The Louisville baseball team will begin the road back to Omaha on Friday night as the NCAA Tournament's No. 3 overall seed. It's just the second time the Cards have earned a national seed in the big dance, as U of L was the tournament's No. 7 overall seed back in 2010.
Dan McDonnell and company will begin postseason play against Ohio Valley champion Morehead State Friday at 6 p.m. The region's No. 2 seed, Bradley (35-19), and third-seeded Michigan (37-23) will meet in the regional's first game on Friday at 2 p.m.
The winner of the Louisville regional will advance to face the winner of the Fullerton regional in the best-of-3 supers. In addition to the host Titans, Arizona State, Clemson and Pepperdine are also headed to Fullerton for the weekend. The Cardinals and Titans met in the super regionals back in 2009, with Fullerton easily advancing to the College World Series.
Here's the complete bracket:
NCAA TOURNAMENT FIELD
Regionals are listed below in their Super Regional pairings with the national seed denoted by (#) and the national seed regional marked with an asterisk.
Super Regional 1
Los Angeles, CA*
1. UCLA (1)
2. Ole Miss
3. Maryland
4. CSU Bakersfield
Lake Elsinore, CA
1. UC Santa Barbara
2. USC
3. Virginia
4. San Diego State
Super Regional 2
Baton Rouge, LA*
1. LSU (2)
2. UNC Wilmington
3. Tulane
4. Lehigh
Houston, TX
1. Houston
2. Rice
3. UL Lafayette
4. Houston Baptist
Super Regional 3
Louisville, KY*
1. Louisville (3)
2. Bradley
3. Michigan
4. Morehead State
Fullerton, CA
1. Cal State Fullerton
2. Arizona State
3. Clemson
4. Pepperdine
Super Regional 4
Gainseville, FL*
1. Florida (4)
2. Florida Atlantic
3. South Florida
4. Florida A&M
Tallahassee, FL
1. Florida State
2. College of Charleston
3. Auburn
4. Mercer
Super Regional 5
Coral Gables, FL*
1. Miami (5)
2. East Carolina
3. Columbia
4. Florida International
Dallas, TX
1. Dallas Baptist
2. Oregon State
3. Texas
4. VCU
Super Regional 6
Champaign, IL*
1. Illinois (6)
2. Notre Dame
3. Wright State
4. Ohio
Nashville, TN
1. Vanderbilt
2. Radford
3. INDIANA
4. Lipscomb
Super Regional 7
Fort Worth, TX*
1. TCU (7)
2. NC State
3. Stony Brook
4. Sacred Heart
College Station, TX
1. Texas A&M
2. Coastal Carolina
3. California
4. Texas Southern
Super Regional 8
Springfield, MO*
1. Missouri State (8)
2. Iowa
3. Oregon
4. Canisius
Stillwater, OK
1. Oklahoma State
2. Arkansas
3. Oral Roberts
4. St. John's