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Your Ole Miss Rebels, champions of the West and the SEC Tournament, will host postseason baseball at The Sway, a year after missing the field altogether, once again.
Mike Bianco’s club won 46 games and defeated a daunting schedule in the regular season that included national seeds Arkansas and Georgia and ended up defeating hot teams like Texas A&M and LSU in Hoover en route to a tourney title.
Some, including us here at The Cup, thought the Rebs did enough to get a top 3 national seed after winning the SEC Tournament, but to be honest, being in the top four is all that matters when it comes to matching up favorably with the other side of the bracket.
But, the important thing to remember is that June baseball is back at Swayze and the Rebs play damn good at home. Go ahead and put the cold snacks on ice and dust off those folding chairs.
See y’all out there.
NCAA Tournament field
| National seeds | Regional hosts |
|---|---|
| National seeds | Regional hosts |
| Gainesville, Fla. | Raleigh, N.C. |
| 1. Florida (1) | 1. NC State |
| 2. Jacksonville | 2. Auburn |
| 3. Florida Atlantic | 3. Northeastern |
| 4. Columbia | 4. Army |
| . | . |
| Palo Alto, Calif. | Conway, S.C. |
| 1. Stanford (2) | 1. Coastal Carolina |
| 2. Baylor | 2. UConn |
| 3. Cal St. Fullerton | 3. Washington |
| 4. Wright State | 4. LIU-Brooklyn |
| . | . |
| Corvallis, Ore. | Minneapolis, Minn. |
| 1. Oregon State (3) | 1. Minnesota |
| 2. LSU | 2. UCLA |
| 3. San Diego State | 3. Gonzaga |
| 4. Northwestern State | 4. Canisius |
| . | . |
| Oxford, Miss. | Austin, Tex. |
| 1. Ole Miss (4) | 1. Texas |
| 2. Tennessee Tech | 2. Indiana |
| 3. Missouri State | 3. Texas A&M |
| 4. St. Louis | 4. Texas Southern |
| . | . |
| Fayetteville, Ark. | Greenville, S.C. |
| 1. Arkansas (5) | 1. East Carolina |
| 2. Southern Miss | 2. South Carolina |
| 3. Dallas Baptist | 3. Ohio State |
| 4. Oral Roberts | 4. UNC-Wilmington |
| . | . |
| Chapel Hill, N.C. | Deland, Fla. |
| 1. North Carolina (6) | 1. Stetson |
| 2. Purdue | 2. South Florida |
| 3. Houston | 3. Oklahoma State |
| 4. North Carolina A&T | 4. Hartford |
| . | . |
| Tallahassee, Fla. | Clemson, S.C. |
| 1. Florida State (7) | 1. Clemson |
| 2. Mississippi State | 2. Vanderbilt |
| 3. Oklahoma | 3. St. John's |
| 4. Samford | 4. Morehead State |
| . | . |
| Athens, Ga. | Lubbock, Tex. |
| 1. Georgia (8) | 1. Texas Tech |
| 2. Duke | 2. Louisville |
| 3. Troy | 3. Kent State |
| 4. Campbell | 4. New Mexico State |