NCAA D1 tournament brackets

Disappointed. But we will make the long trip anyways.  

Good luck to all out there. 

No disrespect to George Mason, but the Houston Regional with Rice, Texas, and A&M should be intense.

I know there are always teams that are left out but was sorry to see Creighton did not make it...they have a nice team.

Interesting difference in #4-seed RPIs between the Gainesville and Coral Gables regionals. 

I plan on going to the Rice regional on Saturday.

I am very excited for my Cal Poly Mustangs getting a regional for the first time 

Disappointed that UC Santa Barbara did not squeak in, based on their improvement the last two years under Checketts I would expect them to get in next year. 

BOF,

Cal  Poly probably has the toughest regional, by RPI, and the toughest #4 in Sacramento State. Coach Christianson at Sac. St. has done a brilliant job in just a few short years, better than Checketts, in my opinion. 

One regional I will follow will be Oklahoma State.  Our son was there last year and   liked everything about  that team. They get a #3 seed in Fullerton which had nothing but turmoil and underperformance this year, until the last 3 weeks. With Eshelman and Garza,  their pitching can be so good. If the real Fullerton team shows up, the committee gave a very good OSU team a really tough #3.

Finally, I will be glued to ESPN watching the UW Huskies.

One interesting Regional is Indiana. The Stanford board seems a little too happy to be sent there this year, in my view..

I agree with you infielddad, Pepperdine will also be tough. Fullerton is a very tough #3, their pitching can be dominant. It would not surprise me them coming out of that regional. Houston got the raw deal put in with LSU. I have been following the DII and DIII CWS games, Tampa destroyed Chico State today and Emory is working their way through the losers brackets in the DIII games. 

As you well know it takes a bit of luck and to get hot at the right time to work your way through the regionals/super regionals. Good luck to all HSBBW players and their families the next week. 

I dont get it.

TD,

Long trip, but how exciting! 

I assume Bethune-Cookman is in because they won their conference. It is a notoriously weak conference, hence the reason for the RPI scoring.

If Miami wins their regional and Florida wins theirs, it will be interesting to see who gets home field. Miami has been upended the last few years by the Gators, but this year might be a different story.

Florida will get home field.  They are the higher national seed.  Thats already determined.

Florida is the #2 national seed, Miami is not in the Top 8 (I believe they are #15 if I am reading the bracket correctly), therefore Super Regionals would be hosted in Gainesville if this result were to occur.

College of Charleston, the #4 seed in the Gainesville regional (hosted by the higher-seeded Florida), has an RPI of 53.  Bethune-Cookman, the #4 seed in the Coral Gables regional (hosted by the lower-seeded Miami), has an RPI of 208. My original comment was questioning why this is the case, given the extreme disparity of RPIs and correlating ranking of the host schools.

Well that goes to show how little I've been following the brackets and national seeds. I'd like to see the Hurricanes get back to the CWS, but the Gators have had their number, especially in Gainesville.

While I'm glad someone started this thread/topic, I've often wondered why people get so interested in basketball brackets, but not so much baseball. That is true of the kids who play baseball themselves. They talk about "March Madness" and fill out their brackets with enthusiasm. Yet you don't hear them get that excited when this time of year rolls around.

Why not May or June Madness?  

Why not May or June Madness versus March Madness? Marketing. I'll bet if you polled people in an office they couldn't tell you who's ranked in the top ten in college baseball unless they guess it's the same programs as football and basketball. I tweeted it's The Road To Omaha time. I got back three replies from people I know are baseball fans asking what's in Omaha.

Columbia (Ivy League) seeded #3  is in this regional along with Bethune-Cookman, Texas Tech and Miami.   I don't recall an Ivy team being seeded #3 since I've been following the conference.   But, I like Columbia's draw and I think they have a great opportunity to make some noise here.  Go Lions!

Yes, I'm picking the upset (Columbia) right here and right now....calling Vegas right now.  These guys can play some ball, and Coach Boretti is very good at what he does.

The Louisville, Kentucky, Kansas, Kent State regional is a tough one.  Kent State is seeded #4 and they went to the CWS in 2012.  Kentucky can beat anyone with their top pitcher AJ Reed.   The guy is a hitting and pitching stud.  Lousiville is always tough.  Sorry, I don't know squat about Kansas but I assume they are pretty good in the Big 12.

I was kind of surprised to see UVA host a Super Regional after falling flat in the ACC tourney, losing some games late in the season to teams they shouldn't have lost to.  It makes me wonder if they actually make these Super Regional hosting decisions after the regular season and not after conference play.   I thought they were given some advantages that they didn't deserve.   JMO.

fenway - Kansas is good.

Oregon State lost 3 of last 4 and is still top national seed.  I don't know if they deserve that, but they are definitely VERY good, pitching is excellent...Kyle Peterson says OSU and UVa are most balanced teams and so if true, they both deserve top-8 seeds.

Truthfully, I probably dislike Oregon State more than any team because their fans treat you like crap when you go to a game there...but since they're from the Pac12 and I think the NCAA hosed the Pac12 with host sites a little...I guess I'm gonna have to root for OSU (behind UW) to win it all.  Ugh. 

I will be following. Very excited that my son's summer team will be attending a tournament in Omaha week of June 22-26 so we will be there during the final games. Part of tournament is players get a ticket to each fo those games. It is a dream of mine to always get to go and now that will come true.

The down side is my son's future colege team lost in thier league tournament last week when going in as #1 seed so will not be in the tournament. I was looking forward to some big upsets and seeing his team at the CWS . Maybe next year when he is on the mound for them

I can assure you that Arkansas will be in Omaha. How can I do that? Every year we've scheduled Omaha for a tourney that week, Arkansas has lost in the Super Regionals. In years we don't go, Arkansas is there. This year, we will not be experiencing the brutal June Omaha heat.

As of this weeks RPI rankings Virginia is still number one. RPI rankings look at last week's games the same as the first week's games. Road wins get added weight now. Maybe Virginia has a great road record. You can find the RPI ratings on the NCAA.com baseball site.

I will be in Corvallis with my family this weekend to deal with the OSU fans and root on the Eaters.  We are fortunate to be in the tournament and happy for the opportunity to show that the boys belong.

BTW JB....congrats to your son for being listed as one of the 21 semi-finalists for the Golden Spikes Award.  That's awesome, it must be the last name!

Forgot about that - Eaters in Corvallis.  Ok, easy to root for Eaters there! 

People with great last names unite! 

BTW JB....congrats to your son for being listed as one of the 21 semi-finalists for the Golden Spikes Award.  That's awesome, it must be the last name!

Ditto on that JB.  That is awesome!

Always easy to root for the 'Eaters!  Love the mascot.  My oldest son and I were talking about our favorite college mascots and the 'Eaters are always on our list along with the Horned Frogs, and Spiders.  Unfortunetly, his college didn't have an official mascot and is nicknamed after a color.  FYI - colors aren't very threatening or ferocious.   

Don't forget the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs.

I just bought tickets for the weekend for the Rice regional. I am particularly looking forward to the T A&M, vs Texas game tomorrow afternoon. Being that I don't really care who wins I will have fun watching these two fan groups (and teams) go at it. I expect Rick to take care of business in the opening game. 

I just heard a rumor that Columbia's ace had or will have an appendectomy during regionals.   I hope I'm wrong..  That puts Columbia in a tough spot to see through on my prediction to advance to the Super Regional...a first for an Ivy team.  That is just bad luck for them, and I hope the young man will be fine a few days.

Hard to forget them but they don't play baseball.

Too slow on the bases?

Goss Stadium is hell on visitors, no question about that.

The Washington seeding is a little silly, but they brought it on themselves by losing 2 out of 3 to UCLA. Kapreilian beat them pretty bad (he does that to a lot of people) but the other loss was real bad. If they pick up 2/3 from UCLA and 1/3 from Oregon State I think they get a regional.

Anyway, I can't wait to watch them play despite being affiliated with the Beavs Now only if that rain would stop...

Another ridiculous outing from Tyler Davis @ Washington. Buzzsawed right through GT.

FSU out and Florida just about the same unless they make a comeback.

I think the ACC and the SEC championship games really take the life out of some of these teams that battle all year.

If anyone thinks that the road to Omaha is easy, been there done it and you don't understand it until you are there sitting in the stands watching your kid and his team battle and realize what an accomplishment it really is!

Tyler Davis: complete game 4 hitter, while striking out 8 for UW against Georgia Tech in the Oxford Regional.  Along the way, he was 84-86mph with a brilliant change and amazing command...80% first pitch strikes and most down using both sides of the plate.  AWESOME pitcher and an even better young man.  As tough as anyone on the mound with a heart and tenacity second to none. Tyler and Thomas Eshelmen silence all the noise that RHP's cannot excel in D1 baseball with velocities at 86mph.

With all due respect TPM, ALL of these teams in the NCAA field have come from their own conference tournaments, and used up a lot of pitching in the process.  I think what you might have been thinking is the conference champions (Florida, Georgia Tech, etc..) are exhausted after making the road to their conference finals due to the (gauntlet) level of competition....I agree with that.   UVA and Vanderbilt looked sharp yesterday and they underperformed in their conference championships...possibly a breather has helped them.  Maryland,  Florida State, and  Clemson are bucking the trend, but in different ways.   Maryland has caught fire, Florida State and Clemson have laid eggs.  Similiarly, Kentcuky, Alabama and South Carolina are taking it on the chin.

After watching many games yesterday it just amazes me the talent and depth of college baseball.   There are so many good teams with so many good players.   What separates these teams is their starting pitching, their formula for winning and luck. 

The top seeds and top programs are feeling the heat from below.  Oregon State lost to UCI, and   Miami lost to a Texas Tech.  Both OSU and Miami (along wit South Carolina) are going to have to take the long road if they want to make it to Super Regionals.  Florida, Florida State, Clemson, Arizona State are all blue-blood programs that are packing it up for next year.   College baseball has really become fun to watch because talent isn't reserved for just these name brand programs anymore. 

If there was one thing that caught my eye yesterday it was the number of RBI walks with bases loaded.   My son and I counted at least 5 times where a pitcher walked in a run.  There were probably more as I went to bed early.   That should never happen at this level. 

Was at the Texas / Rice game last night. What a battle, great night of baseball. (after the rain...)

Too bad someone had to lose in the TCU/SHS game. Tough call by the ump. 

Probably the best analysis of the day from stitchhead. FWIW he has an interesting perspective on  Florida baseball. 

How bout UCI (and bsbl247's son) beating #1 National seed Oregon State. They were one of the last selections into the field of 64.

http://www.collegebaseballtoda...unces-from-my-couch/

Fenway,

I respectfully disagree, although those teams did win their conference championships, I cannot believe that there is a comparison, no dis on anyone.

For those that argue that players should be allowed to transfer from D1 to D1 JMO that this is precisely why they made this rule, it sort of evens the field.  Also why there is a uniform start date.  But I do believe that those tougher conferences still burn themselves out as they play their guts out for top 8 seeds.

There was some incredible college baseball this weekend for those who were watching. I had college baseball roundup going in the background Sat/Sun (when I was not at a game) It was particularly fun for me since mine is a college Jr to see the players he played with and against playing for teams all over the country. I found myself cheering for teams I normally would not pay attention to just because I knew the player.

Upsets, back and forth games, first timers getting though to supers, great stuff. Freshmen thrown into the limelight, Sr's playing their last games, fun stuff. Congrats to all of the players and their families who were participating this weekend.

Did anyone catch that 3rd inning flap between Miami and Texas Tech?  Interesting.  I thought the umpires got it right ejecting the instigator and the two asst coaches.

Saw it and agree they got it right.  Not positive about the Tech asst being ejected, unless it was for something that I didn't see.  Tech firstbaseman for sure... can't do that with the ball. The Miami firstbase coach looked like he made contact with the kid with the leg guard he was holding... Also a bad impulse so he had to go.  Tech asst seemed to be telling Miami asst to get back to his dugout, which he needed to do... But by then the benches were clearing. Ended up not amounting to much, but as Kyle Peterson said... Spot on as always... It was one hard shove or haymaker away from all hell breaking loose.  Not used to seeing that in college baseball.

Great weekend of baseball (in laws are in town so i needed as much BB as was on) two things stuck out to me after watching 20+ games, fundamentals seemed to be off more than i would like. between Outfielders letting balls through, weak off line throws and just really bad base running decisions.      not widespread but saw it too much IMO

were some really great games though

There are some pretty amazing college baseball stories coming out of the Regionals.

Personally, I am disappointed to see Coach Lee and Cal Poly not get through, but they had a very tough bracket.

Today, I will be crossing all fingers and toes hoping the UW Huskies can win 2 in Oxford.

Even with U of Charleston, a #4 seed, looking at winning their Regional, is there any better story than Maryland, an ACC afterthought for as far back as anyone can count in college baseball?  In their last ACC season, they win the South Carolina Regional and head to a Super. What a story!