2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

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The 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament will be the 77th edition of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. The 64-team tournament will begin on Friday, May 31, as part of the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season and end with the 2024 Men's College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, which will begin on June 14 and end on June 23/24. [1] [2]

Contents

The 64 participating NCAA Division I college baseball teams will be selected from an eligible 300 teams. 30 teams will be awarded automatic bids as champions of their conferences, and 34 teams will be selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee. Teams will then be divided into sixteen regionals of four teams, each of which is conducted via a double-elimination tournament. Regional champions will then face each other in Super Regionals, a best-of-three-game series, to determine the eight participants in the Men's College World Series.

Tournament procedure

A total of 64 teams will enter the tournament, with 30 of them receiving an automatic bid by either winning their conference's tournament or by finishing in first place in their conference. The remaining 34 bids will be at-large, with selections extended by the NCAA Selection Committee.

National seeds

The sixteen national seeds will be announced on the Selection Show on May 27. [3] Teams in italics advanced to the Super Regionals. Teams in bold advanced to the 2024 Men's College World Series.

  1. Tennessee
  2. Kentucky
  3. Texas A&M
  4. North Carolina
  5. Arkansas
  6. Clemson
  7. Georgia
  8. Florida State
  9. Oklahoma
  10. NC State
  11. Oklahoma State
  12. Virginia
  13. Arizona
  14. UC Santa Barbara
  15. Oregon State
  16. East Carolina

Schedule and venues

On May 26, the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee announced the sixteen regional host sites.

Regionals

Super Regionals

Men's College World Series

Bids

Automatic bids

SchoolConferenceRecord (Conf)BerthLast NCAA Appearance
Bryant America East 36–19 (17–7) Tournament 2016 (Charlottesville Regional)
Tulane American 35–24 (15–12) Tournament 2023 (Baton Rouge Regional)
Stetson ASUN 40–20 (20–10) Tournament 2018 (Chapel Hill Super Regional)
Duke ACC 39–18 (16–14) Tournament 2023 (Charlottesville Super Regional)
VCU Atlantic 10 37–21 (15–8) Tournament 2022 (Chapel Hill Regional)
Oklahoma State Big 12 37–16 (19–9) Tournament 2023 (Stillwater Regional)
St. John's Big East 37–16–1 (14–7) Tournament 2018 (Clemson Regional)
High Point Big South 34–25 (17–7) Tournament First Appearance
Nebraska Big Ten 39–20 (16–8) Tournament 2021 (Fayetteville Regional)
UC Santa Barbara Big West 42–12 (26–4)Regular season 2022 (Stanford Regional)
UNC Wilmington CAA 39–19 (20–7) Tournament 2023 (Conway Regional)
Dallas Baptist CUSA 44–13 (17–7) Tournament 2023 (Stillwater Regional)
Northern Kentucky Horizon 35–22 (19–11) Tournament First Appearance
Penn Ivy League 24–23 (11–10) Tournament 2023 (Auburn Regional)
Niagara MAAC 38–15 (20–4) Tournament First Appearance
Western Michigan MAC 32–21 (19–11) Tournament 2016 (Louisville Regional)
Evansville Missouri Valley 35–23 (17–10) Tournament 2006 (Charlottesville Regional)
Fresno State Mountain West 33–27 (16–14) Tournament 2019 (Stanford Regional)
LIU Northeast 33–23 (24–9) Tournament 2022 (College Park Regional)
Southeast Missouri State Ohio Valley 34–25 (18–9) Tournament 2022 (Louisville Regional)
Arizona Pac-12 36–21 (20–10) Tournament 2023 (Fayetteville Regional)
Army Patriot 31–21 (16–8) Tournament 2023 (Charlottesville Regional)
Tennessee SEC 50–11 (22–8) Tournament 2023 College World Series
Wofford SoCon 41–18 (12–8) Tournament 2007 (Columbia, SC Regional)
Nicholls Southland 38–20 (16–8) Tournament 2023 (Tuscaloosa Regional)
Grambling State SWAC 26–26 (18–8) Tournament 2010 (Fayetteville Regional)
Oral Roberts Summit 27–30–1 (13–15–1) Tournament 2023 College World Series
Southern Miss Sun Belt 41–18 (20–10) Tournament 2023 (Hattiesburg Super Regional)
San Diego West Coast 40–13 (20–4) Tournament 2022 (Corvallis Regional)
Grand Canyon [lower-alpha 1] WAC 34–23 (23–7) Tournament 2022 (Stillwater Regional)
  1. Tarleton won the WAC tournament, but is ineligible for the NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II. Grand Canyon, the top seed in tournament, received the berth.

By conference

ConferenceTotalSchools
SEC 11Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
ACC 8Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, NC State, Virginia, Wake Forest
Big 12 6Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, UCF, West Virginia
Sun Belt 4Coastal Carolina, James Madison, Louisiana, Southern Miss
Pac-12 3Arizona, Oregon, Oregon State
Big Ten 3Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska
American 2East Carolina, Tulane
Big East 2St. John’s, UConn
Big West 2UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara
CUSA 2Dallas Baptist, Louisiana Tech
Missouri Valley 2Evansville, Indiana State
Coastal 1UNC Wilmington
ASUN 1Stetson
America East 1Bryant
Atlantic 10 1VCU
Big South 1High Point
Horizon 1Northern Kentucky
Ivy League 1Penn
Metro Atlantic 1Niagara
Mid-American 1Western Michigan
Mountain West 1Fresno State
Northeast 1LIU
Ohio Valley 1Southeast Missouri State
Patriot 1Army
Southern 1Wofford
Southland 1Nicholls
SWAC 1Grambling State
Summit 1Oral Roberts
WAC 1Grand Canyon
WCC 1San Diego

Regionals and Super Regionals

Bold indicates winner. Seeds for regional tournaments indicate seeds within regional. Seeds for super regional tournaments indicate national seeds only. Game times are listed in ET.

Knoxville Super Regional

Hosted by Tennessee at Lindsey Nelson Stadium

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
June –
               
1 Tennessee 7:00 p.m.
4 Northern Kentucky SECN
  
  
3 Indiana 1:00 p.m.
2 Southern Miss ESPN+
   
Knoxville Regional – Lindsey Nelson Stadium
   
  
  
  
  
    
    
1 East Carolina 1:00 p.m.
4 Evansville ESPN+
  
  
3 VCU 6:00 p.m.
2 Wake Forest ESPNU
   
Greenville Regional – Clark–LeClair Stadium
   
  
  
  
  

Tallahassee Super Regional

Hosted by Florida State at Dick Howser Stadium

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
June –
               
1 Oklahoma 1:00 p.m.
4 Oral Roberts ESPN+
  
  
3 UConn 7:00 p.m.
2 Duke ESPN+
   
Norman Regional – L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park
   
  
  
  
  
    
    
1 Florida State 12:00 p.m.
4 Stetson ACCN
  
  
3 UCF 6:00 p.m.
2 Alabama ESPN+
   
Tallahassee Regional – Dick Howser Stadium
   
  
  
  
  

Fayetteville Super Regional

Hosted by Arkansas at Baum–Walker Stadium

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
June –
               
1 Arkansas 3:00 p.m.
4 Southeast Missouri State ESPN+
  
  
3 Kansas State 8:00 p.m.
2 Louisiana Tech ESPN+
   
Fayetteville Regional – Baum–Walker Stadium
   
  
  
  
  
    
    
1 Virginia 12:00 p.m.
4 Penn ESPN+
  
  
3 St. John’s 7:00 p.m.
2 Mississippi State ESPN+
   
Charottesville Regional – Davenport Field at Disharoon Park
   
  
  
  
  

Chapel Hill Super Regional

Hosted by North Carolina at Boshamer Stadium

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
June –
               
1 Arizona 9:00 p.m.
4 Grand Canyon ESPN+
  
  
3 West Virginia 3:00 p.m.
2 Dallas Baptist ESPN2
   
Tucson Regional – Hi Corbett Field
   
  
  
  
  
    
    
1 North Carolina 6:00 p.m.
4 LIU ESPN+
  
  
3 Wofford 12:00 p.m.
2 LSU ESPNU
   
Chapel Hill Regional – Boshamer Stadium
   
  
  
  
  

Lexington Super Regional

Hosted by Kentucky at Kentucky Proud Park

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
June –
               
1 Kentucky 12:00 p.m.
4 Western Michigan SECN
  
  
3 Illinois 7:00 p.m.
2 Indiana State ESPN+
   
Lexington Regional – Kentucky Proud Park
   
  
  
  
  
    
    
1 Oregon State 9:00 p.m.
4 Tulane ESPN2
  
  
3 Nicholls 4:00 p.m.
2 UC Irvine ESPN+
   
Corvallis Regional – Goss Stadium at Coleman Field
   
  
  
  
  

Athens Super Regional

Hosted by Georgia at Foley Field

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
June –
               
1 NC State 7:00 p.m.
4 Bryant ESPN+
  
  
3 James Madison 2:00 p.m.
2 South Carolina ESPN+
   
Raleigh Regional – Doak Field
   
  
  
  
  
    
    
1 Georgia 1:00 p.m.
4 Army ESPN+
  
  
3 Georgia Tech 7:00 p.m.
2 UNC Wilmington ESPN+
   
Athens Regional – Foley Field
   
  
  
  
  

Clemson Super Regional

Hosted by Clemson University at Doug Kingsmore Stadium

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
June –
               
1 Clemson 7:00 p.m.
4 High Point ACCN
  
  
3 Coastal Carolina 12:00 p.m.
2 Vanderbilt ESPN2
   
Clemson Regional – Doug Kingsmore Stadium
   
  
  
  
  
    
    
1 Oklahoma State 7:00 p.m.
4 Niagara ESPN+
  
  
3 Florida 3:00 p.m.
2 Nebraska ESPN+
   
Stillwater Regional – O'Brate Stadium
   
  
  
  
  

College Station Super Regional

Hosted by Texas A&M at Blue Bell Park

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
June –
               
1 UC Santa Barbara 9:00 p.m.
4 Fresno State ESPN+
  
  
3 Oregon 3:00 p.m.
2 San Diego ESPNU
   
Santa Barbara Regional – Caesar Uyesaka Stadium
   
  
  
  
  
    
    
1 Texas A&M 1:00 p.m.
4 Grambling State ESPN+
  
  
3 Texas 6:00 p.m.
2 Louisiana ESPN2
   
College Station Regional – Blue Bell Park
   
  
  
  
  

Record by conference

Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Nc RecordNc Win %RFSRWSNSCSNC
SEC 11
ACC 8
Big 12 6
Sun Belt 4
Big Ten 3
Pac-12 3
American 2
Big East 2
Big West 2
CUSA 2
Missouri Valley 2
America East 1
Atlantic 10 1
ASUN 1
Big South 1
CAA 1
Horizon 1
Ivy League 1
MAAC 1
MAC 1
Mountain West 1
Northeast 1
Ohio Valley 1
Patriot 1
SoCon 1
Southland 1
SWAC 1
Summit 1
West Coast 1
WAC 1

Media coverage

Radio

NRG Media will provide nationwide radio coverage of the Men's College World Series through its Omaha Station KOZN, in association with Westwood One. [4] It also will stream all MCWS games at westwoodonesports.com, Tunein, the Varsity Network, and on SiriusXM.

Broadcast assignments

Television

ESPN will air every game from the Regionals, Super Regionals, and the Men's College World Series across its networks.

Broadcast assignments

Regionals [5]

Notes

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