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\n<\/a>Our CWS coverage for 2019 got a little compressed due to time this year.\u00a0 \u00a0We didn’t announce the full field (link to d1baseball’s 64-field announcement<\/a>), and we’re combining a couple different posts this year upon the completion of Regionals.<\/p>\n

Now we\u2019re through the Regionals and the field has been winnowed from 64 to just 16.<\/p>\n

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Regional Recaps<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019ll review the 16 regionals in order of the larger bracket. \u00a0Bold<\/strong>\u00a0is the host\/seed and\u00a0Bolded<\/strong>\u00a0Red<\/strong>\u00a0is the winner.<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0UCLA<\/strong>\u00a0region finish:\u00a0UCLA<\/span><\/strong>, the top seed in the tourney, survived a scare by sweeping Loyola Marymount out of the losers’ bracket to advance.\u00a0 Seed finish: 1-3-2-4
\n16.\u00a0Oregon State<\/strong>\u00a0region finish: Michigan<\/strong> <\/span>outlasted Creighton in this upset-filled regional.\u00a0 Host Oregon State, your defending National champ, was 2-and-out, robbing a national stage for its presumed #1 overall pick\u00a0Adley Rutschman<\/strong>.\u00a0 Seed finish: 3-2-4-1<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Vanderbilt<\/strong>\u00a0region finish: Vanderbilt<\/strong><\/span> cruised to the title in this chalk regional.\u00a0 Seed finish: chalk 1-2-3-4
\n15.\u00a0West Virginia<\/strong>\u00a0region finish: #3 seed Duke<\/strong><\/span> got to WVU’s top pick\u00a0Alex Manoah<\/strong> in the winner’s bracket game and WVU couldn’t recover.\u00a0 Seed finish: 3-2-1-4<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Georgia Tech<\/strong>\u00a0region finish:\u00a0Auburn<\/span><\/strong> takes two close ones to beat the host and 3rd overall seed.\u00a0 Seed finish: 2-1-3-4
\n14. UNC\u00a0<\/b>region finish:\u00a0UNC<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>topped all three teams en route to the title in a “familiar” regional of teams who play frequently.\u00a0 Seed finish: chalk 1-2-3-4.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Georgia<\/strong>\u00a0region finish:\u00a0Florida State<\/span><\/strong> advances as a #3 regional seed, battering the field by winnings its 3 games 13-7, 12-3, 10-1.\u00a0 Seed finish: 3-1-2-4.
\n13. LSU\u00a0<\/b>region finish: LSU<\/strong><\/span> held serve and advances.\u00a0 Seed finish: 1-3-2-4<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Arkansas<\/strong>\u00a0region finish: Arkansas<\/strong><\/span> cruises undefeated to the win.\u00a0 Last-team-in TCU makes the regional final to prove critics wrong.\u00a0 \u00a0Seed finish: 1-3-4-2
\n12.\u00a0Ole Miss<\/strong>\u00a0region finish: Ole Miss<\/strong><\/span> fends off the feisty 4th seeded Jacksonville State to advance.\u00a0 \u00a0Overseeded Illinois goes 2-and-out.\u00a0 Seed finish: 1-4-3-2.<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0Mississippi State<\/strong>\u00a0region finish: Mississippi State<\/strong><\/span> takes out Miami, who came out of the loser’s bracket to challenge.\u00a0 Seed finish chalk 1-2-3-4.
\n11.\u00a0Stanford<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>region finish: Stanford\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>came out of the losers bracket to outlast upstart Fresno State in a monday finish.\u00a0 Seed finish: 1-3-4-2<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0Louisville<\/strong>\u00a0region finish: Louisville<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 came through the loser’s bracket to advance.\u00a0 This regional marred by a ridiculous “ump show” where the Louisville closer got ejected for saying “that’s horrible<\/a>” after a close call.\u00a0 4-game suspension.\u00a0 For saying two words, basically to himself.\u00a0 Seed finish: 1-3-2-4.
\n10.\u00a0ECU<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>region finish: ECU<\/strong> <\/span>survived an embarrassing opening loss to minnow Quinnipiac to advance past the surprising Campbell, who helped give ACC power NC State an equally embarrassing 2 and out.\u00a0 Seed finish: 1-3-4-2<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0Texas Tech<\/strong>\u00a0region finish: Texas Tech<\/strong><\/span> won a straightforward regional, where Dallas Baptist beat Florida twice.\u00a0 Seed finish: chalk 1-2-3-4.
\n9.\u00a0Oklahoma State<\/strong>\u00a0region finish: Oklahoma State<\/span><\/strong> was extended an extra game by UConn but advanced.\u00a0 Seed fish: chalk 1-2-3-4 but not straight-forward way to get there.<\/p>\n

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Predictions versus Actuals<\/strong>: <\/span>no prediction piece this year for the Regionals.<\/p>\n

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DC\/MD\/VA team performance at Regionals<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Here’s how teams of note either from the DC\/MD\/VA or with known players who hail from the region performed at Regionals.<\/p>\n