The 16 hosts for the Regional round of the NCAA Tournament were announced tonight. The host schools are: LSU (Baton Rouge, Louisiana); Virginia (Charlottesville, Virginia); Clemson (Clemson, South Carolina); Texas A&M (College Station, Texas); South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina); Miami (Coral Gables, Florida); TCU (Fort Worth, Texas); Florida (Gainesville, Florida); Louisiana-Lafayette (Lafayette, Louisiana); Louisville (Louisville, Kentucky); Texas Tech (Lubbock, Texas); Vanderbilt (Nashville, Tennessee); Ole Miss (Oxford, Mississippi); NC State (Raleigh, North Carolina); Mississippi State (Starkville, Mississippi); and Florida State (Tallahassee).
This is the 17th time in school history that the Gamecocks have been selected as a Regional host.