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College Baseball Notebook: Ga. Tech, UCLA, Kansas, Georgia are top seeds in conference tournaments
The field is taking shape as 28 automatic NCAA Tournament bids are decided and UCLA, Georgia Tech, Kansas and Georgia enter as top seeds.
Conference tournaments begin this week with Georgia Tech and UCLA vying for the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, as 28 of 29 automatic bids will be decided before next Monday's field announcement.
Dominating the ACC with a 25-5 record, Georgia Tech maintained a historic pace, while top-seeded UCLA set a program record with 48-6 regular-season wins and were the only program to win two of three games each weekend.
Georgia leads the nation with 147 homers, while Georgia Tech boasts a +154 run differential and the Yellow Jackets lead the country with 10.7 runs per game and a.358 batting average.
Kansas captured its first regular-season championship since winning the Big Seven in 1949, entering the Big 12 Tournament in Surprise, Arizona, while North Carolina and Nebraska prepare for the postseason.
Regional hosts will be announced Sunday, followed by the full tournament field on Monday, as head coach James Ramsey leads Georgia Tech toward the College World Series in Omaha.