Texas Longhorns baseball No. 2 overall seed, will host regional in Austin
Joining Texas in the Austin regional is UTSA, Kansas State and Houston Christian. The rest of the top eight national seeds are No. 1 seeded Vanderbilt, Arkansas at No. 3, Auburn at No. 4, North Carolina at No. 5, LSU at No. 6, Georgia at No. 7 and Oregon State at No. 8. Vandy won the SEC postseason tournament.
The SEC has six of the top eight national seeds. Ironically, preseason No. 1 Texas A&M did not make the postseason after a 30-26 overall record. Texas will open the Austin regional on Friday at 2 p.m. against Houston Christian, followed by Kansas State vs. UTSA at 7 p.m. at Disch-Falk Field. The regionals are a four-team double-elimination tournament.
The winner of the Austin regional will play the winner of the UCLA regional, which includes the Bruins, Fresno State, UC Irvine and Arizona State.
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