Campbell looks ahead to today's matchup

FAYETTEVILLE — On the eve of Friday’s start to the Fayetteville baseball regional at Baum-Walker Stadium, Arkansas Coach Dave Van Horn and pitching coach Matt Hobbs detoured questions regarding the California Golden Bears and TCU Horned Frogs.

At noon today California opposes Central Connecticut State.

Arkansas and TCU play tonight’s winner’s bracket of the double-elimination regional.

This weekend, 16 four-team regionals determine the Sweet 16 of college baseball’s road to the national championship, ultimately ascending an Elite Eight to the College World Series in Omaha.

“Honestly, I don’t really want to talk about anybody except who we’re playing,” Van Horn said Thursday, meaning CCSU. “If…