Grace: Chapel Hill Regional Preview

[BenSherman]

Chapel Hill Regional Preview: Tar Heels Face Loaded Draw

The 2026 Chapel Hill Regional includes Tennessee, East Carolina and VCU. Here is what to know about those matchups.

www.on3.com

 

[uncjhodges]

Just a minor housekeeping note, Lynch started Sunday of the ecu series and didn’t take the loss

 

[ProdigalHeel]

Chapel Hill Regional Preview: Tar Heels Face Loaded Draw

The 2026 Chapel Hill Regional includes Tennessee, East Carolina and VCU. Here is what to know about those matchups.

www.on3.com

Another note, the former UVA coach is Brian O’Conner. Not Kevin. Likely a mixup with the nfl coach.

 

[JOB1937]

FWIW, Baseball America ranked all 64 teams with Tennessee 10 (2 seed shouldn’t be higher than 17), ezu 18 (3 seed shouldn’t be higher than 33), and VCU 46 (shouldn’t be higher than 49).

 

[TheManitowocManiac]

FWIW, Baseball America ranked all 64 teams with Tennessee 10 (2 seed shouldn’t be higher than 17), ezu 18 (3 seed shouldn’t be higher than 33), and VCU 46 (shouldn’t be higher than 49).

What a shafting

 

[ImaTarHeel]

FWIW, Baseball America ranked all 64 teams with Tennessee 10 (2 seed shouldn’t be higher than 17), ezu 18 (3 seed shouldn’t be higher than 33), and VCU 46 (shouldn’t be higher than 49).

It'll be interesting to witness the SEC "strength of loss" that pushes their RPI's so high. It's the reason a 19 loss Auburn team finished ahead of us.

 

[uncjhodges]

FWIW, Baseball America ranked all 64 teams with Tennessee 10 (2 seed shouldn’t be higher than 17), ezu 18 (3 seed shouldn’t be higher than 33), and VCU 46 (shouldn’t be higher than 49).

Individually every team made sense seeded where they were, but all put together it’s the hardest or second hardest regional and an extreme outlier compared to the other top 8 and mississippi state