Big 12 Shut Out from Hosting NCAA Baseball Regional

Originally posted on Heartland College Sports
By Pete Mundo | Last updated May 25, 2025 9:01 PM ET

The NCAA Baseball Tournament Regional host sites were announced on Sunday night and the Big 12 was no where to be found.

Despite public lobbying from TCU head coach Kirk Saarloos, the Big 12 did not get the benefit of the doubt.

Here’s a look at the Regional host sites from the NCAA.

The host sites for the 2025 DI Baseball Regionals

Host sites are in alphabetical order.#RoadToOmaha pic.twitter.com/pAwaTP0qKk
— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) May 26, 2025

This decision comes one day after TCU lost the Big 12 Championship Game to Arizona 2-1 in 10 innings on Saturday night in Arlington, Texas.

But those who most-closely cover the sport admitted throughout the day on Sunday that the Horned Frogs were absolutely worthy of hosting a Regional. Here’s what D1Baseball’s Kendall Rogers had to say on X on Sunday night.

Does #TCU deserve to host a regional? Absolutely.

KPI Ranking: 13
SOS: 13 (D1 Baseball)
Non-con SOS: 13 (Warren Nolan)
RPI: 17 (D1 & NCAA)

Q1 & Q2 wins: 22
Wins vs. RPI Top 50: 20
Opp. Win %: .583 (18th best nationally)
vs. projected field: 14-11
— Jamie Plunkett (@FrogPreacher) May 26, 2025

This marks the first time since 2008 that the Big 12 Conference is not hosting a single Regional in the NCAA Baseball Tournament.

Looking at D1Baseball.com, there are eight Big 12 teams expected to make the field — Arizona, Arizona State, Cincinnati, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, TCU and West Virginia.

So now, the Horned Frogs, and the rest of the Big 12 hopefuls will have to wait until Monday morning at 11:00 a.m. CT for the Selection Show to find out their destinations.

This article first appeared on Heartland College Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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