THE NCAA COLLEGE BASEBALL NATIONAL PLAYOFFS BEGIN TODAY WITH THE 4-TEAM, DOUBLE-ELIMINATION 'REGIONALS,' AND #3 SEED OREGON STATE HOSTS NEW MEXICO STATE TONIGHT AT 7PM. THE CORVALLIS REGIONAL BEGINS AT 1 TODAY WITH VANDERBILT FACING THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO. ELSEWHERE, OREGON MEETS MICHIGAN IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY TODAY AT 4 TELEVISED ON ESPN-PLUS.

IN OTHER GAMES OF INTEREST...THE DAY STARTS AT 9AM WITH UCLA PLAYING FLORIDA STATE IN AUBURN. GONZAGA MEETS COLUMBIA AT 10 IN VIRGINIA. ARIZONA PLAYS IN FLORIDA AGAINST OLE MISS AT 11. AND, #2 NATIONAL SEED STANFORD HOSTS BINGHAMTON AT 1PM.

THE SMALL COLLEGE N-A-I-A CHAMPIONSHIP IN LEWISTON, IDAHO LAST NIGHT WAS DELAYED IN THE 7TH INNING BECAUSE OF LIGHTNING AND WILL RESUME THIS MORNING. THE HOST L-C STATE TRAILS SOUTHEASTERN OF FLORIDA, 6-5 IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 7TH. L-C STATE LAST MADE THE TITLE GAME IN 2017 WHEN THEY WON THEIR 3RD STRAIGHT. THE WARRIORS HAVE CLAIMED THE NAIA TITLE 19-TIMES WHEREAS SOUTHEASTERN WON THEIR ONLY TITLE APPEARANCE IN 2018.