2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

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]

2017 NCAA Division I
baseball tournament
Season2017
Teams64
Finals site
ChampionsFlorida Gators (1st title)
Runner-upLSU Tigers (16th CWS Appearance)
Winning coachKevin O'Sullivan (1st title)
MOPAlex Faedo (Florida)
TelevisionESPN Networks

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

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Automatic bids

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SchoolConferenceRecord (Conf)BerthLast NCAA Appearance
UMBCAmerica East23–23 (11–9)Tournament2001 (Wilson Regional)
HoustonAmerican40–19 (15–9)Tournament2015 (Houston Regional)
Florida StateACC39–20 (14–14)Tournament2016 (Tallahassee Regional)
Florida Gulf CoastAtlantic Sun42–18 (13–8)TournamentFirst Appearance
DavidsonAtlantic 1032–24 (13–11)TournamentFirst Appearance
Oklahoma StateBig 1230–25 (8–14)Tournament2016 (Clemson Regional)
XavierBig East32–25 (10–6)Tournament2016 (Nashville Regional)
RadfordBig South27–30 (11–13)Tournament2015 (Nashville Regional)
IowaBig Ten38–20 (15–9)Tournament2015 (Springfield Regional)
Long Beach StateBig West37–17–1 (20–4)Regular season2016 (Coral Gables Regional)
DelawareColonial34–21 (15–9)Tournament2001 (Columbus Regional)
RiceConference USA31–29 (17–14)Tournament2016 (Baton Rouge Regional)
UICHorizon39–15 (22–8)Tournament2008 (College Station Regional)
YaleIvy League30–16 (16–4)Championship series1993 (Central I Regional)
MaristMetro Atlantic32–21 (16–8)Tournament2009 (Tallahassee Regional)
OhioMid-American31–26 (13–11)Tournament2015 (Champaign Regional)
Bethune–CookmanMid–Eastern33–23 (15–8)Tournament2016 (Gainesville Regional)
Dallas BaptistMissouri Valley40–19 (15–6)Tournament2016 (Lubbock Regional)
San Diego StateMountain West41–19 (20–10)Tournament2015 (Lake Elsinore Regional)
Central ConnecticutNortheast36–20 (21–7)Tournament2010 (Tallahassee Regional)
Tennessee TechOhio Valley40–19 (23–7)Tournament2009 (Clemson Regional)
Oregon StatePac–1249–4 (27–3)Regular season2015 (Dallas Regional)
Holy CrossPatriot23–25 (12–8)Tournament1978 (Northeast Regional)
LSUSoutheastern43–17 (21–9)Tournament2016 (Baton Rouge Regional)
UNC GreensboroSouthern35–22 (14–10)Tournament1997 (South I Regional)
Sam HoustonSouthland40–20 (19–11)Tournament2016 (Lafayette Regional)
Texas SouthernSouthwestern Athletic20–32 (14–10)Tournament2015 (College Station Regional)
Oral RobertsSummit42–14 (25–4)Tournament2016 (Fort Worth Regional)
South AlabamaSun Belt39–19 (22–8)Tournament2016 (Tallahassee Regional)
BYUWest Coast37–19 (20–7)Tournament2002 (Los Angeles Regional)
Sacramento StateWestern Athletic32–27 (12–12)Tournament2014 (San Luis Obispo Regional)

By conference

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ConferenceTotalSchools
SEC8Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
ACC7Clemson, Florida State, Louisville, North Carolina, NC State, Virginia, Wake Forest
Big 127Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech, West Virginia
Big Ten5Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska
Pac-124Arizona, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA
American3Houston, South Florida, UCF
Big East2St. John's, Xavier
Big West2Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State
Conference USA2Rice, Southern Miss
Missouri Valley2Dallas Baptist, Missouri State
Southland2Sam Houston State, Southeastern Louisiana
America East1UMBC
Atlantic 101Davidson
Atlantic Sun1Florida Gulf Coast
Big South1Radford
Colonial1Delaware
Horizon1UIC
Ivy1Yale
MAAC1Marist
Mid-American1Ohio
MEAC1Bethune-Cookman
Mountain West1San Diego State
NEC1Central Connecticut
Ohio Valley1Tennessee Tech
Patriot1Holy Cross
Southern1UNC Greensboro
Summit1Oral Roberts
Sun Belt1South Alabama
SWAC1Texas Southern
West Coast1BYU
WAC1Sacramento State

National seeds

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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

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

Corvallis Super Regional

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RegionalRegionalRegional FinalSuper Regional
               
1Oregon State8
4Holy Cross2
1Oregon State11
3Yale0
3Yale5
2Nebraska1
1Oregon State8
Corvallis Regional – Goss Stadium at Coleman Field
3Yale1
4Holy Cross7
2Nebraska4
4Holy Cross5
3Yale9
1Oregon State89
Vanderbilt42
1Clemson5
4UNC Greensboro4
1Clemson4
2Vanderbilt9
3St. John's4
2Vanderbilt13
2Vanderbilt08
Clemson Regional – Doug Kingsmore Stadium
1Clemson60
4UNC Greensboro3
3St. John's1
4UNC Greensboro3
1Clemson6

Long Beach Super Regional

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RegionalRegionalRegional FinalSuper Regional
               
1Stanford10
4Sacramento State0
1Stanford1
2Cal State Fullerton4
3BYU2
2Cal State Fullerton13
2Cal State Fullerton4
Stanford Regional – Klein Field at Sunken Diamond
1Stanford2
4Sacramento State1
3BYU6
3BYU1
1Stanford9
Cal State Fullerton0122
Long Beach State301
1Long Beach State6
4San Diego State0
1Long Beach State3
2Texas512
3UCLA2
2Texas3
2Texas31
Long Beach Regional – Blair Field
1Long Beach State42
4San Diego State3
3UCLA213
4San Diego State4
1Long Beach State7

Tallahassee Super Regional

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RegionalRegionalRegional FinalSuper Regional
               
1Texas Tech5
4Delaware2
1Texas Tech6
3Sam Houston State0
3Sam Houston State5
2Arizona4
1Texas Tech83
Lubbock Regional – Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park
3Sam Houston State94
4Delaware5
2Arizona612
2Arizona3
3Sam Houston State9
Sam Houston State60
Florida State719
1Florida State1
4Tennessee Tech3
4Tennessee Tech3
3Auburn5
3Auburn7
2UCF4
3Auburn70
Tallahassee Regional – Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium
1Florida State8106
1Florida State6
2UCF1
1Florida State5
4Tennessee Tech3

Baton Rouge Super Regional

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RegionalRegionalRegional FinalSuper Regional
               
1LSU15
4Texas Southern7
1LSU11
2Southeastern Louisiana6
3Rice6
2Southeastern Louisiana12
1LSU5
Baton Rouge Regional – Alex Box Stadium
3Rice0
4Texas Southern6
3Rice13
3Rice9
2Southeastern Louisiana5
4LSU414
Mississippi State34
1Southern Miss8
4UIC7
1Southern Miss8
3South Alabama3
3South Alabama6
2Mississippi State3
1Southern Miss16
Hattiesburg Regional – Pete Taylor Park
2Mississippi State88
4UIC4
2Mississippi State5
2Mississippi State7
3South Alabama3

Gainesville Super Regional

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RegionalRegionalRegional FinalSuper Regional
               
1Florida10
4Marist6
1Florida5
2South Florida112
3Bethune-Cookman1
2South Florida9
1Florida26
Gainesville Regional – Alfred A. McKethan Stadium
3Bethune-Cookman61
4Marist2
3Bethune-Cookman4
3Bethune-Cookman6
2South Florida4
3Florida263
Wake Forest1118110
1Wake Forest11
4UMBC3
1Wake Forest4
2West Virginia3
3Maryland1
2West Virginia9
1Wake Forest12
Winston-Salem Regional – Gene Hooks Field at Wake Forest Baseball Park
2West Virginia8
4UMBC2
3Maryland16
3Maryland5
2West Virginia8

Fort Worth Super Regional

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RegionalRegionalRegional FinalSuper Regional
               
1TCU9
4Central Connecticut State6
1TCU5
2Virginia1
3Dallas Baptist3
2Virginia6
1TCU15
Fort Worth Regional – Lupton Stadium
3Dallas Baptist3
4Central Connecticut State5
3Dallas Baptist6
3Dallas Baptist11
2Virginia8
6TCU38
Missouri State21
1Arkansas3
4Oral Roberts0
1Arkansas4
2Missouri State5
3Oklahoma State5
2Missouri State6
2Missouri State103
Fayetteville Regional – Baum Stadium
1Arkansas112
4Oral Roberts14
3Oklahoma State6
4Oral Roberts3
1Arkansas4

Louisville Super Regional

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RegionalRegionalRegional FinalSuper Regional
               
1Louisville11
4Radford6
1Louisville11
2Oklahoma1
3Xavier2
2Oklahoma7
1Louisville8
Louisville Regional – Jim Patterson Stadium
3Xavier7
4Radford1
3Xavier3
3Xavier11
2Oklahoma0
7Louisville56
Kentucky22
1Kentucky6
4Ohio4
1Kentucky4
3NC State5
3NC State7
2Indiana612
3NC State65
Lexington Regional – Cliff Hagan Stadium
1Kentucky810
4Ohio2
2Indiana11
2Indiana9
1Kentucky14

College Station Super Regional

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

RegionalRegionalRegional FinalSuper Regional
               
1North Carolina4
4Davidson8
4Davidson2
2Florida Gulf Coast1
3Michigan6
2Florida Gulf Coast10
4Davidson2
Chapel Hill Regional – Boshamer Stadium
1North Carolina1
1North Carolina8
3Michigan1
1North Carolina10
2Florida Gulf Coast1
Davidson66
Texas A&M71512
1Houston3
4Iowa6
4Iowa2
3Texas A&M3
3Texas A&M8
2Baylor5
3Texas A&M4
Houston Regional – Schroeder Park
1Houston3
1Houston17
2Baylor3
1Houston7
4Iowa5

College World Series

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

Participants

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SchoolConferenceRecord (conference)Head CoachPrevious CWS AppearancesBest CWS FinishCWS Record
Not including this year
Cal State FullertonBig West39–22 (15–9)Rick Vanderhook17
(last: 2015)
1st
(1979, 1984, 1995, 2004)
34–29
FloridaSEC47–18 (21–9)Kevin O'Sullivan10
(last: 2016)
2nd
(2005, 2011)
14–21
Florida StateACC45–21 (14–14)Mike Martin21
(last: 2012)
2nd
(1970, 1986, 1999)
28–42
LouisvilleACC52–10 (23–6)Dan McDonnell3
(last: 2014)
5th
(2007)
1–6
LSUSEC48–17 (21–9)Paul Mainieri17
(last: 2015)
1st
(1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009)
36–24
Oregon StatePac-1254–4 (27–3)Pat Casey5
(last: 2013)
1st
(2006, 2007)
13–8
TCUBig 1247–16 (16–8)Jim Schlossnagle4
(last: 2016)
3rd
(2010, 2015, 2016)
8–8
Texas A&MSEC41–21 (16–14)Rob Childress5
(last: 2011)
5th
(1951, 1993)
2–10

Bracket

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

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsChampionship series
               
1Oregon State6
Cal State Fullerton5
1Oregon State13
4LSU1
Florida State4
4LSU5
1Oregon State11
4LSU36
Cal State Fullerton4
Florida State6
Florida State4
4LSU7
4LSU31
3Florida46
3Florida3
6TCU0
3Florida5
7Louisville1
7Louisville8
Texas A&M4
3Florida23
6TCU90
6TCU4
Texas A&M1
6TCU4
7Louisville3

Game results

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DateGameWinning teamScoreLosing teamWinning pitcherLosing pitcherSaveNotes
June 17Game 1Oregon State6–5Cal State FullertonJake Mulholland (7–1)Blake Workman (6–3)Drew Rasmussen (2)
Game 2LSU5–4Florida StateJared Poché (11–3)Tyler Holton (10–3)Zack Hess (2)
June 18Game 3Louisville8–4Texas A&MBrendan McKay (11–3)Corbin Martin (7–4)
Game 4Florida3–0TCUAlex Faedo (8–2)Jared Janczak (9–1)Michael Byrne (17)
June 19Game 5Florida State6–4Cal State FullertonChase Haney (3–2)Jack Pabich (1–3)Drew Carlton (7)Cal State Fullerton eliminated
Game 6Oregon State13–1LSUBryce Fehmel (6–2)Eric Walker (8–2)
June 20Game 7TCU4–1Texas A&MBrian Howard (12–3)Stephen Kolek (4–5)Sean Wymer (2)Texas A&M eliminated
Game 8Florida5–1LouisvilleBrady Singer (8–5)Kade McClure (8–4)
June 21Game 9LSU7–4Florida StateJared Poché (12–3)Cole Sands (6–4)Zack Hess (3)Florida State eliminated
June 22Game 10TCU4–3LouisvilleSean Wymer (6–4)Nick Bennett (5–1)Louisville eliminated
June 23Game 11LSU3–1Oregon StateAlex Lange (10–5)Jake Thompson (14–1)Zack Hess (4)
Game 12TCU9–2FloridaCharles King (1–3)Jackson Kowar (12–1)
June 24Game 13LSU6–1Oregon StateCaleb Gilbert (7–1)Bryce Fehmel (6–3)Oregon State eliminated
Game 14Florida3–0TCUAlex Faedo (9–2)Jared Janczak (9–2)Michael Byrne (18)TCU eliminated
Finals
June 26Game 1Florida4–3LSUBrady Singer (9–5)Russell Reynolds (1–2)Michael Byrne (19)
June 27Game 2Florida6–1LSUTyler Dyson (4–0)Jared Poché (12–4)Jackson Kowar (1)Florida wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

PositionPlayerSchool
PAlex Faedo (MOP)Florida
Brady SingerFlorida
CMichael PapierskiLSU
1BDrew MendozaFlorida State
2BNick MadrigalOregon State
3BDylan BusbyFlorida State
SSTimmy RichardsCal State Fullerton
OFAntoine DuplantisLSU
Austin LangworthyFlorida
Zach WatsonLSU
DHBrendan McKayLouisville

Final standings

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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

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Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Nc RecordNc Win %RFSRWSNSCSNC
SEC840–21.65636–17.679863221
Big 12715–14.51715–14.5174111
Pac-12410–8.55610–8.5562111
ACC725–15.62525–15.625632
Big West210–6.6257–3.700221
Missouri Valley25–5.5005–5.50021
Southland25–5.5005–5.50011
Atlantic 1013–2.6003–2.60011
Conference USA24–4.5004–4.5002
American33–6.3333–6.3331
Big East22–4.3332–4.3331
Big Ten53–10.2313–10.231
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

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Radio

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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

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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.

Broadcast assignments

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Baseball Division I Championship". NCAA. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  2. ^ "Team Directory". Archived from the original on December 30, 2010. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
  3. ^ Nyatawa, Jon (June 27, 2017). "Florida's Alex Faedo named CWS most outstanding player; all-tournament team released". Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Batter Up: ESPN's Coverage of NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Begins Thursday with Regionals". ESPN Media Zone. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  5. ^ a b "NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Coverage Continues on ESPN This Weekend with Super Regionals". ESPN Media Zone. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Men's College World Series Begins Saturday, June 17 on ESPN". ESPN Media Zone. Retrieved June 15, 2017.