re: The Big 3

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ESPN doesnt even start showing baseball games until the regionals.

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Yes, they do. I saw several baseball games on the various ESPN networks during the season.

But for the most part, I think the "Big 3" in college sports is an artifact of the "Big 3" in pro sports; because the NFL, MLB and NBA are often lumped together, many consider their college counterparts similarly grouped. The NHL might seem to necessitate inclusion of college hockey, but hockey is still far too much of a regional sport (in terms of general participation; very few high school or college hockey teams outside of the far north).

But aside from that, my understanding is that in terms of participation (number of schools fielding teams) and attendance, college baseball is well removed from any other NCAA sports besides football and men's basketball. So cutting it off at three is not entirely arbitrary. But with football and men's basketball being so far above baseball (or anything else) in those terms as well as in revenue generation, there is significant justification for classifying them in their own category of two, and they often are (as in CFN's annual "Hoops and Helmets" feature).