Monday, May 25, 2009

2009 Tournament Field & Regional Results

2009 NCAA Baseball Tournament Bracket
[pdf] [Interactive Bracket] [List by region] [ESPN Scoreboard]

REGIONALS
May 29th-June 1st

(1/1) *Texas (3-0)
(4) Army (2-2)
(3) Boston College (1-2)
(2) Texas State (0-2)

(1/16) *TCU (3-0)
(4) Wright State (0-2)
(3) Oregon State (2-2)
(2) Texas A&M (1-2)
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(1/9) *Georgia Tech (3-2)
(4) Georgia State (0-2)
(3) Southern Mississippi (3-1)
(2) Elon (1-2)

(1/8) *Florida (3-0)
(4) Bethune-Cookman (0-2)
(3) Jacksonville (1-2)
(2) Miami (FL) (2-2)
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(1/5) *Arizona State (3-0)
(4) Kent St. (1-2)
(3) Cal Poly (0-2)
(2) Oral Roberts (2-2)

(1/12) *Clemson (4-1)
(4) Tennessee Tech (1-2)
(3) Oklahoma St. (2-2)
(2) Alabama (0-2)
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(1/13) *East Carolina (4-1)
(4) Binghamton (1-2)
(3) George Mason (0-2)
(2) South Carolina (2-2)

(1/4) *North Carolina (3-0)
(4) Dartmouth (0-2)
(3) Kansas (2-2)
(2) Costal Carolina (1-2)

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(1/2) *Cal State Fullerton (3-0)
(4) Utah (2-2)
(3) Gonzaga (1-2)
(2) Georgia Southern (0-2)

(1/15) *Louisville (3-1)
(4) Indiana (0-2)
(3) Vanderbilt (3-2)
(2) Middle Tennessee (1-2)
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(1/10) *Florida State (3-0)
(4) Marist (0-2)
(3) Ohio State (2-2)
(2) Georgia (1-2)

(1/7) *Oklahoma (2-1)
(4) Wichita State (0-2)
(3) Washington State (1-2)
(2) Arkansas (3-0)
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(1/6) *UC Irvine (2-2)
(4) Fresno State (0-2)
(3) San Diego State (1-2)
(2) Virginia (3-0)

(1/11) *Mississippi (3-1)
(4) Monmouth (0-2)
(3) Western Kentucky (3-2)
(2) Missouri (1-2)
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(1/14) *Rice (4-1)
(4) Sam Houston State (0-2)
(3) Xavier (1-2)
(2) Kansas State (2-2)

(1/3) *LSU (3-0)
(4) Southern (0-2)
(3) Baylor (1-2)
(2) Minnesota (2-2)

* Regional host
(Regional seed/national seed)
=== Left/right side of bracket
Eliminated
Regional Winner (Bold)

National Seeds
1. Texas (41-13-1)
2. Cal St. Fullerton (42-14)
3. LSU (46-16)
4. North Carolina (42-16)
5. Arizona State (44-12)
6. UC Irvine (43-13)
7. Oklahoma (41-18)
8. Florida (39-20)

Next Eight
9. Georgia Tech (35-17-1)
10. Florida State (42-16)
11. Mississippi (40-17)
12. Clemson (40-19)
13. East Carolina (42-17)
14. Rice (39-15)
15. Louisville (44-15)
16. TCU (36-16)

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Sixteen Regional Hosts Announced for 2009 CWS

This afternoon the NCAA announced the sixteen host sites for the 2009 College World Series regionals (press release and ESPN). The sixteen sites, in alphabetical order and with records through Saturday May 23rd in parenthese, are:

Arizona State (43-12), Tempe, Ariz.
UC Irvine (42-13), Irvine, Calif.
Cal State Fullerton (41-14), Fullerton, Calif.
Clemson (40-19), Clemson, S.C.
East Carolina (42-17), Greenville, N.C.
Florida (39-20), Gainesville, Fla.
Florida St. (42-15 through Saturday, May 23), Tallahassee, Fla.
Georgia Tech (35-17-1), Atlanta, Georgia
LSU (45-16), Baton Rouge, La.
Louisville (44-15), Louisville, Ky.
Mississippi (40-17), Oxford, Miss.
North Carolina (42-16), Chapel Hill, N.C.
Oklahoma (41-18), Norman, Okla.
Rice (39-15), Houston, Texas
Texas (40-13-1), Austin, Texas
TCU (36-16), Fort Worth, Texas

Regional play begins Friday, May 29th. The field of 64 will be announced on Monday, May 25th during a half-hour broadcast on ESPN that begins at 11:30 p.m. CDT.

Breakdown of host sites by conference
Atlantic Coast - 4 (Clemson, Florida St., Georgia Tech, North Carolina)
Southeastern - 3 (Florida, LSU, Mississippi)
Big 12 - 2 (Oklahoma, Texas)
Big West - 2 (UC Irvine, Cal State Fullerton)
Conference USA - 2 (East Carolina, Rice)
Pacific-10 - 1 (Arizona State)
Big East - 1 (Louisville)
Mountain West - 1 (TCU)

Breakdown of host sites by state
Texas - 3 (Texas, Rice, TCU)
California - 2 (UC Irvine, Cal State Fullerton)
Florida - 2 (Florida, Florida St.)
North Carolina - 2 (North Carolina, East Carolina)
Arizona -1 (Arizona State)
Georgia - 1 (Georgia Tech)
Kentucky - 1 (Louisville)
Lousania - 1 (LSU)
Mississippi - 1 (Mississippi)
Oklahoma - 1 (Oklahoma)
South Carolina - 1 (Clemson)

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Schedule for the 2009 College World Series

Regional host sites announced: Sunday, May 24, 2009 via press release at 2:30 p.m. (CDT).
64 Team Field Announced: Monday, May 25, 2009 beginning at 11:30 a.m. (CDT) on ESPN.
(Bubble watch and Regional Host Watch at Rivals.com; field projection from The College Baseball Blog.)

Regionals
May 29-June 1, 2009
16 Regionals of 4 teams each, hosted at campus sites (double elimination format).

Super Regional sites announced: Monday, June 1, 2009 (via press release at approx. 10 p.m. CDT)

Super Regionals
June 5-7 and June 6-8, 2009
8 Super Regionals of 2 teams each, hosted at on and off campus sites (best 2 out of 3).

Men's College World Series
June 13-23/24, 2009
8 teams playing at Omaha's Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska
Double elimination format until finals, which is best 2 out of 3 (
bracket)

Saturday, June 13
Game 1 – 1 p.m. Bracket 1 Games (Teams TBD)
Game 2 – 6 p.m. Bracket 1 Games (Teams TBD)

Sunday, June 14
Game 3 – 1 p.m. Bracket 2 Games (Teams TBD)
Game 4 – 6 p.m. Bracket 2 Games (Teams TBD)

Monday, June 15
Game 5 – 1 p.m. Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2
Game 6 – 6 p.m. Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2

Tuesday, June 16
Game 7 – 1 p.m. Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4
Game 8 – 6 p.m. Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4

Wednesday, June 17
Game 9 – 6 p.m. Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6

Thursday, June 18
Game 10 – 6 p.m. Winner Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8

Friday, June 19
Game 11 – 1 p.m. Winner Game 6 vs. Winner Game 9
Game 12 – 6 p.m. Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 10

Saturday, June 20
Game 13 – 1 p.m. or *6 p.m. Winner Game 6 vs. Winner Game 11 (if necessary)
Game 14 – *6 p.m. Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 12 (if necessary)
* If only game played Saturday

Sunday, June 21
No games scheduled

Finals (Best 2 out of 3)
Monday, June 22
Game 1 – 6 p.m. Bracket One Winner vs. Bracket Two Winner

Tuesday, June 23
Game 2 – 6 p.m. Bracket One Winner vs. Bracket Two Winner

Wednesday, June 24 (if necessary)
Game 3 – 6 p.m. Bracket One Winner vs. Bracket Two Winner