Monday, May 28, 2018

Clemson is 10th seed, Coastal is 15th seed, USC goes to ECU

Clemson and Coastal Carolina learned their regional opponents and South Carolina found out it was being sent to East Carolina on Monday during the NCAA Baseball Selection Show.

Clemon (45-14) was named the 10th overall national seed. The Tigers will play regional No. 4 seed Morehead State (37-24) in one first-round game at 6 p.m. Friday at Doug Kingsmore Stadium. No. 2 seed Vanderbilt (31-25), coached by former Presbyterian head coach and Clemson assistant Tim Corbin, faces St. John's (39-15), the third seed, at noon.

The winner of Clemson's regional will face the winner of the Tallahassee regional, where No. 7 national seed Florida State is the top seed.

Coastal Carolina (42-17) will play No. 4 LIU Brooklyn (31-24) at 6 p.m. Friday to open its regional at Springs Brooks Stadium in Conway. No. 2 Connecticut (35-20-1) and No. 3 Washington (30-23) complete the field and play at noon

The Conway regional winner meets the winner of the regional hosted by No. 2 national seed Stanford.

South Carolina (33-24) was one of 10 SEC teams included in the 64-team field. As the No. 2 seed in Greenville, N.C., the Gamecocks will play Ohio State (36-22) at 2 p.m. Friday on ESPN2 in the first round. Host East Carolina (43-16), the No. 12 national seed,  meets No. 4 UNC Wilmington at 7 p.m. in the other first-round game.

The winner of the Greenville regional faces the winner of the regional hosted by No. 5 seed Arkansas.

All regionals will begin on Friday instead of a staggered Friday-Saturday start as in the past. TV plans will be announced later, although all games likely will be on some platform of ESPN's networks.

National seeds: 1. Florida. 2. Stanford. 3. Oregon State. 4. Mississippi. 5. Arkansas. 6. North Carolina. 7. Florida State. 8. Georgia. 9. Texas Tech. 10. Clemson. 11. Stetson. 12. East Carolina. 14. Minnesota. 15. Coastal Carolina. 16. N.C. State.

Interactive bracket

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