Odds set for Tennessee Baseball's Knoxville Regional at Lindsey Nelson Stadium
Tennessee Baseball is the overwhelming favorite to advance out of the Knoxville Regional this weekend at Lindsey Nelson Stadium, according to odds set by Circa Sports. The Vols were listed at -375, ahead of Southern Miss at +470, Indiana at +775 and Northern Kentucky at +5000.
Northern Kentucky wasn’t the biggest long shot in the opening weekend of the NCAA Baseball Tournament, though, despite Tennessee being the No. 1 overall seed in the 64-team field.
Oral Roberts is +5100 in the Norman Regional and Penn, playing in the Charlottesville Regional, is listed at +5500. Grambling is listed at +7500 in the College Station Regional and Long Island was the longest of the long shots at +10000 in the Chapel Hill Regional.
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No. 1 Tennessee (50-11) hosts No. 4 Northern Kentucky (35-22) at 7 p.m. Eastern Time Friday on SEC Network. Indiana (32-24-1), the No. 3 seed in the four-team pod, and No. 2 Southern Miss (41-18) open play in Knoxville Friday at Noon ET, with the game televised by ESPN+.
“Scrappy is a word that comes up often and I’m referring to their team,” Tennessee coach Tony Vitello said of Northern Kentucky on Wednesday. “I think we have the ability to do that too but I think by nature that’s been who they are. They’re very well coached. And it’s easy if you hear their Coach (Dizzy Peyton) speak, he’s very well spoken.
“Since they’ve been there, they’re certainly no stranger to SEC opponents or SEC caliber opponents. I know they’ve played Kentucky and gone in and beaten Mississippi State before. They’ve beaten Missouri.”
The Game 1 and Game 2 losers in the Knoxville Regional will play Saturday at 12 p.m. ET and the winners will match up at 6 p.m. ET. Game 3’s winner and Game 4’s loser play Sunday at 12 p.m. ET and the Game 4 winner plays the Game 5 winner Sunday at 6 p.m. ET. Game 7 of the regional will be played on Monday, if necessary. Television designations for Saturday and Sunday are to be determined.
Tennessee, Texas A&M are favorites to win the College World Series
Tennessee and Texas A&M on Tuesday were both listed at +600 to win the national title, according to odds released by Circa Sports. The Vols and Aggies topped the list, just ahead of Arkansas at +650.
Kentucky was given +1100 odds, ahead of Georgia at +1350 and both North Carolina and Wake Forest at +1500. LSU has +1600 odds.
BetOnline on Tuesday had Texas A&M at 5/1 to win the College World Series, with Tennessee at 11/2 (+550). Arkansas and Kentucky were listed at 9/1 and LSU was 10/1.
Should Tennessee advance out of regional play, the Vols would host the winner from the East Carolina regional. ECU is the No. 16 national seed and is hosting No. 2 Wake Forest, No. 3 VCU and No. 4 Evansville.
