Sixteen teams will host NCAA Softball Tournament regionals later this week, including the Pac-12 champions from Oregon.
Of the other 15 hosts, four are conference brethren of the Ducks. And Oregon faced six of the 11 postseason hosts from outside the Pac-12 — Georgia, Texas A&M, Louisiana State, Florida State, Tennessee and Oklahoma.
UO coach Mike White scheduled that murderer's row of nonconference foes with the intention of having his Ducks battle-tested come postseason play. By negotiating the regular-season schedule with a 44-7 record, Oregon finished with the No. 1 RPI in all of NCAA softball, and was rewarded Sunday with the No.