Bearcats Baseball Faces Oklahoma State in NCAA Tournament

The Binghamton Bearcats travel to Stillwater, Oklahoma to meet Oklahoma State in the opening round of the NCAA Baseball Tournament.  Oklahoma State is the top seed in the Regional.  The Bearcats, who captured the America East Championship yesterday, enter the tournament as a fourth seed.  The Cowboys, who won the Big 12 regular season championship, are 45-16 and the number one seed. They are ranked eighth in the nation in the most recent USA Today Coaches Poll. The Bearcats are 25-25 and are making their third NCAA appearance.

Second- seed Nebraska meets third-seed Cal State-Fullerton Friday at 1 PM Eastern time with BU and Oklahoma State set for 7 PM Eastern.  In their previous appearances the Bearcats lost twice to East Carolina and defeated George Mason in 2009.  In 2012 BU dropped games to a pair of Top-25 teams, losing to North Carolina State and Mississippi.

BU learned of their venue and opponents at Noon today as the NCAA televised its selection show on ESPNU.