Alabama baseball to host Tuscaloosa Super Regional for first time since 2006

Alabama baseball , the No. 7 seed in the NCAA Tournament, will give Sewell-Thomas Stadium the chance to host super regional site for the first time in decades.

The Tuscaloosa Super Regional was clinched when Alabama (40-19) defeated 2-seed Oklahoma State (39-22) on Sunday, May 31. The Cowboys fell 9-7 for the Crimson Tide to claim its first region championship under Rob Vaughn, who was hired after the 2023 season.

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The Crimson Tide last advanced to super regionals in 2023 amid a gambling scandal that saw associate head coach Jason Jackson step in as Alabama's interim leader after head coach Brad Bohannon resigned.

Then, Alabama was the No. 16 national seed and had to travel to Wake Forest, where it took back-to-back losses.

That trip to Winston-Salem broke a supers drought that exceeded a decade. The Crimson Tide hadn't made it to the super regional since traveling to Clemson in 2010.

Alabama reached game three against the Tigers − an improvement from its most recent in the supers, which was also the last time that the Crimson Tide hosted the round as the No. 4 overall seed.