Facing the Murderer’s Row of an SEC scheduled prepared OU for what’s ahead — starting Friday in the Chapel Hill Regional. The Sooners open postseason play at 4 p.m. against old foe Nebraska. Beyond that is a likely date with No. 6 overall national seed and D1 Baseball’s No. 1 overall team in host North Carolina.

Carolina tries not to talk too much about last season, but it remembers nearly losing to Long Island in its regional opener a year ago. The Tar Heels trailed 8-5 entering the bottom of the ninth inning and went on to score six.