News Article: NCAA Announces 16 Host Sites

[ALA2262]

Here are your 16 Regional hosts:

Austin, Texas (Texas) — 42-15
Columbia, S.C. (South Carolina) — 33-21
Eugene, Oregon (Oregon) — 37-14
Fayetteville, Ark. (Arkansas) — 45-10
Fort Worth, Texas (TCU) — 39-17
Gainesville, Fla. (Florida) — 38-20
Greenville, N.C. (East Carolina) — 41-15
Knoxville, Tenn. (Tennessee) — 45-15
Lubbock, Texas (Texas Tech) — 36-15
Nashville, Tenn. (Vanderbilt) — 40-15
Oxford, Miss. (Ole Miss) — 41-19
Ruston, La. (Louisiana Tech) — 40-17
South Bend, Ind. (Notre Dame) — 30-11
Stanford, Calif. (Stanford) — 33-14
Starkville, Miss. (Mississippi State) — 40-15
Tucson, Ariz. (Arizona) — 40-15

NCAA Announces 16 Regional Host Sites • D1Baseball

The NCAA announced the regional host sites, with the only surprise being South Carolina hosting in Columbia, likely as the No. 2 seed.

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[DymaxionDon]

Just my opinion but nothing from the Big10 area or the North East with one site in California. From a television point of view this doesn't look like a ratings winner.

 

[Blindside17]

If South Carolina can host as a two seed. I don't see how we could not be invited to a regional as a 3 seed somewhere. It we don't get in that would be a horrible decision by the committee.

 

[ALA2262]

Just my opinion but nothing from the Big10 area or the North East with one site in California. From a television point of view this doesn't look like a ratings winner.

From a television point of view the location doesn't matter as long as it is televised back to the big markets. From an attendance point of view it is a bonanza. Locations are where they put fannies in the seats. Arkansas and Mississippi State will have 15K+. A Big 10 or NE location might have 1.5K+.