CWS Tournament

CAL ST FULLERTON BRACKET

1) Cal St Fullerton (42-14)

4) Utah (26-29)-------------------------->

3) Gonzaga (35-16)

2) Ga. Southern (42-15)

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1) Louisville (44-15)

4) Indiana (32-25)----------------------->

3) Vanderbilt (34-25)

2) Middle Tennessee (43-16)

1) Florida State (42-16)

4) Marist (31-26)------------------------>

3) Ohio State (40-17)

2) Georgia (37-22)

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1) Oklahoma (41-18)

4) Wichita State (30-25)----------------->

3) Washington State (31-23)

2) Arkansas (34-22)

My upset special bracket. Cal State Fullerton is the overall #2 seed in the tournament, and they are the only top seed that I have any confidence in during Regional play in this part of the bracket. The Titans played who they had to play in conference play this season and did their job. But, they also posted victories against many top 25 teams including Arizona State, UC Irvine, San Diego State, and the sweeping of 2 seed Oral Roberts. No matter who they play in the Super Regionals they will advance to the College World Series. Who they will play is the question. Many experts are saying if anyone is going to pull a Fresno State this year it will be Indiana. I would have to agree, but I love Vanderbilt advancing to play the Titans instead. The Commodores use a balanced offensive attack with speed on the bases which starts with Connecticut's own, freshman Jason Esposito and his 20 out of 24 stolen base attempts. In the more intriguing bottom part of the bracket I love both #1 seeds going down. Ohio State has been the class of the Big Ten this season with much surprise. So what does the NCAA do? They give them a 3 seed in Florida State's bracket, fuel for the fire I say. Ohio State isn't too strong with their offense so what wins them games is the pitching which starts with Alex Wimmers (9-1, 131 SO, 2.68) and ends with Jake Hale (16 S, 1.21). Arkansas should have won the SEC this season in my opinion, but just came up short. This Razorback team is very dangerous and could really turn some heads if they play good ball early. They defeated the overall #8 seed Florida 5 times this season, 5! Their pitching is quite suspect with four of their starters not having an ERA under 3.90. Offensively they are very balanced with freshman 3B Zack Cox really stepping up as of late. Remember his name when it's all said and done, this kid has serious power which he displayed in the SEC Tournament. The Arkansas/Ohio State match up in the Supers was a tough call, but I am going to stay with my guts and put a Big Ten school in Omaha. So here's my CWS picks...

Omaha Bound:

Cal State Fullerton

Ohio State