The No. 2 seed in the Nashville Regional only went 13-11 against conference opponents this season. Did Vanderbilt get a lucky draw?
The School: the University of California, Santa Barbara
Location: ...Santa Barbara, California
The Mascot: the Gauchos. "Hey, how can we express the idea that we're cowboys, but we also love cocaine?" "Huh. Let me check what they've got down in South America."
The gaucho narrowly beat out the guinea pig and the Churrascaria to win the UCSB nickname challenge.
Record: 37-18-1. 13-11 in the Big West.