re: Yes, there is way too much emphasis on being National Seed (stats inside!)

Yes, only 40% of the national seeds have made it to Omaha in the last 5 years but 60% of the teams in Omaha in last 5 years hosted a Super Regional. The key to getting to Omaha is home field advantage.

In the Last 10 years:
67.5% of #1 seeds won their regional
67.5% of Super Regional hosts made it to the CWS
48.75% of National Seeds made it to the CWS
22.5% of #1 seeds not National Seeds made it to the CWS
20% of the last 10 champions were National Seeds
60% of the last 10 champions hosted a Super Regional