The 2024 NCAA baseball match is right here. Motion kicks off Friday within the 64-team bracket, which was unveiled on Monday. Tennessee, Kentucky, Texas A&M and North Carolina are the highest 4 seeds within the subject, they usually’re making an attempt to succeed in the eight-team School World Collection in June.
Earlier than we bounce in, it’s best to know that the construction of the NCAA Baseball Event is a bit completely different from the extra acquainted hoops variant. This is what it’s worthwhile to know on that entrance.
NCAA Baseball Event format
- The primary spherical of play is named the regional and it is a double-elimination format. Every of the 16 No. 1 seeds hosts its respective four-team regional, when potential. Every of the 16 regionals is seeded one by 4. In every area, No. 1 faces No. 4, and No. 2 faces No. 3 on the primary day of motion. The winners of these two video games then play one another, whereas the losers play an elimination recreation.
- The winner of every regional advances to the tremendous regional. The tremendous regional, which features a whole of 16 groups, is a best-of-three sequence format.
- The winners of the tremendous regionals — eight groups in all — advance to the School World Collection in Omaha, Nebraska.
- The School World Collection is a double-elimination format till the ultimate two groups are left standing. At that time, the slates are cleaned and it is a best-of-three sequence to find out the nationwide champion.
NCAA Event, School World Collection dates
- Regionals: Could 31-June 2
- Tremendous Regionals: June 6-8 or 7-9
- School World Collection begins: June 14
- School World Collection finals: June 22-24
Prime seeds
The sector of 64 consists of eight nationwide seeds, which you’ll take into account the pre-tourney favorites to succeed in Omaha. Listed here are this yr’s eight nationwide seeds:
- Tennessee
- Kentucky
- Texas A&M
- North Carolina
- Arkansas
- Clemson
- Georgia
- Florida State
If a nationwide seed wins its regional, then it hosts the tremendous regional when potential. In any other case, the websites of the tremendous regionals can be introduced after the regional spherical concludes. Regional play will get underway on Friday, June 2. Now, listed here are the matchups for all 16 regionals, plus a reminder that every area is seeded one by 4 and is hosted by one of many 16 nationwide seeds. You may be aware that each top-eight seed this yr comes from the SEC or ACC.
Now for the regional matchups that make up the opening spherical.
Athens Regional scores
(Hosted by No. 7 nationwide seed Georgia)
- No. 1 Georgia 8, No. 4 Military 7
- No. 2 UNC-Wilmington vs. No. 3 Georgia Tech
School Station Regional scores
(Hosted by No. 3 nationwide seed Texas A&M)
- No. 1 Texas A&M 8, No. 4 Grambling 0
- No. 2 Louisiana vs. No. 3 Texas
Chapel Hill Regional scores
(Hosted by No. 4 nationwide seed North Carolina)
- No. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 4 Lengthy Island
- No. 2 LSU 4, No. 3 Wofford 3
Charlottesville Regional scores
(Hosted by No. 12 nationwide seed Virginia)
- No. 1 Virginia 4, No. 4 Penn 2
- No. 2 Mississippi State vs. No. 4 St. John’s
Clemson Regional scores
(Hosted by No. 6 nationwide seed Clemson)
- No. 1 Clemson vs. No. 4 Excessive Level
- No. 3 Coastal Carolina 13, No. 2 Vanderbilt 3
Corvallis Regional scores
(Hosted by No. 15 nationwide seed Oregon State)
- No. 1 Oregon State vs. No. 4 Tuland
- No. 2 UC-Irvine vs. No. 4 Nicholls
Fayetteville Regional scores
(Hosted by No. 5 nationwide seed Arkansas)
- No. 1 Arkansas 17, No. 4 Southeast Missouri State 9
- No. 2 Louisiana Tech vs. No. 3 Kansas State
Greenville Regional scores
(Hosted by No. 16 nationwide seed East Carolina)
- No. 4 Evansville 4, No. 1 East Carolina 1
- No. 2 Wake Forest vs. No. 3 VCU
Knoxville Regional scores
(Hosted by No. 1 nationwide seed Tennessee)
- No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 4 Northern Kentucky
- No. 3 Indiana 10, No. 2 Southern Mississippi 4
Lexington Regional scores
(Hosted by No. 2 nationwide seed Kentucky)
- No. 1 Kentucky 10, No. 4 Western Michigan 8
- No. 2 Indiana State vs. No. 3 Illinois
Norman Regional scores
(Hosted by No. 9 nationwide seed Oklahoma)
- No. 1 Oklahoma vs. No. 4 Oral Roberts
- No. 3 UConn 4, No. 2 Duke 1
Raleigh Regional scores
(Hosted by No. 10 nationwide seed NC State)
- No. 1 NC State vs. No. 4 Bryant
- No. 2 South Carolina 8, No. 3 James Madison 7
Santa Barbara Regional
(Hosted by No. 14 nationwide seed UC-Santa Barbara)
- No. 1 UC-Santa Barbara vs. No. 4 Fresno State
- No. 3 Oregon 5, No. 2 San Diego 4 (Closing 11)
Stillwater Regional scores
(Hosted by No. 11 nationwide seed Oklahoma State)
- No. 1 Oklahoma State vs. No. 4 Niagara
- No. 3 Florida 5, No. 2 Nebraska 2
Tallahassee Regional scores
(Hosted by No. 8 nationwide seed Florida State)
- No. 1 Florida State 7, No. 4 Stetson 2
- No. 2 Alabama vs. No. 3 Central Florida
Tucson Regional scores
(Hosted by No. 13 nationwide seed Arizona)
- No. 1 Arizona vs. No. 4 Grand Canyon
- No. 3 West Virginia 4, No. 2 Dallas Baptist 1
This is a hyperlink to NCAA.com’s full bracket, which incorporates area vs. area pairings for the tremendous regionals. Now for some fast hit takeaways on the 64-team subject laid out above:
- It is potential we’ll have a repeat this yr, as reigning champion LSU is certainly a part of the sphere of 64. School baseball hasn’t had a repeat nationwide champion on the Division I stage since South Carolina in 2010 and 2011.
- The SEC this yr set an all-time report with 11 match groups. Subsequent in line this yr is the ACC with eight bids.
- Excessive Level, Niagara, and Northern Kentucky are all showing within the Division I match for the primary time ever.
- Vanderbilt owns the longest lively streak of match appearances. This yr’s bid pushes that streak to 18 straight.
All the above leads as much as the School World Collection at Omaha’s Charles Schwab Subject. So who ya acquired?
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