Texas Tech baseball head coach Tim Tadlock announced the 2017 schedule on Friday, which features 27 games at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park and 29 away from Lubbock.
The 56-game slate includes 18 contests against 2016 NCAA Tournament teams, including four NCAA Regional hosts, three national seeds, three College World Series teams and the NCAA runner-up. The Red Raiders will host all three CWS teams on this year’s schedule in Lubbock, beginning with Arizona (March 7), followed by Big 12 opponents Oklahoma State (April 21-23) and TCU (April 28-30).
Texas Tech, coming off their second College World Series berth in three years and a Big 12 championship, will begin the 2017 campaign in Starkville, Mississippi, for a pair of games against both Western Illinois (Feb.