No surprise here, but Texas A&M has been named as one of 16 schools to host an NCAA Regional in baseball this upcoming weekend! The Aggies join Baylor out of the Big 12 as a regional host. Rice was the only other Texas school that will be hosting in round one.
Here's the official release from Texas A&M:
Here are the 16 host sites:
Baton Rouge, La. — LSU (43-16)
Chapel Hill, N.C. — North Carolina (44-14)
Charlottesville, Va. — Virginia (38-17)
College Station, Texas — Texas A&M (42-16)
Columbia, S.C. — South Carolina (40-17)
Coral Gables, Fla. — Miami (Fla.) (36-20)
Eugene, Ore. — Oregon (42-16)
Gainesville, Fla. – Florida (42-18)
Gary, Ind. — Purdue (44-12)
Houston, Texas — Rice (40-17)
Los Angeles, Calif. — UCLA (41-14)
Palo Alto, Calif. — Stanford (37-16)
Raleigh, N.C. — North Carolina State (39-17)
Tallahassee, Fla. — Florida State (43-15)
Tucson, Ariz. — Arizona (37-17)
Waco, Texas — Baylor (44-14)
The full bracket will be announced on Monday at 11 a.m. CT. We'll broadcast TexAgs Radio tomorrow from 9-11 a.m. from Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park and we'll be on-hand for the A&M post-selection press conference shortly following the selection show on ESPN.
Here's the official release from Texas A&M:
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Texas A&M's Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park was named one of 16 regional sites for the 66th annual NCAA Division I Baseball Championship on Sunday afternoon by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.
By virtue of being awarded a regional, all 16 host institutions have also been selected to the 64-team field. This marks the school-record sixth consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament for the Aggies and the 28th overall selection to the tournament field.
This also marks the ninth time Oslen Field at Blue Bell Park will host an NCAA Regional. Baylor is the only other Big 12 school to be selected to host a regional, while Rice will also host a regional tournament in the Lone Star State.
Each regional field features four teams, playing a double-elimination format. All 16 regionals are scheduled to be conducted from Friday, June 1, to Monday, June 4.
The remaining at-large teams, top-eight national seeds, first-round regional pairing and site assignments will be announced on Monday at 11:00 a.m. (Central) during a live, half-hour program on ESPNU.
Here are the 16 host sites:
Baton Rouge, La. — LSU (43-16)
Chapel Hill, N.C. — North Carolina (44-14)
Charlottesville, Va. — Virginia (38-17)
College Station, Texas — Texas A&M (42-16)
Columbia, S.C. — South Carolina (40-17)
Coral Gables, Fla. — Miami (Fla.) (36-20)
Eugene, Ore. — Oregon (42-16)
Gainesville, Fla. – Florida (42-18)
Gary, Ind. — Purdue (44-12)
Houston, Texas — Rice (40-17)
Los Angeles, Calif. — UCLA (41-14)
Palo Alto, Calif. — Stanford (37-16)
Raleigh, N.C. — North Carolina State (39-17)
Tallahassee, Fla. — Florida State (43-15)
Tucson, Ariz. — Arizona (37-17)
Waco, Texas — Baylor (44-14)
The full bracket will be announced on Monday at 11 a.m. CT. We'll broadcast TexAgs Radio tomorrow from 9-11 a.m. from Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park and we'll be on-hand for the A&M post-selection press conference shortly following the selection show on ESPN.