Baseball America Pegs Hoosiers for NCAA Tournament

Baseball America projects that Tracy Smith and the Hoosiers will make the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1996.

Baseball America Pegs Hoosiers for NCAA Tournament

1/29/2009 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Jan. 29, 2009

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Baseball America's national college baseball writer, Aaron Fitt, has predicted the Indiana baseball team will make the 2009 NCAA Tournament. Fitt projected the Hoosiers to garner the Big Ten's automatic bid and be the three seed in the College Station, Texas, regional.

Click here to view Fitt's full prediction of the NCAA field.

The Hoosiers will begin their 2009 campaign against West Virginia in the Big Ten/BIG EAST Challenge on Feb. 20 in St. Petersburg, Fla. IU will also play Georgetown and South Florida in the three-day event. Tickets to the Challenge are on sale now at bigeastbigtenchallenge.com.