Season 2013 Champions UCLA (1st title) | Teams 64 | |
Finals Site TD Ameritrade Park
Omaha, NE Runner-Up Mississippi State (9th CWS Appearance) Winning coach John Savage (1st title) | ||
The 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament began on Friday, May 31, 2013 as part of the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 team double elimination tournament concluded with the 2013 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, which began on June 15 and ended with the final round on June 25. The UCLA Bruins swept the Mississippi State Bulldogs in a best of three series to win the NCAA National Championship, the university's first in baseball and the 109th national title in all sports.
Contents
- National seeds
- Regionals and Super Regionals
- College World Series
- Bracket
- All Tournament Team
- Final standings
- Record by conference
- Radio
- Television
- References
The 64 participating college baseball teams were selected from an eligible pool of 298 NCAA Division I programs. Thirty teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their individual conferences. Additionally, 34 non-automatic qualifying teams were awarded at-large berths by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.
The 64 teams were divided into sixteen regionals consisting of four teams each. All four teams, in each regional, competed in a double-elimination tournament. Regional champions then faced one another in a best-of-three games series in their individual Super Regional based upon a predetermined bracketed system. This format determined the final eight participants to advance to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.
Fourteen of the sixteen original Regional hosts advanced to their respective Super Regional; the exceptions were the #8 national seed Oregon Ducks and the Virginia Tech Hokies.
For the first time in television history, ESPN provided live cut-ins and highlights from all 16 Regionals with the new Bases Loaded platform — similar to ESPN Goal Line and Buzzer Beater for college football and basketball.
National seeds
These eight teams automatically host a Super Regional if they advance to that round. Oregon was the only team not to advance to the Super Regional.
Bold indicates CWS participant.
- North Carolina
- Vanderbilt
- Oregon State
- LSU
- Cal State Fullerton
- Virginia
- Florida State
- Oregon
Regionals and Super Regionals
Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings.
College World Series
The College World Series began on June 15, 2013 and was held at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska.
Bracket
Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only.
All times Eastern.
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
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 Westwood One/NCAA Radio Network, provided nationwide radio coverage of the College World Series, which was streamed online at dialglobalsports.com and broadcast across radio stations throughout the US. Kevin Kugler and John Bishop called all games leading up to the Championship Series. The championship series was called by Kugler and Scott Graham with Ted Emrich acting as field reporter for the first time.
Television
For the first time ever ESPN carried every game from the Regionals, Super Regionals, and College World Series across the ESPN Networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and ESPN3). ESPN also provided Bases Loaded coverage for the Regionals. Bases Loaded was hosted by Dari Nowkhah and Anish Shroff with Kyle Peterson on hand as analysts. Bases Loaded aired the entire time on ESPN3 with select coverage on ESPN2 and ESPNU.