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)