By R.L. Bynum
North Carolina is a top-four national seed in D1 Baseball’s latest NCAA tournament projection.
The prediction lists the Tar Heels (41–12), who won the ACC Coastal Division and the No. 1 seed in the ACC tournament with the best league record (22–8), as the No. 4 overall seed, hosting Oregon, UNC Greensboro and Cornell in the Chapel Hill Regional.
It further illustrates that UNC could probably go 0–2 at this week’s ACC tournament at Charlotte’s Truist Field and still be a top-8 national seed, which comes with the right to also host a Super Regional if the Tar Heels advance.
The field will be announced next Monday at noon.
D1 Baseball projects the SEC to get 11 teams in the field, with the ACC getting eight and the state of North Carolina getting seven teams.
Four of the seven state teams are projected to play in the same regional as another N.C. team. In addition to UNCG being projected to play in Chapel Hill, projected No. 11 seed N.C. State is seen as hosting UNC Wilmington, and projected No. 15 seed East Carolina is predicted to host Duke.
Three other ACC teams are projected as regional hosts — projected No. 6 seed Clemson, No. 9 Florida State and No. 12 Virginia — with Georgia Tech listed as the No. 3 seed in the Knoxville Regional and Wake Forest projected to play in the Athens Regional, with Georgia projected as a No. 8 seed.
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ACC tournament
At Truist Field in Charlotte
Buy tickets here.
Final on ESPN2; all other games on ACC Network
Tuesday’s first round
No. 16 vs. No. 9, 9 a.m.
No. 12 vs. No. 13, 1 p.m.
No. 15 vs. No. 10, 5 p.m.
No. 14 vs. No. 11, 9 p.m.
Wednesday’s second round
Tuesday morning winner vs. No. 8, 9 a.m.
1 p.m. Tuesday winner vs. No. 5, 1 p.m.
5 p.m. Tuesday winner vs. No. 7, 5 p.m.
9 p.m. Tuesday winner vs. No. 6, 9 p.m.
Quarterfinals
Thursday’s games
Wednesday morning winner vs. No. 1 Georgia Tech, 3 p.m.
1 p.m. Wednesday winner vs. No. 4, 7 p.m.
Friday’s games
5 p.m. Wednesday winner vs. No. 2 North Carolina, 3 p.m.
9 p.m. Wednesday winner vs. No. 3 Florida State, 7 p.m.
Saturday’s semifinals
Thursday winners, 1 p.m.
Friday winners, 5 p.m.
Sunday’s championship
Noon
| Date(s) | Day/ month | Times/ scores | Opponent (current rank) | Record/ TV * |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February | ||||
| 13–14 | Fri., Sat. | W, 9–4; W, 12–2 (7); W, 4–3 (11) | vs. Indiana | 3–0 |
| 17 | Tuesday | W, 10–0 (7) | vs. Richmond | 4–0 |
| 18 | Wednesday | W, 5–3 | vs. Longwood | 5–0 |
| 20–22 | Fri.-Sun | W, 10–0 (8); L, 10–3; T, 3–3 | vs. East Carolina | 6–1–1 |
| 24 | Tuesday | W, 9–1 | vs. N.C. A&T | 7–1–1 |
| 25 | Wednesday | W, 13–3 (7) | vs. VCU | 8–1–1 |
| 27–28 | Fri., Sat. | W, 16–3 (7); W, 12–2 (7) | vs. Le Moyne | 10–1–1 |
| March | ||||
| 1 | Sunday | W, 21–1 (7) | vs. Le Moyne | 11–1–1 |
| 3 | Tuesday | W, 5–1 | vs. Elon | 12–1–1 |
| 6–7 | Fri., Sat | L, 13–3 (7); L, 9–2; W, 8–7 (12) | vs. Virginia | 13–3–1, 1–2 ACC |
| 10 | Tuesday | W, 13–3 (7) | vs. Bucknell | 14–3–1 |
| 13–15 | Fri.-Sun. | W, 8–1; W, 6–2; W, 10–2 | at California | 17–3–1, 4–2 |
| 18 | Wednesday | W, 8–2 | vs. UNCG | 18–3–1 |
| 20–22 | Fri.–Sun. | W, 11–1 (8); L, 2–0; W, 7–6 | vs. Louisville | 20–4–1, 6–3 |
| 24 | Tuesday | W, 9–1 | vs. South Carolina in Charlotte | 21–4–1 |
| 28, 29 | Sat., Sun | W, 6–5; W, 13–7; W, 15–10 | at Notre Dame | 24–4–1, 9–3 |
| 31 | Tuesday | W, 5–4 (14) | vs. Campbell | 25–4–1 |
| April | ||||
| 2–4 | Thur.-Sat. | L, 6–1; W, 5–2; W, 8–7 | vs. No. 23 Boston College | 27–5–1, 11–4 |
| 7 | Tuesday | W, 8–4 | vs. Charlotte | 28–5–1 |
| 10–12 | Fri.–Sun. | L, 9–5; W, 6–4 (14); W, 12–5 | at Clemson | 30–6–1, 13–5 |
| 14 | Tuesday | W, 14–5 | vs. UNCW | 31–6–1 |
| 17–19 | Fri.-Sun. | W, 5–2; W, 14–4 (8); L, 5–2 | vs. No. 3 Georgia Tech | 33–7–1, 15–6 |
| 21 | Tuesday | W, 9–2 | vs. High Point | 34–7–1 |
| 23–25 | Thur.–Sat. | W, 3–1; L, 3–1; W, 22–5 (7) | at Duke | 36–8–1, 17–7 |
| 28 | Tuesday | L, 12–2 | vs. No. 20 Coastal Carolina | 36–9–1 |
| May | ||||
| 3 | Sunday | W, 13–0 (7) (non-conference game) | vs. Duke | 37–9–1 |
| 8–10 | Fri.-Sun. | W, 4–1; W, 12–2 (8); W, 7–3 | vs. Pittsburgh | 40–9–1, 20–7 |
| 12 | Tuesday | W, 13–7 | at UNCW | 41–9–1 |
| 14–16 | Thurs.-Sat. | W, 9–4; W, 17–7 (8); 1 p.m. | at N.C. State | 43–9–1, 22–7 |
| ACC tournament | Charlotte | |||
| 22 | Friday | 3 p.m. | Quarterfinal | ACCN |
| 23 | Saturday | 1 p.m. or 5 p.m. | Semifinal | ACCN |
| 24 | Sunday | Noon | Championship | ESPN2 |
| NCAA tournament | ||||
| 29–31 | Fri.-Sun. | Regionals | Campus sites | |
| June | ||||
| 5–7 | Fri.-Sun. | Super Regionals | Campus sites | |
| 12–22 | Fri.-Mon | College World Series | Omaha, Neb. |
- Games not on TV stream on ACC Network Extra unless otherwise note.
Photo courtesy of UNC Athletics
