OXFORD — Two teams that represent Mississippi very differently will fight for a spot in the College World Series this weekend.
No. 11 national seed Southern Miss (47-17) hosts Ole Miss baseball (35-22) in the Hattiesburg Super Regional beginning Saturday (3 p.m., ESPNU) at Pete Taylor Park. The in-state rivals share a home and a recruiting footprint, but Southern Miss relies much more heavily on in-state talent. More than half of Southern Miss' roster played high school baseball in Mississippi compared to less than 30% of Ole Miss' roster.
That discrepancy is evident on the field as well.