Mountaineers in the Tournament

The road to Omaha began today as the NCAA released the 2014 D-I baseball bracket field- 64 teams divided into 16 regionals, which match up with their super regional partners. The Mountaineers have nine 2014 players on three different teams in the tournament- all regional hosts. Here's a breakdown of each team, the players and when/who they'll be playing.

INDIANA (#4 Overall)
Mountaineers: RHP Evan Bell, 2B Casey Rodrique, C/OF Brad Hartong, RHP Christian Morris
Regional/Seeding: Bloomington (#1)
Teams in it: #2 Indiana State, #3 Stanford, #4 Youngstown State
First game: Friday, vs. No. 4 Youngstown State, 7 p.m. ESPN3
Notes: One of 16 regional hosts...The Hoosiers grabbed the Big Ten's first-ever national seed...Beat Nebraska 8-4 to win the Big Ten title...Began the season 9-8 and were 15-10 at the end of March...Went 33-5 to finish the season and win the regular season title...If they advance they host the winner of Nashvilles's regional, which contains Vanderbilt, Oregon, Clemson and Xavier.

LOUISVILLE
Mountaineers: SS Nick Solak, INF Blake Tiberi, RF Colin Lyman, LHP Robert Strader
Regional/Seeding: Louisville (#1)
Teams in it: #2 Kentucky, #3 Kansas, #4 Kent State
First game: Friday, vs. No. 4 Kent State, 6 p.m ESPN3
Notes:  One of 16 regional hosts...Cardinals won the American Athletic Conference regular season title...Lost the AAC tournament championship, 10-4 to Houston...Went 29-7 at home in 2014...Seventh postseason berth in the last eight seasons...If they advance they play the winner of the Tallahassee regional, which contains Florida State (5), Alabama, Kennesaw State and Georgia Southern.

VANDERBILT
Mountaineers: Nolan Rogers (CF)
Regional/Seeding: Nashville (#1)
Teams in it: #2 Oregon, #3 Clemson, #4 Xavier
First games: Friday, vs. No. 4 Xavier, 8 p.m. ESPN3
Notes: One of 16 regional hosts...Eliminated from the SEC tournament with losses to No. 14 LSU and No. 10 Ole Miss...Finished 41-18...26-9 at home...If they advance they play the winner of the Bloomington regional, which includes Indiana (4), Indiana State, Samford and Youngstown State.