Are the Miami Hurricanes off the NCAA Tournament Baseball Bubble?
![Jun 20, 2016; Omaha, NE, USA; Miami Hurricanes head coach Jim Morris (3) prepares to leave the dugout after the loss to UC Santa Barbara Gauchos in the 2016 College World Series at TD Ameritrade Park. UC Santa Barbara defeated Miami 5-3. Mandatory Credit: Steven Branscombe-USA TODAY Sports Jun 20, 2016; Omaha, NE, USA; Miami Hurricanes head coach Jim Morris (3) prepares to leave the dugout after the loss to UC Santa Barbara Gauchos in the 2016 College World Series at TD Ameritrade Park. UC Santa Barbara defeated Miami 5-3. Mandatory Credit: Steven Branscombe-USA TODAY Sports](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/shape/cover/sport/5059d49f6e14d528f6d6ddb54178d20731670a437ddf40f1d6a6d159e2c22e5c.jpg)
Baseball America said that Miami still had work left to do heading into the ACC Tournament. Beating Wake should catch the committee’s eye. They projected Miami traveling to California as the third seed in the Stanford Regional. Baseball America’s projection had Cal State Fullerton and Bryant also competing in that regional.
Another website called College Sports Madness has Miami playing in a Regional with number 15 national seed Houston, Baylor and Illinois-Chicago. Some of these sites have to be taken with a grain of salt.
In his season preview of Miami CSM’s Joel Walser said of the Hurricanes:
"“Miami earned the third overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, but their postseason did not last long. The Hurricanes lost their opener to Arizona and were eliminated by UCSB in the next game. The Hurricanes will hope to quickly forget about the 2016 postseason and put it behind them.”"
This clearly neglected the Hurricanes accomplishment of winning a regional and super regional and getting to the College World Series.
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Miami will await its fate on Monday. The NCAA Selection show will air on ESPN2 at Noon.