The “Road to Omaha” for the USC Gamecocks will start in Columbia, South Carolina.
Today, the NCAA announced the 16 regional host locations and the University of South Carolina baseball program, with its’ new stadium, will be one of the 16.
It is the first time since 2007 that the Gamecocks have hosted the first round of the NCAA Tournament after traveling each of the previous two seasons.
The 16 regional sites, with host institutions and records are as follows:
- Arizona State (47-8), Tempe, Ariz.;
- Arkansas (40-18), Fayetteville, Ark.;
- Auburn (40-19), Auburn, Ala.;
- Cal State Fullerton (40-15 through Saturday, May 29), Fullerton, Calif.;
- Coastal Carolina (51-7), Conway, S.C.;
- Connecticut (47-14), Storrs, Conn.;
- Florida (42-15), Gainesville, Fla.;
- Georgia Tech (45-13), Atlanta;
- Louisville (48-12), Louisville, Ky.;
- Miami (Florida) (40-17), Coral Gables, Fla.;
- Oklahoma (44-15), Norman, Okla.;
- South Carolina (43-15), Columbia, S.C.;
- Texas (46-11), Austin, Texas;
- TCU (46-11), Fort Worth, Texas;
- UCLA (42-13), Los Angeles;
- Virginia (47-11), Charlottesville, Va.
Eh, sorry Clemson. Any surprises to the above?
Site assignments and national seeds will be announced at 12:30 p.m. Eastern time, Monday, May 31, during a live, half-hour program on ESPNHD. At that point, USC will find out the other three teams who will travel to Columbia and whether or not they have earned their first national seed since 2004.
Congrats to Tanner and his boys. Hope this brings new energy to the team and the offense gets going for a deep post-season run.
I pray USC gets that national seed as that would be truly great for this team’s chances in going to the CWS, we will see who joins USC in Columbia for the beginnings of the “Road to Omaha” tomorrow.
