Florida Gators earn National Seed in NCAA Tournament

University of Florida head coach Kevin O’Sullivan meets with FSU coach Mike Martin to exchange lineups / Gator Country photo by David BowieThe Florida Gators baseball team learned Monday that they would be the No. 3 seed for the 2017 NCAA Baseball Tournament. The Gators are the only team in the country to be named a National Seed in eight of the last nine seasons.

This is the Gators 33rd Regional appearance and a school record 10th consecutive under Kevin O’Sullivan. The Gators (42-16) will host No. 2 USF (41-17), No. 3 Bethune Cookman (33-23) and No. 4 Marist (32-21) in the Gainesville Regional and are paired up with the Winston-Salem Regional, consisting of No. 1 Wake forest, No. 2 West…