Oregon in line to host regional; what's at stake vs. UCLA this weekend
The Oregon Ducks are headed into a pivotal weekend series in Los Angeles this weekend, hoping to improve their odds to land a regional in Eugene.
It's been a season of hills and valleys for the Oregon Ducks on the diamond, but the program still finds itself in a position to fight for the ability to host a regional in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Oregon began the season red-hot, winning its first nine games and emerging victorious in its first eight series. However, the Ducks fell into a slump at the plate in late March and early April, dropping a pair of games to Portland and losing a series on the road to Michigan.
The Ducks have looked unstoppable at the dish at different times this season, and other times have shut down opposing offenses with a starting rotation able to go deep into games and a bullpen that could battle in tough situations. Now, as the Ducks approach the home stretch of the regular season schedule, the hope is that everything can align to finish strong and secure a regional at PK Park. D1Baseball released its latest batch of projections for the NCAA Tournament field.
Oregon earned the 16th and final top seed to host a regional round in the projected field. That provides some assurance that the Ducks are headed in the right direction, but there is still some work to do. View this post on Instagram Oregon's projected regional includes Boston College as the No.
2 seed, Kentucky as the No. 3 seed and Saint Joseph's as the No. 4 seed.