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THE REGIONAL CHASE/Road to Omaha |
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MAY 22 / By Jeff Simpson |
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Projected Automatic Conference Bid in Bold |
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National Seeds in Parentheses |
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* Automatic Qualifier |
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Nashville, TN |
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Wichita, KS |
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Seed |
Team |
Conference |
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Seed |
Team |
Conference |
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1 |
(1) Vanderbilt |
SEC |
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1 |
Wichita State |
MVC |
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2 |
Southern Miss |
CUSA |
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2 |
North Caolina State |
ACC |
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3 |
Michigan |
Big 10 |
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3 |
Minnesota |
Big 10 |
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4 |
Illinois-Chicago |
Horizon |
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4 |
California |
Pac 10 |
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Houston, TX |
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Tucson, Arizona |
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Seed |
Team |
Conference |
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Seed |
Team |
Conference |
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1 |
(2) Rice |
CUSA |
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1 |
Arizona |
Pac 10 |
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2 |
Western Carolina |
SoCon |
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2 |
UC Riverside |
Big West |
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3 |
Rutgers |
Big East |
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3 |
Gonzaga |
WCC |
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4 |
Prairie View A&M |
SWAC |
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4 |
Fresno State |
WAC |
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Tallahassee, FL |
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College Station, TX |
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Seed |
Team |
Conference |
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Seed |
Team |
Conference |
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1 |
(3) Florida State |
ACC |
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1 |
Texas A&M |
Big 12 |
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2 |
Mississippi State |
SEC |
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2 |
UC Irvine |
Big West |
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3 |
Louisville |
Big East |
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3 |
Kentucky |
SEC |
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4 |
Bethune-Cookman |
MEAC |
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4 |
Evansville |
MVC |
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Chapel Hill, NC |
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Conway, SC |
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Seed |
Team |
Conference |
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Seed |
Team |
Conference |
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1 |
(4) North Carolina |
ACC |
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1 |
Coastal Carolina |
Big South |
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2 |
Charlotte |
Atlantic 10 |
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2 |
Mississippi |
SEC |
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3 |
College of Charleston |
SoCon |
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3 |
East Carolina |
CUSA |
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4 |
Binghamton |
America East |
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4 |
Old Dominion |
CAA |
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Tempe, Arizona |
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Fayetteville, AK |
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Seed |
Team |
Conference |
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Seed |
Team |
Conference |
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1 |
(5) Arizona State |
Pac 10 |
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1 |
Arkansas |
SEC |
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2 |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
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2 |
Clemson |
ACC |
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3 |
Pepperdine |
WCC |
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3 |
Nebraska |
Big 12 |
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4 |
*Lafayette |
Patriot |
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4 |
Oral Roberts |
MCC |
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Austin, TX |
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Fort Worth, TX |
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Seed |
Team |
Conference |
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Seed |
Team |
Conference |
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1 |
(6) Texas |
Big 12 |
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1 |
Texas Christian |
Mountain West |
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2 |
Miami (Fla.) |
ACC |
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2 |
Long Beach State |
Big West |
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3 |
Alabama |
SEC |
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3 |
Oregon State |
Pac 10 |
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4 |
*Brown |
Ivy |
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4 |
Texas-San Antonio |
Southland |
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San Diego, CA |
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Columbia, MO |
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Seed |
Team |
Conference |
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Seed |
Team |
Conference |
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1 |
(7) San Diego |
WCC |
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1 |
Missouri |
Big 12 |
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2 |
Cal State Fullerton |
Big West |
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2 |
Creighton |
MVC |
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3 |
UCLA |
Pac 10 |
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3 |
Tennessee |
SEC |
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4 |
Quinnipiac |
Northeast |
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4 |
Central Michigan |
MAC |
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Columbia, SC |
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Charlottesville, VA |
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Seed |
Team |
Conference |
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Seed |
Team |
Conference |
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1 |
(8) South Carolina |
SEC |
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Virginia |
ACC |
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2 |
Louisiana-Lafayette |
Sun Belt |
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2 |
St. John's |
Big East |
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3 |
Georgia Tech |
ACC |
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3 |
Stetson |
Atlantic Sun |
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4 |
Le Moyne |
MAAC |
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4 |
Austin Peay |
OVC |