Where Kentucky baseball ranks in final NCAA Tournament projections
It’s about that time, Big Blue Nation. Kentucky baseball is set to host a Regional in Lexington this weekend for the first time since 2017 and just the third time in school history.
The Bat Cats were announced as one of 16 nationally seeded NCAA Baseball Regional host schools, but what final ranking? And who will they take on from June 2-5 at Kentucky Proud Park? Those details will be announced at noon ET on ESPN2’s selection show.
Until then, final projections have been updated prior to the official release this afternoon. There, Kentucky is ranked No. 13 overall by D1Baseball and No. 14 by Baseball America.
D1Baseball believes Kentucky will be in Lexington alongside Boston College (2), Xavier (3) and Wright State (4) while Baseball America believes it will be West Virginia (2), Xavier (3) and Ball State (4) joining the Cats at KPP.
Kentucky entered the SEC Tournament ranked No. 9 overall by D1Baseball and No. 11 by Baseball America, meaning the opening-round loss to Alabama in Hoover dropped Nick Mingione’s squad four spots in the former and three in the latter — but enough to keep the program inside that top-16 threshold.
The NCAA clearly agreed, announcing Kentucky as a Regional host late Sunday evening. Now, the real fun begins, with the full bracket set to come out this afternoon.
Print out your NCAA Tournament bracket and follow along with the results throughout the selection show:
Interested in taking part in the action this weekend 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 vs. No. 4 (Time TBA)
- Game 2: No. 2 vs. No. 3 (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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