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And then there were eight. The 2024 Men’s College World Series is down to eight schools vying for this year’s NCAA baseball championship. The Super Regionals round saw mostly chalk with seven higher seeds making it through to the final two brackets.
It’s now a battle of two conferences – the SEC and ACC – evenly split across the final eight teams. From the SEC, the Tennessee Volunteers, Kentucky Wildcats, Texas A&M Aggies, and Florida Gators are still in the tournament. The North Carolina Tar Heels, Virginia Cavaliers, Florida State Seminoles, and NC State Wolfpack are the ACC programs with a chance to win the title.
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Five of the top eight national seeds make up the College World Series this year: No. 1 Tennessee, No. 2 Kentucky, No. 3 Texas A&M, No. 4 North Carolina, and No. 8 Florida State. All were top seeds in their region, as were NC State and Virginia. Florida is the only team in the final group that wasn’t a No. 1 seed in the regionals round. The Gators were the No. 3 seed in the Stillwater Regional round hosted by Oklahoma State.
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These eight teams are some of the best in the country but only two of them have won the men’s College World Series before: Florida (2017) and Virginia (2015). Will there be a new winner? Can the SEC make it five titles in a row? Here’s what the experts think:
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Teddy Cahill, Baseball America: Florida over Virginia
Cahill writes: “The Gators have been as impressive as any team in the NCAA Tournament, have Omaha experience and have the best player in the field in Jac Caglianone… there’s never been a question about their talent and their ability to beat top competition, it was just about consistency. Now, Florida looks like it has figured…
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Author : USA TODAY Sports
Publish date : 2024-06-13 21:14:43
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