{"id":28878,"date":"2025-05-15T13:08:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T13:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/28878\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T13:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T13:08:09","slug":"ncaa-baseball-tournament-projections-can-tennessee-hang-on-to-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/28878\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Baseball Tournament projections: Can Tennessee hang on to host?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"YTl1y7\">It was another tough weekend for Tennessee baseball, dropping two of three to Vanderbilt in Knoxville. The Volunteers have now dropped five out of their last six series in SEC play, limping home to the finish line with tournament play suddenly upon us. <\/p>\n<p id=\"Rg7CVJ\">It doesn\u2019t get any easier this weekend either. Tennessee will head over to Arkansas for the final conference series of the year, badly needing to make something happen. Tennessee has been on the verge of dropping out of the top 16 national seeds and losing a chance to host a regional in the NCAA Tournament for a couple of weeks now. This week, one major publication did drop them out of that coveted top 16.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ZMsmKr\">D1 Baseball has the Volunteers traveling to Morgantown to face the 16-seed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smokingmusket.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">West Virginia Mountaineers<\/a>. Tennessee has been in a similar spot before, emerging out of the Clemson regional back in 2023. The Vols ended up making a run to Omaha in that season too.<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee baseball NCAA Tournament projections<\/p>\n<p id=\"q8NF8s\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d1baseball.com\/stories\/2025-d1baseball-field-of-64-projections-may-13\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">D1 Baseball<\/a>: Morgantown (West Virginia) Regional No. 2 seed <\/p>\n<p id=\"et9mXw\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseballamerica.com\/stories\/2025-ncaa-baseball-tournament-bracket-projected-field-of-64-may-14\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Baseball America<\/a>: No. 16 national seed, hosting UTSA, ETSU, Tennessee Tech<\/p>\n<p id=\"vCdvJ8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1516590&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tennessean.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fcollege%2Fvanderbilt%2F2025%2F05%2F12%2Fncaa-baseball-tournament-bracket-projections-regional-hosts-week-13%2F83415347007%2F&amp;referrer=sbnation.com&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rockytoptalk.com%2F2025%2F5%2F15%2F24430771%2Fncaa-baseball-tournament-projections-tennessee-volunteers-national-seed\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" has-subtag=\"true\" data-cdata=\"{\" rewritten_url=\"\">Tennessean<\/a>: No. 16 national seed<\/p>\n<p id=\"hr7clx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/news\/field-of-64-projections-two-new-hosts-spark-changes-through-ncaa-tournament-college-baseball-final-week\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">On3 Sports<\/a>: No. 15 national seed, hosting Dallas Baptist, Kansas, Tennessee Tech<\/p>\n<p id=\"BdBqQg\">Tennessee is still in control of their own destiny here. A big series win on the road at No. 8 Arkansas would seem to solidify Tennessee\u2019s standing in that top 16. A loss might solidify their standing outside of that top 16. The Volunteers would still have a chance to make some noise in next week\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/sec-basketball-tournament\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SEC Tournament<\/a>, which is set to begin on Tuesday. As things currently standing heading into the weekend, Tennessee holds the No. 7 seed and would play on Wednesday. That can obviously shuffle as things play out over the next three days.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ACSwJq\">Tennessee and Arkansas will get going tonight at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was another tough weekend for Tennessee baseball, dropping two of three to Vanderbilt in Knoxville. 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