Every team that was in Omaha last year is done.....

There’s so much parity in the sport of baseball already then when you throw in NIL where rosters get spread thin rather than stacked because guys are ate going somewhere to get paid to start rather than riding pine on top tier SEC rosters then this is what you get.

It’s made for a very entertaining regionals though and popularity should continue to grow. Big 3 men’s sport status confirmed

Because the baseball tournament is fun but a terrible way to crown a champion.

The best team rarely wins it all.

Yes, now that Vanderbilt lost their ability to cheat, they're just another also-ran. Good to see.

A&M is basically done, we need to score 15 runs to have a shot, our pitching was on Empty 2 games ago

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UGA probably works the least hard for the amount of success we have had historically. Wes is the right coach and ATL is the right market for tons of hs talent...

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Hard to say he worked the least hard this past offseason with what he's put together.

Not him, the program historically.

Since LSU didn’t make it, I found myself pulling for Arkansas Razorbacks baseball. They’ve had so much heartbreak and bad luck in the NCAA Tournament over the years that I was hoping this would finally be the season they broke through and won it all.

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There is a portal timing window problem as well for teams in/going to Omaha

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correct. Portal opens June 1. CWS doesn't even start for almost 2 weeks after the portal opens. And if you do well in Omaha, you're looking at 3+ weeks post portal before you can really get on the road recruiting or have portal guys come visit your staff on campus

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hopefully will not be dominated by the NIL

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Have some bad news for you

Throw in the uncertainty of the draft for both your high school recruits and your current players, college baseball roster management is a shitshow

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Yeah, baseball is crazy.

You probably have a list of 100 prospects; the best guys, you recruit, but expect most of them will sign and never come to campus.
The 1-3 you do get from that group that you do get, they need a lot of work to get ready, and may not perform (think Mavrick Rizi at LSU, he's been a mess).

You build the team from the next group, who are good but not great.

You now toss NIL into that equation, and it really gets crazy... do you try to outbid a high pick and hope he'd rather play on campus instead of the minors for a couple years, or do you load up more with the 2nd tier? And can you load up if a ton of SEC programs and other prominent Southern and Western baseball teams with some cash decide they also want to chase?