The Southeastern 16 crew looks at the field of four in the Auburn Regional and gives our picks.

Auburn rode great years from future MLB first-rounder Ike Irish and ace Sam Dutton, as well as tremendous freshman campaigns from Chris Rembert and Chase Fralick to the No 4 overall host, not to mention the usual steady year from Cooper McMurray. But Dutton faltered down the stretch as he far surpassed last year’s inning total. Can an Auburn pitching staff of Cam Tilly, Carson Myers, Ryan Hetzler, Parker Carlson and others carry Auburn out of a tough regional (something coach Butch Thompson has done several times before)?

North Carolina State, under coach Elliott Avent, has consistently performed well in the NCAA tournament. Josh Hogue and Brayden Fraasman provide the power for a team that strikes out just 15% of the time.

Stetson didn’t hit much--just 46 home runs this season--but ace Jonathan Gonzalez is one of the tournament’s tougher lefty starters, and a bullpen duo of Ty VanDyke and Jake Gorelick tough. Can the Hatters pitch their way out of the regional?

Central Connecticut is one of the weakest at-large teams in the field by the computers, but did post a .331/.437/.503 batting line as a team. Does any of that translate to the regional? It’ll need Wyatt Cameron, Vincent Borghese and others to step up.

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