I don’t have a lot of time to break this down, what with work and such taking up valuable blogging resources, but Paul Woody of the Richmond Times Dispatch has a pessimistic sort of preview in which he suggests that the pressure of expectations might make it hard for this Cavalier team to repeat last year’s run. As much as that point doesn’t make sense – if this team plays up to their talent (and not like they did in Greensboro last weekend) they should get back to Omaha – I feel Woody’s pain. Last year was a wild ride, with the team playing loose baseball under the “happy to be here” banner. This year, they’ve topped one national poll or another for a large portion of the season, and anything less than Omaha will be a disappointment to the team and fan base.

Opening the regional with VCU is a little bit of a confidence booster – we just played the Rams a month ago, and beat them 10-5. Unlike the midweek meeting from May (like that alliteration?), we’ll probably get the Rams’ ace – sophomore Seth Cutler-Voltz, who went 8-3 this year. BOC is currently undecided between Hultzen and Winiarski, but I’d guess that whichever of the two doesn’t get this start will get the call on Sunday with Morey doing the Saturday honors. Ol’ Miss is pumped to possibly play us again.