2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

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The 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament began on June 1, 2017 as part of the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64-team, double-elimination tournament concluded with the 2017 College World Series (CWS) in Omaha, Nebraska. The CWS started on June 17 and ended on June 27. [1]

Contents

The 64 participating NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 299 teams. [2] Thirty-one teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conferences, and 33 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.

Teams were divided into sixteen regionals of four teams, which conducted a double-elimination tournament. Regional champions then faced each other in Super Regionals, a best-of-three-game series, to determine the eight participants in the College World Series. [1]

Bids

Automatic bids

SchoolConferenceRecord (Conf)BerthLast NCAA Appearance
UMBC America East 23–23 (11–9) Tournament 2001 (Wilson Regional)
Houston American 40–19 (15–9) Tournament 2015 (Houston Regional)
Florida State ACC 39–20 (14–14) Tournament 2016 (Tallahassee Regional)
Florida Gulf Coast Atlantic Sun 42–18 (13–8) Tournament First Appearance
Davidson Atlantic 10 32–24 (13–11) Tournament First Appearance
Oklahoma State Big 12 30–25 (8–14) Tournament 2016 (Clemson Regional)
Xavier Big East 32–25 (10–6) Tournament 2016 (Nashville Regional)
Radford Big South 27–30 (11–13) Tournament 2015 (Nashville Regional)
Iowa Big Ten 38–20 (15–9) Tournament 2015 (Springfield Regional)
Long Beach State Big West 37–17–1 (20–4)Regular Season 2016 (Coral Gables Regional)
Delaware Colonial 34–21 (15–9) Tournament 2001 (Columbus Regional)
Rice Conference USA 31–29 (17–14) Tournament 2016 (Baton Rouge Regional)
UIC Horizon 39–15 (22–8) Tournament 2008 (College Station Regional)
Yale Ivy League 30–16 (16–4) Championship Series 1993 (Central I Regional)
Marist Metro Atlantic 32–21 (16–8) Tournament 2009 (Tallahassee Regional)
Ohio Mid-American 31–26 (13–11) Tournament 2015 (Champaign Regional)
Bethune–Cookman Mid–Eastern 33–23 (15–8) Tournament 2016 (Gainesville Regional)
Dallas Baptist Missouri Valley 40–19 (15–6) Tournament 2016 (Lubbock Regional)
San Diego State Mountain West 41–19 (20–10) Tournament 2015 (Lake Elsinore Regional)
Central Connecticut Northeast 36–20 (21–7) Tournament 2010 (Tallahassee Regional)
Tennessee Tech Ohio Valley 40–19 (23–7) Tournament 2009 (Clemson Regional)
Oregon State Pac–12 49–4 (27–3)Regular Season 2015 (Dallas Regional)
Holy Cross Patriot 23–25 (12–8) Tournament 1978 (Northeast Regional)
LSU Southeastern 43–17 (21–9) Tournament 2016 (Baton Rouge Regional)
UNC Greensboro Southern 35–22 (14–10) Tournament 1997 (South I Regional)
Sam Houston Southland 40–20 (19–11) Tournament 2016 (Lafayette Regional)
Texas Southern Southwestern Athletic 20–32 (14–10) Tournament 2015 (College Station Regional)
Oral Roberts Summit 42–14 (25–4) Tournament 2016 (Fort Worth Regional)
South Alabama Sun Belt 39–19 (22–8) Tournament 2016 (Tallahassee Regional)
BYU West Coast 37–19 (20–7) Tournament 2002 (Los Angeles Regional)
Sacramento State Western Athletic 32–27 (12–12) Tournament 2014 (San Luis Obispo Regional)

By conference

ConferenceTotalSchools
SEC 8 Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
ACC 7 Clemson, Florida State, Louisville, North Carolina, NC State, Virginia, Wake Forest
Big 12 7 Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech, West Virginia
Big Ten 5 Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska
Pac-12 4 Arizona, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA
American 3 Houston, South Florida, UCF
Big East 2 St. John's, Xavier
Big West 2 Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State
Conference USA 2 Rice, Southern Miss
Missouri Valley 2 Dallas Baptist, Missouri State
Southland 2 Sam Houston State, Southeastern Louisiana
America East 1 UMBC
Atlantic 10 1 Davidson
Atlantic Sun 1 Florida Gulf Coast
Big South 1 Radford
Colonial 1 Delaware
Horizon 1 UIC
Ivy 1 Yale
MAAC 1 Marist
Mid-American 1 Ohio
MEAC 1 Bethune-Cookman
Mountain West 1 San Diego State
NEC 1 Central Connecticut
Ohio Valley 1 Tennessee Tech
Patriot 1 Holy Cross
Southern 1 UNC Greensboro
Summit 1 Oral Roberts
Sun Belt 1 South Alabama
SWAC 1 Texas Southern
West Coast 1 BYU
WAC 1 Sacramento State

National seeds

The following eight teams automatically host a Super Regional if they advance to that round:

  1. Oregon State
  2. North Carolina
  3. Florida
  4. LSU
  5. Texas Tech
  6. TCU
  7. Louisville
  8. Stanford

Bold indicates College World Series participant
† indicates teams that were eliminated in the Regional Tournament
‡ indicates teams that were eliminated in the Super Regional Tournament

Regionals and Super Regionals

Bold indicates winner. Seeds for regional tournaments indicate seeds within regional. Seeds for super regional tournaments indicate national seeds only.

Corvallis Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 Oregon State 8
4 Holy Cross 2
1 Oregon State11
3 Yale 0
3 Yale 5
2 Nebraska 1
1 Oregon State8
Corvallis Regional – Goss Stadium at Coleman Field
3 Yale 1
4 Holy Cross7
2 Nebraska 4
4 Holy Cross 5
3 Yale9
1 Oregon State89
Vanderbilt 4 2
1 Clemson 5
4 UNC Greensboro 4
1 Clemson 4
2 Vanderbilt9
3 St. John's 4
2 Vanderbilt 13
2 Vanderbilt0 8
Clemson Regional – Doug Kingsmore Stadium
1 Clemson 60
4 UNC Greensboro3
3 St. John's 1
4 UNC Greensboro 3
1 Clemson6

Long Beach Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 Stanford 10
4 Sacramento State 0
1 Stanford 1
2 Cal State Fullerton4
3 BYU 2
2 Cal State Fullerton 13
2 Cal State Fullerton4
Stanford Regional – Klein Field at Sunken Diamond
1 Stanford 2
4 Sacramento State 1
3 BYU6
3 BYU 1
1 Stanford9
Cal State Fullerton0 122
Long Beach State 30 1
1 Long Beach State 6
4 San Diego State 0
1 Long Beach State 3
2 Texas512
3 UCLA 2
2 Texas 3
2 Texas 3 1
Long Beach Regional – Blair Field
1 Long Beach State42
4 San Diego State3
3 UCLA 213
4 San Diego State 4
1 Long Beach State7

Tallahassee Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 Texas Tech 5
4 Delaware 2
1 Texas Tech6
3 Sam Houston State 0
3 Sam Houston State 5
2 Arizona 4
1 Texas Tech 8 3
Lubbock Regional – Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park
3 Sam Houston State94
4 Delaware 5
2 Arizona612
2 Arizona 3
3 Sam Houston State9
Sam Houston State6 0
Florida State719
1 Florida State 1
4 Tennessee Tech 3
4 Tennessee Tech 3
3 Auburn5
3 Auburn 7
2 UCF 4
3 Auburn 7 0
Tallahassee Regional – Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium
1 Florida State8106
1 Florida State6
2 UCF 1
1 Florida State5
4 Tennessee Tech 3

Baton Rouge Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 LSU 15
4 Texas Southern 7
1 LSU11
2 Southeastern Louisiana6
3 Rice 6
2 Southeastern Louisiana 12
1 LSU5
Baton Rouge Regional – Alex Box Stadium
3 Rice 0
4 Texas Southern 6
3 Rice13
3 Rice9
2 Southeastern Louisiana5
4 LSU414
Mississippi State 3 4
1 Southern Miss 8
4 UIC 7
1 Southern Miss8
3 South Alabama 3
3 South Alabama 6
2 Mississippi State 3
1 Southern Miss 1 6
Hattiesburg Regional – Pete Taylor Park
2 Mississippi State88
4 UIC 4
2 Mississippi State5
2 Mississippi State7
3 South Alabama 3

Gainesville Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 Florida 10
4 Marist 6
1 Florida5
2 South Florida 112
3 Bethune-Cookman 1
2 South Florida 9
1 Florida2 6
Gainesville Regional – Alfred A. McKethan Stadium
3 Bethune-Cookman 61
4 Marist 2
3 Bethune-Cookman4
3 Bethune-Cookman6
2 South Florida 4
3 Florida26 3
Wake Forest 1118110
1 Wake Forest 11
4 UMBC 3
1 Wake Forest4
2 West Virginia 3
3 Maryland 1
2 West Virginia 9
1 Wake Forest12
Winston-Salem Regional – Gene Hooks Field at Wake Forest Baseball Park
2 West Virginia 8
4 UMBC 2
3 Maryland16
3 Maryland 5
2 West Virginia8

Fort Worth Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 TCU 9
4 Central Connecticut State 6
1 TCU5
2 Virginia 1
3 Dallas Baptist 3
2 Virginia 6
1 TCU15
Fort Worth Regional – Lupton Stadium
3 Dallas Baptist 3
4 Central Connecticut State 5
3 Dallas Baptist6
3 Dallas Baptist11
2 Virginia 8
6 TCU38
Missouri State 2 1
1 Arkansas 3
4 Oral Roberts 0
1 Arkansas 4
2 Missouri State5
3 Oklahoma State 5
2 Missouri State 6
2 Missouri State10 3
Fayetteville Regional – Baum Stadium
1 Arkansas 112
4 Oral Roberts14
3 Oklahoma State 6
4 Oral Roberts 3
1 Arkansas4

Louisville Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 Louisville 11
4 Radford 6
1 Louisville11
2 Oklahoma 1
3 Xavier 2
2 Oklahoma 7
1 Louisville8
Louisville Regional – Jim Patterson Stadium
3 Xavier 7
4 Radford 1
3 Xavier3
3 Xavier11
2 Oklahoma 0
7 Louisville56
Kentucky 2 2
1 Kentucky 6
4 Ohio 4
1 Kentucky 4
3 NC State5
3 NC State 7
2 Indiana 612
3 NC State 6 5
Lexington Regional – Cliff Hagan Stadium
1 Kentucky810
4 Ohio 2
2 Indiana11
2 Indiana 9
1 Kentucky14

College Station Super Regional

Hosted by Texas A&M at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 North Carolina 4
4 Davidson 8
4 Davidson2
2 Florida Gulf Coast1
3 Michigan 6
2 Florida Gulf Coast 10
4 Davidson2
Chapel Hill Regional – Boshamer Stadium
1 North Carolina 1
1 North Carolina8
3 Michigan 1
1 North Carolina10
2 Florida Gulf Coast 1
Davidson 6 6
Texas A&M71512
1 Houston 3
4 Iowa 6
4 Iowa 2
3 Texas A&M3
3 Texas A&M 8
2 Baylor 5
3 Texas A&M4
Houston Regional – Schroeder Park
1 Houston 3
1 Houston17
2 Baylor 3
1 Houston7
4 Iowa 5

College World Series

The College World Series is held at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska.

Participants

SchoolConferenceRecord (Conference)Head CoachPrevious CWS AppearancesBest CWS FinishCWS Record
Not including this year
Cal State Fullerton Big West 39–22 (15–9) Rick Vanderhook 17
(last: 2015)
1st
(1979, 1984, 1995, 2004)
34–29
Florida SEC 47–18 (21–9) Kevin O'Sullivan 10
(last: 2016)
2nd
(2005, 2011)
14–21
Florida State ACC 45–21 (14–14) Mike Martin 21
(last: 2012)
2nd
(1970, 1986, 1999)
28–42
Louisville ACC 52–10 (23–6) Dan McDonnell 3
(last: 2014)
5th
(2007)
1–6
LSU SEC 48–17 (21–9) Paul Mainieri 17
(last: 2015)
1st
(1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009)
36–24
Oregon State Pac-12 54–4 (27–3) Pat Casey 5
(last: 2013)
1st
(2006, 2007)
13–8
TCU Big 12 47–16 (16–8) Jim Schlossnagle 4
(last: 2016)
3rd
(2010, 2015, 2016)
8–8
Texas A&M SEC 41–21 (16–14) Rob Childress 5
(last: 2011)
5th
(1951, 1993)
2–10

Bracket

Seeds listed below (in the column before each team's name) indicate national seeds only

First round Second round Semifinals Championship series
               
1 Oregon State 6
Cal State Fullerton 5
1 Oregon State13
4 LSU 1
Florida State 4
4 LSU 5
1 Oregon State 1 1
4 LSU36
Cal State Fullerton 4
Florida State6
Florida State 4
4 LSU7
4 LSU 3 1
3 Florida46
3 Florida 3
6 TCU 0
3 Florida5
7 Louisville 1
7 Louisville 8
Texas A&M 4
3 Florida2 3
6 TCU 90
6 TCU4
Texas A&M 1
6 TCU4
7 Louisville 3

Game results

DateGameWinning teamScoreLosing teamWinning pitcherLosing pitcherSaveNotes
June 17Game 1 Oregon State 6–5 Cal State Fullerton Jake Mulholland (7–1)Blake Workman (6–3) Drew Rasmussen (2)
Game 2 LSU 5–4 Florida State Jared Poché (11–3) Tyler Holton (10–3)Zack Hess (2)
June 18Game 3 Louisville 8–4 Texas A&M Brendan McKay (11–3) Corbin Martin (7–4)
Game 4 Florida 3–0 TCU Alex Faedo (8–2)Jared Janczak (9–1) Michael Byrne (17)
June 19Game 5 Florida State 6–4 Cal State Fullerton Chase Haney (3–2)Jack Pabich (1–3)Drew Carlton (7)Cal State Fullerton eliminated
Game 6 Oregon State 13–1 LSU Bryce Fehmel (6–2)Eric Walker (8–2)
June 20Game 7 TCU 4–1 Texas A&M Brian Howard (12–3) Stephen Kolek (4–5)Sean Wymer (2)Texas A&M eliminated
Game 8 Florida 5–1 Louisville Brady Singer (8–5)Kade McClure (8–4)
June 21Game 9 LSU 7–4 Florida State Jared Poché (12–3)Cole Sands (6–4)Zack Hess (3)Florida State eliminated
June 22Game 10 TCU 4–3 Louisville Sean Wymer (6–4)Nick Bennett (5–1)Louisville eliminated
June 23Game 11 LSU 3–1 Oregon State Alex Lange (10–5)Jake Thompson (14–1)Zack Hess (4)
Game 12 TCU 9–2 Florida Charles King (1–3) Jackson Kowar (12–1)
June 24Game 13 LSU 6–1 Oregon State Caleb Gilbert (7–1)Bryce Fehmel (6–3)Oregon State eliminated
Game 14 Florida 3–0 TCU Alex Faedo (9–2)Jared Janczak (9–2) Michael Byrne (18)TCU eliminated
Finals
June 26Game 1 Florida 4–3 LSU Brady Singer (9–5)Russell Reynolds (1–2) Michael Byrne (19)
June 27Game 2 Florida 6–1 LSU Tyler Dyson (4–0) Jared Poché (12–4) Jackson Kowar (1)Florida wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team. [3]

PositionPlayerSchool
P Alex Faedo Florida
P Brady Singer Florida
1B Drew Mendoza Florida State
2B Nick Madrigal Oregon State
3B Dylan Busby Florida State
SS Timmy Richards Cal State Fullerton
C Michael Papierski LSU
OF Antoine Duplantis LSU
Austin Langworthy Florida
Zach Watson LSU
DH Brendan McKay Louisville
MOP Alex Faedo Florida

Final standings

Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only

PlaceSchoolRecord
1stNo. 3 Florida10–3
2ndNo. 4 LSU9–3
3rdNo. 1 Oregon St7–2
No. 6 TCU8–2
5thFlorida State7–3
No. 7 Louisville6–2
7thCal State Fullerton5–3
Texas A&M5–2
9thDavidson3–2
Kentucky4–3
Long Beach St.5–3
Mississippi State4–3
Missouri State3–3
Sam Houston St.4–3
Vanderbilt3–3
Wake Forest4–2
17thArkansas3–2
Auburn2–2
Bethune–Cookman2–2
Clemson3–2
Dallas Baptist2–2
Houston2–2
NC State2–2
No. 2 North Carolina2–2
Rice2–2
Southern Miss2–2
No. 8 Stanford2–2
Texas2–2
No. 5 Texas Tech2–2
West Virginia2–2
Xavier2–2
Yale2–2
33rdArizona1–2
BYU1–2
Florida Gulf Coast1–2
Holy Cross1–2
Indiana1–2
Iowa1–2
Maryland1–2
Oklahoma1–2
Oral Roberts1–2
San Diego State1–2
South Alabama1–2
South Florida1–2
Southeastern Louisiana1–2
Tennessee Tech1–2
UNC Greensboro1–2
Virginia1–2
49thBaylor0–2
Central Connecticut State0–2
Delaware0–2
Marist0–2
Michigan0–2
Nebraska0–2
Ohio0–2
Oklahoma State0–2
Radford0–2
Sacramento State0–2
St. John's0–2
Texas Southern0–2
UCF0–2
UCLA0–2
UIC0–2
UMBC0–2

Record by conference

Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Nc RecordNc Win %RFSRWSNSCSNC
SEC 840–21.65636–17.679863221
Big 12 715–14.51715–14.5174111
Pac-12 410–8.55610–8.5562111
ACC 725–15.62525–15.625632
Big West 210–6.6257–3.700221
Missouri Valley 25–5.5005–5.50021
Southland 25–5.5005–5.50011
Atlantic 10 13–2.6003–2.60011
Conference USA 24–4.5004–4.5002
American 33–6.3333–6.3331
Big East 22–4.3332–4.3331
Big Ten 53–10.2313–10.231
Other1913–38.25513–38.2552

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.

Nc is non–conference records, i.e., with the records of teams within the same conference having played each other removed.

Media coverage

Radio

NRG Media provided nationwide radio coverage of the College World Series through its Omaha station KOZN, in association with Westwood One. It was streamed at westwoodonesports.com, on TuneIn, and on SiriusXM. Kevin Kugler and John Bishop called all games leading up to the Championship Series with Gary Sharp acting as the field reporter. The Championship Series was called by Kugler and Scott Graham with Bishop acting as field reporter.

Television

ESPN carried every game from the Regionals, Super Regionals, and College World Series across its networks. During the Regionals and Super Regionals ESPN offered a dedicated channel, ESPN Bases Loaded (carried in the same channel allotments as its "Goal Line" and "Buzzer Beater" services for football and basketball), which carried live look-ins and analysis across all games in progress.

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