Hello, everybody. Brad looking alongside Ben Garrett, Jay Thompson, about to join us here in just a moment.

We're here from a lot of people today, including head coach Mike Bianco.

And Ben, today, it's all about Ole Miss and Nebraska Cornhuskers in their regional in Nebraska.

It's got to be a lot of fun up in a couple of days.

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And, yeah, Brad, it's obviously big day for Ole Miss Baseball,

Ole Miss Athletics in general. Ole Miss is in the NCAA tournament. They're not hosting. We knew that was going to happen after they lost to Missouri in the SEC tournament. But still, when you look at this team and the draw that it got, it's a tough draw, but all draws are tough. and I think Ole Miss is ready to go to Nebraska. Yeah, there's no doubt. Some great questions today, and we'll hear from Mike in just a moment about not hosting a regional here in Oxford, about how he wish it were here in Oxford. I think the biggest thing today is we heard from leaders on this team, and at the end of the tough, Alabama when Ole Miss was essentially going to be a

host spite. We heard from, you know, Will Furness. We heard from Judge Utamar, Hunter Elliott,

the core of the team. And there was a quiet confidence today. I think, Ben, I don't know,

we'll get your thoughts in Jakes, too. It's a bit of a quiet confidence. But this team has been

through highs and lows all year. And one thing that's been very impressive to me is they never get too high, but they never get too low. And I do think that's big going into the game at Husker State. I think it's Husker Stadium. At the end of the day, this is going to be an SEC-type atmosphere. It's an 85,800800 seat stadium. It's a very, very big ballpark.

The power alleys are 400, you know, 390, 400. So it's a big ballpark. And it's going to be a

situation where we're always going to need to pitch it well. And, you know, Mike was asked as we're

here at a moment, who's going to go on the mountain? He's not sure. But this is a very veteran team. It's a team with a lot of senior leadership, if you will, and a team that's ready to roll on the mound. They've had plenty of opportunities to get ready. They talked a lot about the time exiting the SEC tournament. And Mike basically will say here in just a moment,

how it's a blessing in disguise? And I think a lot of teams will say that,

that have that extra practice heading into NCAA regional play.

Yeah, no doubt about it. And one thing, when I look at the draw and from the stuff we learned today, the two biggest takeaways from Mayor 1, which you already mentioned,

which is that they haven't decided on who's going to be the starter for Friday, Ole Miss and Arizona State, the two and three Cs in this Lincoln, Nebraska Regional.

It's just the Lincoln Regional. I want to say Nebraska region, the Lincoln Regional.

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