Postseason baseball is back in the Magnolia State, and both Ole Miss and Southern Miss have been tapped as regional hosts in the NCAA Tournament.
The announcement from the NCAA came on Sunday evening after both clubs reached their respective conference tournament championships. Though the Rebels and Golden Eagles fell short in their title contests, they had already built résumés sufficient enough to make Swayze Field and Pete Taylor Park two of the 16 venues poised to welcome three visitors for regional play.
For Ole Miss (40-19), a deep run in the SEC Tournament, along with 20 wins over foes in the sport’s toughest conference and a top-15 RPI, aided in rubberstamping a home regional. Mike Bianco’s club last appeared in the field of 64 NCAA Tournament teams in 2022, and we all know how that campaign ended.
Home Sweet Home 🏠@NCAABaseball x #HottyToddy pic.twitter.com/Y6V66btakM
— Ole Miss Baseball (@OleMissBSB) May 26, 2025
Southern Miss (44-14) continued a Division I best nine-year streak of winning 40 or more games in a season and earned 18 straight victories before falling to Coastal Carolina 7-5 in the Sun Belt championship. Though Christian Ostrander’s crew failed to earn the title crown, the accomplishments ahead of the contest were enough reason to bring a regional back to Hub City for the first time since 2022.
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For the fourth time in program history, Pete Taylor Park/Hill Denson Field is hosting an NCAA Baseball Regional#EverythingMatters | #SMTTT pic.twitter.com/rzERhj8OXw
— Southern Miss Baseball (@SouthernMissBSB) May 26, 2025
The other 14 regional hosts are Georgia, Auburn, Texas, LSU, North Carolina, Clemson, Coastal Carolina, Oregon, Oregon State, Arkansas, Tennessee, UCLA, Vanderbilt, and Florida State. As for the other 50 clubs set to appear in the tournament, the NCAA will hold its selection show on Monday at 11 a.m. on ESPN2 to announce where each host team is seeded and who will compete in their stadiums next weekend.
