2008 College Baseball Tournament

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Not sure if anyone cares but I think we've had threads for the tournament/World Series before. The field is 64 teams that is divided into 16 regionals. The format for the Regionals is double elimination and the winners of the Regionals advance to the Super Regionals, which are best-of-three. The eight winners of the Super Regionals advance to Omaha for the College World Series. Two-time defending champion Oregon State failed to make the field.

 

Top Eight Overall Seeds

1. Miami

2. North Carolina

3. Arizona State

4. Florida State

5. Cal State Fullerton

6. Rice

7. LSU

8. Georgia

 

As for watching any of the regionals, only coverage is on ESPNU (which I don't have) who will show the Coral Gables and Fullerton regions. Tournament starts on Friday.

 

Coral Gables Regional

1. Miami

2. Missouri

3. Mississippi

4. Bethune-Cookman

 

Ann Arbor Regional

1. Arizona

2. Michigan

3. Kentucky

4. Eastern Michigan

 

Athens Regional

1. Georgia

2. Georgia Tech

3. Louisville

4. Lipscomb

 

Raleigh Regional

1. N.C. State

2. South Carolina

3. Charlotte

4. James Madison

 

Tallahassee Regional

1. Florida State

2. Florida

3. Tulane

4. Bucknell

 

Stillwater Regional

1. Oklahoma State

2. Wichita State

3. TCU

4. Western Kentucky

 

Fullerton Regional

1. Cal State Fullerton

2. UCLA

3. Virginia

4. Rider

 

Stanford Regional

1. Stanford

2. Pepperdine

3. Arkansas

4. UC Davis

 

Cary Regional

1. North Carolina

2. UNC Wilmington

3. Elon

4. Mount St. Mary's

 

Conway Regional

1. Coastal Carolina

2. East Carolina

3. Alabama

4. Columbia

 

Baton Rouge Regional

1. LSU

2. Southern Miss

3. New Orleans

4. Texas Southern

 

Lincoln Regional

1. Nebraska

2. UC Irvine

3. Oral Roberts

4. Eastern Illinois

 

Tempe Regional

1. Arizona State

2. Vanderbilt

3. Oklahoma

4. Stony Brook

 

Long Beach Regional

1. Long Beach State

2. San Diego

3. California

4. Fresno State

 

Houston Regional

1. Rice

2. Texas

3. St. John's

4. Sam Houston State

 

College Station Regional

1. Texas A&M

2. Dallas Baptist

3. Houston

4. Illinois Chicago

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I want to try and get out to the Regional at Rice. Reckling's only like, a short bus ride from where I'm at.

 

How Texas got in kinda amazes me after their let down of a season this year.. but I guess being such a prominent player in the CWS over the years gives you a pass or two.

 

Prediction? Texas v Rice in the final. I'd like to see Rice win it, but I've got this feeling that UT will walk away the winner.

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I really need to take advantage of having ESPNU this year. As usual, I'll root for a local upset, in this case Bucknell U.

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The big upsets of the first day was Bucknell blanking the #4 overall seed Florida State 7-0 and Lipscomb beating #8 Georgia 10-7. Here's today's loser's bracket/elimination games:

 

Bethune-Cookman vs. Mississippi

Eastern Michigan vs. Kentucky

James Madison vs. Charlotte

Louisville vs. Georgia

Rider vs. Virginia

Arkansas vs. Stanford

Western Kentucky vs. TCU

Florida vs. Florida State

Mount St. Mary's vs. Elon

Columbia vs. East Carolina

Eastern Illinois vs. Oral Roberts

Texas Southern vs. New Orleans

Sam Houston State vs. Texas

Illinois-Chicago vs. Dallas Baptist

California vs. Long Beach State

Stony Brook vs. Vanderbilt

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NCAA.com has fantastic gametracker coverage of the games.

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All 16 regional top seeds are still alive but eight face elimination today. Here are today's elimination games where these teams will need to win two games today in order to stay alive and force a deciding game in the region tommorrow.

 

Mississippi vs. Missouri (winner plays Miami)

Kentucky vs. Michigan (winner plays Arizona)

James Madison vs. South Carolina (winner plays N.C. State)

Georgia vs. Lipscomb (winner plays Georgia Tech)

Virginia vs. Cal State Fullerton (winner plays UCLA)

Stanford vs. UC Davis (winner plays Pepperdine)

TCU vs. Oklahoma State (winner plays Wichita State)

Florida State vs. Bucknell (winner plays Tulane)

Elon vs. UNC Wilmington (winner plays North Carolina)

East Carolina vs. Alabama (winner plays Coastal Carolina)

Oral Roberts vs. Nebraska (winner plays UC Irvine)

New Orleans vs. Southern Miss (winner plays LSU)

Texas vs. St. John's (winner plays Rice)

Illinois-Chicago vs. Houston (winner plays Texas A&M)

Long Beach State vs. San Diego (winner plays Fresno State)

Vanderbilt vs. Oklahoma (winner plays Arizona State)

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UCLA/Fullerton is the only game going on right now with the Fullerton up 6-2 in the 4th. If they hang on they'll force a deciding game in the region tomorrow.

 

Miami, Arizona, N.C. State, Wichita State, North Carolina, Coastal Carolina, UC Irvine, LSU, Rice, and Arizona State all advanced to the Super Regionals with Georgia, Stanford (yay!), Florida State, Houston, and San Diego pulling off the doubleheader wins today to force a deciding game. Here's tomorrow's schedule to close out the Regional round:

 

Georgia vs. Georgia Tech

Stanford vs. Pepperdine

Florida State vs. Tulane

Houston vs. Texas A&M

San Diego vs. Fresno State

Cal State Fullerton vs. UCLA (if necessary)

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When ESPNU kept advertising UCLA/Cal State at 11, I thought they were going early in the morning. Stanford/Pepperdine kicks off at 4pm, three more around 7pm, San Diego/Fresno St. at 9pm, and the UCLA game at 11pm. All Eastern of course. ESPNU's broadcast schedule lists games on air at 7 and 11pm.

 

There is nothing else like this in baseball. Six games today, every one of them is a winner-advances, loser-goes-home scenario.

 

 

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Woo hoo, Stanford comes from behind to beat Pepperdine!

 

Once again UCLA/Fullerton is the late night game, Fullerton is up 2-0 in the 3rd. Fresno State emerges as the Cinderella of the tournament as they win their region as the #4 seed after beating San Diego 5-1. With the pending exception of Fullerton, all of the top eight overall seeds advanced. Here's the almost complete Super Regional match-ups that begin on Friday (best-of-three).

 

Arizona at #1 Miami

N.C. State at #8 Georgia

Stanford at #5 Cal State Fullerton or UCLA at Stanford

Wichita State at #4 Florida State

Coastal Carolina at #2 North Carolina

UC Irvine at #7 LSU

Texas A&M at #6 Rice

Fresno State at #3 Arizona State

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The majority of the Super Regionals will be shown on ESPN and ESPN2 with overflow on ESPNU. Here's the schedule, games marked with an asterisk will have regional coverage:

 

FRIDAY

N.C. State at Georgia - Game 1, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN

Wichita State at Florida State - Game 1, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, ESPN2

Arizona at Miami - Game 1, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN

Stanford at Cal State Fullerton - Game 1, 10:30/7:30 PM, ESPN2

 

SATURDAY

N.C. State at Georgia - Game 2, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2*

Wichita State at Florida State - Game 2, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2*

Coastal Carolina at North Carolina - Game 1, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPNU

Texas A&M at Rice - Game 1, 3:00 PM/Noon, ESPNU

UC Irvine at LSU - Game 1, 6:00/3:00 PM, ESPNU

Arizona at Miami - Game 2, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN*

Stanford at Cal State Fullerton - Game 2, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN*

Fresno State at Arizona State - Game 1, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPNU

 

SUNDAY

Wichita State at Florida State - Game 3, 1:00 PM/10:00 AM, ESPN* (if necessary)

Coastal Carolina at North Carolina - Game 2, 1:00 PM/10:00 AM, ESPN*

N.C. State at Georgia - Game 3, 4:00/1:00 PM, ESPN* (if necessary)

UC Irvine at LSU - Game 2, 4:00/1:00 PM, ESPN*

Arizona at Miami - Game 3, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2* (if necessary)

Stanford at Cal State Fullerton - Game 3, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2* (if necessary)

Texas A&M at Rice - Game 2, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2*

Fresno State at Arizona State - Game 2, 10:00/7:00 PM, ESPN2

 

MONDAY

Coastal Carolina at North Carolina - Game 3, TBD, ESPN/ESPN2 (if necessary)

Texas A&M at Rice - Game 3, TBD, ESPN/ESPN2 (if necessary)

UC Irvine at LSU - Game 3, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 (if necessary)

Fresno State at Arizona State - Game 3, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 (if necessary)

 

If all four of the series on Monday need a Game 3 the CC/UNC and A&M/Rice games will be at 12:30 PM/9:30 AM.

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Five rounds of the draft are done. Here are draftees in the Super Regionals, sorted by MLB team.

 

Reds: Yonder Alonso (1B/Miami)

 

White Sox: Gordon Beckham (SS/Georgia), Kenneth Williams (CF/Wichita St.)

 

A's: Jemile Weeks (2B/Miami), Preston Paramore (C/Arizona St.), Anthony Capra (LHP/Wichita St.)

 

Mariners: Joshua Fields (RP/Georgia), Dennis Raben (RF/Miami)

 

Tigers: Ryan Perry (RHP/Arizona)

 

D'backs: Daniel Schlereth (LHP/Arizona)

 

Twins: Carlos Gutierrez (RHP/Miami)

 

Padres: Blake Tekotte (CF/Miami), Jason Kipnis (CF/Arizona St.)

 

Astros: Thomas Steele (CF/Arizona), Jason Castro (C/Stanford)

 

Cardinals: Scott Gorgen (RHP/UC Irvine), Brett Wallace (3B/Arizona St.)

 

Blue Jays: Robert Sobolewski (3B/Miami)

 

Mets: Issac Davis (1B/Arizona St.), Charles Doyle (C/Coastal Carolina), Sean Ratliff (CF/Stanford)

 

Rockies: Kiel Roling (C/Arizona St.)

 

Marlins: Peter Andrelczyk (RHP/Coastal Carolina)

 

Giants: Buster Posey (C/Florida St.), Conor Gillaspie (3B/Wichita St.)

 

Pirates: Tanner Scheppers (RHP/Fresno St.), Justin Wilson (LHP/Fresno St.)

 

Dodgers: Anthony Delmonico (SS/Florida St)

 

Yankees: Jeremy Bleich (LHP/Stanford)

 

Indians: Robert Phelps (2B/Stanford)

 

Red Sox: Bryan Price (RHP/Rice)

 

Brewers: Jose Duran (SS/Texas A&M)

 

Cubs: Aaron Shafer (RHP/Wichita St.)

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Miami leads Arizona 11-7 in the 6th on ESPN. Miami needs to win to force game three, a loss would send the #1 nationally ranked team home.

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STANFORD~ is the first school to advance to the College World Series as they "sweep" Cal State Fullerton.

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A packed schedule with seven games today. ESPN has 1pm and 4pm games, ESPN2 has a 7pm game. Alternate games apparently on ESPNU. A Super-Regional is best of three, so there are three winner-takes-all games today.

 

1pm

North Carolina vs. Coastal Carolina (NC leads series 1-0)

Florida St. vs. Wichita St. (series tied 1-1)

 

4pm

NC State vs. Georgia (series tied 1-1)

LSU vs. UC Irvine (UC Irvine leads series 1-1)

 

7pm

Miami vs. Arizona (series tied 1-1)

Texas A&M vs. Rice (Rice leads series 1-0)

 

10pm

Arizona St. vs. Fresno St. (Arizona St. leads series 1-0)

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In the Wichita/FSU game, an FSU fan took a foul ball away from the FSU third baseman, which would have been the final out of the 2nd inning. Very next pitch, homerun Wichita State. Seminoles still up 6-2 though.

 

And the fan has been escorted from the game.

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Florida St. and North Carolina win their games to advance to Omaha, joining Stanford.

 

Meanwhile, Georgia has scored seven runs in the first inning. Not a good day so far for competitive baseball.

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LSU scores two in the eighth, five in the ninth to bail themselves out against UC Irvine and win 9-7. Third and deciding game tomorrow.

 

Georgia advances to the college World Series.

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I didn't even know that LSU had won 23 games in a row before dropping the opener of the series. Will be interesting to see how Irvine shows up tomorrow after having it almost wrapped up.

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Rice and Miami win to advance. Only LSU/UC Irvine so far tomorrow, unless Fresno St. wins the late game.

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LSU certainly didn't want to leave their game in doubt. They advance with a 21-7 shellacking of UC Irvine. Meanwhile, Fresno St. pulled off a huge upset by advancing over Arizona State. Fresno St. was the #4 seed in their regional, and they become the first #4 to reach Omaha.

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Here's the schedule for the first two days of the CWS.

 

SATURDAY

Stanford vs. Florida State, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, ESPN

Georgia vs. Miami, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN

 

SUNDAY

Fresno State vs. Rice, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, ESPN

LSU vs. North Carolina, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2

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Two great games today. Stanford blew FSU's doors off with 11 in the 9th and Georgia just handed Miami its first loss in 46 games when leading after 8.

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Fresno State's miracle run seems to be continuing as they've blown it open 11-0 on Rice in the 4th. Although it is college baseball so I suppose no lead is safe.

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MONDAY

Florida State vs. Miami, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, ESPN2 (elimination game)

Stanford vs. Georgia, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2

 

TUESDAY

LSU vs. Rice, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, ESPN2 (elimination game)

Fresno State vs. North Carolina, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2

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Incredible finish just now, with LSU knocking out Rice with a bases loaded double with one out in the ninth to win 6-5.

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Fresno State's miracle run continues, they are now 2-0 with a win over UNC. One more win will put them in the finals.

 

The remaining schedule:

 

Wednesday: Stanford vs. Miami, 7pm (Elimination Game)

Thursday: UNC vs. LSU, 7pm (Elimination Game)

Friday: Georgia vs. Stanford, 2pm. Fresno State vs. UNC/LSU, 7pm.

Saturday: Games if necessary.

 

With the double elmination format, Georgia and Fresno State need to win once while their opponents need to win two straight. Finals run June 23-25, all games at 7pm.

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Fresno State is going all Villanova '85 on everyone right now.

 

I hope Stanford survives tomorrow but don't see it happening.

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Stanford eliminates #1 Miami!!!

 

North Carolina is now the ACC's last hope to finally break their national championship drought.

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Today's schedule

 

Stanford vs. Georgia, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, ESPN

North Carolina vs. Fresno State, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN

 

Since the CWS lost a day due to rain, their originally weren't any games scheduled for tomorrow but if either Stanford or UNC wins today they'll force another game and since ESPN didn't have it originally scheduled those games would be pushed over to ESPN Classic.

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ESPN Classic has that Fresno St./UNC game right now. Winner faces Georgia in the finals, loser goes home.