College Baseball Regional Previews: Austin, TX

Austin Regional 1. Texas Longhorns (41-13-1) vs 4. Army Black Knights (34-19) 2. Texas State Bobcats (41-15) vs 3. Boston College Eagles (33-24) Winner to take on champion of Fort Worth Regional. It is easy to call the Longhorns the favorite in this regional being the #1 overall seed in this year's tournament. However, The Longhorns will not have a cakewalk to advance to the super regional next week matched up with some hard hitting clubs with the likes of Boston College, Army, and in-state rival Texas State. This will be quite to contradiction to the pitching laden Longhorn baseball team. Despite the contrast in styles that might give the favored host some minimal problems as the Longhorns should still be on the diamond next weekend at home again. ...more...