(05-28-2017 11:16 PM)exowlswimmer Wrote: I certainly hope we bid for a Super! If (weafux ignore) we win out and anybody but Tech (or whoever we are paired with) loses, does the higher bid or only bid get the Super?
In a really high level view, both teams that win a Regional are allowed to submit Super Regional bids. Assuming that the facilities are minimally qualifying, a bid from a national seed is automatically awarded. If the national seed in a Regional pairing doesn't win but the opposite Regional host does, that host's bid is automatically awarded. I don't believe that either team can be compelled to submit a bid, but there's never been a situation where neither team was willing and able to host. The only time anybody has ever forfeited the right to host a Super was 2015 when #8 Missouri State, who plays in a minor league ballpark, didn't have an available field for the Super Regional dates. That series was hosted instead by Arkansas, who had won the Stillwater Regional as the 2 seed. In that case, even against a national seed, Arkansas was treated fully as the host team (first choice of ticket sales, batting bottom side in the first and third games, etc).
To answer your question directly, if neither of the paired Regional hosts wins their Regional, both Regional-winning teams may submit bids for equal consideration. The Super Regional is awarded to whichever team the NCAA thinks will the contribute the most revenue to the tournament in the forms of tickets, concessions, merchandise, and straight cash payment.
As a hypothetical, if there is ever a year that a non-host Rice and non-host UH win paired Regionals, the Super Regional would probably be awarded to whichever school puts up the most cash since our stadiums don't differ much in capacity and you can be certain that all the seats will sell.
