Both Baseball America and Perfect Game are high on the Purdue Boilermakers when it comes to the 2012 NCAA Tournament. Perfect Game continues to project Purdue as a National seed, while Baseball America's most recent projection has the Boilermakers close:
Keep an eye on Purdue as a national seed dark horse. The Boilermakers leapt from No. 16 to No. 8 in the RPI last week, and they have a chance to make a major statement in two weeks with a road series at UCLA. Win that series and continue taking care of business in the Big Ten, and Purdue will be a prime national seed candidate.
Purdue, of course, would have to solve its hosting problem, as it currently lacks a host-level facility.
Baseball America also thinks that the Louisville Cardinals and Indiana St. Sycamores will both be factors in the NCAA Tournament:
The Sycamores helped themselves with a big series win against Dallas Baptist this past weekend. They remain inside the top 50 in the RPI, and they'll need to continue playing at a high level to finish there. Home series in the final three weeks against Wichita State and Missouri State will make or break Indiana State's at-large case.
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