Notre Dame baseball projected to get ousted in South Bend regional
The Irish are fresh off a regular season which saw them atop the ACC only to fall in the pool finale against Virginia. They got great news earlier today, being named as the 10th overall seed in the NCAA tournament.
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Now the bad news, as 247Sports Robbie Weinstein has predicted the outcomes of each regional, and things don’t look great for the Irish ACC according to him.
This is the easiest upset pick in the bracket thanks to Michigan’s track record, particularly as it relates to the postseason. The Wolverines are used to pulling upsets in the postseason under coach Erik Bakich, and Notre Dame did not face a much better level of competition this season in a down year for the ACC.
As a former member of a college baseball team, literally anything can happen in the NCAA tournament. It’s extremely similar to the basketball tournament, throw out the records and just play the game.
Although Michigan has the experience, the Irish will have something all weekend that the Wolverines, Connecticut and Central Michigan won’t have, playing in front of their home crowd.
I feel like that will be the factor that puts the Irish over the edge and the win their regional and advance to the super-regionals, one step closer to the college World Series.
