The Longhorns have dominated when hosting, owning an 87-22 mark in regional games held in Austin. Texas has strong postseason history, making 38 appearances in the College World Series. To add to their CWS list, the Longhorns will have to advance past their regionals and super regionals.

The Texas Longhorns earned a No. 2 seed and will host Houston Christian and UTSA in a regional. Texas A&M fell short of at-large bid.

The Texas Longhorns earned a Top 8 seed in the NCAA Tournament after an incredible first year under new baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle. The team will

Earlier in the week, it was reported by Front Office Sports that FOX Sports had given the go-ahead to Ohio State to try and move the game from Saturday to Sunday — in what likely would’ve been a 30-hour move. The Longhorns, Del Conte confirmed, denied that.

"Why would I want to move the game to Sunday night and have a short week for our boys that were just told we were kicking off at high noon?" Del Conte said Wednesday outside the S

Ohio State hoped to move its season-opener against Texas to the late afternoon or evening window on Sunday, Aug. 31, but the Longhorns had no interest in doing so.