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D1Baseball releases its NCAA Field of 64 Projections in honor of “Selection Monday”

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2020, file photo, LSU baseball head coach Paul Mainieri watches his players practice before an NCAA college baseball game against Indiana, in Baton Rouge, La. The widely praised NCAA decision to extend the eligibility of spring sports athletes who had their seasons abruptly end because of the coronavirus pandemic creates headaches for baseball and softball coaches who have to manage rosters that could become unwieldy. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton, Fle)

OMAHA, Neb. (WGNO) – The 2020 NCAA Baseball Tournament Field of 64 was originally scheduled to be announced today.

Instead, the COVID-19 outbreak forced the NCAA to cancel the remainder of the college baseball season, leaving teams with championship aspirations wondering “what if.”

In honor of what would have been “Selection Monday”, D1Baseball has released its projected Field of 64 and 3 Louisiana teams have made the field.

Miami Regional:

  1. Miami
  2. LSU
  3. Northeastern
  4. Pennsylvania

The Tulane Green Wave were on a roll before the season ended unexpectedly.

Tulane was also ranked in the Top 25 with an impressive 15-2 start to the season.

D1Baseball had the Green Wave seeded as the Number 2 team in the Starkville regional along with Northwestern State.

Starkville Regional:

  1. Mississippi State
  2. Tulane
  3. Georgia Tech
  4. Northwestern State

To see the entire D1Baseball projected field of 64, click here

by: Richie Mills