Auburn baseball remains projected to host NCAA Regional as selection day arrives
AUBURN — Auburn baseball will find out its NCAA Tournament fate regarding hosting a Regional or not on Sunday, and according to the most recent projections from D1Baseball, the Tigers are still expected to host.
The NCAA will release its 16 host Regional sites on Sunday, May 28. The NCAA Tournament Selection Show takes place on Monday, May 29 at 11 am CT on ESPN2.
HOLDING ON TO HOSTING: D1Baseball released their latest tournament projections on Sunday morning and Auburn remains a host site for a Regional as the No. 14 overall national seed.
- 2-seed Duke, 3-seed Troy and 4-sed Sam Houston State are the other three teams projected to be in Auburn’s Regional.
- The Tigers were a No. 10 overall national seed heading into their game against Alabama on Thursday afternoon and a No. 12 overall national seed before the SEC Tournament started.
- Given host sites are announced on Sunday, there shouldn’t be many variables change at this point that would change the seeding of Butch Thompson’s bunch.
- The SEC projects to have 10 teams make the tournament, including seven hosting a Regional.
- As the No. 14 overall national seed, Auburn is paired with the No. 3 overall national seed. In D1Baseball’s latest projections, that would be Arkansas. The Hogs swept Auburn to start the SEC season in Fayetteville, Ark.
- Auburn was the No. 14 overall national seed last season, winning their Regional before heading to No. 3 overall national seed Oregon State and winning a Super Regional.
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RECENT REGIONAL SUCCESS: Both home and away, Auburn has enjoyed recent success in NCAA Regionals.
- Auburn is 3-0 in their last three Regional appearances with a perfect 9-0 record. The Tigers haven’t lost a Regional game since 2017 when they lost two straight at Florida State to lose the Regional after starting 2-0.
- In 2018, the Tigers traveled to Raleigh, N.C. for the N.C. State Regional, going 3-0 and winning the Regional before falling in three games to Florida in the Super Regional in Gainesville, Fla.
- In 2019, the Tigers traveled to Atlanta, Ga. for the Georgia Tech Regional, going 3-0 and winning the Regional. Auburn then traveled to Chapel Hill, N.C. for the North Carolina Super Regional and went 2-1, winning the Super Regional and heading to the College World Series.
- In 2022, the Tigers hosted a Regional, going 3-0 against Southeastern Louisiana, Florida State and UCLA. Auburn then traveled to Corvallis, Ore. for the Oregon State Super Regional and went 2-1, making it back to the College World Series for the second time in three opportunities. (The 2020 season was cancelled due to Covid.)
THE RESUME: The Tigers finished with a 34-21-1 overall record, 17-13 mark in the SEC regular season. The Tigers went 1-2 in the SEC Tournament, beating Missouri before falling to Vanderbilt and Alabama.
- Auburn sits at No. 19 in the latest RPI rankings.
- The Tigers finished 8-10 on the road, 3-2 on a neutral field, and 23-9 at home.
- If Auburn hosts, it’s because of a blazing hot finish to the back half of their SEC schedule. Auburn finished a SEC-best 12-3 in their final 15 conference games, winning five straight series.
- Auburn beat then No. 2 South Carolina on the road two of three, then returned home to beat then No. 1 LSU two of three in back-to-back weekends.
