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Projected NCAA Tournament host sites
Special to SportsLine
May 6, 1999
This is an unofficial ranking of the top contenders to host the 16 NCAA Tournament Sub-Regionals and Super Regionals.
Although 16 teams will be declared hosts on May 17, only the top eight remaining teams will have home-field advantage through the Super Regionals.
The NCAA Tournament begins on May 28. The College World Series begins July 11.
The envelopes please ...
| Rock solid |
| Rank |
Site |
Host school |
| 1 |
College Station |
Texas A&M |
| 2 |
Tallahassee |
Florida State |
| 3 |
Miami, Fla. |
Miami |
| 4 |
Palo Alto, Calif. |
Stanford |
| 5 |
Columbus |
Ohio State |
| 6 |
Fayetteville, Ark. |
Arkansas |
| 7 |
Wichita, Kan. |
Wichita State |
| 8 |
Tuscaloosa |
Alabama |
| 9 |
Miss. State |
Miss. State |
| 10 |
Lubbock |
Texas Tech |
| On the bubble |
| 11 |
Austin |
Texas |
| 12 |
Waco, Texas |
Baylor |
| 13 |
Los Angeles |
USC |
| 14 |
Fullerton, Calif. |
CS-Fullerton |
| 15 |
Baton Rouge, La. |
LSU |
| 16 |
New Orleans |
Tulane |
| 17 |
Auburn, Ala. |
Auburn |
| 18 |
Chapel Hill |
North Carolina |
| Longshots |
| 19 |
Minneapolis |
Minnesota |
| 20 |
Stillwater |
Oklahoma State |
| 21 |
Columbia |
South Carolina |
| 22 |
Clemson, S.C. |
Clemson |
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