Alabama baseball will be a 16-seed in the NCAA baseball tournament.

Monday’s selection show revealed each team’s route to the College World Series. For the Crimson Tide, that means hosting its first regional since 2006. Tuscaloosa will also welcome Boston College (35-18), Troy (39-20) and Nicholls State (34-22).

Alabama will open against Nicholls State. The Colonels won the Southland Conference tournament to secure its first NCAA tournament berth since 1998. Troy, an at-large bid, finished third in the Sun Belt.

Boston College could be considered Alabama’s biggest threat to advancing. The Eagles entered Sunday 17th in the NCAA’s RPI and has four batters with 50-plus hits.

A start time has yet to be released but all contests will air on ESPN+. The tournament begins Friday and will run through Monday in a double-elimination format. The winner will advance out of Sewell-Thomas Stadium to a best-of-3 super regional.

This post will be updated.

Nick Alvarez is a reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @nick_a_alvarez or email him at [email protected].