighting contenders such as Georgia, Georgia Tech and UCLA but also dangerous lower seeds including Liberty, Jacksonville State, Louisiana and Washington State.
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