WVU viewed as an NCAA Regional host with 4 weeks remaining in regular season.
West Virginia (34-5, 13-3 Big 12), arguably the hottest college baseball team in the nation, rocketed up Top 25 polls on Monday.
Postseason projections for the Mountaineers reflect those changes. Steve Sabins’s club looks like a regional host with four weekend series remaining in the regular season.
D1Baseball now projects WVU as the No. 14 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. That means Kendrick Family Ballpark would be an NCAA Regional site for the second time in its history. West Virginia would have some very stiff competition in this projected regional, with Oklahoma (29-11, 10-8 SEC), Miami (24-17, 9-9 ACC) and George Mason (27-14, 12-6 A10) all coming to the Mountain State.
Baseball America also foresees Morgantown as an NCAA Regional site. The outlet slots WVU as the No. 13 overall seed. A pair of power conference programs in Kentucky (23-15, 8-10 SEC) and Duke (28-14, 12-9 ACC) join projected MAC champion Ball State (29-12, 15-3 MAC) in the University City in this prognostication. The Mountaineers played in the Lexington Regional two years ago.
D1Baseball has six Big 12 teams qualifying for the national tournament, with three (Arizona, WVU, TCU) being regional hosts. Baseball America projects five Big 12 teams in the field of 64, with West Virginia and Arizona being the conference’s two regional hosts.
West Virginia (34-5, 13-3 Big 12), arguably the hottest college baseball team in the nation, rocketed up Top 25 polls on Monday.
Postseason projections for the Mountaineers reflect those changes. Steve Sabins’s club looks like a regional host with four weekend series remaining in the regular season.
D1Baseball now projects WVU as the No. 14 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. That means Kendrick Family Ballpark would be an NCAA Regional site for the second time in its history. West Virginia would have some very stiff competition in this projected regional, with Oklahoma (29-11, 10-8 SEC), Miami (24-17, 9-9 ACC) and George Mason (27-14, 12-6 A10) all coming to the Mountain State.
Baseball America also foresees Morgantown as an NCAA Regional site. The outlet slots WVU as the No. 13 overall seed. A pair of power conference programs in Kentucky (23-15, 8-10 SEC) and Duke (28-14, 12-9 ACC) join projected MAC champion Ball State (29-12, 15-3 MAC) in the University City in this prognostication. The Mountaineers played in the Lexington Regional two years ago.
D1Baseball has six Big 12 teams qualifying for the national tournament, with three (Arizona, WVU, TCU) being regional hosts. Baseball America projects five Big 12 teams in the field of 64, with West Virginia and Arizona being the conference’s two regional hosts.
WVU’s NCAA Tournament résumé:
- RPI Ranking: 15
- Record vs. Quad 1 opponents: 4-3
- Strength of Schedule: 167
- Nonconference Strength of Schedule: 278
- Road/Neutral site record: 19-2
- Notable wins: vs. No. 22 Arizona, at BYU (x2), at Oklahoma State
- Key stats (D-I rankings): 0.872 win percentage (T-1), 7.01 Hits/9 innings allowed (3rd), 3.66 team ERA (9th), 1.26 WHIP (16th), .317 team batting average (21st), 428 hits (23rd), 2.31 stolen bases per game (25th), 8.7 runs per game (28th)
