May 27, 2012
 Field of
Dreamers
Maydness on Eve of
Selection Monday
By
Phil Stanton and Sean Ryan
CollegeBaseballInsider.com
Co-Founders
We are ready for the field to be announced.
We have looked at the data and have determined
who we think the committee will select for the Field of 64. Many
bubble spots were taken by surprise tournament winners,
including Missouri, UAB, Creighton and UT Arlington.
We have made our predictions for national seeds
(numbers in parentheses) and for the 20 open at-large spots.
While we think the committee will take Texas, Phil would put
Wake Forest in that spot and Sean would have Southeastern
Louisiana in place of the Longhorns.
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Los Angeles |
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Coral Gables |
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1. UCLA (1) |
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1. Miami |
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2. San Diego |
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2. Mississippi State |
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3. Fresno State |
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3. St. John's |
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4. Cornell |
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4. UAB |
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Columbia |
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Charlottesville |
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1. South Carolina (8) |
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1. Virginia |
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2. Georgia Tech |
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2. Ole Miss |
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3. Belmont |
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3. Louisville |
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4. Austin Peay |
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4. Stony Brook |
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Baton Rouge |
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College Station |
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1. LSU (5) |
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1. Texas A&M |
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2. Clemson |
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2. Oregon State |
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3. Michigan State |
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3. Sam Houston State |
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4. ULM |
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4. Oral Roberts |
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Tallahassee |
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Stanford |
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1. Florida State (4) |
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1. Stanford |
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2. UCF |
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2. Pepperdine |
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3. Samford |
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3. Missouri State |
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4. Dayton |
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4. Missouri |
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Gainesville |
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Gary |
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1. Florida (2) |
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1. Purdue |
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2. Coastal Carolina |
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2. Kentucky |
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3. East Carolina |
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3. Indiana State |
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4. Bethune-Cookman |
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4. Valparaiso |
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Eugene |
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Raleigh |
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1. Oregon (7) |
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1. NC State |
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2. Dallas Baptist |
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2. Vanderbilt |
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3. New Mexico |
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3. Appalachian State |
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4. Creighton |
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4. Manhattan |
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Chapel Hill |
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Tucson |
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1. North Carolina (6) |
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1. Arizona |
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2. Oklahoma |
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2. Cal State Fullerton |
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3. UNC Wilmington |
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3. New Mexico State |
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4. Sacred Heart |
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4. Kent State |
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Waco |
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Houston |
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1. Baylor (3) |
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1. Rice |
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2. TCU |
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2. Arkansas |
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3. UT Arlington |
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3. Texas |
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4. Prairie View A&M |
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4. Army |
Last five in: East
Carolina, New Mexico State, Michigan State, Texas, Sam
Houston State
First 10 out:
Southeastern Louisiana, Wake Forest, Elon, College of
Charleston, Utah Valley, Gonzaga, Wichita State, Georgia,
Maryland, Tulane
(photo
courtesy of Purdue Media Relations Office) |
