Snub or not, the Gamecocks appear to have gotten a favorable draw with plenty of familiar faces. USC faced three of the Regional 2 - Birmingham bracket teams this year and four more last year.

and secured a No. 7 seed in the Big Dance. Led by SEC Player of the Year and First-Team All-American Sindarius Thornwell, the Gamecocks upset Marquette, Duke, Baylor, and Florida before falling to ...

Razorback starter Gabe Gaeckle faced the minimum in the first, getting South Carolina's best hitter, right fielder Ethan Petry, to roll into an inning-ending 4-6-3 double play.