1. Texas Tech Red Raiders (5)
Lubbock, Texas
At-large bid from Big 12
2016 record: 44-17, 19-5 (first in Big 12)
Head Coach: Tim Tadlock (Texas Tech, 1982)
Second Super Regional Trip, last in 2014, 2-0 record, won 1 Super (2014)
Five Things
- TTU has the highest team ERA of the 16 Super Regional squads (4.26)
- The Red Raiders have a team batting average of .295, but on-base percentage of .400. TTU has received 315 walks and been hit by 64 pitches. Eric Gutierrez has been plunked 17 times.
- TTU has doubled its opponents in home runs, 52-26. Two Red Raiders are in double figures in dingers: Gutierrez with 12 and Stephen Smith with 10.
- Davis Martin leads the TTU pitching staff with a 9-0 record and 2.31 ERA.
- Head coach Tim Tadlock was the 2014 College Baseball Hall of Fame National Coach of the Year after taking his alma mater to the College World Series in his second season.
3. East Carolina
Greenville, North Carolina
At-large bid from American
2016 record: 37-21-1, 40-20 (second in AAC)
Head coach: Cliff Godwin (East Carolina, 2000)
Fourth Super Regional Trip, last in 2009, 0-6 record, have not won a Super Regional
Five Things
- ECU is facing Texas Tech for the first time
- The Pirates went 0-2 in the American Tournament before going 3-0 in the Charlottesville Regional
- Evan Kruczynski posted a 7-1 record with a 1.86 ERA and was named First Team All-American Conference.
- Travis Watkins was named Most Outstanding Player of the Charlottesville Regional after blasting a pair of game-winning home runs against Virginia and William & Mary.
- Head coach Cliff Godwin was a four-year letterwinner for ECU from 1998-2001.