2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

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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 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]

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

School Conference Record (Conf) Berth Last 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

Conference Total Schools
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 State 11
3 Yale 0
3 Yale 5
2 Nebraska 1
1 Oregon State 8
Corvallis Regional – Goss Stadium at Coleman Field
3 Yale 1
4 Holy Cross 7
2 Nebraska 4
4 Holy Cross 5
3 Yale 9
1 Oregon State 8 9
Vanderbilt 4 2
1 Clemson 5
4 UNC Greensboro 4
1 Clemson 4
2 Vanderbilt 9
3 St. John's 4
2 Vanderbilt 13
2 Vanderbilt 0 8
Clemson Regional – Doug Kingsmore Stadium
1 Clemson 6 0
4 UNC Greensboro 3
3 St. John's 1
4 UNC Greensboro 3
1 Clemson 6

Long Beach Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 Stanford 10
4 Sacramento State 0
1 Stanford 1
2 Cal State Fullerton 4
3 BYU 2
2 Cal State Fullerton 13
2 Cal State Fullerton 4
Stanford Regional – Klein Field at Sunken Diamond
1 Stanford 2
4 Sacramento State 1
3 BYU 6
3 BYU 1
1 Stanford 9
Cal State Fullerton 0 12 2
Long Beach State 3 0 1
1 Long Beach State 6
4 San Diego State 0
1 Long Beach State 3
2 Texas 512
3 UCLA 2
2 Texas 3
2 Texas 3 1
Long Beach Regional – Blair Field
1 Long Beach State 4 2
4 San Diego State 3
3 UCLA 213
4 San Diego State 4
1 Long Beach State 7

Tallahassee Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 Texas Tech 5
4 Delaware 2
1 Texas Tech 6
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 State 9 4
4 Delaware 5
2 Arizona 612
2 Arizona 3
3 Sam Houston State 9
Sam Houston State 6 0
Florida State 7 19
1 Florida State 1
4 Tennessee Tech 3
4 Tennessee Tech 3
3 Auburn 5
3 Auburn 7
2 UCF 4
3 Auburn 7 0
Tallahassee Regional – Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium
1 Florida State 810 6
1 Florida State 6
2 UCF 1
1 Florida State 5
4 Tennessee Tech 3

Baton Rouge Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 LSU 15
4 Texas Southern 7
1 LSU 11
2 Southeastern Louisiana 6
3 Rice 6
2 Southeastern Louisiana 12
1 LSU 5
Baton Rouge Regional – Alex Box Stadium
3 Rice 0
4 Texas Southern 6
3 Rice 13
3 Rice 9
2 Southeastern Louisiana 5
4 LSU 4 14
Mississippi State 3 4
1 Southern Miss 8
4 UIC 7
1 Southern Miss 8
3 South Alabama 3
3 South Alabama 6
2 Mississippi State 3
1 Southern Miss 1 6
Hattiesburg Regional – Pete Taylor Park
2 Mississippi State 8 8
4 UIC 4
2 Mississippi State 5
2 Mississippi State 7
3 South Alabama 3

Gainesville Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 Florida 10
4 Marist 6
1 Florida 5
2 South Florida 112
3 Bethune-Cookman 1
2 South Florida 9
1 Florida 2 6
Gainesville Regional – Alfred A. McKethan Stadium
3 Bethune-Cookman 6 1
4 Marist 2
3 Bethune-Cookman 4
3 Bethune-Cookman 6
2 South Florida 4
3 Florida 2 6 3
Wake Forest 111 811 0
1 Wake Forest 11
4 UMBC 3
1 Wake Forest 4
2 West Virginia 3
3 Maryland 1
2 West Virginia 9
1 Wake Forest 12
Winston-Salem Regional – Gene Hooks Field at Wake Forest Baseball Park
2 West Virginia 8
4 UMBC 2
3 Maryland 16
3 Maryland 5
2 West Virginia 8

Fort Worth Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 TCU 9
4 Central Connecticut State 6
1 TCU 5
2 Virginia 1
3 Dallas Baptist 3
2 Virginia 6
1 TCU 15
Fort Worth Regional – Lupton Stadium
3 Dallas Baptist 3
4 Central Connecticut State 5
3 Dallas Baptist 6
3 Dallas Baptist 11
2 Virginia 8
6 TCU 3 8
Missouri State 2 1
1 Arkansas 3
4 Oral Roberts 0
1 Arkansas 4
2 Missouri State 5
3 Oklahoma State 5
2 Missouri State 6
2 Missouri State 10 3
Fayetteville Regional – Baum Stadium
1 Arkansas 11 2
4 Oral Roberts 14
3 Oklahoma State 6
4 Oral Roberts 3
1 Arkansas 4

Louisville Super Regional

Regional Regional Regional Final Super Regional
               
1 Louisville 11
4 Radford 6
1 Louisville 11
2 Oklahoma 1
3 Xavier 2
2 Oklahoma 7
1 Louisville 8
Louisville Regional – Jim Patterson Stadium
3 Xavier 7
4 Radford 1
3 Xavier 3
3 Xavier 11
2 Oklahoma 0
7 Louisville 5 6
Kentucky 2 2
1 Kentucky 6
4 Ohio 4
1 Kentucky 4
3 NC State 5
3 NC State 7
2 Indiana 612
3 NC State 6 5
Lexington Regional – Cliff Hagan Stadium
1 Kentucky 8 10
4 Ohio 2
2 Indiana 11
2 Indiana 9
1 Kentucky 14

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 Davidson 2
2 Florida Gulf Coast 1
3 Michigan 6
2 Florida Gulf Coast 10
4 Davidson 2
Chapel Hill Regional – Boshamer Stadium
1 North Carolina 1
1 North Carolina 8
3 Michigan 1
1 North Carolina 10
2 Florida Gulf Coast 1
Davidson 6 6
Texas A&M 715 12
1 Houston 3
4 Iowa 6
4 Iowa 2
3 Texas A&M 3
3 Texas A&M 8
2 Baylor 5
3 Texas A&M 4
Houston Regional – Schroeder Park
1 Houston 3
1 Houston 17
2 Baylor 3
1 Houston 7
4 Iowa 5

College World Series

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

Participants

School Conference Record (conference) Head Coach Previous CWS Appearances Best CWS Finish CWS 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 State 13
4 LSU 1
Florida State 4
4 LSU 5
1 Oregon State 1 1
4 LSU 3 6
Cal State Fullerton 4
Florida State 6
Florida State 4
4 LSU 7
4 LSU 3 1
3 Florida 4 6
3 Florida 3
6 TCU 0
3 Florida 5
7 Louisville 1
7 Louisville 8
Texas A&M 4
3 Florida 2 3
6 TCU 9 0
6 TCU 4
Texas A&M 1
6 TCU 4
7 Louisville 3

Game results

Date Game Winning team Score Losing team Winning pitcher Losing pitcher Save Notes
June 17 Game 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 18 Game 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 19 Game 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 20 Game 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 21 Game 9 LSU 7–4 Florida State Jared Poché (12–3) Cole Sands (6–4) Zack Hess (3) Florida State eliminated
June 22 Game 10 TCU 4–3 Louisville Sean Wymer (6–4) Nick Bennett (5–1) Louisville eliminated
June 23 Game 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 24 Game 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 26 Game 1 Florida 4–3 LSU Brady Singer (9–5) Russell Reynolds (1–2) Michael Byrne (19)
June 27 Game 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]

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

Final standings

Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only

Place School Record
1st No. 3 Florida 10–3
2nd No. 4 LSU 9–3
3rd No. 1 Oregon St 7–2
No. 6 TCU 8–2
5th Florida State 7–3
No. 7 Louisville 6–2
7th Cal State Fullerton 5–3
Texas A&M 5–2
9th Davidson 3–2
Kentucky 4–3
Long Beach St. 5–3
Mississippi State 4–3
Missouri State 3–3
Sam Houston St. 4–3
Vanderbilt 3–3
Wake Forest 4–2
17th Arkansas 3–2
Auburn 2–2
Bethune–Cookman 2–2
Clemson 3–2
Dallas Baptist 2–2
Houston 2–2
NC State 2–2
No. 2 North Carolina 2–2
Rice 2–2
Southern Miss 2–2
No. 8 Stanford 2–2
Texas 2–2
No. 5 Texas Tech 2–2
West Virginia 2–2
Xavier 2–2
Yale 2–2
33rd Arizona 1–2
BYU 1–2
Florida Gulf Coast 1–2
Holy Cross 1–2
Indiana 1–2
Iowa 1–2
Maryland 1–2
Oklahoma 1–2
Oral Roberts 1–2
San Diego State 1–2
South Alabama 1–2
South Florida 1–2
Southeastern Louisiana 1–2
Tennessee Tech 1–2
UNC Greensboro 1–2
Virginia 1–2
49th Baylor 0–2
Central Connecticut State 0–2
Delaware 0–2
Marist 0–2
Michigan 0–2
Nebraska 0–2
Ohio 0–2
Oklahoma State 0–2
Radford 0–2
Sacramento State 0–2
St. John's 0–2
Texas Southern 0–2
UCF 0–2
UCLA 0–2
UIC 0–2
UMBC 0–2

Record by conference

Conference # of Bids Record Win % Nc Record Nc Win % RF SR WS NS CS NC
SEC 8 40–21 .656 36–17 .679 8 6 3 2 2 1
Big 12 7 15–14 .517 15–14 .517 4 1 1 1
Pac-12 4 10–8 .556 10–8 .556 2 1 1 1
ACC 7 25–15 .625 25–15 .625 6 3 2
Big West 2 10–6 .625 7–3 .700 2 2 1
Missouri Valley 2 5–5 .500 5–5 .500 2 1
Southland 2 5–5 .500 5–5 .500 1 1
Atlantic 10 1 3–2 .600 3–2 .600 1 1
Conference USA 2 4–4 .500 4–4 .500 2
American 3 3–6 .333 3–6 .333 1
Big East 2 2–4 .333 2–4 .333 1
Big Ten 5 3–10 .231 3–10 .231
Other 19 13–38 .255 13–38 .255 2

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.

Broadcast assignments

References

  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.