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TCU To Represent MWC At 2007 NCAA Baseball Tournament
The Horned Frogs earn their fourth consecutive and fifth overall trip to NCAA Tournament.
May 28, 2007 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - TCU earned its fourth straight and fifth overall trip to the NCAA Tournament after capturing its second consecutive MWC Tournament title last week in Las Vegas, Nev. The Horned Frogs earned one of 30 automatic bids as the NCAA announced the 64-team bracket today (May 28) for the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. A No. 2 seed in the Houston, Texas, regional, the Horned Frogs (46-12) will play No. 3 seed and Big 12 Tournament runner-up Baylor (34-25) at 2 p.m. CT on Friday, June 1, at Reckling Park. The Bears are making their 17th appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Houston Regional host and the No. 2 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament Rice (49-12) takes on No. 4 seed and SWAC Tournament champion Prairie View (34-23) at 6 p.m. CT Friday to round out the regional. In its last NCAA appearance in 2006, TCU posted a 1-2 record at L. Dale Mitchell Park in Norman, Okla. The Horned Frogs are 4-8 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. TCU (2006), UNLV (2003, 2004 and 2005) and BYU (2001 and 2002) have represented the MWC in the NCAA Tournament the past six years, posting a 6-12 record in that span. Overall, MWC teams are 58-103 in 51 NCAA appearances, including four trips to the College World Series. Here's a look at the top eight national seeds: 1. Vanderbilt (51-11), 2. Rice (49-12), 3. North Carolina (48-12), 4. Texas (44-15), 5. Arizona State (43-13), 6. Florida State (47-11), 7. Arkansas (41-19), 8. San Diego (43-16). The 16 regional sites, with host institutions are as follows: Tempe, Ariz. (Arizona State); Fayetteville, Ark. (Arkansas); Conway, S.C. (Coastal Carolina); Tallahassee, Fla. (Florida State); Long Beach, Calif. (Long Beach, Calif.); Columbia, Mo. (Missouri); Chapel Hill, N.C. (North Carolina); Oxford, Miss. (Ole Miss); Houston, Texas (Rice); San Diego, Calif. (San Diego); Columbia, S.C. (South Carolina); Austin, Texas (Texas); College Station, Texas (Texas A&M); Nashville, Tenn. (Vanderbilt); Charlottesville, Va. (Virginia); Wichita, Kan. (Wichita State). Each of the 16 NCAA regionals feature four teams, playing a double-elimination format. The regionals will be conducted from Friday, June 1, to Monday, June 4. Selection of the eight super regional hosts will be announced on www.ncaasports.com, Monday, June 4 at approximately 11 p.m. ET. The 61st College World Series begins play Friday, June 15, at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Neb.
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