Michigan Baseball: Updated projections for NCAA Tournament
In the latest and final projections for the NCAA baseball tournament, Michigan baseball is still solidly in the field of 64.
With one weekend and three games remaining, Michigan baseball looks like a very solid bet to make the NCAA baseball tournament, regardless of what happens this weekend.
The Wolverines close the season in a three-game set against Nebraska, which clinched the Big Ten championship last weekend after U-M dropped two of three games at home to Maryland.
Since the Big Ten opted not to hold a conference tournament this season, Nebraska will get the automatic berth, and Michigan baseball will need to get an at-large berth.
Latest NCAA tournament projections for Michigan baseball
According to D1baseball.com, Michigan baseball should make the field as a No. 2 seed. There are teams seeded 1-16 overall in the tournament and each is awarded a No. 1 seed and the right to host a first-round regional.
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The opening regional tournaments are double-elimination and have four teams. The Wolverines keep being projected into Notre Dame’s region, and if that were the case, the Irish would be the top seed in the Wolverines four-team bracket.
Baseball of America also has Michigan projected as a No. 2 seed in the Notre Dame region. Michigan does have a chance to improve its resume at Nebraska, which it could do by winning that series, but it’s unlikely that will drastically change the seed for Erik Bakich and company.
Just like in softball, it looks like the Big Ten won’t host any regional tournaments as Nebraska is currently being projected as a No. 2 seed in the latest brackets too.
The Big Ten appears to be hurt a little by the fact that the league played a conference-only schedule. Plus, the SEC and other southern conferences tend to dominate college baseball anyway.
The good news for U-M is that unless something unforeseen happens, it should be playing in the NCAA tournament.