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TCU Moves On To 2008 NCAA Baseball Regionals No. 20 Horned Frogs to compete in fifth straight NCAA Baseball Tournament.
May 26, 2008
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - No. 20 TCU earned its fifth straight and sixth overall trip to the NCAA Tournament after capturing its third consecutive MWC Baseball Tournament title last week in Fort Worth, Texas. The Horned Frogs earned one of 30 automatic bids as the NCAA announced the 64-team bracket May 26 for the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. A No. 3 seed in the Stillwater Regional, the Horned Frogs (47-13) will play No. 2 seed and Missouri Valley Conference regular-season and tournament champion Wichita State (44-15) at 1 p.m. CT on Friday, May 30, at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium in Stillwater, Okla. The Shockers are making their sixth-straight and 25th overall appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Stillwater Regional host Oklahoma State (42-16) takes on No. 4 seed and Sun Belt Tournament champion Western Kentucky (33-25) at 7 p.m. CT Friday to round out the regional. In its last NCAA appearance in 2007, TCU posted a 2-2 record at Reckling Park in Houston, Texas. The Horned Frogs are 6-10 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. TCU (2006 and 2007), UNLV (2003, 2004 and 2005) and BYU (2001 and 2002) have represented the MWC in the NCAA Tournament the past seven years, posting a 8-14 record in that span. Overall, MWC teams are 60-105 in 52 NCAA appearances, including four trips to the College World Series. Here's a look at the top eight national seeds: 1. Miami, Fla. (47-8), 2. North Carolina (46-12), 3. Arizona State (45-11), 4. Florida State (48-10), 5. Cal State Fullerton (37-19), 6. Rice (42-13), 7. LSU (43-16-1), 8. Georgia (35-21-1). The 16 regional sites, with host institutions are as follows: Tempe, Ariz. (Arizona State); Fullerton, Calif. (Cal State Fullerton); Conway, S.C. (Coastal Carolina); Tallahassee, Fla. (Florida State); Athens, Ga. (Georgia); Long Beach, Calif. (Long Beach State); Baton Rouge, La. (LSU); Coral Gables, Fla. (Miami, Fla.); Ann Arbor, Mich. (Michigan); Lincoln, Neb. (Nebraska); Chapel Hill, N.C. (North Carolina); Raleigh, N.C. (North Carolina State); Stillwater, Okla. (Oklahoma State); Houston, Texas (Rice); Stanford, Calif. (Stanford); College Station, Texas (Texas A&M). The regional hosted by North Carolina will be played at USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, N.C. Each of the 16 NCAA regionals feature four teams, playing a double-elimination format. The regionals are scheduled to be conducted from Friday, May 30, to Monday, June 2. Selection of the eight super regional hosts will be announced on www.ncaa.com, Monday, June 2 at approximately 11 p.m. ET. The 62nd Men's College World Series begins play Saturday, June 14, at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Neb.
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