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Aggies denied national seed, will host College Station regional

May 25, 2015
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Since the Super Regional format's inception in 1999, a team that finished in the top eight of the RPI and had its athletic director sitting on the NCAA Baseball Tournament selection committee had never failed to receive a national seed.

Until Monday.

Texas A&M, which placed third in the SEC in the regular season, reached the semifinals of the SEC Tournament and finished No. 6 in the RPI, was expected to receive the third of an expected three national seeds from the SEC when the 2015 tournament field was revealed.

Instead, only No. 2 LSU and No. 4 Florida were awarded national seeds and TCU, which went 7-5 against the top 50 (A&M was 14-7), had a worse RPI and strength of schedule than the Aggies and flamed out of the Big 12 Tournament with an 0-2 showing, was gifted the No. 7 seed.






The Aggies will be the 1-seed and host of the College Station Regional, paired with the Fort Worth Regional. Should both hosts win their regionals, A&M and the Horned Frogs would meet at TCU's Lupton Stadium in the Super Regional round.

The field for the College Station regional will include the Aggies, 2-seed Coastal Carolina, 3-seed California and 4-seed Texas Southern.
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Aggies denied national seed, will host College Station regional

15,825 Views | 12 Replies | Last: 9 yr ago by 94chem
Beau Holder
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Aggies denied national seed, will host College Station regional
ArmchairCowboy
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Sucks that we didn't get the national seed but they may have given us the consolation prize...easiest path to Omaha.

Maybe it also puts a chip on the teams shoulder to sweep the CS regional and head to Fort Worth to spank that undeserving, Horned Frog, weak Big 12 ass.
PabloSerna
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Its all in front of them. I'm pissed and I don't even play for the team!
Goodfield Nohit
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Hyman is a very weak Athletic Director.
Dr. Teeth
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Well, we had a strong one and everyone hated him.
trm94
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TCU sucks so just have to get past Coastal - which will not be easy. Actually believe that NCS is winning the TCU regional.
rausr
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Nice that we get a chance to make right on this injustice at the Super Regional level,
but it is a shame for the team and the fans and the community that we don't get to have those games at Olsen Field.
trm94
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We suck at home anyway - better to be on the road
phillyag92
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That is a crock of shat.
Treyco10
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Sucks but most Ags realize we play best as underdogs or when we have something to prove. Get through our bracket and then take down TCU in Ft Worth which will allow us to travel well as Alumni and short trip for players.

Things are going to be alright...
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definitely frustrating and it's becoming a recurring theme...

arguably the 4th time in the Childress era A&M has been snubbed for a national seed: 2007, 2008, 2011, and now 2015.

some snubs greater than others
Foxo
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Glad tu is not coming to CS.
94chem
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Hyman probably does not know that we only lost once in the SEC tourney. As much as I didn't like many things about Byrne, I never questioned his love for sports. I don't think Hyman even follows sport. Heck, I'd be happy if he even liked some Eurosport, like some Formula 1 or beer guzzling, or whatever they do over there in Speedo-land.
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