Post by The Cats on May 29, 2013 8:14:33 GMT -5
Quahog, RI - Teams are celebrating all across the nation as they saw their names flashed inside SEBaseball.com's annual NIT bracket Tuesday.
The teams will meet in the familiar NCAA style format before finally culminating in an eight-team final in Quahog, Rhode Island. Sponsored by the Happy-Go-Lucky Toy Factory and the Pawtucket Brewery, the NIT field has become synonymous with the best of second-tier sporting events like the Crossfit Games, the NBA Finals, and 1970s era World's Strongest Man reruns.
To be eligible for the 64 team NIT, teams needed at least a .500 overall record, an impressive resume, and a lack of representation on the NCAA Selection Committee.
Games begin May 32-34 with mini-Regional round. Winners advance to the Super-Duper Regionals played the next day in a sudden-death format where the home team bats exclusively in the first three innings to make sure the regular season is sufficiently rewarded. The winners of that round advance in the hallowed classic dubbed "The Road to Quahog".
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Buies Creek Regional
Host: Campbell {1}
1. Campbell
4. Texas
Host: Maryland
1. Maryland
4. Delaware State
Host: Stanford {8}
1. Stanford
4. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Host: UC Irvine
1. UC Irvine
4. Holy Cross
Host: Notre Dame {4}
1. Notre Dame
4. Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Host: West Virginia
1. west Virginia
4. Rider
Host: Pittsburgh {5}
1. Pittsburgh
4. Northeastern
Host: Creighton
1. Creighton
4. Nebraska-Omaha
Host: Seton Hall {2}
1. Seton Hall
4. Sacred Heart
Host: Houston
1. Houston
4. Houston Baptist
Host: Western Carolina {7}
1. Western Carolina
4. Appalachian State
Host: Arizona
1. Arizona
4. Northern Colorado
Host: Auburn {3}
1. Auburn
4. Alabama State
Host: South Florida
1. South Florida
4. Bethune Cookman
Host: Ohio State {6}
1. Ohio State
4. Ball State
Host: Illinois State
1. Illinois State
4. Belmont
National seeds in {brackets}
The teams will meet in the familiar NCAA style format before finally culminating in an eight-team final in Quahog, Rhode Island. Sponsored by the Happy-Go-Lucky Toy Factory and the Pawtucket Brewery, the NIT field has become synonymous with the best of second-tier sporting events like the Crossfit Games, the NBA Finals, and 1970s era World's Strongest Man reruns.
To be eligible for the 64 team NIT, teams needed at least a .500 overall record, an impressive resume, and a lack of representation on the NCAA Selection Committee.
Games begin May 32-34 with mini-Regional round. Winners advance to the Super-Duper Regionals played the next day in a sudden-death format where the home team bats exclusively in the first three innings to make sure the regular season is sufficiently rewarded. The winners of that round advance in the hallowed classic dubbed "The Road to Quahog".
Read the entire article here
Host: Campbell {1}
1. Campbell
4. Texas
2. The Citadel
3. College of Charleston
Host: Maryland
1. Maryland
4. Delaware State
2. Delaware
3. Old Dominion
Host: Stanford {8}
1. Stanford
4. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
2. Gonzaga
3. Cal State Northridge
Host: UC Irvine
1. UC Irvine
4. Holy Cross
2. Long Beach State
3. UC Bakersfield
Host: Notre Dame {4}
1. Notre Dame
4. Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2. Michigan State
3. Michigan
Host: West Virginia
1. west Virginia
4. Rider
2. Kent State
3. Buffalo
Host: Pittsburgh {5}
1. Pittsburgh
4. Northeastern
2. Wake Forest
3. Maine
Host: Creighton
1. Creighton
4. Nebraska-Omaha
2. Kansas
3. Minnesota
Host: Seton Hall {2}
1. Seton Hall
4. Sacred Heart
2. Rhode Island
3. Dartmouth
Host: Houston
1. Houston
4. Houston Baptist
2. Southeastern Louisiana
3. Lamar
Host: Western Carolina {7}
1. Western Carolina
4. Appalachian State
2. East Carolina
3. Charlotte
Host: Arizona
1. Arizona
4. Northern Colorado
2. Brigham Young
3. UNLV
Host: Auburn {3}
1. Auburn
4. Alabama State
2. Southern Miss
3. Jacksonville State
Host: South Florida
1. South Florida
4. Bethune Cookman
2. North Florida
3. Florida Gulf Coast
Host: Ohio State {6}
1. Ohio State
4. Ball State
2. Kentucky
3. Tennessee Tech
Host: Illinois State
1. Illinois State
4. Belmont
2. Missouri State
3. Memphis
National seeds in {brackets}
