Baseball selected to 2024 Black College World Series

For the second consecutive season, the Wiley University Baseball team was selected to participate in the 2024 Black College World Series from May 8 to 11 at Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery, Ala.

The tournament is divided into two four-team double-elimination brackets for NCAA Division II and NAIA schools. The winners of each bracket will meet in the championship on May 11. Schools are selected based on their ranking in the Black College Nines Weekly Top Ten Polls. Black College Nines is a website devoted to the coverage of Historically Black Colleges and Universities Baseball teams. Matchups and times will be forthcoming. Tickets can be bought online.

The Wildcats (28-19) earned the second seed and was ranked eighth in the poll that was published on April 29. They are coming off a runner-up finish in the 2024 Hope Credit Union Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Baseball Championship. Wiley won three games in the loser's bracket to advance to the championship. It played a challenging schedule with four of its opponents at one time ranked or receiving votes in the NAIA Top 25 polls.

Talladega College (36-15), the GCAC Baseball Championship champion, earned the top seed. It has several victories over Top 25 NAIA schools. Florida Memorial, which won last year's Black College World Series, earned the third seed. It won 20 games, including one against the No. 1 team in the NAIA. Jarvis Christian University, which is competing in the 2024 Red River Athletic Conference Baseball Championship, earned the fourth seed. Xavier University of Louisiana is the alternate in case any team declines to participate.

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