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SEC stumbles lead NCAA baseball tournament winners and losers in regional round
Vanderbilt infielder Rustan Rigdon (19) sits in the team's dugout after the Commodores were eliminated from the NCAA baseball tournament with a loss to Wright State in the Nashville Regional at Hawkins Field. History was made in the NCAA baseball tournament. And not the good kind, either, if you're No. 1 Vanderbilt and No. 2 Texas. These two leading contenders for the national championship were quickly ejected from their respective regionals over the weekend, marking the second time since national seeding was introduced to the tournament in 1999 that the top two seeds failed to advance out of regionals. Advertisement After losing to Louisville on Saturday and Wright State on Sunday the Commodores became the first No. 1 overall seed to be eliminated in the regionals altogether since UCLA in 2015 and the first No. 1 seed under the current format to fail to at least reach its regional final. The Longhorns lost to Texas-San Antonio twice in as many days. The Roadrunners were 0-6 in its tournament history entering the weekend while Texas, hosting a regional for the 38th time, won the SEC regular-season crown by two games under first-year coach Jim Schlossnagle. These upsets serve as a black eye for the SEC, which dominated the regular season, the USA TODAY Sports college baseball poll and the 64-team bracket. With No. 7 Georgia and No. 10 Mississippi also sent packing, the SEC now turns to No. 3 Arkansas, No. 4 Auburn and No. 6 LSU to carry the flag for the conference. The Tigers were pushed to the brink by underdog Little Rock but managed to eke out a 10-6 on Monday night to advance. The tournament continues with super regionals beginning on Friday. Those are best-of-three series played on the home field of the higher-ranked team. From there, the eight winners advance to Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska, for the College World Series. Advertisement Led by the two massive disappointments coming out of the SEC, here are the biggest winners and losers from the opening weekend: Winners Arkansas The Razorbacks went unscathed through their regional - winning by a margin of 26-6 in three games - and are now the highest remaining seed left in the field. While this makes Arkansas the de facto favorite moving forward, the aforementioned chaos that is college baseball means a title is anything but guaranteed for a program that has never won the College World Series and has endure several heartbreaks along the way. The ACC By the conclusion of Sunday's action, three ACC squads had punched their tickets to the next round and two more added to the league's total on Monday when North Carolina and Miami were victorious. Two of the weekend victors, Duke and Louisville, advanced through regionals hosted by SEC members, a particularly satisfying outcome for certain fan bases subjected to the 'it just means more' mantra on a daily basis. It wasn't all good news for the league as national seed Clemson and regular-season conference champ Georgia Tech were knocked out, but thus far it's been a promising showing for the conference. Texas-San Antonio The Roadrunners were known to be dangerous heading into the tournament, and they proved it with a pair of wins against No. 2 seed Texas. UTSA won a 9-7 slugfest Saturday to send the Longhorns into the losers' bracket, then jumped on Texas early once again Sunday and held on 7-4 to reach the super regionals for the first time in program history. The Roadrunners, who were winless in their previous three trips to the tournament, next face UCLA. West Virginia The Mountaineers provided arguably the most dramatics of the weekend. After rallying Saturday to defeat host Clemson, West Virginia again found itself trailing in the late innings Sunday against Kentucky. But the Mountaineers overcame a 12-7 deficit with a six-run eighth and held on to eliminate the Wildcats 13-12 to secure a second consecutive trip to the super regionals. The erstwhile Pac-12 The former power conference will be well represented in the round of 16. The first weekend wasn't all good for former Pac-12 schools with nationally seeded Oregon making an early exit, but a trio of other former league members did advance, with Oregon State joining Arizona and UCLA after its defeat of Southern California on Monday night. Coastal Carolina The 13th-seeded Chanticleers completed a sweep of their home regional in Conway, South Carolina., finishing it off Sunday with a masterful pitching performance from Riley Eikhoff and Dominick Carbone in a 1-0 shutout against East Carolina. The Pirates made a surprising run to the regional final by knocked off Florida twice after qualifying for the field by winning the American Athletic tournament. Oklahoma State The Athens regional ended painfully for Oklahoma State, which seemed poised to put the tying run on base on a wild pitch in the ninth inning of Sunday's elimination game against Duke but had the runner called out for leaving the baseline and interfering with the throw to first. But one of the last four teams in the World Series field also captured maybe the most dramatic moment of the weekend. Earlier on Sunday, the Cowboys trailed Georgia 9-7 heading into the bottom of the ninth but rallied for four runs, ending things on a two-run, walk-off blast by third baseman Brock Thompson. Mississippi State After making a coaching change amid a disastrous start to SEC play, Mississippi State rebounded to reach the final of the Tallahassee regional before losing to No. 9 Florida State. That marked the second year in a row the Bulldogs were bounced in the opening weekend; the program hasn't advanced to Super regionals since winning the whole thing in 2021. But the weekend ended with some very good news: Late on Sunday night, Mississippi State announced the hire of longtime Virginia coach Brian O'Connor, a five-time ACC coach of the year who led the Cavaliers to the 2015 national title. Losers Vanderbilt The top-ranked team in the tournament led for just one of 27 innings over the weekend: Vanderbilt needed a three-run seventh inning and another run in the bottom of the eighth to beat Wright State 4-3 in Saturday's regional opener. You can attribute this historic tournament exit to the Commodores' disappearing bats. One of the hottest teams in the country heading into tournament play, Vanderbilt scored 10 runs over these three games and hit just .132, managing just four hits in the opener, five in the 3-2 loss to eventual regional winner Louisville and then three in the 5-4 loss to the Raiders. Two-time national champions under celebrated coach Tim Corbin, the Commodores reached the finals in 2021 but haven't advanced out of the regionals since. Texas This had been a banner year for the Longhorns, who were buoyed by the offseason addition of Jim Schlossnagle from rival Texas A&M. But things had started to unravel down the home stretch of the regular season, capped by an early exit from the SEC tournament, so there were some warning signs heading into regionals. This was still a completely unexpected whipping at the hands of Texas-San Antonio. Oregon After dropping the opener of the Eugene Regional to Utah Valley – the 6-5 loss included a controversial decision to remove an Oregon run due to 'malicious contact' on a play at the plate – the No. 12 Ducks trailed Cal Poly 3-1 after three in Saturday's elimination game before rallying for seven runs across the middle innings to lead 8-5 heading into the bottom of the seventh. Then came the meltdown: Oregon reliever Ian Umlandt walked in a run, gave up a two-run single and then another run-scoring single to hand the Mustangs the 9-8 lead. They'd add another run in the bottom of the eighth for the 10-8 win. Losses from higher-ranked teams meant the Ducks were in line to host a Super Regional; that makes this collapse all the more painful. Advertisement The biggest stories, every morning. Stay up-to-date on all the key sports developments by subscribing to USA TODAY Sports' newsletter. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: NCAA baseball tournament winners, losers: SEC stumbles in regionals
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SEC stumbles lead NCAA baseball tournament winners and losers in regional round
SEC stumbles lead NCAA baseball tournament winners and losers in regional round History was made in the NCAA baseball tournament. And not the good kind, either, if you're No. 1 Vanderbilt and No. 2 Texas. These two leading contenders for the national championship were quickly ejected from their respective regionals over the weekend, marking the second time since national seeding was introduced to the tournament in 1999 that the top two seeds failed to advance out of regionals. After losing to Louisville on Saturday and Wright State on Sunday the Commodores became the first No. 1 overall seed to be eliminated in the regionals altogether since UCLA in 2015 and the first No. 1 seed under the current format to fail to at least reach its regional final. The Longhorns lost to Texas-San Antonio twice in as many days. The Roadrunners were 0-6 in its tournament history entering the weekend while Texas, hosting a regional for the 38th time, won the SEC regular-season crown by two games under first-year coach Jim Schlossnagle. These upsets serve as a black eye for the SEC, which dominated the regular season, the USA TODAY Sports college baseball poll and the 64-team bracket. With No. 7 Georgia and No. 10 Mississippi also sent packing, the SEC now turns to No. 3 Arkansas, No. 4 Auburn and No. 6 LSU to carry the flag for the conference. The Tigers were pushed to the brink by underdog Little Rock but managed to eke out a 10-6 on Monday night to advance. The tournament continues with super regionals beginning on Friday. Those are best-of-three series played on the home field of the higher-ranked team. From there, the eight winners advance to Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska, for the College World Series. Led by the two massive disappointments coming out of the SEC, here are the biggest winners and losers from the opening weekend: Winners Arkansas The Razorbacks went unscathed through their regional - winning by a margin of 26-6 in three games - and are now the highest remaining seed left in the field. While this makes Arkansas the de facto favorite moving forward, the aforementioned chaos that is college baseball means a title is anything but guaranteed for a program that has never won the College World Series and has endure several heartbreaks along the way. The ACC By the conclusion of Sunday's action, three ACC squads had punched their tickets to the next round and two more added to the league's total on Monday when North Carolina and Miami were victorious. Two of the weekend victors, Duke and Louisville, advanced through regionals hosted by SEC members, a particularly satisfying outcome for certain fan bases subjected to the 'it just means more' mantra on a daily basis. It wasn't all good news for the league as national seed Clemson and regular-season conference champ Georgia Tech were knocked out, but thus far it's been a promising showing for the conference. Texas-San Antonio The Roadrunners were known to be dangerous heading into the tournament, and they proved it with a pair of wins against No. 2 seed Texas. UTSA won a 9-7 slugfest Saturday to send the Longhorns into the losers' bracket, then jumped on Texas early once again Sunday and held on 7-4 to reach the super regionals for the first time in program history. The Roadrunners, who were winless in their previous three trips to the tournament, next face UCLA. West Virginia The Mountaineers provided arguably the most dramatics of the weekend. After rallying Saturday to defeat host Clemson, West Virginia again found itself trailing in the late innings Sunday against Kentucky. But the Mountaineers overcame a 12-7 deficit with a six-run eighth and held on to eliminate the Wildcats 13-12 to secure a second consecutive trip to the super regionals. The erstwhile Pac-12 The former power conference will be well represented in the round of 16. The first weekend wasn't all good for former Pac-12 schools with nationally seeded Oregon making an early exit, but a trio of other former league members did advance, with Oregon State joining Arizona and UCLA after its defeat of Southern California on Monday night. Coastal Carolina The 13th-seeded Chanticleers completed a sweep of their home regional in Conway, South Carolina., finishing it off Sunday with a masterful pitching performance from Riley Eikhoff and Dominick Carbone in a 1-0 shutout against East Carolina. The Pirates made a surprising run to the regional final by knocked off Florida twice after qualifying for the field by winning the American Athletic tournament. Oklahoma State The Athens regional ended painfully for Oklahoma State, which seemed poised to put the tying run on base on a wild pitch in the ninth inning of Sunday's elimination game against Duke but had the runner called out for leaving the baseline and interfering with the throw to first. But one of the last four teams in the World Series field also captured maybe the most dramatic moment of the weekend. Earlier on Sunday, the Cowboys trailed Georgia 9-7 heading into the bottom of the ninth but rallied for four runs, ending things on a two-run, walk-off blast by third baseman Brock Thompson. Mississippi State After making a coaching change amid a disastrous start to SEC play, Mississippi State rebounded to reach the final of the Tallahassee regional before losing to No. 9 Florida State. That marked the second year in a row the Bulldogs were bounced in the opening weekend; the program hasn't advanced to Super regionals since winning the whole thing in 2021. But the weekend ended with some very good news: Late on Sunday night, Mississippi State announced the hire of longtime Virginia coach Brian O'Connor, a five-time ACC coach of the year who led the Cavaliers to the 2015 national title. Losers Vanderbilt The top-ranked team in the tournament led for just one of 27 innings over the weekend: Vanderbilt needed a three-run seventh inning and another run in the bottom of the eighth to beat Wright State 4-3 in Saturday's regional opener. You can attribute this historic tournament exit to the Commodores' disappearing bats. One of the hottest teams in the country heading into tournament play, Vanderbilt scored 10 runs over these three games and hit just .132, managing just four hits in the opener, five in the 3-2 loss to eventual regional winner Louisville and then three in the 5-4 loss to the Raiders. Two-time national champions under celebrated coach Tim Corbin, the Commodores reached the finals in 2021 but haven't advanced out of the regionals since. Texas This had been a banner year for the Longhorns, who were buoyed by the offseason addition of Jim Schlossnagle from rival Texas A&M. But things had started to unravel down the home stretch of the regular season, capped by an early exit from the SEC tournament, so there were some warning signs heading into regionals. This was still a completely unexpected whipping at the hands of Texas-San Antonio. Oregon After dropping the opener of the Eugene Regional to Utah Valley – the 6-5 loss included a controversial decision to remove an Oregon run due to 'malicious contact' on a play at the plate – the No. 12 Ducks trailed Cal Poly 3-1 after three in Saturday's elimination game before rallying for seven runs across the middle innings to lead 8-5 heading into the bottom of the seventh. Then came the meltdown: Oregon reliever Ian Umlandt walked in a run, gave up a two-run single and then another run-scoring single to hand the Mustangs the 9-8 lead. They'd add another run in the bottom of the eighth for the 10-8 win. Losses from higher-ranked teams meant the Ducks were in line to host a Super regional; that makes this collapse all the more painful.
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College baseball fans react to the Texas Longhorns getting bounced out of the Regionals
College baseball fans react to the Texas Longhorns getting bounced out of the Regionals Wow. The Horns' season officially comes to an end as UTSA comes into Austin and sweeps the weekend. SEC regular season champions but eliminated as the #2 overall national seed on your home field. How would you grade year #1 of Jim Schlossnagle at Texas? — SEC Unfiltered (@SECUnfiltered) June 2, 2025 Plenty of exciting college baseball action unfolded over the weekend, packed with upsets and host teams pushed to their limits. The biggest shocker came when top-seeded Vanderbilt fell to Wright State, making them the first No. 1 seed to fail to advance past the regional round since 1999. But as the sun set, all eyes turned to the No. 2 seed Texas Longhorns facing off against their kryptonite, the UTSA Roadrunners. Hate-watching is a real thing, and for Aggie fans, watching their former coach, who just last season led them to the College World Series, host a regional for their archrival was a tough pill to swallow. With Texas A&M baseball out of the tournament, fans tuned in to see if the Longhorns could survive, needing back-to-back wins to force a decisive game. Despite being the No. 2 seed, some Longhorns supporters were nervous, as UTSA had already defeated them twice this season. In a win-or-go-home matchup, Texas fell again, this time 7-4, marking UTSA's first-ever trip to the NCAA Super Regionals. Though several major upsets shook the opening round, this particular loss was among the least surprising. Still, it fueled intense debates between Aggie and Longhorn fans, alongside college baseball enthusiasts across social media. Down go the Longhorns The UTSA Roadrunner complete the Regional sweep History repeats itself for the team based in Austin Texas got bounced from a regional two years in a row on the same day 🤣🤣🤣🫵🏼🫵🏼 — Ryder Nielson (@rydernielson) June 2, 2025 The Longhorns join the list of the Top 2 National Seeds not to make the Super Regional THE EYES OF SCHLOSS ARE UPON YOU — Barstool Texas A&M (@BarstoolTexasAM) June 2, 2025 Longhorn fans have hope for the future This one will sting for a while for Texas fans (and rightfully so) but unfortunately it is part of baseball sometimes. There was a lot of positives and momentum in Jim Schlossnagle's first year, and hopefully after the frustration subsides a bit that can be appreciated. — HornSports (@HornSports) June 2, 2025 The game of baseball always finds a way to right the wrongs After last season's fiasco ending, the worst case scenario would be for Schloss to take tu to the CWS. Best case scenario would be as a #2 overall seed they would get knocked out on their home field. Baseball has a way of taking care of itself! #BeepBeep — Aggieland Illustrated (@aggiemag) June 2, 2025 A promising season ends in a disappointing early exit from the postseason The Texas Baseball season ends. An incredibly disappointing showing in the regional series. Humiliation at the plate and on the mound. The SEC regular season champs ran out of gas, ending the season on a 6–9 skid. — CJ Vogel (@CJVogel_OTF) June 2, 2025 The guys in the burnt orange didn't show up when it mattered most Non competitive in the biggest game of the season. A disappointing end. 🤘🏼⚾️ — Occupy LF (@OccupyLF) June 2, 2025 Texas joins the Aggies on the couch for the rest of the postseason Texas is now sitting with A&M. — Landyn Rosow (@RivalsLandyn) June 2, 2025 Imagine that The host teams are dropping like flies Down goes Texas. The numbers one, two, seven, 11 and 12 seeds in college baseball have already been eliminated. — Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) June 2, 2025 "Good" is subjective You can't start the year 38-5, win the SEC and then say getting eliminated at home in the regional constitutes a "good season." — Brian Davis (@byBDavis) June 2, 2025 Postseason NCAA baseball doesn't get much better than this Top two national seeds in college baseball - Vanderbilt and Texas - have been eliminated in the opening weekend, on their home fields. College baseball. No postseason like it 😤⚾️ ##CollegeBaseballGuy — Aaron Torres (@Aaron_Torres) June 2, 2025 The Roadrunners have been a legit team for a while now But smack talking aside, congrats to UTSA. That's been a formidable squad all year. Now time for the Aggies to right the ship and jump back into the mix. — Billy Liucci (@billyliucci) June 2, 2025 Congratulations to UTSA to punching their ticket to the programs first ever Super Regional MEEP MEEP UTSA SWEEPS THE AUSTIN REGIONAL AND IS HEADED TO SUPER REGIONALS — Texas College Baseball (@TexasCollegeBSB) June 2, 2025 Contact/Follow us @AggiesWire on X and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Texas A&M news, notes and opinions. Follow Jarrett Johnson on X: @whosnextsports1.
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How to watch Texas vs. Kansas State in NCAA Regional: Time, TV, starting pitchers
How to watch Texas vs. Kansas State in NCAA Regional: Time, TV, starting pitchers If Texas wants its season to extend past this weekend, it has a lot of work to do. The Longhorns must now win three games in a row thanks to a 9-7 loss to UTSA late Saturday night. The Longhorns now face and elimination game against Kansas State just get another shot at UTSA in the Regional final. A win against the Wildcats and the Horns would comeback a couple of hours later for a rematch against the Roadrunners. A win tonight sets up a win-or-go-home game on Monday, June 2. The winner of the Austin Regional will face the Los Angeles Regional, hosted by No. 15 national seed UCLA. Texas vs. Kansas State Starting Pitchers The Texas Longhorns will likely start junior right-hander Ruger Riojas (8-3, 5.25 ERA) against Kansas State. Jim Schlossnagle, the Texas coach, said he plans to start Riojas, who is a former UTSA pitcher. What TV channel is Texas vs Kansas State baseball on today? Texas vs. Kansas State in the Austin Regional elimination game will be streamed on ESPN+, which serves as ESPN's streaming service. Texas vs Kansas State baseball start time Date: Sunday, June 1 Sunday, June 1 Time: 2 p.m. CT Where can you buy tickets to Texas vs. Kansas State? There are still some tickets available on StubHub. Follow us on X (formerly Twitter) at @LonghornsWire.
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Three questions facing Texas baseball after SEC tournament elimination
In Texas baseball's SEC tournament loss to Tennessee on Thursday, coach Jim Schlossnagle deployed his pitching in a way that will keep all of his usual options available when the Longhorns turn around to play a regional next week. In fact, he might have uncovered a new weapon. Advertisement Lefty Ethan Walker, who'd pitched 6⅔ innings all season, limited a powerful Tennessee lineup to one earned run over 4⅓ innings of work. "It certainly gives us somebody, depending on matchup and how deep we play into the regionals, he's got experience starting a game," Schlossnagle said. "So since (Jared) Spencer is down, we really don't have a defined third starter, so we've had a lot of guys who have started games throughout the course of the season, which we have done that by design." How will Texas baseball align its pitching staff? With top starters Ruger Riojas and Luke Harrison left unused, Schlossnagle can now move around his chess pieces as he sees fit. A sampling of Texas' projected first-round opponents as of Friday morning included the likes of Houston Christian (RPI 93) and Long Island (180). Advertisement Could the Longhorns look to save their top arms in anticipation of facing higher-quality opposition on the second and third days of the regional? MORE BASEBALL: Why Texas coach Jim Schlossnagle remembered an Augie Garrido text after loss to Tennessee In the same situation last year while coaching Texas A&M, Schlossnagle used swingman Tanner Jones in the first game of the Aggies' regional against Grambling State. That freed him up to use ace Ryan Prager against Texas the next night. Schlossnagle indicated that he spent the last few weeks of the regular season gathering information in an attempt to decide his approach. Advertisement 'It's just about figuring out who's going to start a game for us that's going to give us a better chance,' Schlossnagle said on May 11. '...We've had a good season, so it gives us some wiggle room to try a few things before we get to NCAA Tournament play.' Which No. 2 seed will be sent to Austin to play Texas in the NCAA Tournament? College baseball's bracket-building process differs from what basketball fans experience yearly in March Madness, which takes a strict approach to seed integrity. In baseball, proximity to the host sites plays a part in determining the field. Texas has hosted 10 regionals since the 2004 season. In six of those seasons, there was an eligible No. 2 seed from the Lone Star State in the field. Texas ended up hosting that team three times. Advertisement Put simply: recent history tells us that, if given the option, there's a 50/50 chance the selection committee will send a No. 2 seed from Texas to Austin for the NCAA Tournament. This year, three Texas schools could enter the tournament field as No. 2 seeds. TCU, another one of Schlossnagle's former employers, finished third in the Big 12 — a game behind West Virginia for the conference crown. The Horned Frogs (38-17) will play Kansas in the Big 12 semifinals on Friday. CED'S TAKE: Texas A&M's sports nightmare: How the Aggies flopped amid Longhorn SEC takeover | Golden Dallas Baptist (40-14) finished three games clear of Western Kentucky at the top of Conference USA and will play in the conference tournament semifinals on Saturday. Advertisement That leaves UTSA, which beat the Longhorns on March 18 in Austin. The Roadrunners (43-12) ran away with the American Athletic Conference title, setting the program record for victories along the way. D1 Baseball projects the Roadrunners to land in the Austin Regional, while Baseball America has the Longhorns hosting Dallas Baptist. Texas pitcher Dylan Volantis (99) celebrates a strikeout to win the game as the Longhorns play the Texas A&M Aggies in the second game of a three-game series on Saturday afternoon at UFCU Disch-Falk Field in Austin, April 26, 2025. Texas won the two first games, clinching the Lone Star Showdown victory. Will Texas baseball get Jonah Williams back from injury? And will he start? The only thing capable of stopping Jonah Williams early in his collegiate career has been the injury bug. Williams did not play for the Longhorns in their SEC tournament loss to Tennessee on Thursday. The two-sport standout freshman has been battling injuries on and off since he left the Texas State game on April 22. Advertisement When he has played, he's been outstanding, batting .308 with seven RBIs and a pair of stolen bases. "We have to play clean baseball to win because we're not super explosive," Schlossnagle said Thursday. "We can be with the right guys healthy ‒ if we get Jonah back. (Max) Belyeu obviously changes the makeup of our team. But this is a tough team." A healthy Williams would give Schlossnagle a decision to make when he fills out his lineup card at next week's regional. Max Belyeu's return from a long-term injury makes him one of the first names on Schlossnagle's scorecard in right field. Will Gasparino has been a fixture in center field, while Tommy Farmer IV has started 29 out of 30 SEC games for Texas, usually in one of the corner outfield spots. Where does Williams play if he's healthy enough to return? And who sits? Advertisement Reach Texas Insider David Eckert via email at deckert@ Follow the American-Statesman on Facebook and X for more. Your subscription makes work like this possible. Get access to all of our best content with this tremendous offer. This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Texas baseball: 3 questions as UT prepares for NCAA Tournament
