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2016 NCAA Regional Projections (May 29th)

by Brian Foley
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_33Q9254-2College Baseball Daily continues our countdown to the start of the 2016 NCAA Tournament with our weekly Regional Projections. These are done as if the teams finished the season on Saturday. As has been the case this year, there is a major disparity towards the south schools due to the weak west coast baseball this season. I do expect the NCAA to force a regional in the Western part of the country due to TV restrictions.  You can check out the full brackets below. 

1. Florida (1) *

2. Georgia Tech

3. Creighton

4. Bethune-Cookman *

1. Virginia

2. Bryant *

3. Ohio State

4. Binghamton *

1. South Carolina (8)

2. North Carolina

3. Nebraska

4. Oral Roberts *

1. NC State

2. UNC-Wilmington *

3. East Carolina

4. Navy *

1. Texas A&M (4)

2. TCU *

3. Boston College

4. Utah *

1. Texas Tech

2. Dallas Baptist *

3. Sam Houston State *

4. Iowa *

1. Ole Miss (5)

2. UC Santa Barbara

3. New Mexico *

4. Fairfield *

1. Florida State *

2. Arizona

3. Oklahoma State

4. Stetson *

1. Clemson (6)

2. Rice

3. Arizona State

4. Princeton *

1. Coastal Carolina *

2. Wake Forest

3. Cal State Fullerton *

4. Southeast Missouri *

1. Miami (FL) (3)

2. Florida Atlantic

3. South Alabama

4. Mercer *

1. Mississippi State

2. Southern Miss *

3. Michigan

4. Alabama State *

1. LSU (7)

2. Tulane

3. SE Louisiana

4. UConn *

1. Louisiana-Lafayette *

2. Gonzaga

3. Xavier *

4. Rhode Island *

1. Louisville (2)

2. Louisiana Tech

3. St. Mary’s

4. Kent State *

1. Vanderbilt

2. Duke

3. Wright State *

4. Utah Valley

 

Conference Projected Champ
America East Binghamton
American Athletic Conference UConn
Atlantic 10 Rhode Island
ACC Florida State
Atlantic Sun Stetson
Big 10 Iowa
Big 12 TCU
Big East Xavier
Big South Coastal Carolina
Big West Cal State Fullerton
CAA UNC-Wilmington
Conference USA Southern Miss
Horizon League Wright State
Ivy League Princeton
MAAC Fairfield
MAC Kent State
MEAC Bethune-Cookman
Missouri Valley Dallas Baptist
Mountain West New Mexico
Northeast Conference Bryant
Ohio Valley Conference Southeast Missouri
Pac-12 Utah
Patriot League Navy
SEC Florida
Southern Conference Mercer
Southland Conference Sam Houston State
SWAC Alabama State
Summit League Oral Roberts
Sun Belt Louisiana-Lafayette
West Coast Conference St. Mary’s
WAC Utah Valley University

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24 comments

eight26 May 29, 2016 - 1:43 pm

Big West finished 1. Fullerton 2. Long Beach 3. Santa Barbara.

Your field has Fullerton as a 3 seed. Long Beach not in the field. Santa Barbara as a 2.

What am I missing?

TomInGA May 29, 2016 - 1:59 pm

RPI. And yes, everyone (except maybe the selection committee) knows it is biased against west coast teams.

Per Boyd Nation’s RPI web page as of today: UCSB 24, Fullerton 44, Long Beach 51. Rarely does a 50+ RPI get an at-large berth.

Maybe this is the year the committee ignores RPI… Massey, Sagarin, and ISR all have Long Beach in the 30s. But I’m going to guess the people building the bracket don’t have any faith the committee will.

eight26 May 29, 2016 - 2:06 pm

Santa Barbara finished in a death spiral. LB finished pretty strong. The committee should ignore RPI in this case. The Big West might get only two teams in this year. It wouldn’t shock me.

Chad Michael Guidry May 29, 2016 - 5:35 pm

Whoever wrote this is a dumb ass. I mean, they left out the SEC Champions Mississippi St all together.

Brian Foley May 29, 2016 - 5:40 pm

You talking about the team that went 1-2 in Hoover with the win over Alabama? Pretty sure Texas A&M won the SEC postseason tournament this year….

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Editor of College Baseball Daily
Twitter: @BFoley82|@CB_Daily

Chad Michael Guidry May 29, 2016 - 5:46 pm

SEC regular season champion. Try to keep up Jr.

Chad Michael Guidry May 29, 2016 - 5:47 pm

So you’re gonna leave them completely out bc they didn’t win the SEC Tournament? LOL

Brian Foley May 29, 2016 - 5:49 pm

Pretty sure they are listed as a regional host against Miami in the Super Regionals.

Chad Michael Guidry May 29, 2016 - 5:53 pm

I must’ve overlooked that than but they will be a National seed

Brian Foley May 29, 2016 - 5:54 pm

We will see

Brian Foley
Editor of College Baseball Daily
Twitter: @BFoley82|@CB_Daily

Chad Michael Guidry May 29, 2016 - 5:55 pm

Yes we will in about an hour and a half from now

Chad Michael Guidry May 29, 2016 - 5:54 pm

And in case you haven’t noticed, I’m not a Mississippi St fan.

Grady Wright May 29, 2016 - 6:18 pm

But you still show Florida winning the SEC. the conference tournament is the automatic bid. Mississippi state won the regular season title and is the SEC Champion, not Texas A&M.

Brian Foley May 29, 2016 - 6:19 pm

Yea…Florida and A&M were playing today in the conference tourney. Florida has been the better team all year so I projected them as conference champs.

Brian Foley
Editor of College Baseball Daily
Twitter: @BFoley82|@CB_Daily

Grady Wright May 29, 2016 - 6:31 pm

confernce champ is regular season, not tournament. also, in case you forgot MississippI State beat Florida twice in Gainesville. and yes I know they lost in the tournament. ando A&M won the tourney 12-5. also you are giving the 7th place team a national seed over 5th and first place regular season teams. Also MSU beats Ole Miss 3 out of 4 this season.

Chad Michael Guidry June 4, 2016 - 2:28 pm

I know I’m late but I TOLD YOU SO. ???

Nunya Bidness May 29, 2016 - 7:14 pm

Surely A&M is now the National number 1 seed, right? How can they not be?

Uncle Bob May 29, 2016 - 7:40 pm

Duke finished up 12-3 last 15 games..Series wins over Clemson,GTech&Florida St…Also beat Cal(when top 15 )Big Ten Champ Ohio St..First time in 55yrs…Are they in?

Brian Foley May 29, 2016 - 7:50 pm

Absolutely, I think Duke resume is miles better than Boston College especially OOC.

Uncle Bob May 29, 2016 - 8:09 pm

It is better…North Carolina is 8-7 last 15 games..They beat Duke(highest r.p.i)Pitt,Notre Dame&Virginia Tech..B.C I believe may come up short…Carolina should not get in…No conference Tourney,Barely 500 last 15…Thnx……….

Luke Hamann May 29, 2016 - 11:03 pm

Excuse me, but…umm…IOWA?!?!?!

Brian Foley May 29, 2016 - 11:19 pm

We had Iowa winning the big ten title today which of course they didn’t do
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troy patrick May 30, 2016 - 10:12 am

Miss St will be top 8 seed as they won the SEC. Ole Miss 5? they wont even be top 8 nor will USC. Tx Tch will likely get it. You guys are pretty terrible at this.

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