CWS Tournament

ARIZONA STATE BRACKET

1) Arizona State (44-12)

4) Kent State (42-15)--------------------->

3) Cal Poly (37-19)

2) Oral Roberts (31-13)

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1) Clemson (40-19)

4) Tenn. Tech (30-22-1)------------------>

3) Oklahoma St. (32-22)

2) Alabama (37-19)

1) East Carolina (42-17)

4) Binghamton (29-20)------------------->

3) George Mason (42-12)

2) South Carolina (38-21)

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1) North Carolina (42-16)

4) Dartmouth (27-16)-------------------->

3) Kansas (37-22)

2) Coastal Carolina (46-14)

It's very simple in the Arizona State bracket. The schools hosting, should come out victorious. East Carolina was my only question mark, but after failing miserably in last year's CWS I expect the Pirates to come out swinging and marching to the Super Regionals against Dustin Ackley and the North Carolina Tarheels. For those of you not knowing Ackley, let me be the first to tell you that he is the best offensive player in college baseball this year and could be the 2nd overall pick in the MLB Draft. The Tarheels are poised for another nice CWS title run after closely failing the previous 3 seasons (2nd, 2nd, and 3rd). They also have 4 stud starting pitchers that had 27 combined victories this year in Brian Moran, Adam Warren, Alex White, and Matt Harvey which will bring them back to Omaha. In the top portion of the bracket the Sundevils should ease their way to the Supers while Clemson's run could be a little more tricky. The Tigers have an interesting bracket with Alabama, a SEC stud, and an Oklahoma State team looking to prove everyone wrong by sneaking their way into the field of 64. Clemson has one of the more balanced teams entering the tournament with players that hit for average and power and a very deep pitching staff starting with Casey Harmon and his near 7-1 strikeout to walk ratio. When Clemson does indeed get by their Regional round they will definitely get swept by a very, very good Arizona State team. The Sundevils, 5th overall seed in the tournament, are absolutely loaded with offense starting with Jason Kipnis (.380/14/65). So there you have my easiest bracket which could end poorly. So here's my final prediction for the Arizona State Bracket...

Omaha Bound:

Arizona State

North Carolina