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2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

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Season
  
2012

Champions
  
Arizona (4th title)

Teams
  
64

Winning coach
  
Andy Lopez (2nd title)

Finals Site
  
TD Ameritrade Park Omaha, NE

Runner-Up
  
South Carolina (11th CWS Appearance)

The 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament began on Friday, June 1, 2012 as part of the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 team double elimination tournament concluded with the 2012 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, starting on June 15 and ending on June 25.

Contents

The 64 NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 297 teams. Thirty teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conferences, and 34 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.

Automatic bids

Conference champions from 30 Division I conferences earned automatic bids to regionals. The remaining 34 spots were awarded to schools as at-large invitees.

National seeds

These eight teams would automatically host a Super Regional had they advanced to that round. Only North Carolina failed to advance out of its regional.

Bold indicates CWS participant.

  1. Florida
  2. UCLA
  3. Florida State
  4. Baylor
  5. Oregon
  6. North Carolina
  7. LSU
  8. South Carolina

Regionals and Super Regionals

Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings.

Bracket

Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team.

Final standings

Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only

  • # denotes national seed

    • Record by conference

    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.

    Radio

    NRG Media, in conjunction with the Dial Global Sports/NCAA Radio Network provided nationwide radio coverage of the College World Series. Kevin Kugler and John Bishop called all games leading up to the Championship Series. It would be the first time John Bishop would call College World Series games for Dial Global Sports. The championship series would be called by Kugler and Scott Graham.

    Selection shows

    The NCAA Division I Road to Omaha Selection Show aired on ESPN on May 28, 2012.

    Competition

  • Regionals:
    • The Columbia and Tucson Regionals were broadcast on ESPNU and ESPN3. The College Station, Gainesville, Palo Alto and Tallahassee Regionals were broadcast on ESPN3. The Baton Rouge Regional was broadcast on Comcast SportsNet Northwest, Cox Sports Television, CSS. Purdue's games at the Gary Regional were broadcast on Big Ten Network. Games in that regional not involving Purdue were not televised at all. All games during the Super Regionals and the College World Series aired on the ESPN Networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and ESPN3).

    References

    2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament Wikipedia
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