We’ve been here before, correct?
The NCAA baseball tournament committee is sending Oregon to the Nashville Regional where the 2-seeded Ducks will open up with 3-seed Xavier.
The Ducks have been to Nashville before. It was the 2014 season when Oregon was bounced out by the host Commodores.
Way back in February, it was the Ducks and Musketeers meeting in the opening series of the season at PK Park where the Ducks swept the four-game series.
Host Vanderbilt and Eastern Illinois make up the rest of the regional, which begins Friday on ESPN+.
Vandy is the National 6-seed with a record of 41-18 and won the SEC tournament. Eastern Illinois comes into the regional 38-19 and they also won their conference tournament.
Xavier rebounded nicely after that early trip to Eugene and finished 37-23 on the season.
Half of the regional sites belong to SEC schools with 8-seeded Stanford being the only West Coast team to host. Oregon State was sent to the Baton Rouge Regional (LSU) and will play Sam Houston State.
Washington was sent to the Stillwater Regional (Oklahoma State) and will open the tourney with Dallas Baptist.
Should Oregon and Washington win their regional, the Ducks and Huskies would meet in a Super Regional with a trip to Omaha on the line.
Arizona was on the bubble and after a good May that included making the Pac-12 tournament final before losing to the Ducks, was rewarded with a Fayetteville Regional (Arkansas) appearance. The Wildcats will face TCU.