Weather set to play a factor for Ole Miss and the Coral Gables Regional

Ole Miss kept its season alive and is in the NCAA Baseball Tournament but it would not be right if more antics did not ensue. That is where a potential weather system barreling down on south Florida later this week comes in.

A tropical depression is forecast to develop in the Gulf of Mexico and then make its way towards the Miami area and the Coral Gables Regional which Ole Miss is playing in.

Unfortunately it does not look friendly to the current regional schedule, which has games set to begin Friday morning. There is a 100 percent chance for rain and possible thunderstorms on Friday and Saturday. The chances drop down to 64 percent on Sunday, 38 percent on Monday and 42 percent on Tuesday.

Games could potentially be held until Sunday and play the regional through Tuesday if needed.

The NCAA handbook has a plethora of scenarios, 14 to be exact, that can be enacted if Mother Nature decides to take center stage during regional play.

All of those scenarios can be seen below:

• If Games 1 and 2 on Friday are both cancelled . . . play Games 1 and 2 on Saturday, play Games 3, 4 and 5 on Sunday and Games 6 and 7 (if necessary) on Monday.
• If Game 1 is started and suspended before being completed on Friday … resumption of Game 1 and Game 2 on Saturday, Games 3, 4 and 5 on Sunday, Games 6 and 7 (if necessary) on Monday.
• If Game 2 on Friday is cancelled . . . play Games 2, 3 and 4 on Saturday, Games 5 and 6 on Sunday, and Game 7 on Monday (if necessary).
• If Game 1 is completed on Friday and Game 2 is started but suspended before being completed on Friday … resumption of Game 2 and Games 3 and 4 on Saturday, Games 5 and 6 on Sunday and Game 7 (if necessary) on Monday.
• If Games 1 and 2 are played on Friday but both Games 3 and 4 are cancelled on Saturday . . . play Games 3, 4 and 5 on Sunday and Games 6 and 7 (if necessary) on Monday.
• If Games 1 and 2 are played on Friday, and Game 3 is started but suspended before being completed on Saturday……resumption of Game 3 plus Games 4 and 5 on Sunday, Games 6 and 7 (if necessary) on Monday.
• If Games 1 and 2 are played on Friday, and Game 4 on Saturday is cancelled . . . play Games 4 and 5 on Sunday and Games 6 and 7 (if necessary) on Monday.
• If Games 1 and 2 are played on Friday, and Game 3 is completed but Game 4 is started but suspended before being completed on Saturday…..resumption of Game 4 plus Game 5 on Sunday, Games 6 and 7 (if necessary) on Monday.
• If Games 1 and 2 are played on Friday, Games 3 and 4 are played on Saturday but both Games 5 and 6 on Sunday are cancelled. . . play Games 5 and 6 on Monday and Game 7 on Tuesday (if necessary).
• If Games 1 and 2 are played on Friday, Games 3 and 4 are played on Saturday, Game 5 is started but suspended before being completed on Sunday … resumption of Game 5 plus Game 6 on Monday, and Game 7 (if necessary) on Tuesday.
• If Games 1 and 2 are played on Friday, Games 3 and 4 are played on Saturday, Game 5 is completed but Game 6 is cancelled on Sunday . . . play Games 6 and 7 (if necessary) on Monday.
• If Games 1 and 2 are played on Friday, Games 3 and 4 are played on Saturday, Game 5 is completed but Game 6 is started but suspended before being completed on Sunday … resumption of Game 6 and Game 7 (if necessary) on Monday.
• If Games 1 and 2 are played on Friday, Games 3 and 4 are played on Saturday, Games 5 and 6 are played on Sunday and you experience inclement weather for the if necessary Game 7 on Monday try to get the game in on Monday OR play as early as possible on Tuesday.
• If both games are cancelled on Friday and both games are cancelled on Saturday . . . play Games 1 and 2 on Sunday, Games 3, 4 and 5 on Monday and Games 6 and 7 (if necessary) on Tuesday.

Ole Miss and Arizona are currently scheduled to play at 6 p.m. CT on Friday with host No. 6 National Seed Miami and Canisius scheduled for 11 a.m. CT on Friday. The rest of the schedule for the Coral Gables Regional is set but could be completely scrapped before the first pitch of the day is thrown on Friday.