2024 NCAA Baseball Tournament Projections From Baseball America
by Staff Reporter
May 23, 202418 Comments
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Baseball America released their updated NCAA Tournament Bracket Projections this week and have LSU headed to the UC Santa Barbara regional.
The Tigers would be paired with the Knoxville Super Regional.
The Tigers would be paired with the Knoxville Super Regional.
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Knoxville, Tenn. Regional:
1. (1) Tennessee^*
2. UConn*
3. Indiana
4. Wright State*
Santa Barbara, Calif. Regional:
1. (16) UC Santa Barbara^*
2. Oregon State
3. LSU
4. Grand Canyon*
* denotes automatic bid
^ denotes regional host
The SEC has 11 bids in this projection. That would set a record and be a controversial decision. But as it stands on Thursday morning, all 11 teams won 13 SEC games and are in the top 30 of RPI and the top 25 of KPI. I believe that the committee did not go through the trouble of adding KPI and tweaking the quadrant system only to ignore it on Selection Monday. This is a potentially unprecedented season, with the SEC so powerful in every metric.
The selection committee is also being presented a situation where five teams tied in the standings with a 13-17 record. In the past, when one of those teams has been left out, it’s been easier to justify as a team that finished off the pace. This year, these teams represent the middle tier of the SEC.
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