For the first time in decades there could be no Palmetto State teams in NCAA tourney
May 02, 2019
The Palmetto State has produced three college baseball national title teams in the past decade, while no other state has produced more than one.
But what has become arguably the top state for college baseball in the country in recent years is suddenly in position to end a streak that has lasted more than four decades.
The state of South Carolina has put at least one team in the NCAA Tournament every year since 1973. Clemson has been to the tournament 38 times during that span, while South Carolina has made it 32. Schools like Coastal Carolina (2016 national title winner) and the College of Charleston have also been regular participants recently.
But with three weekends remaining in the regular season, only one Palmetto State team is in D1Baseball’s latest projected field of 64 and that is Clemson. The Tigers are a No. 3 seed in East Carolina’s region and are one of D1Baseball’s final five teams in after losing nine of their past 10 ACC games.
“This is a state that historically produces a lot of postseason teams,” D1Baseball co-managing editor Kendall Rogers told The State. “And if you look around the state right now, I mean it’s hard to find a team that’s going to be in the postseason.”
The Gamecocks are 0-7 in SEC series with three remaining and are in danger of not even reaching the SEC Tournament. Clemson has ACC series remaining against N.C. State and Wake Forest and will need to play well in those and in the ACC Tournament to ensure that they earn a regional berth.
The Palmetto State has produced three college baseball national title teams in the past decade, while no other state has produced more than one.
But what has become arguably the top state for college baseball in the country in recent years is suddenly in position to end a streak that has lasted more than four decades.
The state of South Carolina has put at least one team in the NCAA Tournament every year since 1973. Clemson has been to the tournament 38 times during that span, while South Carolina has made it 32. Schools like Coastal Carolina (2016 national title winner) and the College of Charleston have also been regular participants recently.
But with three weekends remaining in the regular season, only one Palmetto State team is in D1Baseball’s latest projected field of 64 and that is Clemson. The Tigers are a No. 3 seed in East Carolina’s region and are one of D1Baseball’s final five teams in after losing nine of their past 10 ACC games.
“This is a state that historically produces a lot of postseason teams,” D1Baseball co-managing editor Kendall Rogers told The State. “And if you look around the state right now, I mean it’s hard to find a team that’s going to be in the postseason.”
The Gamecocks are 0-7 in SEC series with three remaining and are in danger of not even reaching the SEC Tournament. Clemson has ACC series remaining against N.C. State and Wake Forest and will need to play well in those and in the ACC Tournament to ensure that they earn a regional berth.
May 02, 2019
The Palmetto State has produced three college baseball national title teams in the past decade, while no other state has produced more than one.
But what has become arguably the top state for college baseball in the country in recent years is suddenly in position to end a streak that has lasted more than four decades.
The state of South Carolina has put at least one team in the NCAA Tournament every year since 1973. Clemson has been to the tournament 38 times during that span, while South Carolina has made it 32. Schools like Coastal Carolina (2016 national title winner) and the College of Charleston have also been regular participants recently.
But with three weekends remaining in the regular season, only one Palmetto State team is in D1Baseball’s latest projected field of 64 and that is Clemson. The Tigers are a No. 3 seed in East Carolina’s region and are one of D1Baseball’s final five teams in after losing nine of their past 10 ACC games.
“This is a state that historically produces a lot of postseason teams,” D1Baseball co-managing editor Kendall Rogers told The State. “And if you look around the state right now, I mean it’s hard to find a team that’s going to be in the postseason.”
The Gamecocks are 0-7 in SEC series with three remaining and are in danger of not even reaching the SEC Tournament. Clemson has ACC series remaining against N.C. State and Wake Forest and will need to play well in those and in the ACC Tournament to ensure that they earn a regional berth.
The Palmetto State has produced three college baseball national title teams in the past decade, while no other state has produced more than one.
But what has become arguably the top state for college baseball in the country in recent years is suddenly in position to end a streak that has lasted more than four decades.
The state of South Carolina has put at least one team in the NCAA Tournament every year since 1973. Clemson has been to the tournament 38 times during that span, while South Carolina has made it 32. Schools like Coastal Carolina (2016 national title winner) and the College of Charleston have also been regular participants recently.
But with three weekends remaining in the regular season, only one Palmetto State team is in D1Baseball’s latest projected field of 64 and that is Clemson. The Tigers are a No. 3 seed in East Carolina’s region and are one of D1Baseball’s final five teams in after losing nine of their past 10 ACC games.
“This is a state that historically produces a lot of postseason teams,” D1Baseball co-managing editor Kendall Rogers told The State. “And if you look around the state right now, I mean it’s hard to find a team that’s going to be in the postseason.”
The Gamecocks are 0-7 in SEC series with three remaining and are in danger of not even reaching the SEC Tournament. Clemson has ACC series remaining against N.C. State and Wake Forest and will need to play well in those and in the ACC Tournament to ensure that they earn a regional berth.
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