Jim Schlossnagle addresses Texas' response to NCAA baseball tournament seeding

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The road to Omaha begins at UFCU Disch-Falk Field forTexas baseball,as theLonghornswere given theNo. 2 national seedin theNCAA baseball tournamenton Monday. It's a feat that the Longhorns haven't reached since 2022 and the right to host is only handed out to the top 16 national seeds in the bracket. Though by the Longhorns' response on the ESPN2 broadcast of the bracket reveal show, one might not have known that. Shortly after his team learned the path it would take to get to the College World Series, Longhorns coach Jim Schlossnagle told reporters in Austin that he had mixed emotions about that response by his team. "I don't know how I feel about that, because I never want us to take that for granted," Schlossnagle said Mondayaccording to the Austin American-Statesman's David Eckert."I understand it's Texas, but as long as I'm coaching here, I never want us to assume, and I don't want us to feel like we're entitled to something." REQUIRED READING:Texas baseball to host NCAA Regional at UFCU Disch-Falk Field: Schedule, tickets To Texas' slight defense, when the Longhorns were shown on the screen during the bracket reveal show, they perhaps didn't know they were live, or it was pulled by ESPN at a different part of the show to air at the time they heard their name called. The most recent example of this came during the NFL draft withthe Cleveland Browns' war roomnot showing any excitement after the selection of Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders andBrownscoach Kevin Stefanski deflecting by saying the clips shown during the draft are "not timed up to exactly the right time." However, as the saying goes, actions speak louder than words and several members of the Longhorns' roster were caught yawning in the front row. Here's a look at the Longhorns' reaction at their watch party, which was posted by Texas' official X account (formerly Twitter) on Monday: regional ready 🤘#HookEm|@TexasLonghornspic.twitter.com/SSnrBUYOhi — Texas Baseball (@TexasBaseball)May 26, 2025 REQUIRED READING:NCAA baseball bracket 2025: Full regional schedule, matchups, dates for CWS field Monday's bracket reveal marked the third time in program history that Texas was given the No. 2 overall seed in the NCAA baseball tournament, with the others coming in 2010 and 2021.The Longhorns are 155-59-1in the regional round of the NCAA Tournament, which includes an 87-22 record when those games are in Austin. Texas went 44-12 in its first season under Schlossnagle, who came over from SEC foe Texas A&M during the offseason. The Longhorns won the SEC regular season conference title by two games over Arkansas, while finishing 22-8 overall in SEC play. The Longhorns are slated to start NCAA baseball tournament play on Friday, May 30, at 2 p.m. ET against Houston Christian at UFCU Disch-Falk Field in Austin. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Texas' reaction to NCAA baseball seeding has coach questioning

 

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