The Official Miami (OH) @ Tennessee Knoxville Regional Game Thread (Fri. 5/30 7:06PM EDT ESPNU/ESPN+)

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taylorvol said:
I’m sure for the most part less than at LNS, but CTV has created a “must see team”. Just look at how many attendance records are set at opposing stadiums when TN plays. EVERYONE wants a piece of TN and to see them in person at home or AWAY. $100 for a Regional seat at LNS is very reasonable compared to past seasons.
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On LSU's sight they have standing room only tickets available for $50.
 
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The No. 14 national seed Tennessee Volunteers open their NCAA tournament postseason run in the Knoxville regional on Friday night at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

The Vols are hosting postseason baseball for the fourth in the past five years and will kick things off against the No. 4 seed in the Knoxville regional, Miami (OH). The Redhawks won the MAC tournament last week to earn an automatic bid into the field.

Also participating in the Knoxville regional is No. 2 seed Wake Forest – which earned an at-large spot out of the ACC – and No. 3 seed Cincinnati – which also was an at-large selection out of the Big 12.

BROADCAST INFO​

TV/Stream: ESPN Family of Network / ESPN+

Talent: Mike Monaco (PxP) & Kyle Peterson (Analyst)

Radio: Vol Network (FM 99.1 / AM 990) | Tennessee Athletics App | UTSports.com | Varsity App

Talent: John Wilkerson & Redmond Walsh

NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY​

Prior Appearances: 14 (Most Recent: 2024)
Regional Record: 33-13 (.717)
Knoxville Regional Record: 23-5 (.821)
Super Regional Appearances (Record): 6 (11-4)
College World Series Appearances: 7 (1951, 1995, 2001, 2005, 2021, 2023, 2024)
National Championships: 1 (2024)

This will be Tennessee's 15th appearance in the NCAA tournament and its ninth time hosting a regional at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. The Vols have won all five of their regionals in Knoxville since the tournament switched to its current four-team regional format in 1999 and are unbeaten (12-0) in their last four home regionals. In those five prior home regionals (2001, 2005, 2021, 2023, 2024), UT has posted a 15-1 overall record and has gone on to advance to the College World Series in four of those five seasons.

NEED TO KNOW​

  • Tennessee will look to defend its 2024 National Championship and make it back to Omaha for the fourth time in five years. UT and Virginia are the only two programs to advance to the Men's College World Series in three of the last four years.
  • Tennessee is set to play in their sixth consecutive NCAA regional, marking the longest regional streak in program history, surpassing the five straight regional appearances it made from 1993-1997. The Vols have also advanced to four NCAA super regionals in a row, which is also the longest such streak in program history.
  • Tennessee has been the nation's most prolific home run hitting team since the start of the 2021 season, leading all NCAA Division I programs with 686 long balls during that span, 124 more than the next closest team (Florida - 562). In the previous decade before that (2010-2020), the Volunteers totaled just 376 home runs.
    • After finishing with the second most homers in NCAA history last year with 184, the Vols rank third nationally in round trippers this season with 122, marking their fourth straight year with 100-plus home runs.
    • UT is just the second SEC program to ever hit 100 or more home runs in four straight seasons, joining LSU, who did so from 1996-99.
  • Tennessee has been extremely successful against non-conference opponents since the start of the 2019 season, posting a 145-24 record in that span. Entering this weekend, the Vols are 25-1 against non-SEC teams this season.
  • Tennessee ace Liam Doyleis having an All-American caliber junior season for the Vols and was arguably the most dominant starting pitcher in the country throughout the regular season, positioning himself for a handful of national awards and honors.
    • Doyle was named the SEC Pitcher of the Year and is a semifinalist the Golden Spikes Award, the Dick Howser Trophy and the College Baseball Foundation National Pitcher of the Year.
    • For the season, Doyle boasts a 9-3 record and a 3.04 ERA in 16 appearances (15 starts) while ranking second nationally in strikeouts (142) and leading the country in strikeouts per nine innings (15.40). His 295 career strikeouts are tied for sixth among active Division I pitchers while his 13.66 strikeouts/nine innings ranks second.
  • Junior first baseman Andrew Fischerhas been an on-base machine for the Big Orange this season, leading the SEC with a 1.253 OPS, .500 on-base percentage and 58 walks. The first-team All-SEC selection is the only player in the conference to have reached base in every game this season (59 games). Dating back to his time at Ole Miss last season, Fischer has reached base safely in 62 consecutive contests.
    • The New Jersey native has also provided big-time power, leading the SEC and ranking tied for seventh nationally with 22 homers this season. Eleven of his homers came during conference play, which was tied for third in the league.
    • Fischer's 22 home runs are tied for the fifth most in UT single season history with Trey Lipscomb (2022) and Cody Hawn (2009). He needs one more to move into a tie for third and two more to move into a tie for second.

ON DECK​

Should Tennessee advance out of the Knoxville regional, it would take on the winner of the Fayetteville regional next weekend in a best-of-three super regional.
 
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NO SIR EEE said:
We are now on ESPNU and ESPN+
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Stream and/or live? I'll never be able to explain it to my older folks.

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txbo said:
I'd be interested in what ticket prices are at the other regionals. Interest in college baseball is at an all time high right now.
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My husband are I are going to the Conway regional. Our all-weekend passes were $75 per seat. We're nine rows up behind home plate. Premium parking pass for the weekend was $80.
 
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volsagain said:
Makes sense wants him to start the super regional. Sometimes we over think and sometimes that's just not enough 🤨 Tony likes to stay on track. GBO 💥 🍊
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He would be able to pitch a little if we ended up playing a Monday game according to Will Heflin. If we needed him in a late game situation on that day, then this is brilliant.
 
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taylorvol said:
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USER=4684]@OrngeJuiceJones[/USER] C’mon. You are being overly dramatic. Sort by cheapest ticket and there are plenty available (Per my screen shot).You are cherry picking the most expensive tickets.
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Pony up the dough boys.

I need to be in the corn country by mid-June. It agrees with my system.
 
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K-town Vol Fan said:
Depends on what they have. I think most cable packages carry ESPNU, I know YTTV does.
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Yep, I'm joking about my mom. She's in her 80's and gets it all messed up. Watching it straight up on cable (not streaming through an app) is so much easier for her. She called me last night and said she was watching a good game between Vandy and Ole Miss on the SEC Network. I didn't even tell her it was a rerun from Sunday. Haha.
 
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Ernest T. Vol said:
Yep, I'm joking about my mom. She's in her 80's and gets it all messed up. Watching it straight up on cable (not streaming through an app) is so much easier for her. She called me last night and said she was watching a good game between Vandy and Ole Miss on the SEC Network. I didn't even tell her it was a rerun from Sunday. Haha.
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My dad is the same way and he's in his mid 60s. He pretty much resisted learning any technology as it developed over the last 20 years. He can barely text. The year that Spectrum dropped ESPN for a week or 2 was a nightmare. He literally calls every streaming service "Netflix". YTTV, Hulu, ESPN streaming - it's all Netflix to him.
 
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Ernest T. Vol said:
Yep, I'm joking about my mom. She's in her 80's and gets it all messed up. Watching it straight up on cable (not streaming through an app) is so much easier for her. She called me last night and said she was watching a good game between Vandy and Ole Miss on the SEC Network. I didn't even tell her it was a rerun from Sunday. Haha.
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Had a somewhat distant relative who suffered from Alzheimer’s. He loved UT football. He was happy watching football games repeatedly year round, but he thought he was watching them live. It was sad, but he was happy. He thought Fulmer should have been fired about every week; his adult kids did get a chuckle out of that.
 
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Sam I Am said:
I'm befuddled as to why Doyle is pitching against Miami???? For many reasons.......

Oh well........
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My first thought was steals, but I don’t think that’s it. Then, maybe just straight up analytics, could be I guess. Lastly, there’s not much room for losing game 1. I’ve been wrong many times this year thus far.
 
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