The NCAA Baseball tournament down to the Super Regionals and final 16 teams. Who has the best chance of heading to the College World Series in Omaha? The 2018 NCAA Baseball tournament has been a wild ride so far, with upsets galore busting the brackets of many NCAA Baseball fans — yes they have bracket challenges for the College World Series event. Even though a record 10 SEC schools made the round of 64, an NCAA Baseball tournament record, only six of them remain. After the Super Regionals round of 16, just three will advance to the College World Series in Omaha, with all six teams paired up with one another in their respective Super Regionals. Before you SEC faithful get your panties in a wad, it’s not a conspiracy to eliminate all of your qualified teams. In fact, when so many teams make the NCAA Baseball tournament, it’s bound to happen. If all of the PAC-12 schools had advanced, all four schools would have matched up with one another. Auburn earns it’s first Super Regionals appearance in 19 seasons, while Tennesee Tech, Duke, and Stetson make the Super Regionals for the first time in program history. If you’re late to the party or in case you need a refresher, he’s how the NCAA Baseball tournament format works. Also, for a team by team breakdown, check out our full-preview, then rejoin us here when you are done! NCAA Baseball Regional Round (64 teams) 64 teams –16 Regional sites Seeded 1-4 (16 one seeds, 16 two seeds, etc.) Regional Round: Double elimination Hosted by the one seed. NCAA Super Regional Round (16 teams) Winners of the Regionals are paired up in a best of three series. The highest seed of the two host. If two one-seeds advance, the team with the National seed designations hosts. College World Series (Eight Teams) Location: Omaha, Nebraska — TD Ameritrade Park. (neutral site) The eight winners of their respective Super Regionals are paired up based upon the initial bracket There are two sides of the bracket — set up much like the Regional Round It’s similar to the format of the Regionals with four teams in each side of the bracket. Double elimination format The winner of each four-team bracket then advances to the finals. The Championship Game is a best two out of three series. Here’s how the Regional games played out if you were otherwise occupied last weekend.<doc-sep>Saturday was moving day part one at the NCAA baseball tournament. Sunday will see fewer teams ushered off, but we’re mere hours from finding out who the 16 super regional participants will be in this year’s college ball tilt. One of the more surprising stories from Saturday’s regional action was the swift exit of No. 7 overall national seed Florida State, who lost on Friday night to Samford, then on Saturday to Mississippi State in highly dramatic fashion. Bulldogs slugger Elijah MacNamee blasted a three-run walk off homer to seal a 3-2 win and FSU must now sit in Tallahassee and watch others play on their baseball diamond. Woof. After rain botched the Oxford regional on Friday, forcing the opening two games into Saturday, No. 4 overall national seed came out strong after a somewhat shaky start to knock off Saint Louis, 9-2. They’ll play three games in Oxford on Sunday, with whoever loses in the first two squaring off in the third. Such is the nature of a double elimination baseball tournament in early June. Below is the full schedule for the third day of regional round action. A handful of these tilts will be decided by close of business on Sunday. Others will require some to come into the office on Monday. Day 3 schedule for NCAA tournament regional round (paired by region): All times Eastern. Gainesville regional Game 5: No. 2 Jacksonville vs. No. 3 Florida Atlantic, 1 p.m., WatchESPN Game 6: No. 1 Florida vs. winner, 6 p.m., WatchESPN Raleigh regional Game 5: No. 4 Army vs. No. 1 NC State, 2 p.m., WatchESPN Game 6: No. 2 Auburn vs. winner, 7 p.m., WatchESPN Stanford regional Game 5: No. 2 Baylor vs. No. 1 Stanford, 4 p.m., WatchESPN Game 6: No. 3 Cal State Fullerton vs. winner, 7 p.m., WatchESPN Conway regional Game 5: No. 2 UConn vs. No. 1 Coastal Carolina, noon, WatchESPN Game 6: No. 3 Washington vs. Game 5 winner, 6 p.m., WatchESPN Lubbock regional Game 5: No. 3 Kent State vs. No. 2 Louisville, 3 p.m., WatchESPN Game 6: No. 1 Texas Tech vs. winner, 7 p.m., WatchESPN Athens regional Game 4: No. 1 Georgia vs. No. 3 Troy, noon, WatchESPN Game 5: No. 2 Duke vs. Game 4 loser, 6 p.m., WatchESPN Clemson regional Game 5: No. 3 St. John’s vs. No. 1 Clemson, noon, WatchESPN Game 6: No. 2 Vanderbilt vs. winner, 6p.m., WatchESPN Tallahassee regional Game 5: No. 4 Samford vs. No. 2 Mississippi State, noon, WatchESPN Game 6: No. 3 Oklahoma vs. winner, 6 p.m., WatchESPN Fayetteville regional Game 5: No. 3 Dallas Baptist vs. No. 2 Southern Miss, 3 p.m., WatchESPN Game 6: No. 1 Arkansas vs. winner, 8 p.m., WatchESPN Greenville regional Game 5: No. 4 UNC Wilmington vs. No. 1 East Carolina, noon, WatchESPN Game 6: No. 2 South Carolina vs. winner, 6 p.m., WatchESPN Chapel Hill regional Game 5: No. 3 Houston vs. No. 2 Purdue, 1 p.m., WatchESPN Game 6: No. 1 North Carolina vs. winner, 6 p.m., WatchESPN Deland regional Game 5: No. 2 South Florida vs. No. 3 Oklahoma State, 1 p.m., WatchESPN Game 6: No. 1 Stetson vs. winner, 7 p.m., WatchESPN Oxford regional Game 3: No. 4 Saint Louis vs. No. 3 Missouri State, 1 p.m., WatchESPN Game 4: No 1 Ole Miss vs. No. 2 Tennessee Tech, 5 p.m., WatchESPN Game 5: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser, 9 p.m., WatchESPN Austin regional Game 5: No. 3 Texas A&M vs. No. 2 Indiana, 3 p.m., WatchESPN Game 6: No. 1 Texas vs. Game 5 winner, 9 p.m., WatchESPN Corvallis regional Game 5: No. 4 Northwestern State vs. No. 2 LSU, 3 p.m., WatchESPN Game 6: No. 1 Oregon State vs. winner, 9 p.m., WatchESPN Minneapolis regional Game 5: No. 3 Gonzaga vs. No. 2 UCLA, 3 p.m., WatchESPN Game 6: No. 1 Minnesota vs. winner, 7 p.m., WatchESPN<doc-sep>
Super regional action in the 2018 NCAA baseball tournament kicked off on Friday with four sites hosting best of three tilts for a shot at the College World Series proper in Omaha, Neb. When all is said and done on Monday, just eight of 64 tournament teams will remain and head to college baseball world’s version of the Big Dance. Stetson and North Carolina both handled business in their respective regional rounds, and they met in Chapel Hill for the early show on Friday. The Tar Heels struck out to an early 4-1 lead, but Stetson never really lost contact, pulling up to a 4-7 disadvantage with one out left in the ninth. The Hatters rallied to load the bases, and UNC’s skipper had to waste two good arms to get his club through the final out. Here’s the face of annoyance. The Heels prevailed in the end, 7-4, on the strength of a strong fly-out to left field. Carolina and Stetson will meet again on Saturday at noon Eastern. Cal State Fullerton is hosting Washington in the Titans’ first super regional hosting privilege since 2013, and they leapt out to an early two-run. That’s not why we’re here, though. We’re here because Fullerton’s facial hair game remains undefeated, after going undefeated in last year’s super regional round. Washington tied things up, 2-2, in the top of the third inning, and went from there into full-on stomp mode, blasting six more runs with the help of FIVE Fullerton errors on the Huskies’ way to an 8-5 win. This club can hit, their bullpen is deep, and they showed discipline on Friday. That being said, the Titans are also a punchy bunch, and they’ve been to Omaha a number of times since Washington’s last visit. This series is far from over. In the Corvallis super, Oregon State got off to a hot start astride a 6-0 opening salvo through six innings. three of which came off of homers from Adley Rutchman and cleanup man Trevor Larnach. The Beavers have been hitting long balls all afternoon, forcing Minnesota left fielder Ben Mezzenga to make spectacular catches like this. The Beavs lead after the sixth inning, 6-0.