2021 NCAA June Madness - College World Series (Begins 6/4/21)

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The NCAA Division I Baseball Committee announced the 16 regional sites for the 74th annual NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.

The 16 regional sites, with host institutions and records are as follows:

• Austin, Texas - Texas (42-15)
• Columbia, South Carolina – South Carolina (33-21)
• Eugene, Oregon – Oregon (37-14)
• Fayetteville, Arkansas – Arkansas (46-10)
• Fort Worth, Texas – TCU (39-17); through games played 5/29/2021
• Gainesville, Florida – Florida (38-20)
• Greenville, North Carolina – East Carolina (41-15)
• Knoxville, Tennessee – Tennessee (45-16)
• Lubbock, Texas – Texas Tech (36-15)
• Nashville, Tennessee – Vanderbilt (40-15)
• Oxford, Mississippi – Ole Miss (41-19)
• Ruston, Louisiana – Louisiana Tech (40-18)
• South Bend, Indiana – Notre Dame (30-11)
• Stanford, California – Stanford (33-14)
• Starkville, Mississippi – Mississippi St. (40-15)
• Tucson, Arizona – Arizona (40-15)

The championship field will consist of the following 30 conference automatic qualifiers and will be joined by 34 at-large qualifiers.

CONFERENCE - CHAMPION (Automatic Qualifier)
American Athletic - South Florida
America East - NJIT
Atlantic 10 - VCU
ACC - Duke
ASUN - Jacksonville
Big 12 - TCU
Big East - UConn
Big South - Presbyterian
Big Ten - Nebraska
Big West - UC Irvine
Colonial Athletic - Northeastern
Conference USA - Old Dominion
Horizon - Wright State
Metro Atlantic - Rider
Mid-American - Central Michigan
MEAC - Norfolk State
Missouri Valley - Dallas Baptist University
Mountain West - Nevada
Northeast - Central Connecticut
Ohio Valle - Southeast Missouri
Pac-12 - Arizona
Patriot - Army
Southeastern - Arkansas
Southern - Samford
Southland - McNeese
Summit - North Dakota State
Sun Belt - South Alabama
SWAC - Southern
Western Athletic - Grand Canyon
West Coast - Gonzaga

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And just like that, after the first weekend of play we are down to 16 teams remaining in the hunt for the College World Series Championship:

The #6 seed TCU, #11 seed Old Dominion, #14 seed Oregon, #15 seed Florida, #16 seed Louisiana Tech, and 43 unranked seeds have been eliminated.


Super regional schedule (Clubs must win 2 of 3 games to advance to the Final 8 which will be played in Omaha, Nebraska)

GAMES BEGIN FRIDAY, JUNE 11 (Second game June 12 and third game if necessary June 13) - All times are Eastern

UNR North Carolina State (33-17) at #1 Arkansas (49-11) – June 11th 6 p.m. (ESPNU), June 12th 3 p.m. (ESPN2), June 13th *6 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPNU)

#9 Stanford (36-15) at #8 Texas Tech (45-15) – June 11th 3 p.m. (ESPNU), June 12th 3 p.m. (ESPNU), June 13th *3 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPNU)

#12 Ole Miss (44-20) at #5 Arizona (43-15) – June 11th 9 p.m. (ESPNU), June 12th 10 p.m. (ESPN2), June 13th *9 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPNU)

#13 East Carolina (44-15) at #4 Vanderbilt (43-15) – June 11th 12 p.m. (ESPN2), June 12th 12 p.m. (ESPN2), June 13th *3 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPNU)


GAMES BEGIN SATURDAY, JUNE 12 (Second game June 13 and third game if necessary June 14) – All times are Eastern

UNR South Florida (31-28) at #2 Texas (45-15) – June 12th 9 p.m. (ESPNU), June 13th 9 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPNU), June 14th *4 p.m. or 7 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPNU)

#10 Notre Dame (33-11) at #7 Mississippi State (43-15) – June 12th 2 p.m. (ESPN), June 13th 6 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPNU), June 14th *7 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPNU)

UNR Dallas Baptist (40-16) vs. UNR Virginia (32-24) @ netural site (Columbia, South Carolina) – June 12th 12 p.m. (ESPNU), June 13th 12 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPNU), June 14th *1 p.m. (ESPNU)

UNR LSU (38-23) at #3 Tennessee (48-16) – June 12th 7 p.m. (ESPN2), June 13th 9 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPNU), June 14th *4 p.m. or 7 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPNU)

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UPDATED: FIELD IS NOW SET

The 2021 College World Series' final field of 8 is nearly set, with six teams already having earned their berths to Omaha and the last two games in super regionals to be contested today.

North Carolina State, Texas, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Arizona and Stanford each won their super regionals to clinch spots in the CWS. All are among the national seeds except North Carolina State, which knocked off top-seeded Arkansas in Game 3 of their super regional on Sunday. On Monday, Virginia will face Dallas Baptist in a winner-take-all Game 3 in Columbia, South Carolina, and Mississippi State will meet Notre Dame for a decisive third game in Starkville, Mississippi. For the College World Series, which starts next Saturday, Vanderbilt, Arizona, Stanford and North Carolina State will be in Bracket 1. Texas, Tennessee and Monday’s two winners will be in Bracket 2.

Here’s a look at the super regional scores and schedule from this weekend:

NCAA BASEBALL SUPER REGIONALS

UNR North Carolina State @ #1 Arkansas
Friday: Arkansas 21, North Carolina State 2
Saturday: North Carolina State 6, Arkansas 5
Sunday: North Carolina State 3, Arkansas 2; UNR North Carolina State advances

#9 Stanford @ #8 Texas Tech
Friday: Stanford 15, Texas Tech 3
Saturday: Stanford 9, Texas Tech 0
Sunday: Game 3 unnecessary; #9 Stanford advances

#12 Mississippi @ #5 Arizona
Friday: Arizona 9, Mississippi 3
Saturday: Mississippi 12, Arizona 3
Sunday: Arizona 16, Mississippi 3; #5 Arizona advances

#13 East Carolina @ #4 Vanderbilt
Friday: Vanderbilt 2, East Carolina 0
Saturday: Vanderbilt 4, East Carolina 1
Sunday: Game 3 unnecessary; #4 Vanderbilt advances

UNR South Florida @ #2 Texas
Saturday: Texas 4, South Florida 3
Sunday: Texas 12, South Florida 4
Monday: Game 3 unnecessary; #2 Texas advances

#10 Notre Dame @ #7 Mississippi State
Saturday: Mississippi State 9, Notre Dame 8
Sunday: Notre Dame 9, Mississippi State 1
Monday: Mississippi State 11, Notre Dame 7; #7 Mississippi State advances

UNR Dallas Baptist vs. UNR Virginia (@neutral site)
Saturday: Dallas Baptist 6, Virginia 5
Sunday: Virginia 4, Dallas Baptist 0
Monday: Virginia 5, Dallas Baptist 2; UNR Virginia advances

UNR LSU @ #3 Tennessee
Saturday: Tennessee 4, LSU 2
Sunday: Tennessee 15, LSU 6
Monday: Game 3 unnecessary; #3 Tennessee advances

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The 2021 Men's College World Series field is set.

Stanford and the super-regional surprise North Carolina State Wolfpack will get things started from TD Ameritrade Park on Saturday, June 19.

Five of the top 8 national seeds have advanced — #2 Texas, #3 Tennessee, #4 Vanderbilt, #5 Arizona, and #7 Mississippi State, — while #1 Arkansas, #6 TCU, and #8 Texas Tech were ousted.

The SEC (Tennessee, Vanderbilt, and Mississippi State) leads the way with three schools; with both the ACC (North Carolina State and Virginia) and Pac-12 (Arizona and Stanford) represented by two apiece; and the Big-12 (Texas) with one school representing them.

Here's the schedule:

Saturday, June 19

Game 1: #9 Stanford vs. UNR North Carolina State | 2 p.m. ET | ESPN
Game 2: #4 Vanderbilt vs. #5 Arizona | 7 p.m. | ESPN

Sunday, June 20

Game 3: #3 Tennessee vs. UNR Virginia | 2 p.m. | ESPN2
Game 4: #2 Texas vs. #7 Mississippi State | 7 p.m. | ESPN2

Monday, June 21

Game 5: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser | 2 p.m. | ESPNU
Game 6: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner | 7 p.m. | ESPN

Tuesday, June 22

Game 7: Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser | 2 p.m. | ESPNU
Game 8: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner | 7 p.m. | ESPN2

Wednesday, June 23

Game 9: 7 p.m. | ESPN

Thursday, June 24

Game 10: 7 p.m. | ESPN2

Friday, June 25

Game 11: 2 p.m. | ESPN2
Game 12: 7 p.m. | ESPN

Saturday, June 26

Game 13: 2 p.m. | ESPN (if necessary)
Game 14: 7 p.m. | ESPN2 (if necessary)

CWS Finals (Best-of-3 series)

Game 1: 7 p.m. | Monday, June 28 | ESPN2
Game 2: 7 p.m. | Tuesday, June 29 | ESPN
Game 3: 7 p.m. | Wednesday, June 30 | ESPN2 (if necessary)

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Three of the final four have been decided, the fourth will be known in a few hours...


Thursday, June 24
Game 10: #2 Texas vs. UNR Virginia | 7 p.m. | ESPN2 (loser is eliminated)

Friday, June 25
Game 11: UNR North Carolina State vs. #4 Vanderbilt | 2 p.m. | ESPN2
Game 12: #7 Mississippi State vs. winner of Game 10 | 7 p.m. | ESPN

Saturday, June 26
Game 13: 2 p.m. | ESPN (only necessary if North Carolina State loses Game 11)
Game 14: 7 p.m. | ESPN2 (only necessary if Mississippi State loses Game 12)

CWS Finals (Best-of-3 series)
Game 1: 7 p.m. | Monday, June 28 | ESPN2
Game 2: 7 p.m. | Tuesday, June 29 | ESPN
Game 3: 7 p.m. | Wednesday, June 30 | ESPN2 (if necessary)

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#4 Vanderbilt will face #7 Mississippi State in the national championship

Game 1 is this coming Monday night in Omaha

[LARKIN]

Not having the draft prior to the WS is kind of a bummer. Was always fun to catch a draftee in a big game

[RedTeamGo!]

#4 Vanderbilt will face #7 Mississippi State in the national championship

Game 1 is this coming Monday night in Omaha

NC state not being allowed to play kind of ruined it for me this year. This final is a joke and I frankly won’t recognize whoever wins it as a true national champ.