Auburn baseball’s Butch Thompson recaps NC State win, NCAA Regional title
Auburn baseball coach Butch Thompson recaps the Tigers’ 11-1 NCAA Regional win over North Carolina State on Sunday, June 1, at Plainsman Park.
The 2025 NCAA baseball Super Regionals are here and the Chapel Hill Super Regional offers a lot of intrigue.
Will No. 5 national seed North Carolina advance, or will Arizona pull off the upset to make the College World Series?
Check out some picks and predictions for the Chapel Hill Super Regional from college baseball writers and analysts, who appear high on the Tar Heels’ chances to defeat the Wildcats.
UNC is -330 in odds to win the Chapel Hill Super Regional of the NCAA baseball tournament, courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook. Arizona is at +240.
The best-of-3 Chapel Hill Super Regional begins Friday and continues Saturday, with a Sunday regional finale if necessary.
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The Arizona Republic: North Carolina will defeat Arizona in three games
Jeremy Cluff wrote: “The odds and other predictions for this Super Regional are very high on the Tar Heels’ chances to advance. We think North Carolina will advance too, but it is going to be a very competitive Chapel Hill Super Regional. Arizona is no pushover and the Wildcats will give UNC all it can handle in an epic 3-game series.”
SB Nation: Bet North Carolina to beat Arizona in Super Regionals
Akil Guruparan writes: “In a best-of-3 series, I’m picking this UNC team over maybe anybody in the country. I feel like Jake Knapp is an automatic win until proven otherwise, and the quality arms left for the other 18 innings give them a great starting point, and the offense has been good and clutch enough to not let them down. With a week of rest, I think this Super looks pretty similar to the last one UNC played: two pretty tight games where the Heels come out on top.”
Rodd Baxley writes: “The Wildcats have impressive firepower at the plate, but they didn’t exactly have a hard road to the super regional. UNC has two of the top starting pitchers in the nation, and its offense has caught up to the elite arms. The Tar Heels will win two and advance to the College World Series in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2008-09.”
BetMGM: North Carolina has a 76.5% chance to defeat Arizona
It writes: The site gives Arizona a 23.5% shot at winning the Chapel Hill Super Regional against UNC.
warrennolan.com: UNC will win Chapel Hill Super Regional in two games
The site has North Carolina winning Game 1 on Friday, 8-0 in its predictions. It has North Carolina taking Game 2 on Saturday, 5-1.
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