The Tigers (48-15) took two out of three games from the Razorbacks (48-13) earlier this season in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Arkansas is a perfect 5-0 in the NCAA baseball tournament, including sweeping SEC rival Tennessee in the Fayetteville Super Regional.

Everybody wants to play shortstop, most position players think they can pitch, but not all pitchers think they can hit.

The Racers were the Cinderella story of the regional and super regional rounds but UCLA was not going to look down on them.