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Duke Baseball: Blue Devils Headed to Georgia For Regionals

By Kevin Connelly

Omaha, NE - JUNE 29: Game three of the College World Series Championship Series between the Arizona Wildcats and the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers is under a weather delay on June 29, 2016 at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska. (Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images)
Omaha, NE - JUNE 29: Game three of the College World Series Championship Series between the Arizona Wildcats and the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers is under a weather delay on June 29, 2016 at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska. (Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images) /
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The Duke Baseball team found out its fate on Monday afternoon and they are now headed to Georgia for the NCAA Baseball Tournament Regionals.

After a historic 40-win season, the first in program history, the Duke Blue Devils are the No. 2 seed in the Georgia Bulldogs region of the First Round in the NCAA Baseball Tournament.

As the No. 1 Seed in the region, Georgia gets to host and alongside the Bulldogs and the Blue Devils, the last two seeds in the region are No. 3 Troy and No. 4 Campbell.

The Blue Devils will get their NCAA Tournament started on Friday at 2:00 pm ET against the No. 3 Seed Troy.

The bracket is set up in the double-elimination style, so the Blue Devils are guaranteed at least two games.

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Should Duke defeat Troy, they would then take on the winner of Georgia and Campbell, and if the Blue Devils lose to Troy, they would face the loser of the Georgia-Campbell game.

One thing that seemed to be disheartening was where the selection committee placed the Blue Devils in regard to other ACC teams.

Including Duke, five other ACC teams made it into the field, NC State, Florida State, North Carolina, and Louisville.

NC State, Flordia State, and North Carolina are all hosts for their individual regions. However, Duke swept a rain-shortened 2-game series with Florida State, took two of three games late in the season from North Carolina, and lost the series two games to one against NC State.

Neither Duke, North Carolina, nor NC State made it to the semifinals of the ACC Baseball Tournament, however, the Seminoles did capture the title over Louisville.

The selection committee should have taken a deeper look at the resumes of UNC, NCST, and FSU before awarding them hosting opportunities over the Blue Devils.

Despite all that, the Blue Devils are still in the NCAA Tournament with a very good seed in what looks to be a wide-open regional. The Blue Devils will need to play their best baseball of the season if they want to continue this historic ride in an attempt to reach the ‘Holy Land’ of College Baseball, Omaha, Nebraska.

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