Clarification for you noobs

[RutherfordBHayes]

For you MSU baseball fans under the age of thirty or so (and all Ole Miss fans):

The reason that this is our first time in program history to be a national seed is because they only started doing that in 2000 or 2001.

Prior to that the NCAA Baseball Tournament only had 48 teams, 8 host sites, 6 teams per site. Winners went to Omaha. There were no Super Regionals. So, a team host was essentially a top 8 team. How many times did we host prior to the current 64 team, 16 site setup?

I have no idea. A lot.

 

[patdog]

We were #1 seeds in 79, 84, 85, and 89 for sure. We hosted in 90, but not sure we were the #1 seed (back then the host wasn't necessarily the #1 seed if they could guarantee good attendance).

 

[crushing]

For you MSU baseball fans under the age of thirty or so (and all Ole Miss fans):

The reason that this is our first time in program history to be a national seed is because they only started doing that in 2000 or 2001.

Prior to that the NCAA Baseball Tournament only had 48 teams, 8 host sites, 6 teams per site. Winners went to Omaha. There were no Super Regionals. So, a team host was essentially a top 8 team. How many times did we host prior to the current 64 team, 16 site setup?

I have no idea. A lot.

I had been wondering about that. I figured we would've been nat'l seeds several times in the past. This clears up a lot. Thanks.

 

[Cousin Jeffrey]

We were #1 seeds in 79, 84, 85, and 89 for sure. We hosted in 90, but not sure we were the #1 seed (back then the host wasn't necessarily the #1 seed if they could guarantee good attendance).

We were the #2 seed on the 1990 regional that we hosted. Florida State was the #1 seed.

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