The 2023 college baseball season is coming to a close, but there is still a national tournament to be played before wrapping things up. Florida is the No. 2 national seed in the 2023 NCAA Tournaments and the host of the Gainesville Regional.
Florida A&M, Texas Tech and UConn are the three teams looking to upset Florida, but it will be tough to beat a Gators club that went 30-6 at home and 44-14 overall. Regional play is double elimination and the winner goes on to a best-of-three Super Regional against the winner of the Columbia (South Carolina) Regional.
Florida is, of course, the favorite to advance from the Gainesville Regional, but the Gators must weary of another early exit. UF hasn’t advanced past regional play since 2018. Last year’s club lost to Oklahoma as the No. 13 seed. The Sooners finished as the College World Series runner-ups, but none of the teams look as strong this year.
Here’s a look at each of the four teams participating in the Gainesville Regional. Each club will be broken up into three groups: offense, starting pitching and bullpen.