This conference, this state. Not only did the SEC get eight teams in, none is lower than a No. 2 seed, including a Florida team on the bubble. You want to play against the best. This year, the best teams got in. This year, the NCAA decided that its original intention of spreading the wealth had to be filed in lieu of rewarding the teams who played the best opposition.
Baseball is a warm weather sport and the field shows that.
Eight more are from California, six from Texas. In other words, if you don't have a nice tan, it's tough to make the field. Some of it was circumstance. There weren't many teams who pulled off surprises in their conference tournaments, meaning that few bubble teams were knocked out. And so we get this - a national tournament with a Southern feel.