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    Duke baseball a No. 2 seed in 2024 NCAA Tournament, will play in Norman Regional

    By Rodd Baxley, Fayetteville Observer,

    2024-05-27

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    Duke baseball is a No. 2 seed in the 2024 NCAA Tournament.

    The Blue Devils (39-18), who won the ACC Tournament with a dominant performance in Charlotte, will open against No. 3 UConn (32-23) in the Norman Regional on Friday. No. 1 Oklahoma and No. 4 Oral Roberts are also in the regional.

    The Norman Regional is paired with the Tallahassee Regional, which includes Florida State, Stetson, UCF and Alabama. The winners of the two regionals will play in the super regional round.

    Duke won a regional last season before coming one win shy of a trip to the College World Series.

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    Regionals take place Friday through Monday. The winners of those double-elimination brackets will advance to the super regional round, a best-of-three series, from June 7-10.

    The College World Series begins June 14 in Omaha.

    NCAA Norman Regional schedule, TV times

    Friday's games

    Game 1: No. 2 Duke vs. No. 3 UConn, 1 p.m. (ESPN+)

    Game 2: No. 1 Oklahoma vs. No. 4 Oral Roberts, 7 p.m. (ESPN+)

    Saturday's games

    Game 3: Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2, 3 p.m. (TBA)

    Game 4 : Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2, 9 p.m. (TBA)

    Sunday's games

    Game 5: Winner of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4, 3 p.m. (TBA)

    Game 6: Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 5, 9 p.m. (TBA)

    Monday's game (if necessary)

    Game 7: TBA

    Staff writer Rodd Baxley can be reached at rbaxley@fayobserver.com or @RoddBaxley on X/Twitter.

    This article originally appeared on The Fayetteville Observer: Duke baseball a No. 2 seed in 2024 NCAA Tournament, will play in Norman Regional

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