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Kansas and Oklahoma Open Lawrence Super Regional Saturday for Trip to Omaha

The winner advances to the College World Series and the matchup contrasts Kansas’s power offense with Oklahoma’s pitching depth and speed.

Overview

  • Game 1 is scheduled for 5 p.m. Saturday at Hoglund Ballpark with the opener on ESPN2 and Game 2 at 5 p.m. Sunday and a decisive Game 3 on Monday if needed.
  • Kansas will host a Super Regional for the first time after a 45–16 season in which it won the Big 12 regular season and conference tournament.
  • Oklahoma reached the Super Regionals by upsetting No. 2 Georgia Tech in the Atlanta Regional and posted 11 home runs, 49 runs and 45 strikeouts across five regional games.
  • Key tactical questions include whether Oklahoma can limit Kansas’s home runs, how Kansas will control Oklahoma’s baserunning, and which team gets a quality Game 1 start to preserve its bullpen.
  • The series is widely expected to be tightly contested and likely to go three games, with the winner moving on to face the Tuscaloosa Super Regional victor in Omaha.