The drama started a little earlier than the actual selection show for UNC, as an early graphic shared by the NCAA Baseball Twitter account revealed that contrary to most of the latest projections, the Diamond Heels, despite winning the ACC Tournament, were not one of the top 4 national seeds:
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Top 4 seeds in alphabetical order.#RoadToOmaha pic.twitter.com/QK64R6foz9— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) May 26, 2025This seems like a disservice based on any metric but pure RPI, which makes the statement made by a committee member that RPI was not a be-all, end-all metric for this year’s committee smack of insincerity.