HOUSTON – Monday morning the NCAA baseball tournament field was announced.
The Rice Owls are headed to the LSU regional and will face Southeastern Louisiana in Baton Rouge at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The Owls are the 2nd seed in the regional. LSU is the top seed and will play Utah Valley. It's the 22nd consecutive appearance for head coach Wayne Graham and the Owls.
Southland Conference champion Sam Houston State punched its ticket and are the 3rd seed in the Lafayette Regional. The Bearkats will face 2nd seeded Arizona at 1:00 p.m. on Friday. Louisiana Lafayette and Princeton round out that regional.
SEC champ Texas A&M will host in College Station. The Aggies are the 4th overall seed in the tournament. It's the highest ever seed for the Aggies. A&M will play Binghamton at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Wake Forest and Minnesota are also in the College Station Regional.
TCU also hosts a regional and will play Oral Roberts at 6:30 p.m.
Texas Tech is the 5th overall seed, will host a regional and opens play against Fairfield at 2:00 p.m.
All opening games are scheduled for Friday.