Texas baseball is set to make the NCAA Tournament field. Where the team will play is up in the air. What seems clear is that the team will not be hosting a regional after an 0-2 showing in the Big 12 Tournament.
Two sites projected the Tournament field ahead of the selection decision. Both Baseball America and D1 Baseball listed Texas as a No. 2 seed.
Baseball America’s projections would send the Longhorns to future SEC foe Auburn’s bracket with the Tigers listed as the No. 11 host seed. Troy and Air Force were included in the projected Auburn Regional. That draw would be more favorable than what some sites projected.
D1 Baseball’s bracket had Texas traveling to the Stanford Regional with UC Santa Barbara, Santa Clara and their No. 7 host, the Stanford Cardinal. The Cardinal is a team Texas would probably like to avoid playing until the final rounds.
The Longhorns can thank themselves for what will likely be a difficult path to Omaha. Even so, they have the players to get past this hurdle. Texas will look to increase its lead in all-time College World Series appearances over the summer.