I really think college baseball needs a NIT tournament. There are always a few teams that deserve to have some kind of postseason. As always, if I had my way, the my postseason tournament would be based from the records only. In my vision, I would take every team that had a better record than the at-large team with the worst record (I call that the "target team"). Usually there are 50-60 teams that fit the category. This year, there are only 33. The committee did a better job in that respect.
This year, my tournament consists of six regions of six teams each. The winners would have played in a six-team championship series. (Note: Once again, the remaining three spots would be filled by Division II teams that did not make its college world series.)
Target team: Wake Forest (34-25)
Region 1- Kent St. Regional (Kent, OH)
(6) West Virginia St. (32-15)* vs. (1) Kent St. (44-14)
(4) California (33-21) vs. (3) Michigan (36-21)
(5) Austin Peay (34-23) vs. (2) Missouri St. (38-21)
Region 6- VCU Regional (Richmond, VA)
(6) Norfolk St. (29-21) vs. (1) VCU (38-19)
(4) Marshall (34-21) vs. (3) West Virginia (36-22)
(5) Delaware (32-22) vs. (2) UNC-Greensboro (38-21)
Region 4- Hartford Regional (Hartford, CT)
(6) Northwestern St. (33-24) vs. (1) Hartford (37-18)
(4) Jacksonville (33-22) vs. (3) Fresno St. (36-22)
(5) Jacksonville St. (34-24) vs. (2) Seton Hall (38-20)
Region 3- BYU Regional (Provo, UT)
(6) California Baptist (42-13)* vs. (1) BYU (37-17)
(4) Nevada (37-24) vs. (3) Seattle (37-21)
(5) Northridge St. (33-22) vs. (2) Oregon St. (35-19)
Region 5- North Florida Regional (Jacksonville, FL)
(6) Bradley (29-21) vs. (1) North Florida (39-19)
(4) Georgia Southern (36-24) vs. (3) Mercer (38-23)
(5) Florida A&M (31-21) vs. (2) Gardner-Webb (37-21)
Region 2- Creighton Regional (Omaha, NE)
(6) Arkansas-Monticello (40-16) vs. (1) Creighton (38-17)
(4) Houston (36-23) vs. (3) Indiana St. (35-21)
(5) New Mexico St. (34-23) vs. (2) Lamar (35-19)
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