Updated June 1, 7:05 a.m. ET
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Indiana is back in the NCAA baseball tournament in 2024, their 11th postseason bid dating back to 1949.
The Hoosiers are the No. 3 seed in the Knoxville regional this season. They beat No. 2 seed Southern Miss 10-4 on Friday afternoon. Host Tennessee is the No. 1 seed, and also the top overall seed in the 64-team tournament. and the Vols opened play with a 9-3 win over Northern Kentucky. Indiana and Tennessee will play at 6 p.m. ET Saturday.
Indiana is now 17-19 all-time in NCAA Tournament play. They have only won one regional tournament, with that coming in 2013. The Hoosiers won three straight to take the Bloomington Regional, and then swept Florida State in Tallahassee, Fla. in the Super-Regional, punching their ticket to their one and only College World Series.
The Hoosiers beat Louisville 2-0 to extend their postseason winning streak to a school-record six games. But they lost to Mississippi State and Oregon State to get eliminated. They've played in six regionals since then, but have failed to advance to the second weekend.
Here's what Indiana has done in the NCAA Tournament since their first appearance way back in 1949.
Austin Peay 2-0
Florida State 2-0
Delaware 1-0
Valparaiso 1-0
Youngstown State 1-0
Ohio 1-0
Texas Southern 1-0
Illinois-Chicago 1-0
West Virginia 1-0
Southern Miss 1-0
Radford 1-1
Texas A&M 1-1
Stanford 1-2
Louisville 1-2
Kentucky 1-3
Vanderbilt 0-2
Mississippi State 0-1
Oregon State 0-1
North Carolina State 0-1
Texas 0-1
Illinois State 0-1
Western Michigan 0-1
Wichita State 0-1
Rice 0-1
TOM BREW
Tom Brew is an award-winning journalist who has worked at some of America's finest newspapers as a reporter and editor, including the Tampa Bay (Fla.) Times, the Indianapolis Star and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He has covered college sports in the digital platform for the past six years, including the last five years as publisher of HoosiersNow on the FanNation/Sports Illustrated network.
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