Bring on Michigan!

[KyWildcats7]

We are a 3 seed in the field of 4 in the Michigan regionals.

[Ukosumu]

We are a 3 seed in the field of 4 in the Michigan regionals.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=3412747

[poodoo]

Thanks for the link, KyWildcats7. Too, I have a question. If we win the regional at Michigan, does that mean we would advance to the Super Regional at Miami? I'm hoping that's not the case, as Miami appears to be the top overall team, the only team with single-digit losses. Of course, it's one game at a time. Let's WIN the regional, Bat Cats! :)

[lighthouse]

We're in! :thumbup: Sing the song and "Play Ball!!

GO CATS!!!

[TrueblueCATfan]

Good Luck to the BATCATS

also to WKU Hilltoppers who won the Sunbelt tourney and are also headed to the NCAA tournament

[supertroy18]

Arizona AND Michigan in the regional? Ouch. Then advance to Super Regional at possibly no 1 seed Miami? Double Ouch. I am behind these Bat Cats all the way, but what a way to start out the tourney! Michigan looked great in the Big Ten Tourney while not losing a game. I have no idea how they are a 2 seed. Good luck Toppers too. I do hope Louisville loses the first two games and goes home early. :)

[Rockober]

Arizona AND Michigan in the regional? Ouch. Then advance to Super Regional at possibly no 1 seed Miami? Double Ouch. I am behind these Bat Cats all the way, but what a way to start out the tourney! Michigan looked great in the Big Ten Tourney while not losing a game. I have no idea how they are a 2 seed. Good luck Toppers too. I do hope Louisville loses the first two games and goes home early. :)

A tough region nio doubt but UKI would have had a better draw if they would have fared better in the SEC Tourney. The CATS have the talent and just need to get hot at the plate during the tourney.

Does anybody know game times yet or has that not been released?

[yitbos]

Anyone hear why Michigan is hosting it instead of Arizona?

[WildcatRick]

After claiming the second most wins in the 104-year history of the program, the Kentucky baseball team has earned its sixth all-time NCAA appearance, earning a No. 3 seed in the Ann Arbor, Mich., regional, joining host Michigan, No. 1 seed Arizona and fourth-seeded Eastern Michigan, it was announced on Monday.

Kentucky (42-17) will be making its sixth overall appearance in the NCAA Tournament, the second in the past three years. The Wildcats last appeared in the NCAA Tournament as a host selection in 2006, finishing second, going 2-2.

“I think in some ways it is rewarding but one reason we are practicing during the selection show, is because I want it to be excepted,” Kentucky fifth-year head coach John Cohen said. “I want our athletic director, our players and our fans in the state to expect us to be in a regional. I don’t want us sitting around hoping, I want that to be the expectation level of the program. That was one of the reasons why I wanted to be on the field working today and not sitting around waiting. It is all about us and our preparation and what we need to do.”

The Wildcats will be joined by Big Ten Champion Michigan (45-12), three-seeded Eastern Michigan (25-32) and No. 1 seeded Arizona (38-17). UK will face Michigan in round one on Friday, marking the 17th all-time meeting between the two schools, with the last meeting coming in 2004, a 15-14 UK win in Lexington. Michigan leads the all-time series with UK, 12-3-1.

Eastern Michigan traveled to Lexington for a midweek doubleheader in 2008, with UK posting an 18-5 win and an 8-6 win in the nightcap. Kentucky leads the series with EMU, 16-6, claiming four consecutive wins.

UK has faced Arizona just twice, with both meetings coming in 1991, splitting the two-game series at Arizona. UK got the first game of the two-game series in March of 1991, 5-4, before taking its worst loss of the year in the second game a 24-0 setback.

Game times have yet to be announced.

http://www.ukathletics.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=36&url_article_id=22154&change_well_id=2

[jh4uk]

any t.v.?

[lighthouse]

Anyone hear why Michigan is hosting it instead of Arizona?

The head of the selection committee said they haven't had a host team from the North in several years, so they jumped at the opportunity.