AP: Super regional pairings increase seeding debate
By JOE REEDY Associated Press
Tallahassee, Fla. • With a pair of in-state rivalries in the NCAA baseball tournament’s super regional round, the way the bracket is seeded along with regional pairings have once again been a source of debate.
Adding more fuel to it this year is that both series are rematches. No. 4 seed Texas A&M hosts TCU beginning on Friday while Florida State is at top-seeded Florida starting on Saturday. All super regional series are best-of-three with the winner advancing to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.
Ron Prettyman, who oversees the College World Series as the NCAA’s managing director of championships and alliances, said the matchups make for great television and attendance.
“I can understand why people would be concerned, but I also will say that those are terrific rivalries,” he said. “There is so much pride in all those schools you just mentioned that it really makes for an outstanding super regional event.” …