The field for the NCAA baseball tournament will take shape this week with conference tournaments determining most of the 30 automatic qualifiers. Also at stake are 34 at-large bids.
The 16 NCAA regional hosts will be announced Sunday and the rest of the 64-team field next Monday. The College World Series is June 14 through June 23 or 24 in Omaha, Nebraska.
A look at the tournaments in the power conferences:
Site: Truist Field; Charlotte, North Carolina.
Days: Tuesday to Sunday.
2023 champion: Clemson.
Top seed: North Carolina.
Short hops: The Tar Heels’ 22 ACC wins match their most since 2018, and they head to Charlotte with wins in 10 of their last 11 overall. ... This is the 50th ACC Tournament and 26th played in the state of North Carolina. Only Virginia and Clemson have participated in all of them. ... Wake Forest’s Chase Burns leads the nation with 169 strikeouts. ... Virginia’s .340 batting average is best among Power Five teams and third overall.
Medics remove 150 MAGGOTS from a woman's mouth after dental procedure left her with rotting tissue
Palestinian death toll in Gaza exceeds 33,000
Industry insiders say China indispensable to global supply chain
9 corpses found adrift in boat off Brazil were likely migrants from Mauritania and Mali, police say
Investigators return to Long Island home of Gilgo Beach serial killing suspect
China welcomes San Francisco mayor's visit to China
Maren Morris defends taking her four
Qingdao cemetery put under investigation for illegal expansion
Siblings trying to make US water polo teams for Paris Olympics
China home to 47 UNESCO Global Geoparks
Insider Q&A: CIA's chief technologist's cautious embrace of generative AI
NetEase Inc renews game partnership with Blizzard