IU named No. 4 national seed

IU was named the No. 4 national seed this afternoon in the NCAA tournament selection show.

It is not only the first time IU has been a national seed, but also that a Big Ten team has been a national seed. The top eight teams in the nation are named national seeds each year.

Being a national seed means not only will the Hoosiers be host to regional play, but if they advance out of regional play, they will also be host to a super regional.

The other teams in IU’s regional bracket are Youngstown State, Stanford and Indiana State.

The Hoosiers (42-13) kick off the NCAA tournament at 7 p.m. this Friday, when they play Youngstown State (16-36) at Bart Kaufman Field in Bloomington.

The other teams in the regional, Stanford (30-23) and Indiana State (35-16), will play their first round game at 2 p.m. Friday, before IU’s game.

The regionals are a double elimination-style format. Looking ahead to if the Hoosiers win their regional, the Hoosiers will play Vanderbilt, Oregon, Clemson or Xavier in the super regional matchup.

The super regional is a three-game series. Last year, IU traveled to Tallahassee, Fla., and took down the Florida State Seminoles to advance to Omaha, Neb., for the College World Series.

Evan Hoopfer