Oklahoma baseball is 2-0 in Omaha and Barry Switzer approves 👏

The Hall of Fame football coach has been in Omaha this week to cheer on his Sooners and they’ve delivered. pic.twitter.com/7TCwjyolwz

— Hurrdat Sports (@HurrdatSports) June 16, 2026

Jtilley said:

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We have the number one overall player in the state of NC committed to us this year and have had three since 2020.

Ours just haven't made it or done much once they've got here.

You go look at PG and we get just as much top end talent as UNC does.

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There's times when we make a major triumph with a in state recruit like Carlos Rodon, but by and large unc has had a monopoly at certain high schools in the state, going back several years. Rocky Mount high school was a perfect example for years.

unc is also a recruiting threat regionally. They do well out of state, which will constantly be challenging for us to maintain ground.

We've lost several recruits in state because of draft status that never make it to campus.

FourOaksWolf said:

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ICW Wolf said:

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FourOaksWolf said:

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Realsouthwolf said:

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I have no problem with UNC winning it. Good for the ACC.

Probably be them and UGA.
New and different teams is a good thing for the sport.

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This would not be good for Hart, especially in state recruiting. It's already difficult enough. But carry on.

The ACC office isn't very concerned with our welfare. I could write a book going back to the seventies.

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Why would it be difficult for NC State to recruit the state in baseball? Extremely fertile state filled with great talent. Most baseball kids are state school type of guys. They aren't Duke and Wake guys for thr most part. There aren't many better hole states to recruit than NC.
There are also premier travel programs with SCP and the Dirtbags just name a couple. Our staff has long standing relationships with those orgs.

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Talk to Coach Avent for starters. We've lost several in state recruits to unc because of facilities, not to mention how many kids grow up unc fans, interview any current player that is a North Carolina kid and ask them. I've seen numerous interviews after games with them glowing about that. I'm older than you and have seen much more with the unc machine.

Once again, you can't see the forest for the trees. You're insufferable.

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There are at least 20 high end P4 guys out of this state each year. UNC may get 5 of them. They currently have what 2 in their lineup? Again you aren't seeing the forest for the trees

Where UNC is excelling right now is recruiting high end NC arms. . If we can do the same we will be in good shape. It seems Hart teams always hit. Oh and our facilities are fine. Players care about faciiites but ours are fine for the ACC. What they really value is technology to help them develop and compete.

FourOaksWolf said:

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Jtilley said:

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We have the number one overall player in the state of NC committed to us this year and have had three since 2020.

Ours just haven't made it or done much once they've got here.

You go look at PG and we get just as much top end talent as UNC does.

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There's times when we make a major triumph with a in state recruit like Carlos Rodon, but by and large unc has had a monopoly at certain high schools in the state, going back several years. Rocky Mount high school was a perfect example for years.

unc is also a recruiting threat regionally. They do well out of state, which will constantly be challenging for us to maintain ground.

We've lost several recruits in state because of draft status that never make it to campus.

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We have recruited at a high level as well. UNC hits the north east more like NJ and NY where we hit Florida harder.

Last few years just off the top of my head we've had Tommy white, Head, Cozart, Sosa, both Serranos etc that made it to campus and were high end recruits and I'm sure even more if I go back further.

I'll always take more talent but I just don't think UNC gets leaps and bounds more talent than we do. And they def don't get nearly as many as high end draft picks like we have in the last 10-12 years.

FourOaksWolf said:

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Jtilley said:

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We have the number one overall player in the state of NC committed to us this year and have had three since 2020.

Ours just haven't made it or done much once they've got here.

You go look at PG and we get just as much top end talent as UNC does.

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There's times when we make a major triumph with a in state recruit like Carlos Rodon, but by and large unc has had a monopoly at certain high schools in the state, going back several years. Rocky Mount high school was a perfect example for years.

unc is also a recruiting threat regionally. They do well out of state, which will constantly be challenging for us to maintain ground.

We've lost several recruits in state because of draft status that never make it to campus.

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This was my understanding of baseball recruiting as well. NC State's biggest concern is not UNC or any SEC school in recruiting it's the MLB draft where a highly touted HS commit gets drafted and goes to rookie ball vs college baseball.

Isn't that the case for every school that recruits top shelf recruits?

Country Roads vs UNC Tomorrow

Go WVU!!!
(Of course, I would pull for Iran if they played Kerliner…!)

MaxPack said:

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Isn't that the case for every school that recruits top shelf recruits?

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Yes

Oklahoma is going to be tough. We forget they knocked out GT, who many thought was the best team in the country.
Probably depends if they have to deplete their pitching taking on UGa or TX.
Carolina certainly got the best draw.

Great pitching dual, but it's time for Messi.