2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

2008 NCAA Division I
Baseball Tournament
Season	2008
Teams	64
Finals site	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium ; Omaha, NE ;
Champions	Fresno State (1st title)
Runner-up	Georgia (6th CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Mike Batesole (1st title)
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	← 2007 ; NCAA Division I Baseball Championship ; 2009 →;

Last updated February 15, 2022

The 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was held from May 30 through June 25, 2008 and was part of the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 286 teams on May 26, 2008. Thirty teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conference, and 34 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee. Thirty-eight of the 64 selected teams participated in the 2007 tournament.

The Fresno State Bulldogs beat the Georgia Bulldogs in the best-of-three championship series to win the NCAA Men's Division I Baseball Championship. Fresno State became the lowest seeded team (4th in the Regionals) to win the National Championship in NCAA history, and the fifth consecutive baseball team to win the title that was not one of the eight national seeds. They were considered a "Cinderella" team throughout the tournament. This was only the third national championship of any kind in school history, following the 1968 NCAA Men's Tennis Tournament and the 1998 NCAA Division I Softball National Champions.

Fresno State sophomore third baseman Tommy Mendonca won the Most Outstanding Player Award. Tommy hit four home runs and had 11 RBIs and also made a number of spectacular plays in the field.

The first day of the 2008 CWS was moved to Saturday (June 14) from the traditional Friday. Also, if all games were needed in the first double-elimination round, it would take eight days to complete rather than seven. The NCAA cited the need to be more flexible in the super-regional round in case of inclement weather. It also allowed for greater potential ticket revenue, in part because the extra "if-necessary" day would now be ticketed separately if both games are played.^[1]

Bids

Automatic bids

Conference champions from 30 Division I conferences earned automatic bids to regionals. The remaining 34 spots were awarded to schools as at-large invitees.

School	Conference	Record (Conf)	Berth	Last NCAA Appearance
Arizona State	Pacific-10	45-11 (16-8)	Won Pac-10	2007 (College World Series)
Bethune-Cookman	MEAC	36-20 (17-1)	Won MEAC tourney	2007 (Tallahassee Regional)
Bucknell	Patriot League	29-22 (10-10)	Won Patriot playoff	2003 (Austin Regional)
Charlotte	Atlantic 10	43-14 (19-8)	Won A-10 tournament	2007 (Columbia, S.C. Regional)
Coastal Carolina	Big South	47-12 (17-3)	Won Big South tourney	2007 (Myrtle Beach Regional)
Columbia	Ivy League	22-28 (15-5)	Won Ivy playoff	1976 (Northeast Regional)
Eastern Illinois	Ohio Valley	27-28 (13-13)	Won OVC tournament	1999 (Waco Regional)
Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	25-32 (15-8)	Won MAC tournament	2003 (Lincoln Regional)
Elon	SoCon	43-16 (19-8)	Won SoCon tourney	2006 (Clemson Regional)
Fresno State	WAC	37-27 (14-10)	Won WAC tourney	2007 (San Diego Regional)
Houston	C-USA	39-22 (19-11)	Won C-USA tourney	2006 (Norman Regional)
UIC	Horizon	34-20 (17-6)	Won Horizon tourney	2007 (Long Beach Regional)
James Madison	Colonial Athletic	38-17 (20-9)	Won CAA tourney	2002 (Columbia Regional)
Lipscomb	A-Sun	32-28 (19-14)	Won A-Sun tourney	First appearance
Long Beach State	Big West	37-19 (16-8)	Won Big West	2007 (Long Beach Reg.)
Louisville	Big East	41-19 (16-11)	Won Big East tourney	2007 (College World Series)
LSU	SEC	43-16 (18-11)	Won SEC Tournament	2005 (Baton Rouge Reg.)
Miami (FL)	ACC	47-8 (23-5)	Won ACC tourney	2007 (Columbia, Mo., Regional)
Michigan	Big Ten	45-12 (26-5)	Won Big Ten tourney	2007 (Corvallis Super Regional)
Mount St. Mary's	NEC	21-32 (13-11)	Won NEC tourney	First appearance
Oral Roberts	Summit	46-12 (24-4)	Won Summit tourney	2007 (Wichita Regional)
Rider	Metro Atlantic	29-25 (13-10)	Won MAAC tourney	1994 (Atlantic I Regional)
Sam Houston State	Southland	37-23 (18-12)	Won Southland tourney	2007 (Oxford Regional)
San Diego	WCC	41-15 (16-5)	Won WCC playoff	2007 (San Diego Regional)
Stony Brook	America East	34-24 (14-10)	Won AmEast tourney	2004 (Kinston Regional)
Texas	Big 12	37-20 (15-12)	Won Big 12 tourney	2007 (Round Rock Regional)
TCU	MWC	43-17 (19-5)	Won MWC tourney	2007 (Houston Regional)
Texas Southern	SWAC	16-32 (7-17)	Won SWAC tourney	2004 (Houston Regional)
Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	33-25 (16-14)	Won SBC tourney	2004 (Oxford Regional)
Wichita State	Missouri Valley	44-15 (19-5)	Won MVC tourney	2007 (Wichita Super Regional)

Bids by conference

Conference	Total	Schools
Southeastern	9	Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Vanderbilt
Atlantic Coast	6	Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami (FL), North Carolina, NC State, Virginia
Big 12	6	Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M
Pacific-10	5	Arizona, Arizona State, California, Stanford, UCLA
Conference USA	5	East Carolina, Houston, Rice, Southern Miss, Tulane
Big West	4	UC Davis, UC Irvine, Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State
Big East	2	Louisville, St. John's
Colonial	2	UNC Wilmington, James Madison
Sun Belt	2	New Orleans, Western Kentucky
WCC	2	Pepperdine, San Diego
Atlantic Sun	1	Lipscomb
Atlantic 10	1	Charlotte
America East	1	Stony Brook
Big South	1	Coastal Carolina
Big Ten	1	Michigan
Horizon	1	UIC
Independent	1	Dallas Baptist
Ivy	1	Columbia
Metro Atlantic	1	Rider
Mid-American	1	Eastern Michigan
Mid-Eastern	1	Bethune-Cookman
Missouri Valley	1	Wichita State
Mountain West	1	TCU
Northeast	1	Mount St. Mary's
Ohio Valley	1	Eastern Illinois
Patriot	1	Bucknell
Southern	1	Elon
Southland	1	Sam Houston State
Southwestern	1	Texas Southern
Summit	1	Oral Roberts
Western Athletic	1	Fresno State

National seeds

Bold indicates CWS participant.

Miami (FL) (47-8)
North Carolina (46-12)
Arizona State (45-11)
Florida State (48-10)
Cal State Fullerton (37-19)
Rice (42-13)
LSU (43-16-1)
Georgia (35-21-1)

Regionals and Super Regionals

Regional schedule

Regional rounds were held Friday, May 30 through Monday, June 2. Each regional followed a similar format, with 2 games played on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and one on Monday if needed.

Day	Game	Teams
Fri. 5/30/08	1	2/3 or 1/4 (host choice)
Fri. 5/30/08	2	2/3 or 1/4 (host choice)
Sat. 5/31/08	3	Loser Games 1 & 2
Sat. 5/31/08	4	Winner Games 1 & 2
Sun. 6/1/08	5	Winner Game 3 vs Loser Game 4
Sun. 6/1/08	6	Winner Games 4 & 5
Mon. 6/2/08	7	if needed, only if winner of game 5 wins game 6

Best-of-three super regionals were held Friday, June 6 through Monday, June 9. Four series were played Friday-Sunday and four series were played Saturday-Monday.

Brackets

Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings.

Coral Gables Super Regional

Hosted by Miami (FL) at Mark Light Field

First Round			Second Round			Regional Finals				Super Regionals

1	Miami (FL)	7

4	Bethune-Cookman	4
			1	Miami (FL)	6

			2	Missouri	5
3	Ole Miss	0

2	Missouri	7
						1	Miami (FL)	11	--
Coral Gables Regional - Mark Light Field
						3	Ole Miss	2	--
4	Bethune-Cookman	1

3	Ole Miss	14
			3	Ole Miss	9

			2	Missouri	6



										1	Miami (FL)	3	14	4

											Arizona	6¹¹	10	2
1	Arizona	13

4	Eastern Michigan	7
			1	Arizona	4

			2	Michigan	3
3	Kentucky	5

2	Michigan	7
						1	Arizona	5	—
Ann Arbor Regional - Ray Fisher Stadium
						3	Kentucky	3	—
4	Eastern Michigan	2

3	Kentucky	3
			3	Kentucky	12

			2	Michigan	6

Athens Super Regional

Hosted by Georgia at Foley Field

First Round			Second Round			Regional Finals				Super Regionals

1	NC State	6

4	James Madison	2
			1	NC State	5

			2	South Carolina	4
3	Charlotte	8

2	South Carolina	15
						1	NC State	2	—
Raleigh Regional - Doak Field
						2	South Carolina	1	—
4	James Madison	13

3	Charlotte	12
			4	James Madison	5

			2	South Carolina	7



											NC State	4	10	8

										8	Georgia	11	6	17
1	Georgia	7

4	Lipscomb	10
			4	Lipscomb	3

			2	Georgia Tech	6
3	Louisville	5

2	Georgia Tech	8
						2	Georgia Tech	0	6
Athens Regional - Foley Field
						1	Georgia	8	18
1	Georgia	9

3	Louisville	8
			1	Georgia	14

			4	Lipscomb	3

Fullerton Super Regional

Hosted by Cal State Fullerton at Goodwin Field

First Round			Second Round			Regional Finals				Super Regionals

1	Cal State Fullerton	11

4	Rider	0
			1	Cal State Fullerton	4

			2	UCLA	11
3	Virginia	2

2	UCLA	3
						2	UCLA	8	4
Fullerton Regional - Goodwin Field
						1	Cal State Fullerton	11	5
4	Rider	2

3	Virginia	8
			3	Virginia	1

			1	Cal State Fullerton	4



										5	Cal State Fullerton	3	5	—

											Stanford	4	8	—
1	Stanford	2

4	UC Davis	4
			4	UC Davis	4

			2	Pepperdine	7
3	Arkansas	3

2	Pepperdine	4
						2	Pepperdine	1	7
Palo Alto Regional - Sunken Diamond
						1	Stanford	13	9
1	Stanford	5

3	Arkansas	1
			1	Stanford	8

			4	UC Davis	4

Tallahassee Super Regional

Hosted by Florida State at Dick Howser Stadium

First Round			Second Round			Regional Finals				Super Regionals

1	Oklahoma State	5

4	Western Kentucky	3
			1	Oklahoma State	3

			2	Wichita State	5
3	TCU	5

2	Wichita State	8
						2	Wichita State	11¹⁰	—
Stillwater Regional - Allie P. Reynolds Stadium
						1	Oklahoma State	7	—
4	Western Kentucky	5

3	TCU	10
			3	TCU	8

			1	Oklahoma State	9



											Wichita State	10	4	4

										4	Florida State	7	14	11
1	Florida State	0

4	Bucknell	7
			4	Bucknell	1

			3	Tulane	4
3	Tulane	7

2	Florida	4
						3	Tulane	8	7
Tallahassee Regional - Dick Howser Stadium
						1	Florida State	17	16
1	Florida State	17

2	Florida	11
			1	Florida State	24

			4	Bucknell	9

Cary Super Regional

Hosted by North Carolina at USA Baseball National Training Complex

First Round			Second Round			Regional Finals				Super Regionals

1	North Carolina	16

4	Mount St. Mary's	8
			1	North Carolina	5

			2	UNC Wilmington	1
3	Elon	2

2	UNC Wilmington	5
						1	North Carolina	7	—
Cary Regional - USA Baseball National Training Complex
						2	UNC Wilmington	3	—
4	Mount St. Mary's	3

3	Elon	6
			3	Elon	11

			2	UNC Wilmington	15



										2	North Carolina	9	14	—

											Coastal Carolina	4	4	—
1	Coastal Carolina	10

4	Columbia	2
			1	Coastal Carolina	13

			3	Alabama	10
3	Alabama	16

2	East Carolina	3
						1	Coastal Carolina	24	—
Conway Regional - Charles Watson Stadium
						2	East Carolina	11	—
4	Columbia	0

2	East Carolina	9
			2	East Carolina	16

			3	Alabama	1

Baton Rouge Super Regional

Hosted by LSU at Alex Box Stadium

First Round			Second Round			Regional Finals				Super Regionals

1	Nebraska	13

4	Eastern Illinois	10
			1	Nebraska	2

			2	UC Irvine	3
3	Oral Roberts	7

2	UC Irvine	9
						2	UC Irvine	8	—
Lincoln Regional - Hawks Field
						3	Oral Roberts	0	—
4	Eastern Illinois	7

3	Oral Roberts	8¹⁰
			3	Oral Roberts	8

			1	Nebraska	0



											UC Irvine	11	7	7

										7	LSU	5	9	21
1	LSU	12

4	Texas Southern	1
			1	LSU	13

			2	Southern Miss	4
3	New Orleans	6

2	Southern Miss	13
						1	LSU	11	—
Baton Rouge Regional - Alex Box Stadium
						2	Southern Miss	4	—
4	Texas Southern	5

3	New Orleans	18
			3	New Orleans	2

			2	Southern Miss	8

Houston Super Regional

Hosted by Rice at Reckling Park

First Round			Second Round			Regional Finals				Super Regionals

1	Rice	3

4	Sam Houston State	2
			1	Rice	11

			3	St. John's	2
3	St. John's	2

2	Texas	1
						1	Rice	7	—
Houston Regional - Reckling Park
						2	Texas	4	—
4	Sam Houston State	3

2	Texas	13
			2	Texas	4

			3	St. John's	3



										6	Rice	9	6	—

											Texas A&M	7	5	—
1	Texas A&M	15

4	UIC	1
			1	Texas A&M	22

			3	Houston	4
3	Houston	9

2	Dallas Baptist	5
						1	Texas A&M	3	13
College Station Regional - Olsen Field
						3	Houston	4	5
4	UIC	9

2	Dallas Baptist	5
			4	UIC	11

			3	Houston	14¹¹

Tempe Super Regional

Hosted by Arizona State at Packard Stadium

First Round			Second Round			Regional Finals				Super Regionals

1	Long Beach State	3

4	Fresno State	7
			4	Fresno State	6

			2	San Diego	0
3	California	0

2	San Diego	5
						4	Fresno State	1	5
Long Beach Regional - Blair Field
						2	San Diego	15	1
1	Long Beach State	9

3	California	2
			1	Long Beach State	1

			2	San Diego	5



											Fresno State	4	8	12

										3	Arizona State	12	6	9
1	Arizona State	9

4	Stony Brook	7
			1	Arizona State	15

			3	Oklahoma	3
3	Oklahoma	8

2	Vanderbilt	5
						1	Arizona State	12	—
Tempe Regional - Packard Stadium
						3	Oklahoma	0	—
4	Stony Brook	4

2	Vanderbilt	9
			2	Vanderbilt	10

			3	Oklahoma	11

College World Series

Participants

School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	Best CWS Finish	CWS Record Not including this year
Florida State	ACC	54–12 (24–6)	Mike Martin	18 (last: 2000)	2nd (1970, 1986, 1999)	25–36
Fresno State	WAC	42–29 (21–11)	Mike Batesole	3 (last: 1991)	3rd (1959)	4–6
Georgia	SEC	41–23–1 (20–9–1)	David Perno	5 (last: 2006)	1st (1990)	6–9
LSU	SEC	48–17–1 (18–11–1)	Paul Mainieri	13 (last: 2004)	1st (1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000)	29–17
Miami (FL)	ACC	52–9 (23–5)	Jim Morris	22 (last: 2006)	1st (1982, 1985, 1999, 2001)	46–36
North Carolina	ACC	51–12 (22–7)	Mike Fox	6 (last: 2007)	2nd (2006, 2007)	10–13
Rice	C-USA	47–13 (21–3)	Wayne Graham	6 (last: 2008)	1st (2003)	10–11
Stanford	Pac-10	39–22–2 (14–10)	Mark Marquess	15 (last: 2003)	1st (1987, 1988)	38–27

Bracket

First round			Second round			Semifinals				Finals

1	Miami (FL)	4

8	Georgia	7
			8	Georgia	4

				Stanford	3
	Stanford	16

4	Florida State	5
						8	Georgia	10	—

							Stanford	8	—
1	Miami (FL)	7

4	Florida State	5
			1	Miami (FL)	3

				Stanford	8



										8	Georgia	7	10	1

											Fresno State	6	19	6
2	North Carolina	8

7	LSU	4
			2	North Carolina	3

				Fresno State	5
	Fresno State	17

6	Rice	5
							Fresno State	3	6

						2	North Carolina	4	1
7	LSU	6

6	Rice	5
			7	LSU	3

			2	North Carolina	7

Championship series

Monday, June 23

Game 14, 6:00 PM


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Fresno State (3-2), (0-1)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	6	7	0
#8 Georgia (4-0), (1-0)	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	4	x	7	10	1
Starting pitchers: Fresno: Sean Bonesteele (2-2) UGA: Trevor Holder (8-4) WP: Will Harvil (1-1) LP: Brandon Burke (4-5) Sv: Joshua Fields (18) Home runs: Fresno: Steve Detwiler (10; 2 runs, 0 outs, top of 5th), Tommy Mendonca (18; Solo, 2 out, top of 8th), Jordan Ribera (5; Solo, 0 out, top of 3rd) UGA: Gordon Beckham (27; 2 runs, 0 out, bottom 8th)

Tuesday, June 24

Game 15, 6:35 PM


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#8 Georgia (4-1), (1-1)	3	1	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	10	15	0
Fresno State (4-2), (1-1)	0	0	6	5	4	0	3	1	x	19	19	3
Starting pitchers: UGA: Nick Montgomery (4-2) Fresno: Justin Miller (6-4) WP: Holden Sprague (6-2) LP: Stephen Dodson (5-5) Sv: Jake Hower (1) Home runs: UGA: None Fresno: Tommy Mendonca (19; 3 runs, 2 out, bottom 3rd), Steve Susdorf (13; 2 runs, 1 out, bottom 5th)

Wednesday, June 25

Game 16, 6:00 PM


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Fresno State (5-2), (2-1)	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	6	8	4
#8 Georgia (4-2), (1-2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	2
Starting pitchers: Fresno: Justin Wilson (8-5) UGA: Nathan Moreau (4-3) WP: Justin Wilson (9-5) LP: Nathan Moreau (4-4) Home runs: Fresno: Steve Detwiler (11; 2 runs, 1 out, top 2nd), Steve Detwiler (12; 3 runs, 2 out, top 6th) UGA: Gordon Beckham (28; Solo, 0 out, bottom 8th)

All Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.

Position	Player	School
Pitcher	Alex White	North Carolina
Pitcher	Justin Wilson	Fresno State
Catcher	Jason Castro	Stanford
First Base	Dustin Ackley	North Carolina
Second Base	Erik Wetzel	Fresno State
Third Base	Tommy Mendonca	Fresno State
Shortstop	Gordon Beckham	Georgia
Outfield	Tim Fedroff	North Carolina
	Steve Susdorf	Fresno State
	Steve Detwiler	Fresno State
Designated Hitter	Ryan Peisel	Georgia

Record by conference

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	RF	SR	WS	NS	CS	NC
WAC	1	10–4	.714	1	1	1	1	1	1
SEC	9	24–21	.533	5	2	2	1	1	–
ACC	6	27–15	.643	5	4	3	1	–	–
Pac-10	5	18–11	.621	4	3	1	1	–	–
Conference USA	5	14–10	.583	5	1	1	–	–	–
Big West	4	10–9	.526	2	2	–	–	–	–
Big 12	6	11–13	.458	4	1	–	–	–	–
MVC	1	4–2	.667	1	1	–	–	–	–
Big South	1	3–2	.600	1	1	–	–	–	–
WCC	2	5–4	.556	2	–	–	–	–	–
Colonial	2	3–4	.429	1	–	–	–	–	–
Big East	2	1–4	.200	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sun Belt	2	1–4	.200	–	–	–	–	–	–
Other	18	8–36	.182	1	–	–	–	–	–

The columns RF, SR, WS, NS, CS, and NC respectively stand for the Regional Finals, Super Regionals, College World Series Teams, National Semifinals, Championship Series, and National Champion.

Tournament notes

Oregon State was not invited to the NCAA tournament, marking the first time since 1991 that the defending champion did not return to the following year's tourney (Georgia).
Clemson was not invited to the NCAA tournament, breaking a streak of consecutive appearances for the Tigers that dated back to the 1987 season.
Dallas Baptist made its first appearance. DBU was the first independent institution to qualify for the Division I tourney (other than Miami (Fla.), which kept an independent schedule during its years in the Big East) since Cal State Northridge did so in 1992.
Michigan was the only non-#1-seed selected to host a regional, forcing #1 seed Arizona to play an away regional, as the NCAA organizing committee said it was trying to maintain geographical balance with the host sites.^[2]

Round 1

Four No. 1 seeded regional host schools, out of 16 total, lost first-round games to No. 4 seeds:
- Georgia 7, Lipscomb 10
- Stanford 2, UC Davis 4
- Florida St. 0, Bucknell 7
- Long Beach St. 3, Fresno State 7
Five No. 3 seeds upset No. 2 seeds in the opening round.

Round 2

Fresno State was the only #4 seed to register wins in the first two rounds of the tournament.
Tulane was the only #3 seed to register wins in the first two rounds of the tournament.
9 of the 16 #1 seeds registered wins in the first two rounds of the tournament.

Super Regionals

Six of the eight national seeds advanced to the College World Series. Only #3 seed Arizona State and #5 seed Cal State Fullerton were unable to make it past Super Regionals.
Fresno State became the first team in the history of the NCAA Tournament to make it to the College World Series as a #4 regional seed.

CWS records tied or broken

Most runs scored in an inning: 11 (tied)(Stanford, 9th inning, Game 1 against Florida State)
Most runners left on base in a nine-inning game: 17 (tied) (Florida State, Game 5 against Miami)
Most doubles hit by a player: 3 (tied) by Rich Poythress Georgia against Stanford, Game 11.
Most losses by a team who won the College World Series: 31 (Fresno State)
Lowest seed to win the College World Series: #4 regional seed, #89 RPI (Fresno State)

Television/radio/online coverage

Regionals

During the regionals, ESPNU showed games from Coral Gables (Karl Ravech and Barry Larkin) and Fullerton (Kyle Peterson), with Mike Gleason and Will Kimmey in the Charlotte ESPNU studios.
CBS College Sports Network was not originally scheduled to show any games, as in years past. However, it aired Nebraska's Friday and Saturday games through a simulcast with Nebraska Educational Telecommunications.
The Baton Rouge regional was shown regionally on Cox Sports Television, the Athens regional on Comcast Sports Southeast/Charter Sports Southeast, and the final two days of the Tallahassee regional aired on Sun Sports.

Super Regionals

All super-regional games were shown on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU on television and ESPN360 through online streaming video. Announcers included Karl Ravech, Pam Ward, Dave Ryan, Brian Jordan, Robin Ventura, and Kyle Peterson.

Mike Gleason and Will Kimmey made up the studio team (in Bristol, Connecticut) for both regional and super-regional rounds.

College World Series

All College World Series games were shown on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, or ESPN Classic on television and ESPN360 through online streaming video.
Westwood One broadcast all CWS championship series games on radio. Participating institutions were allowed local broadcast rights in the earlier rounds, and games were also available on XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio.

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The 2004 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was held from June 4 through June 27, 2004. Sixty-four NCAA Division I college baseball teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament, to play in the NCAA Tournament. The tournament culminates with 8 teams in the College World Series at historic Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.

The 2003 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was held May 30 through June 23, 2003. Sixty-four NCAA Division I college baseball teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament, to play in the NCAA Tournament. The tournament culminated with 8 teams in the College World Series at historic Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.

The Fresno State Bulldogs baseball team represents Fresno State in NCAA Division I college baseball. Along with most other Fresno State athletic teams, the baseball team participates in the Mountain West Conference. The Bulldogs play their home games on campus at Pete Beiden Field, and they are currently coached by Mike Batesole.

The Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team represents California State University, Fullerton in NCAA Division I college baseball.

The 2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was held from May 29 through June 24, 2009 and is part of the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 286 teams on May 25, 2009. Thirty teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conference, and 34 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.

The 2010 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament began on Friday, June 4, 2010 as part of the 2010 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 team double elimination tournament concluded with the 2010 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. This was the final year at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, the host venue since 1950.

The 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament began on Friday, June 3, 2011 as part of the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 team double elimination tournament concluded with the 2011 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska on June 29, 2011.

The 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament began on Friday, June 1, 2012 as part of the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 team double elimination tournament concluded with the 2012 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, starting on June 15 and ending on June 25.

The 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament began on Friday, May 31, 2013 as part of the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 team double elimination tournament concluded with the 2013 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, which began on June 15 and ended with the final round on June 25. The UCLA Bruins swept the Mississippi State Bulldogs in a best-of-three series to win the NCAA National Championship, the university's first in baseball and the 109th national title in all sports.

The 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament began on Friday, May 30, 2014 as part of the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 team double elimination tournament concluded with the 2014 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, which started on June 14, 2014, and ended on June 25, 2014 with the Vanderbilt Commodores upsetting the 3rd seed Virginia Cavaliers 3–2 in the decisive Game 3.

The 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament began on Friday, May 29, 2015, as part of the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64-team double-elimination tournament concluded with the 2015 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, which began on June 13 and ended on June 24 with the Virginia Cavaliers upsetting the defending champion Vanderbilt Commodores 4–2 in the decisive Game 3 and thereby avenging their CWS Finals loss to Vanderbilt the previous year.

The 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament began on Friday, June 3, 2016, as part of the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64-team, double-elimination tournament concluded with the 2016 College World Series (CWS) in Omaha, Nebraska, starting on June 18, 2016, and ending on June 30, 2016. The 64 participating NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of 298 eligible teams. Thirty-one teams were awarded an automatic bid, as champions of their conferences; the remaining 33 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.

The 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament began on Friday, June 1, 2018 as part of the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64-team, double-elimination tournament concluded with the 2018 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, starting on June 16 and ended on June 28. The Oregon State Beavers defeated the Arkansas Razorbacks in the best-of-three final series to win the championship.

The 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was a tournament of 64-teams to determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I national champion for the 2019 season. The 73rd annual edition of the tournament began on May 31, 2019 and concluded with the 2019 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska which started on June 15 and ended on June 26.

The 2021 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was the 74th edition of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. The 64-team tournament began on Friday, June 4, 2021, as part of the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season and concluded with the 2021 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, which started on June 19 and ended on June 30. Mississippi State defeated Vanderbilt in the best-of-three final series to win their first national championship in program history.

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2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

Contents

Bids

Automatic bids

Bids by conference

National seeds

Regionals and Super Regionals

Regional schedule

Brackets

Coral Gables Super Regional

Athens Super Regional

Fullerton Super Regional

Tallahassee Super Regional

Cary Super Regional

Baton Rouge Super Regional

Houston Super Regional

Tempe Super Regional

College World Series

Participants

Bracket

Championship series

Monday, June 23

Game 14, 6:00 PM

Tuesday, June 24

Game 15, 6:35 PM

Wednesday, June 25

Game 16, 6:00 PM

All Tournament Team

Record by conference

Tournament notes

Round 1

Round 2

Super Regionals

CWS records tied or broken

Television/radio/online coverage

Regionals

Super Regionals

College World Series

Related Research Articles

References

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