College Baseball Update

In the SEC Tournament Final, Florida beat Vanderbilt 7-3.

Here's what happened at the OVC Tournament in Jackson, Tenn:

Game 1:  Tennessee Tech 5, Jacksonville State 3
Game 2:  Belmont 9, SIU-Edwardsville 7 (11 innings)
Game 3:  Jacksonville State 8, SIU-Edwardsville 5 (SIU-Edwardsville eliminated)
Game 4:  Morehead State 4, Tennessee Tech 3 (10 innings)
Game 5:  Belmont 7, SE Missouri 2
Game 6:  SE Missouri 12, Jacksonville State 4 (Jacksonville State eliminated)
Game 7:  SE Missouri 14, Tennessee Tech 1 (Tennessee Tech eliminated)
Game 8:  Morehead State 8, Belmont 4
Game 9:  SE Missouri 9, Belmont 4 (Belmont eliminated)
Game 10:  Morehead State 16, SE Missouri 3 (SE Missouri eliminated)

So congratulations to Morehead State, which will be moving on to the NCAA Baseball Tournament.  Naturally, their first game will be against U of L.  The Eagles and the Cardinals are the only teams from the Commonwealth to make the Tournament.

Here is the final Top 20 from Baseball America.  The top 8 seeds in the NCAA Baseball Tournament are in italics; the defending national Champion is in bold.  You will see that the SEC got its usual fair treatment from the Committee.  The only teams ranked in the top 8 that did not get a top seed were Vandy and Texas A & M -- both from the SEC.  The only teams outside the top 8 that did get a top seed were Louisville and Miami -- both from the ACC.  Par for the course.  Let's watch that Duke/Gonzaga game again.

1.  Louisiana St:  48-10 (2 seed)
2.  UCLA:  42-14 (1 seed)
3.  Florida:  44-16 (4 seed)
4.  Illinois:  47-8 (6 seed)
5.  Vanderbilt:  42-19
6.  Missouri St:  45-10 (8 seed)
7.  Texas Christian:  43-11 (7 seed)
8.  Texas A & M:  45-11
9.  Louisville:  43-16 (3 seed)
10.  Florida St:  41-19
11.  Oklahoma St:  37-18
12.  Miami (Fla.):  44-14 (5 seed)
13.  Houston:  42-18
14.  Dallas Baptist:  43-13
15.  USC:  37-19
16.  UC-Santa Barbara:  40-15
17.  Oregon St:  38-16
18.  Coll. of Charleston:  43-13
19.  Arizona St:  34-21
20.  Arkansas:  35-22