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2015 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament

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Teams
  
64

Winning coach
  
Tim Walton (2nd title)

Champions
  
Florida (2nd title)

MOP
  
Lauren Haeger Florida

Finals Site
  
ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City

Runner-Up
  
Michigan(12th WCWS Appearance)

The 2015 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament was held from May 14 through June 3, 2015 as the final part of the 2015 NCAA Division I softball season. The 64 NCAA Division I college softball teams were selected out of an eligible 293 teams on May 10, 2015. Thirty-two teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conference, and thirty-two teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I softball selection committee. The tournament culminated with eight teams playing in the 2015 Women's College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.

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Automatic bids

The Big 12, Big West, Mountain West, Pac-12, and West Coast Conference bids were awarded to the regular season champion. All other conferences have the automatic bid go to the conference tournament winner.

  • America East – Binghamton
  • American – UCF
  • ACC – Florida State
  • Atlantic 10 – Fordham
  • Atlantic Sun – USC Upstate
  • Big 12 – Oklahoma
  • Big East – St. John's
  • Big Sky – Weber State
  • Big South – Longwood
  • Big Ten – Michigan
  • Big West – Cal State Northridge
  • Colonial – Hofstra
  • Conference USA – Western Kentucky
  • Horizon – Oakland
  • Ivy – Dartmouth
  • Mid-American – Ball State
  • Metro Atlantic – Fairfield
  • Mid-Eastern – Florida A&M
  • Missouri Valley – Indiana State
  • Mountain West – Fresno State
  • Northeast – Central Connecticut State
  • Ohio Valley – Tennessee Tech
  • Pac–12 – Oregon
  • Patriot – Lehigh
  • SEC – Auburn
  • Southern – Chattanooga
  • Southland – Central Arkansas
  • SWAC – Texas Southern
  • Summit – North Dakota State
  • Sun Belt – South Alabama
  • WAC – New Mexico State
  • WCC – BYU

    • National seeds

    Teams in italics advanced to Super Regionals. Teams in bold advanced to Women's College World Series.

    Regionals and Super Regionals

    The Regionals will take place May 14–17. The Eugene Region is May 14–16. All other regionals are May 15–17. The Super Regionals will take place from May 21–24.

    Women's College World Series

    The Women's College World Series was held May 28 through June 3, 2015, in Oklahoma City.

    Record by conference

    The columns RF, SR, WS, NS, CS, and NC respectively stand for the Regional Finals, Super Regionals, College World Series Teams, National Semi-Finals, Championship Series, and National Champion.

    Radio

    Westwood One provided nationwide radio coverage of the championship series. It was streamed online at westwoodsports.com and through TuneIn. Kevin Kugler and Leah Amico were once again scheduled to provide the call for Westwood One.

    Television

    ESPN held exclusive rights to the tournament, with games airing across ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU. Regional and super-regional games were broadcast additionally using SEC Network, ESPN3, and SEC Network Plus. Longhorn Network simulcast coverage of games involving the Texas Longhorns.

    Coverage of the tournament was highly viewed; the LSU/Michigan and UCLA/Auburn games drew the largest viewership of the bracket round games, coverage of game 3 of the championship series was seen by 2.27 million viewers, and all three games in the championship series had an average viewership of 1.85 million. Viewership of the Women's College World Series was 31% higher than that of the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament held later in the month.

    References

    2015 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament Wikipedia
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