UNC earns No. 2 overall seed in NCAA baseball tourney

Monday, May 29, 2017
CHAPEL, HILL, North Carolina (WTVD) -- For the seventh time under Mike Fox, North Carolina baseball has earned a National Seed for the NCAA tournament.

The Diamond Heels were unveiled as the No. 2 seed earlier Monday, behind top ranked Oregon State.
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That means home cooking at Boshamer Stadium all the way to, hopefully, another berth in the College World Series in Omaha.

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Carolina's opposition? Florida Gulf Coast, Michigan and Davidson. The Heels open with the Wildcats at 6 p.m. on Friday, a team they had to scrape past 7-6 in 10 innings earlier this year.



Mike Fox has won 60 postseason games as UNC's head coach, making the tournament in 16 of his 19 seasons in Chapel Hill.
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After missing the postseason the last two years, these Heels are a legit threat to win it all.

The Tar Heels finished 47-12. They lost in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament final won by Florida State.

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