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Alabama Baseball's National Seed, Regional Opponents Announced

The Crimson Tide earned the No. 16 overall seed in the NCAA tournament and will host the Tuscaloosa Regional next weekend.

Austin Hannon

Alabama Athletics

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The road to Omaha goes through Tuscaloosa.

For the first time since 2006, Alabama baseball is one of 16 national seeds in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship — and will host a regional at Sewell-Thomas Stadium June 2 - June 5.

The Crimson Tide is the No. 16 overall national seed. Alabama will welcome Boston College, Troy and Nicholls State to Tuscaloosa next weekend. The winner of the double-elimination bracket will advance to the Super Regionals.

Tuscaloosa Regional

  1. Alabama (40-19, 16-14 SEC)
  2. Boston College (35-18, 16-14 ACC)
  3. Troy (39-20, 18-12 SBC)
  4. Nicholls State (34-22, 15-9 SLC)

If the Crimson Tide wins the Tuscaloosa Regional, it would get the winner of the Winston-Salem Regional (No. 1 Wake Forest) in the NCAA Super Regionals.

Alabama enters the NCAA tournament at 40-19 overall and 16-14 in the SEC. The Crimson Tide finished ninth in the conference and made it to the fourth round of the 2023 SEC Baseball Tournament in Hoover for the second consecutive season.

Alabama is in the 64-team field for just the second time since 2014. The Crimson Tide was a No. 3 seed in the Ruston Regional in 2021 under former head coach Brad Bohannon.

Alabama is one of eight hosts from the SEC — Auburn, LSU, South Carolina, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky and Vanderbilt are all hosting regionals as well.

Here's a look at the 16 hosts for the NCAA tournament:

  1. Wake Forest (47-10, 22-7 ACC)
  2. Florida (44-14, 20-10 SEC)
  3. Arkansas (41-16, 20-10 SEC)
  4. Clemson (43-17, 20-10 ACC)
  5. LSU (43-15, 19-10 SEC)
  6. Vanderbilt (41-18, 19-11 SEC)
  7. Virginia (45-12, 19-11 ACC)
  8. Stanford (38-16, 23-7 Pac-12)
  9. Miami (FL) (40-19, 18-12 ACC)
  10. Coastal Carolina (39-19, 23-7 SBC)
  11. Oklahoma State (41-17, 15-9 Big 12)
  12. Kentucky (36-18, 16-14 SEC)
  13. Auburn (34-21-1, 17-13 SEC)
  14. Indiana State (42-15, 24-3 MVC)
  15. South Carolina (39-19, 16-13 SEC)
  16. Alabama (40-19, 16-14 SEC)

2023 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament Schedule

Regionals: Friday, June 2 - Monday, June 5

Super Regionals: Friday, June 9 - Monday, June 12

2023 Men's College World Series: Friday, June 16 - Monday, June 26

See Also:

Reliving the Biggest Moments of Alabama's Super Regional

Alabama Softball is Going Back to OKC

Alabama Men's Golf Struggles In Third Round of NCAA Championship

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Austin Hannon
AUSTIN HANNON

Austin Hannon joined the BamaCentral team in December 2022. He graduated from The University of Alabama with a degree in sports media and brings a ton of journalism experience. Hannon is the former sports editor of The Crimson White, the University's school newspaper. Hannon's coverage focuses primarily on Alabama football, men's basketball and baseball. Contact: cahannon01@gmail.com

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