2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
| Season | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Teams | 64 |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | (qa title) |
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 will conclude with the 2016 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, starting on June 18 and ending on June 29.[1]
The 64 participating NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 298 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 face each other in Super Regionals, a best of three game series to determine the eight participants of the College World Series.[1]
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) set a conference record and tied the all-time mark of having 10 teams in the championship field.[http://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/article/2016-05-30/ncaa-division-i-baseball-committee-announces-field-64-teams] A tournament-high seven hosts came from the SEC, followed by six of the ten ACC schools; however, only Miami (ACC) and Florida (SEC) advanced to Omaha, and they were the first and second teams eliminated, respectively. Only 3 the top 8 national seeds reached Omaha, and with Texas Tech losing to Big 12 rival TCU, none of the three won their opening game in Omaha. For the first time since the tournament expanded from 48 teams in 1999, the NCAA did not select any Pac-12 schools to host a regional, and Lubbock, Texas was the westernmost regional host city picked by the selection committee; [http://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/index.ssf/2016/05/ncaa_baseball_tournament_2016.html]; however, Arizona and UCSB advanced to Omaha and were forced to face each other in the third elimination game.
Bids
Automatic bids
By conference
| Conference | Total | Schools |
|---|---|---|
| ACC | 10 | Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami (FL), NC State, Virginia, Wake Forest |
| SEC | 7 | Florida, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt |
| Conference USA | 4 | Florida Atlantic, Louisiana Tech, Rice, Southern Miss |
| Pac-12 | 4 | Arizona, Arizona State, Utah, Washington |
| American | 3 | East Carolina, Tulane, UConn |
| Big Ten | 3 | Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio State |
| Big 12 | 3 | Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas Tech |
| Big West | 3 | Cal State Fullerton, Long Beach State, UC Santa Barbara |
| Colonial | 2 | UNC Wilmington, William & Mary |
| Southland | 2 | Sam Houston State, Southeastern Louisiana |
| Sun Belt | 2 | Louisiana–Lafayette, South Alabama |
| West Coast | 2 | Gonzaga, Saint Mary’s (CA) |
| America East | 1 | Binghamton |
| Atlantic 10 | 1 | Rhode Island |
| Atlantic Sun | 1 | Stetson |
| Big East | 1 | Xavier |
| Big South | 1 | Coastal Carolina |
| Horizon | 1 | Wright State |
| Ivy | 1 | Princeton |
| MAAC | 1 | Fairfield |
| Mid-American | 1 | Western Michigan |
| MEAC | 1 | Bethune-Cookman |
| Missouri Valley | 1 | Dallas Baptist |
| Mountain West | 1 | New Mexico |
| NEC | 1 | Bryant |
| Ohio Valley | 1 | Southeast Missouri State |
| Patriot | 1 | Navy |
| Southern | 1 | Western Carolina |
| SWAC | 1 | Alabama State |
| Summit | 1 | Oral Roberts |
| WAC | 1 | Utah Valley |
National seeds
The following eight teams automatically host a Super Regional if they advance to that round:
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.
Gainesville Super Regional
Baton Rouge Super Regional
College Station Super Regional
Lubbock Super Regional
Coral Gables Super Regional
Starkville Super Regional
Louisville Super Regional
Columbia Super Regional
College World Series
The College World Series will be held at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska.
Participants
| School | Conference | Record (Conference) | Head Coach | Previous CWS Appearances | CWS Best Finish | CWS W–L Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | Pac-12 | 44–21 (16–14) | Jay Johnson | 16 (last: 2012) |
1st (1976, 1980, 1986, 2012) |
38–27 |
| Coastal Carolina | Big South | 49–16 (21–3) | Gary Gilmore | none | none | 0–0 |
| Florida | SEC | 52–14 (19–10) | Kevin O'Sullivan | 9 (last: 2015) |
2nd (2005, 2011) |
14–19 |
| Miami (FL) | ACC | 50–12 (21–7) | Jim Morris | 24 (last: 2015) |
1st (1982, 1985, 1999, 2001) |
48–40 |
| Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 39–20 (16–8) | Josh Holliday | 19 (last: 1999) |
1st (1959) |
37–37 |
| TCU | Big 12 | 47–16 (15–9) | Jim Schlossnagle | 3 (last: 2015) |
3rd (2010, 2015) |
6–6 |
| Texas Tech | Big 12 | 44–16 (19–5) | Tim Tadlock | 1 (2014) |
7th (2014) |
0–2 |
| UC Santa Barbara | Big West | 42–18–1 (13–11) | Andrew Checketts | none | none | 0–0 |
Bracket
Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only Template:CWSBracket
Game results
| Date | Game | Winner | Score | Loser | Winning Pitcher | Losing Pitcher | Saving Pitcher | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 18 | Game 1 | Oklahoma State | 1–0 | UC Santa Barbara | Hatch (9–2) | Bieber (12–4) | — | |
| Game 2 | Arizona | 5–1 | Miami (FL) | Bannister (12–2) | Mediavilla (11–2) | — | ||
| June 19 | Game 3 | TCU | 5–3 | Texas Tech | Burnett (3–1) | Dugger (6–1) | Feltman (9) | |
| Game 4 | Coastal Carolina | 2–1 | Florida | Beckwith (13–1) | Shore (12–1) | — | ||
| June 20 | Game 5 | UC Santa Barbara | 5–3 | Miami (FL) | Davis (7–4) | Garcia (9–5) | Nelson (10) | Miami (FL) eliminated |
| Game 6 | Oklahoma State | 1–0 | Arizona | Buffett (9–3) | Dalbec (10–5) | Cobb (6) | ||
| June 21 | Game 7 | Texas Tech | 3-2 | Florida | Martin (10-1) | Faedo (13-3) | Howard (9) | Florida eliminated |
| Game 8 | TCU vs. Coastal Carolina | |||||||
| June 22 | Game 9 | UC Santa Barbara vs. Arizona | Loser eliminated | |||||
| June 23 | Game 10 | Texas Tech vs. Game 8 loser | Loser eliminated | |||||
| June 24 | Game 11 | Oklahoma State vs. Game 9 winner | ||||||
| Game 12 | Game 8 winner vs. Game 10 winner | |||||||
| June 25 | Game 13 | Game 11 winner vs. Oklahoma State | If necessary | |||||
| Game 14 | Game 13 winner vs. Game 8 winner | If necessary | ||||||
| June 27 | Final Game 1 | Finalist 1 vs. Finalist 2 | ||||||
| June 28 | Final Game 2 | Finalist 1 vs. Finalist 2 | ||||||
| June 29 | Final Game 3 | Finalist 1 vs. Finalist 2 | If necessary | |||||
Final standings
Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only
| Place | School | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | ||
| 2nd | ||
| 3rd | ||
| 5th | ||
| 7th | #1 Florida | 5–3 |
| #3 Miami | 5–3 | |
| 9th | Boston College | 4–2 |
| East Carolina | 4–2 | |
| Florida State | 4–2 | |
| #2 Louisville | 3–2 | |
| #8 LSU | 3–3 | |
| #6 Mississippi State | 3–2 | |
| South Carolina | 4–3 | |
| #4 Texas A&M | 4–2 | |
| 17th | Arizona State | 2–2 |
| #7 Clemson | 2–2 | |
| Dallas Baptist | 3–2 | |
| Georgia Tech | 2–2 | |
| Long Beach State | 2–2 | |
| Louisiana–Lafayette | 2–2 | |
| Louisiana Tech | 2–2 | |
| Minnesota | 2–2 | |
| NC State | 3–2 | |
| Rice | 3–2 | |
| South Alabama | 2–2 | |
| Tulane | 2–2 | |
| UNC Wilmington | 2–2 | |
| William & Mary | 2–2 | |
| Wright State | 2–2 | |
| Xavier | 2–2 | |
| 33rd | Cal State Fullerton | 1–2 |
| Connecticut | 1–2 | |
| Florida Atlantic | 1–2 | |
| Gonzaga | 1–2 | |
| Navy | 1–2 | |
| New Mexico | 1–2 | |
| Ohio State | 1–2 | |
| Rhode Island | 1–2 | |
| Sam Houston State | 1–2 | |
| Southeastern Louisiana | 1–2 | |
| Southern Miss | 1–2 | |
| Utah | 1–2 | |
| Virginia | 1–2 | |
| Wake Forest | 1–2 | |
| Washington | 1–2 | |
| Western Carolina | 1–2 | |
| 49th | Alabama State | 0–2 |
| Bethune-Cookman | 0–2 | |
| Binghamton | 0–2 | |
| Bryant | 0–2 | |
| Duke | 0–2 | |
| Fairfield | 0–2 | |
| Nebraska | 0–2 | |
| Ole Miss | 0–2 | |
| Oral Roberts | 0–2 | |
| Princeton | 0–2 | |
| Saint Mary's (CA) | 0–2 | |
| Southeast Missouri State | 0–2 | |
| Stetson | 0–2 | |
| Utah Valley | 0–2 | |
| Vanderbilt | 0–2 | |
| Western Michigan | 0–2 |
Record by conference
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| Conference | # of Bids | Record | Win % | RF | SR | WS | NS | CS | NC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big 12 | 3 | 19–4 | .826 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | – |
| Southeastern | 7 | 19–17 | .528 | 5 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Atlantic Coast | 10 | 25–20 | .556 | 7 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Pac-12 | 4 | 11–8 | .579 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Big West | 3 | 8–5 | .615 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Big South | 1 | 6–1 | .857 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| American | 3 | 7–6 | .538 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Conference USA | 4 | 7–8 | .467 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Colonial | 2 | 4–4 | .500 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sun Belt | 2 | 4–4 | .500 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Big Ten | 3 | 3–6 | .333 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Southland | 2 | 2–4 | .333 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| West Coast | 2 | 1–4 | .200 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Other | 18 | 11–36 | .234 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – |
The columns RF, SR, WS, NS, CS, and NC respectively stand for the Regional Finals, Super Regionals, College World Series, National Semifinals, Championship Series, and National Champion.
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 and on TuneIn. 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 Ted Emrich acting as the field reporter for a fourth consecutive year.
Television
ESPN carried every game from the Regionals, Super Regionals, and College World Series across the ESPN Networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network, LHN, and ESPN3). ESPN also provided "Bases Loaded" coverage for the Regionals. Bases Loaded was hosted by Brendan Fitzgerald and Matt Schick with Kyle Peterson providing analysis. "Bases Loaded" aired Friday-Sunday from 1:00 pm–midnight EDT and Monday from 6:00 pm–midnight EDT on ESPN3. ESPN2 and ESPNU aired "Bases Loaded" in between games and throughout other select times during the tournament.[3]
Broadcast assignments
References
- ^ a b "Baseball Division I Championship". NCAA. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
- ^ Team Directory
- ^ a b c "ESPN To Carry Every NCAA Division I Baseball Regional Matchup Beginning Friday". ESPN Media Zone. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
- ^ a b "Comprehensive NCAA Division I Baseball Championship Super Regional Coverage Begins Friday". ESPN Media Zone. Retrieved 2016-06-08.
- ^ ""Baseball Tonight" Makes its First Trip to the College World Series on ESPN". ESPN Media Zone. Retrieved 2016-06-13.