NCAA field announced - SEC, Pac 12 dominate seeds

[CoogansBluff]

11 of the 16 seeds for the NCAA tournament are SEC or Pac 12. Almost like the seeding committee threw the Big Ten a bone w/ Minnesota at #16.


Seeds -
No. 1 seed Oregon
No. 2 seed Alabama
No. 3 seed UCLA
No. 4 seed Georgia
No. 5 seed Florida
No. 6 seed Louisiana-Lafayette
No. 7 seed Oklahoma
No. 8 seed Florida State
No. 9 seed Arizona State
No. 10 seed Tennessee
No. 11 seed Arizona
No. 12 seed Washington
No. 13 seed Baylor
No. 14 seed Kentucky
No. 15 seed Missouri
No. 16 seed Minnesota


DATES/SITES/PAIRINGS:
* Indicates host institution

Eugene Regional – May 16-18 at Eugene, Oregon
No. 1 seed Oregon* (49-7-1) vs. Utah Valley (18-40)
Wisconsin (34-18) vs. Albany (NY) (33-11)

Minneapolis Regional – May 16-18 at Minneapolis, Minnesota
Auburn (39-17-1) vs. North Dakota State (35-16)
No. 16 seed Minnesota* (41-9) vs. Green Bay (27-12)

Tempe Regional – May 16-18 at Tempe, Arizona
No. 9 seed Arizona State* (44-10-1) vs. Dartmouth (31-17)
Michigan (42-12) vs. San Diego State (39-17)

Tallahassee Regional – May 16-18 at Tallahassee, Florida
South Carolina (35-20) vs. South Florida (41-15)
No. 8 seed Florida State* (50-6) vs. Fordham (36-18)

Gainesville Regional – May 16-18 at Gainesville, Florida
No. 5 seed Florida* (45-11) vs. Florida A&M (24-27)
Stetson (38-12) vs. UCF (41-16)

Seattle Regional – May 15-17 at Seattle, Washington
Northwestern (33-16) vs. BYU (33-21)
Iona (24-22) vs. No. 12 seed Washington* (33-13)

Waco Regional – May 16-18 at Waco, Texas
No. 13 seed Baylor* (42-13) vs. Northwestern State (30-20)
Houston (32-21) vs. Tulsa (50-7)

Athens Regional – May 16-18 at Athens, Georgia
North Carolina State (34-16) vs. UAB (31-25)
Chattanooga (34-19) vs. No. 4 seed Georgia* (45-12)

Los Angeles Regional – May 16-18 at Los Angeles, California
No. 3 seed UCLA* (48-6) vs. Southern Utah (23-29)
Long Beach State (38-17) vs. Notre Dame (39-11)

Lexington Regional – May 16-18 at Lexington, Kentucky
James Madison (44-13) vs. DePaul (41-9)
No. 14 seed Kentucky* (44-15) vs. Ohio (32-24)

Tucson Regional – May 16-18 at Tucson, Arizona
No. 11 seed Arizona* (41-13) vs. Boston University (35-19)
Louisville (36-20) vs. LSU (35-22)

Lafayette Regional – May 16-18 at Lafayette, Louisiana
Texas (33-21) vs. Mississippi State (38-19)
Texas Southern (31-18) vs. No. 6 seed Louisiana-Lafayette* (44-8-1)

Norman Regional – May 16-18 at Norman, Oklahoma
No. 7 seed Oklahoma* (45-10) vs. Bryant (32-20)
Hofstra (33-13) vs. Texas A&M (35-20)

Knoxville Regional – May 16-18 at Knoxville, Tennessee
Lipscomb (39-13) vs. Virginia Tech (35-21)
Charleston Southern (27-31-1) vs. No. 10 seed Tennessee* (42-10)

Columbia Regional – May 16-18 at Columbia, Missouri
No. 15 seed Missouri* (41-16) vs. Bradley (27-30)
Kansas (33-21) vs. Nebraska (40-15)

Tuscaloosa Regional – May 17-19 at Tuscaloosa, Alabama
South Alabama (40-12) vs. South Carolina Upstate (45-7)
No. 2 seed Alabama* (45-11) vs. SIU Edwardsville (30-21)

 

[29dad]

11 of the 16 seeds for the NCAA tournament are SEC or Pac 12. Almost like the seeding committee threw the Big Ten a bone w/ Minnesota at #16.


I predict that not a single Pac 12 team will make it to Oklahoma City. The Big 10's 5th best team, Northwestern, took it to Washington earlier in the season, before Northwestern even had a chance to practice outside. Leads me to believe that the Pac 12 is WAY overrated. We'll find out soon enough. I think the two best teams are Florida State and Michigan. Unfortunately only one can make it to Ok City. That's going to be an epic Super Regional. I also think the Minnesota v. Wisconsin Super Regional will be VERY fun to watch - probably like a football atmosphere. Go Gophers.

 

[JJsqueeze]

11 of the 16 seeds for the NCAA tournament are SEC or Pac 12. Almost like the seeding committee threw the Big Ten a bone w/ Minnesota at #16.


I predict that not a single Pac 12 team will make it to Oklahoma City. The Big 10's 5th best team, Northwestern, took it to Washington earlier in the season, before Northwestern even had a chance to practice outside. Leads me to believe that the Pac 12 is WAY overrated. We'll find out soon enough. I think the two best teams are Florida State and Michigan. Unfortunately only one can make it to Ok City. That's going to be an epic Super Regional. I also think the Minnesota v. Wisconsin Super Regional will be VERY fun to watch - probably like a football atmosphere. Go Gophers.

Winning 4-2 against the number 2 pitcher early in the season is hardly "taking it to them" and even then it is against the weakest of the PAC-10 teams in the field of 64. The PAC-10 is not way overrated. Michigan is definitely not one of the best teams in the tourney. They happen to have the best hitter, but they are going to get exposed once they go up against some teams with big bats. At this point in the season, if you don't have a pitcher on staff that has at least 200 Ks, then you are going into a gun fight with a knife. You need a dominant #1 and a good number #2, Michigan has two good #2 pitchers. Michigan has a chance of making it to the WCWS, but they will make a quick exit if they do. The winner will be coming out of the SEC or the PAC-10 this year. Georgia is the team in the SEC I think has the best chance, I can't figure out the PAC-10, OR, AZ st, UCLA are so evenly matched it is hard to distinguish the better team. But all three have big bats and dominant pitching.

 

[CoogansBluff]

Hope you're right about UGA, although they are 0-2 vs. Alabama when Traina was the pitcher. Depends on whether Wilkinson can keep pitching the way she has the past two weeks.

 

[29dad]

Louisiana-Lafayette is a top 8 seed. Lowly Purdue tied them and Michigan beat them 15-1. 15-1!! This is the Big 10's year. No doubt in my mind.

 

[JJsqueeze]

Louisiana-Lafayette is a top 8 seed. Lowly Purdue tied them and Michigan beat them 15-1. 15-1!! This is the Big 10's year. No doubt in my mind.

you gotta look deeper my great northern fastpitch brother.....Mich beat LL's number 3 and 4 pitcher in that game. The day before they lost to LLs #2. It was also really early in the season before a lot of this was worked out. I liken early season non conference play to friendlies in TB the teams are working things out, trying different lineups, getting a feel for pitchers etc. Then they set their squads more for conference play. Arizona for instance was pitching like 5 pitchers early in the season, sometimes in the same game it seemed. Every time I have watched them since it has been Pinion in the circle it seems. I hate to say it but the BIG10s season was last year. They are going to get murdered when they go up against the SEC or PAC-10.

 

[YoungBuck]

I noticed the Washington Regional is the 15th - 17th...is this because of BYU ?

 

[JJsqueeze]

I noticed the Washington Regional is the 15th - 17th...is this because of BYU ?

yup- they specifically mentioned it, I was surprised, I didn't know they changed schedules based on this but I liked it because it gives an extra day of softball.

 

[marriard]

I can't make any predictions this year unless I know if they are going to call illegal pitches or not this year.

 

[SoAZDad]

I'll take a shot at it just for fun. Not to ruffle feathers, either, just to get some verbal lashings for sure. With little objective analysis, my predictions for super regional matchups and the resulting teams in the WCWS are:

Oregon defeats Auburn
Arizona State defeats Florida State
Florida defeats Washington
Georgia defeats Tulsa
UCLA defeats James Madison
Louisiana-Lafayette defeats Arizona
Oklahoma defeats Tennessee
Missouri defeats SC Upstate

2014 WCWS Champion: UCLA defeats Georgia