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The USC baseball team will be the #1 seed in their own regional starting Friday afternoon in Columbia. The Gamecocks will take on 4th seed Bucknell at 7:00 PM. The day’s first game will pit #2 seed Virginia Tech against #3 The Citadel at 2:00. The winner of the USC regional will face the winner of the Coastal Carolina regional in the Super Regional next week.
Gamecocks preview the regional:
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Whit Merrifield
Kyle Enders
Blake Cooper
Happy Memorial Day to all of our SportsTalk listeners as we honor all of those who have served our nation. The NCAA bracket was released today and we have some coaches reactions. The Braves moved into first place in the division this afternoon as well.
Mike Morgan
Clemson OF Kyle Parker
Clemson Skipper Jack Leggett
Sunday winner Kurt Busch
Darlington President Chris Browning
Monday night’s Recruiting Report
USC and Costal Carolina Sunday were named two of the 16 host teams for the NCAA baseball regionals which begin Friday. As a host, USC will receive an at large bid to the tournament when the entire field is announce Monday. Coastal Carolina earned the automatic bid from the Big South Conference by winning the conference tournament Sunday. This will be USC’s 12th time as a regional host. Coastal will be hosting for a third time. The Coastal regional will be played at BB&T Coastal Field in Myrtle Beach, home to the Myrtle Beach Pelicans minor league team.
Also named as regional hosts Sunday were Arizona State, Arkansas, Auburn, Cal State Fullerton, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, Oklahoma, Texas, TCU, UCLA and Virginia. The SEC led all conferences with four hosts. The ACC was next with three.
Ray Tanner Sunday news conference
OL Ryan Norton of Mauldin committed Friday night to Clemson following his spring game. Norton had been favoring the Tigers for months. He also considered offers from Georgia Tech and USC. Norton plays center for the Mavericks and will be used as an interior lineman with the Tigers. He’s Clemson’s 10th commitment for the 2011 recruiting class.
SportsTalk wishes you a happy and safe Memorial Day Weekend. The Tigers follow the Gamecocks lead and lose their first two games in the ACC tourney. They will play Georgia Tech tomorrow night but cannot advance to the championship game on Sunday.
Clemson Skipper Jack Leggett
Mike Morgan
USC Assistant Head Coach Chad Holbrook
No. 39 Ryan Newman
Friday night’s Recruiting Report
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