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NCAA Baseball Postseason: Arizona to College World Series ⚾

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In case you didn't pay attention, on Saturday, No. 4 seed Arizona beat No. 3 seed TCU 2-1 to win the Big 12 Tournament Championship.

Today, the NCAA field of 64 was revealed. For the first time in the current 64-team format dating back to 1999, no Big 12 team is hosting a regional. Of the host sites:

8 - SEC (Georgia, Auburn, Texas, LSU, Arkansas, Tennessee, Vandy, Ole Miss)
3 - ACC (UNC, Clemson, FSU)
2 - Big Ten (UCLA, Oregon)
2 - Sun Belt (Coastal Carolina, Southern Miss)
1 - Independent (Oregon State)

The Big 12 though has 8 of its 14 teams in the NCAA Tournament (regional site in parentheses):

2 seeds

Arizona (Eugene)
Kansas (Fayetteville)
TCU (Corvallis)
West Virginia (Clemson)

3 seeds

Arizona State (LA)
Cincinnati (Knoxville)
Kansas State (Austin)
Oklahoma State (Athens)

Of the last four in, three were Big 12 teams: Arizona State, Kansas State and Oklahoma State.

 
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