Postseason baseball is back on Old Taylor Road as Ole Miss will welcome Illinois, Clemson and Jacksonville State to Swayze Field for the Oxford Regional this weekend.
The selection committee rewarded the Rebels with a No. 12 seed after a series of gutsy performances at the SEC Championship Tournament in Hoover. While it was a debate that Ole Miss would even have the resume strong enough to earn a hosting bid, the Rebels ended up getting in the top-16 handily with the hot run over the week.
“I don’t want to say it was a surprise. We were still hopeful, but I think it was maybe the shot in the arm that they needed,” Mike Bianco said “I’m excited for them because I know they really put it on the line.