Kentucky Baseball Placed as No. 12 National Seed in NCAA Tournament
It is officially postseason time in the Bluegrass. Kentucky was revealed to be the No. 12 national seed on Monday’s NCAA Tournament Selection Show, hosting No. 2 West Virginia, No. 3 Indiana, No. 4 Ball State at Kentucky Proud Park in a Regional later this week (June 2nd-June 5th). This is just the third time in school history that Kentucky will host an NCAA Baseball Regional. The ‘Cats were paired up with LSU’s pod. The winner of the Lexington Regional will match up with the winner of the Baton Rouge Regional for the chance to head to Omaha.
Schedule (All Times Eastern)
Friday, June 2
- Game 1 – Ball State vs. Kentucky – Noon – SEC Network
- Game 2 – Indiana vs. West Virginia – 7 p.m. – ESPN+
Saturday, June 3
- Game 3 – Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 – 1 p.m. – TV TBD
- Game 4 – Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 – 7 p.m. – TV TBD
Sunday, June 4
- Game 5 – Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4 – 1 p.m. – TV TBD
- Game 6 – Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 4 – 7 p.m. – TV TBD
Monday, June 5 (If Necessary)
- Game 7 – same teams as in Game 6 – 7 p.m. – TV TBD
The SEC dominated Selection Monday, as eight SEC teams were selected to host Regionals (No. 16 Alabama, No. 3 Arkansas, No. 13 Auburn, No. 2 Florida, No. 12 Kentucky, No. 5 LSU, No. 15 South Carolina, No. 6 Vanderbilt). Tennessee and Texas A&M also made the Tournament, bringing the total number of SEC teams in the field to ten. The SEC became the first conference in NCAA history to host eight regionals in a single NCAA Baseball Tournament. As the great Kevin Nash once said, “This is where the big boys play.”
The ‘Cats finished the season at No. 2 in RPI behind the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, Wake Forest. Kentucky finished the season having played the hardest schedule in all of college baseball, including the sixth hardest non-conference schedule. Only Vanderbilt and Arkansas had more Quad One wins than the ‘Cats (20). They finished the season at 36-18, their most wins in a season since 2017.
Kentucky will begin their March to Omaha against Ball State on Friday. The ‘Cats kicked off the 2006 NCAA Baseball Tournament against Ball, falling to the Cardinals 3-1 in Game One. Kentucky came back to eliminate Ball State in the second round before falling to College of Charleston in the Regional Finals. Ball State finished the season at 36-21, winners of the MAC Tournament.
Interested in taking part in the action this week at Kentucky Proud Park? Ticket information can be found below.
NCAA Lexington Regional Ticket Information
All-Session Tickets
- All requests from 2023 baseball season ticket holders have been fulfilled. Those that placed a request may log in to My UK Account to view their seat locations beginning Tuesday morning.
- On Sale: Tuesday, May 30 at 9:00AM ET.
- Pricing
- All-Session Reserved Grandstand: $90
- All-Session General Admission: $60
- Fans with general admission terrace/berm/outfield tickets are encouraged to bring a tailgate chair or blanket to sit. There are no physical seats in the general admission areas of Kentucky Proud Park.
- Age 2 and above must have a ticket. Infants 1 & under will be admitted free of charge.
- UK Faculty/Staff IDs and K Fund Sport Passes are NOT valid for postseason.
- Fans are encouraged to purchase online for best availability.
Single Session Tickets
- On Sale: Thursday, June 1 at 9:00AM ET.
- Each game is treated as its own session. One ticket will get you in to one session only – not for the whole day.
- Pricing
- Reserved: $15/session, based on availability
- General Admission Terrace/Berm/Outfield Standing Room Adult: $10/session, based on availability
- Fans with general admission terrace/berm/outfield tickets are encouraged to bring a tailgate chair or blanket to sit. There are no physical seats in the general admission areas of Kentucky Proud Park.
- Age 2 and above must have a ticket. Infants 1 & under will be admitted free of charge.
- UK Faculty/Staff IDs and K Fund Sport Passes are NOT valid for postseason.
- STUDENT TICKETS: A limited number of student tickets have been purchased by UK Athletics for use of full-time UK students only. Students must present a valid UK Student ID at the left field gate entrance, for games UK is participating, in exchange for one general admission ticket, based on availability.
- There will be no refunds or exchanges for tickets purchased.
Seating
- Sections 102 and 110 will be held for participating team-guest and coach-guest seating.
- Fans with general admission terrace/berm/outfield tickets are encouraged to bring a tailgate chair or blanket to sit. There are no physical seats in the general admission areas of Kentucky Proud Park.
- Sections 101-111 are chairback reserved seats.
- All Loge, Suite, and Club ticket holders must enter through the VIP Lobby of Kentucky Proud Park.
- View the NCAA Baseball Regional seating chart here.
Mobile Tickets
- All tickets will be accessible on a mobile device.
- Fans may view, transfer, and scan their tickets through My UK Account on a smartphone by downloading the UK Athletics App.
- To find the app in the App Store or Google Play Store, visit this page.
- SafeTix has been implemented since the start of the 2022-23 basketball seasons to fight fraudulent ticket activity. As a result of the SafeTix adoption, no screenshots or recording of tickets will be accepted. Mobile tickets will appear on your smartphone through the UK Athletics App with a blue line that runs across. The barcode automatically refreshes every 15 seconds so the barcode cannot be stolen and used by another fan. Fans that add tickets to their Apple Wallet/Google Pay account will not see a barcode and may use the NFC tap feature to scan their ticket upon entrance of Kentucky Proud Park.
Schedule
- Day 1: Friday, June 2
- Game 1: No. 1 Kentucky vs. No. 4 Ball State (Time TBA)
- Game 2: No. 2 West Virginia vs. No. 3 Indiana (Time TBA)
- Day 2: Saturday, June 3
- Game 3: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2
- Game 4: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2
- Day 3: Sunday, June 4
- Game 5: Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4
- Game 6: Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5
- Day 4: Monday, June 5
- Game 7: If necessary, same teams as in Game 6
Weather
- Fans should follow @UKBaseball on social media for the latest surrounding schedule updates in the event of inclement weather that affects the status of the game.
- There will be no refunds or exchanges for tickets purchased.
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