Can we be a Super regional host if we win?

I don't see why they'd put a Super at DBU if Texas and DBU survive to the next round.

That said, I think A&M will survive to the second round, and Texas/Rice is a 50/50.
 
The winner of the Rice S/R will host ... assuming the winner bids to host...in other words, if we can win at Rice we will host the winner of the aggy regional in Austin
 
Super regional hosts are based on the highest seeded of the two teams playing in that super regional, and Texas is a higher-seeded 2 than DBU. So basically, if Texas wins the Houston regional and anyone other than A&M wins the College Station regional, then the super regional will be played at Disch-Falk Field.

EDIT: If A&M wins the College Station regional and Texas wins the Houston regional, A&M hosts supers by virtue of being a #1 seed, whereas Texas would be a #2. The only way A&M wins their regional and doesn't host supers is if Rice wins the Houston regional. Rice would then host because they are a higher-seeded 1 than A&M.
 
Ive been to a couple games at DBU's stadium (have a ton of friends who go there)...and i can tell you right now, there is no f'ing way in hell they will host a super...that stadium seats maybe 1,000 and there is no way they have any kind of parking as well...
 
DBU could host it at the Frisco ballpark, but UT would host over them. Only way DBU hosts a Super is if St. Johns or Sam wins the Houston Regional.
 
Frisco has a home series against Corpus Christi that weekend...so thats not an option...the only options i would see open for DBU would be at the Grand Prarie Airhogs stadium...they are on the road that weekend and that stadium (QuikTrip Park at Grand Prarie) seats 6,000...
 
I always thought that if you knocked off a top 8 seed that you took over their seeding and home field advantage.

Thus if we knocked off Rice, we'd host A&M in Asustin. Is that scenario no longer true ?

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No, it's based first on seeds, then on bids. The only way Texas hosts a super is for someone other than aggy to win in CS.

As for hosting a super as a 2, Texas did so in 2000 because it won at Arizona State while Penn State, a 3, won at North Carolina.
 
So the only way we can host a super is if A&M loses. That is definately a change from the past.

I would assume that they must also reseed once the 8 teams get to Omaha, which they never used to do. That would be consistent with how super regionals are determined in this newer method.

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I could be wrong, but I side with the argument that a team that wins a Top 8 seed regional is the automatic host of the SR, assuming they bid for it.....the winning team assumes that seeding. So, if Texas wins, they become the #6 seed and host the SR. I believe that is how it's been done in the past. I researched this but could not find a definitive rule. The closest I could find is this link....

The Link

To wit...."The committee will set the entire 64-team bracket through both the super regionals and the first round of the Men’s College World Series, and will not reseed the field after play begins. Selection of the eight super regional hosts will be announced onThe Link Monday, June 2 at approximately 11 p.m. (ET)."

Anybody else have a link for this rule???
 
I seem to remember that Irvine went to Wichita after beating Texas last year.

Unless things have changed, it would seem that A&M would host the Super vs. Texas if that's the matchup.
 
Last year, UC-Irvine went to Wichita St. for the SR after knocking us out. The year before, Stanford went to Oregon St.
 
This is from the NCAA handbook regarding baseball championships (i.e. the NCAA tournament):

c. Consideration for hosting shall be given to the higher seed, including the eight
national seeds, if a suitable hosting proposal has been received (e.g., meets financial
guarantee and quality of facility criteria). If the higher seed has not submitted a
proposal, the lower-seeded team will host if their proposal is acceptable.

It is on page 5 under the section called Site Selection Criteria. It does say that in the case of two "equally seeded" teams, preference will be given to the best (not necessarily highest dollar value, but best overall) bid. The bidding process for super regionals is different and separate from that of regionals.

Link
 
Guys,

If a national seed loses, the winning team assumes their spot but not their seeding. For example, the anteaters took our #3 slot last year but were not listed as the #3 seed in Omaha. Same thing when we beat Mississippi St. in 2005. We assumed the 7th seed slot but were unlisted at Omaha. If we win Houston and aggy loses, we host. If we win and aggy wins we travel. It's simple and that's the way it has always been.
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I agree. It would be cool to see Texas at the Disch one more time this year, but like Augie said, you don't win the national championship at Disch-Falk Field. You win it in Omaha.
 
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