Alex McLeman goes deep into this weekend’s College Baseball Super Regional matches and predicts who will punch their tickets to Omaha, Nebraska for the College World Series.
The one is for a trip to Omaha
The long road to the College World Series is nearing its conclusion, the regionals sent 48 teams packing, leaving just 16 to battle it out at this weekend’s Super Regional round for a trip to Omaha, Nebraska.
The best-of-three series, super regional matchups move to eight locations across the country, the highest seeded teams remaining after the regional rounds taking on the hosting duties, to determine the final eight teams who will earn a place at the College World Series (CWS), for real this time.
The games began on Friday evening, which included sevens teams out of the 16 I had predicted to come out of the regional rounds – good for a horribly unsatisfactory 40% accuracy rate.
Below are yet more “informed” predictions, which hopefully for more successful than my regionals selections, from each of the super regionals. The * games in each matchup will only be necessary if the series is tied 1-1.
No. 14 Minnesota (44-13) at No. 3 Oregon St. (47-10-1)
Prediction: Oregon St. to win series 2-1
Oregon St. lead series 1-0
Game 1: Minnesota 1-8 Oregon St.
Game 2: Saturday
*Game 3: Sunday.
No. 11 Stetson (48-11) at No. 6 North Carolina (41-18)
Prediction: North Carolina to win series 2-0
North Carolina leads series 1-0
Game 1: North Carolina 7- 4 Stetson
Game 2: Saturday
*Game 3: Sunday.
Washington (33-23) at Cal St. Fullerton (35-23)
Prediction: Washington to win series 2-0
Washington leads series 1-0
Game 1: Washington 8 – 5 Cal State Fullerton
Game 2: Saturday
*Game 3: Sunday.
Mississippi St. (35-26) at Vanderbilt (34-25)
Prediction: Vanderbilt to win series 2-1
Mississippi St. lead series 1-0
Game 1: Vanderbilt 8-10 Mississippi St.
Game 2: Saturday
*Game 3: Sunday.
Auburn (42-21) at No. 1 Florida (45-18)
Prediction: Florida to win series 2-1
Game 1: Saturday
Game 2: Sunday
*Game 3: Monday.
Duke (44-15) at No. 9 Texas Tech (42-17)
Prediction: Duke to win series 2-1
Game 1: Saturday
Game 2: Sunday
*Game 3: Monday.
South Carolina (36-24) at No. 5 Arkansas (42-18)
Prediction: Arkansas to win series 2-0
Game 1: Saturday
Game 2: Sunday
*Game 3: Monday.
Tennessee Tech (52-9) at No. 13 Texas (40-20)
Prediction: Texas to win series 2-0
Game 1: Saturday
Game 2: Sunday
*Game 3: Monday.
You can take all these predictions to the bank*.
*Note, I am not liable for any homes, souls, children, cars, life-savings or any other betting losses incurred due to these predictions. You bet with these predictions at your own risk.