Indiana Selected to 2017 NCAA Baseball Tournament Field
5/29/2017 1:20:00 PM | Baseball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – For the seventh time in program history and the fourth time in five years, Indiana was selected to the 2017 NCAA Baseball Tournament field on Monday. The No. 2-seeded Hoosiers will play in the Lexington Regional, facing off with No. 3 North Carolina State on Friday at 7 p.m. ET.
This will be Indiana's seventh NCAA tournament appearance (1949, 1996, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017). Head coach Chris Lemonis is the first coach in program history to make two regionals in his first three seasons as IU's skipper.
The double-elimination competition begins on Friday afternoon at 12 p.m. ET when Kentucky faces Ohio University. Following Friday night's contest, Indiana will face either Kentucky or Ohio on Saturday at 12 p.m. or 7 p.m. Friday's contest will air on WatchESPN.
The Hoosiers finished the regular season just one game out of third place in the Big Ten and only two games out of first place in the conference. IU played 18 games this season against Big Ten teams that qualified for the conference tournament, more than any other team participating in the field.
Since the start of the 2008 season, Indiana leads the Big Ten in wins (343) and conference wins (147). The Hoosiers have made five NCAA Regionals over that span, the most out of any current Big Ten team.
This will be Indiana's seventh NCAA tournament appearance (1949, 1996, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017). Head coach Chris Lemonis is the first coach in program history to make two regionals in his first three seasons as IU's skipper.
The double-elimination competition begins on Friday afternoon at 12 p.m. ET when Kentucky faces Ohio University. Following Friday night's contest, Indiana will face either Kentucky or Ohio on Saturday at 12 p.m. or 7 p.m. Friday's contest will air on WatchESPN.
The Hoosiers finished the regular season just one game out of third place in the Big Ten and only two games out of first place in the conference. IU played 18 games this season against Big Ten teams that qualified for the conference tournament, more than any other team participating in the field.
Since the start of the 2008 season, Indiana leads the Big Ten in wins (343) and conference wins (147). The Hoosiers have made five NCAA Regionals over that span, the most out of any current Big Ten team.
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