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Revision as of 16:49, 31 May 2021

2021 NCAA Division I
baseball tournament
Season2021
Teams64
Finals site

The 2021 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament is the seventy-fourth edition of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. The 64-team tournament will begin on Friday, June 4, 2021, as part of the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season and will conclude with the 2021 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, starting on June 19 and ending on June 30.[1]

The 64 participating NCAA Division I college baseball teams will be selected out of an eligible 299 teams. There will be 30[a] teams awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conferences, and 34 teams will be selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee. Teams will be divided into sixteen regionals of four teams, each of which will conduct a double-elimination tournament. Regional champions will then face each other in Super Regionals, a best-of-three game series, to determine the eight participants in the College World Series.[1]

Grand Canyon,[3] NJIT,[4] Norfolk State[5] and Presbyterian[6] will make their NCAA tournament debuts after winning their first conference tournaments in program history. Nevada qualifies for the tournament for the first time since 2000.[7]

Tournament procedure

A total of 64 teams will enter the tournament, with 30 of them (down from 31, due to the Ivy League having canceled all spring sports due to COVID-19)[8] receiving an automatic bid by winning their conference's tournament. The remaining 34 bids will be "at-large", with selections extended by the NCAA Selection Committee.

On Friday, May 14, the NCAA Selection Committee announced 20 potential sites for the first round regionals due to necessary coronavirus precautions, which were reduced to 16 on May 30.[9][10] Typically, the top sixteen teams receive national seeds and host their respective regional tournaments. However, since the committee determined only twenty potential sites, if a team outside that list of twenty were to receive a national seed, they would play their regional on the road. This feat has not occurred since 2010 when No. 1 seed Florida State Seminoles traveled to the Norwich Regional hosted by UConn at Dodd Memorial Stadium.[11]

Schedule and venues

On May 30, the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee announced the sixteen regional host sites. The Southeastern Conference leads the way with seven hosts. The Big 12 Conference and Pac-12 Conference each have three regional hosts, while Conference USA, Atlantic Coast Conference, and American Athletic Conference each had one regional host. Texas leads all institutions as they will host for the 28th time. Louisiana Tech will host for the first time in program history.[12]

The Super Regional sites will be announced on the morning of Tuesday, June 8 after the completion of the regional tournaments.[12]

Regionals

Super Regionals

  • June 11–14

College World Series

Bids

Automatic bids

School Conference Record (Conf) Berth Last NCAA Appearance
NJIT America East 26–22 (23–17) Tournament First appearance
South Florida American 28–27 (14–14) Tournament 2018 (DeLand Regional)
Jacksonville ASUN 16–32 (4–15) Tournament 2018 (Gainesville Regional)
Duke ACC 32–20 (16–17) Tournament 2019 (Morgantown Regional)
VCU Atlantic 10 37–14 (13–3) Tournament 2015 (Dallas Regional)
TCU Big 12 40–17 (17–7) Tournament 2019 (Fayetteville Regional)
UConn Big East 33–16 (13–4) Tournament 2019 (Oklahoma City Regional)
Presbyterian Big South 22–21 (18–16) Tournament First appearance
Nebraska Big Ten 31–12 (31–12) Regular Season 2019 (Oklahoma City Regional)
UC Irvine Big West 40–16 (32–8) Regular Season 2014 College World Series
Northeastern Colonial 36–10 (20–3) Tournament 2018 (Raleigh Regional)
Old Dominion Conference USA 42–14 (22–10) Tournament 2014 (Columbia Regional)
Wright State Horizon 35–11 (28–4) Tournament 2018 (Stanford Regional)
Rider Metro Atlantic 23–16 (18–16) Tournament 2010 (Austin Regional)
Central Michigan Mid-American 40–16 (31–9) Regular Season 2019 (Starkville Regional)
Norfolk State Mid-Eastern 25–26 (18–10) Tournament First appearance
Dallas Baptist Missouri Valley 37–15 (18–6) Tournament 2019 (Lubbock Regional)
Nevada Mountain West 25–18 (22–9) Regular Season 2000 (Palo Alto Regional)
Central Connecticut Northeast 28–13 (21–9) Tournament 2019 (Fayetteville Regional)
Southeast Missouri State Ohio Valley 30–20 (17–10) Tournament 2016 (Starkville Regional)
Arizona Pac-12 40–15 (21–9) Regular Season 2017 (Lubbock Regional)
Army Patriot 28–23 (15–10) Tournament 2019 (Lubbock Regional)
Arkansas SEC 46–10 (22–8) Tournament 2019 College World Series
Samford Southern 35–22 (20–10) Tournament 2018 (Tallahassee Regional)
McNeese State Southland 32–28 (21–18) Tournament 2019 (Nashville Regional)
Southern Southwestern Athletic 20–28 (13–11) Tournament 2017 (Starkville Regional)
North Dakota State Summit 41–17 (20–11) Tournament 2014 (Corvallis Regional)
South Alabama Sun Belt 33–20 (15–9) Tournament 2017 (Hattiesburg Regional)
Gonzaga West Coast 33–17 (20–7) Regular Season 2018 (Minneapolis Regional)
Grand Canyon Western Athletic 39–19–1 (29–7) Tournament First appearance

By Conference

Conference Total Schools
America East 1 NJIT
American 1 South Florida
ASUN 1 Jacksonville
ACC 1 Duke
Atlantic 10 1 VCU
Big 12 1 TCU
Big East 1 UConn
Big South 1 Presbyterian
Big Ten 1 Nebraska
Big West 1 UC Irvine
Colonial 1 Northeastern
Conference USA 1 Old Dominion
Horizon 1 Wright State
Metro Atlantic 1 Rider
Mid-American 1 Central Michigan
Mid-Eastern 1 Norfolk State
Missouri Valley 1 Dallas Baptist
Mountain West 1 Nevada
Northeast 1 Central Connecticut
Ohio Valley 1 Southeast Missouri State
Pac-12 1 Arizona
Patriot 1 Army
SEC 1 Arkansas
Southern 1 Samford
Southland 1 McNeese State
Southwestern Athletic 1 Southern
Summit 1 North Dakota State
Sun Belt 1 South Alabama
West Coast 1 Gonzaga
Western Athletic 1 Grand Canyon

National seeds

The sixteen national seeds were announced on the Selection Show on Monday, May 31, 2021 at 12 p.m. EDT on ESPN2.[13] Teams in italics advanced to the Super Regionals. Teams in bold advanced to the 2021 College World Series.

Regionals and Super Regionals

Bold indicates winner. Seeds for regional tournaments indicate seeds within regional. Seeds for super regional tournaments indicate national seeds only.

Fayetteville Super Regional

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Lubbock Super Regional

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Tuscon Super Regional

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Nashville Super Regional

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Knoxville Seed Super Regional

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Fort Worth Seed Super Regional

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Starkville Seed Super Regional

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Austin Seed Super Regional

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College World Series

Main article: 2021 College World Series

The College World Series will be held at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska.

Participants

School Conference Record (Conf) Head coach Super Regional Previous CWS Appearances CWS Best Finish CWS W-L Record
NC State ACC 35–18 (19–14) Elliott Avent Fayetteville 2
(last: 2013) 		3rd
(1968) 		3–4
Stanford Pac–12 38–15 (17–10) David Esquer Lubbock 16
(last: 2008) 		1st
(1987, 1988) 		40–29
Arizona Pac–12 45–16 (21–9) Jay Johnson Tucson 17
(last: 2016) 		1st
(1976, 1980, 1986, 2012) 		43–30
Vanderbilt SEC 45–15 (19–10) Tim Corbin Nashville 4
(last: 2019) 		1st
(2014, 2019) 		16–7
Tennessee SEC 50–16 (20–10) Tony Vitello Knoxville 4
(last: 2005) 		2nd
(1951) 		8–8
Virginia ACC 35–25 (18–18) Brian O'Connor Columbia 5
(last: 2015) 		1st
(2015) 		12–8
Mississippi State SEC 45–16 (20–10) Chris Lemonis Starkville 11
(last: 2019) 		2nd
(2013) 		13–22
Texas Big 12 47–15 (17–7) David Pierce Austin 36
(last: 2018) 		1st
(1949, 1950, 1975,
1983, 2002, 2005) 		85–61

Bracket

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
               
NC State 10
9 Stanford 4
NC State 1
4 Vanderbilt 0
5 Arizona 6
4 Vanderbilt 712
NC State 1 –
Bracket 1
4 Vanderbilt 3 –[A]
9 Stanford 14
5 Arizona 5
9 Stanford 5
4 Vanderbilt 6
4 Vanderbilt 8 2 0
7 Mississippi State 2 13 9
3 Tennessee 0
Virginia 6
Virginia 5
7 Mississippi State 6
7 Mississippi State 2
2 Texas 1
7 Mississippi State 5 4
Bracket 2
2 Texas 8 3
3 Tennessee 4
2 Texas 8
2 Texas 6
Virginia 2

Notes

  1. ^ The Ivy League canceled their 2021 season, dropping automatic bids from 31 to 30 for the 2021 tournament.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Baseball Division I Championship". NCAA. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
  2. ^ Adams, Susan (February 18, 2021). "The Ivy League Cancels Spring 2021 Sports". Forbes. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  3. ^ Obert, Richard (May 30, 2021). "Tyler Wilson's 9th-inning single sends Grand Canyon into the NCAA Division I baseball tournament for first time". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved May 30, 2021. GCU (39-19-1) rallied from a 4-1 deficit to reach the NCAA Division I baseball tournament for the first time in its history.
  4. ^ Rubin, Roger (May 30, 2021). "SBU baseball doesn't get chance to play for NCAA Tournament". Newsday. Retrieved May 30, 2021. With a full day of rain in the forecast, the conference and game officials decided to end the tournament without crowning a champion. As a result, the Highlanders – not the Seawolves – will get the bid.
  5. ^ Nimmo, Ray (May 22, 2021). "Norfolk State wins first MEAC baseball title with 11th-inning walk-off". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  6. ^ Morris, Julia (May 29, 2021). "Presbyterian baseball team wins first Big South Championship in program history". WYFF. Fayetteville, North Carolina. Retrieved May 30, 2021. Presbyterian recorded the baseball program's first Big South Championship
  7. ^ Moran, Kirsten (May 29, 2021). "'It's been a long road coming.' Nevada baseball family members react to MW title". Nevada Sports Net. Retrieved May 30, 2021. The Wolf Pack also earned the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Regionals for the first time in twenty one years.
  8. ^ Witz, Billy (February 18, 2021). "Ivy League Cancels Spring Sports Despite Pleas From Athletes". The New York Times. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  9. ^ Cahill, Teddy (May 14, 2021). "Shortlist Of 20 Potential NCAA Tournament Host Sites Announced". Baseball America. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  10. ^ "Division I Baseball Committee announces championship host sites". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Indianapolis. May 14, 2021. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  11. ^ Cahill, Teddy (May 28, 2021). "2021 NCAA Baseball Tournament Final Projected Field Of 64". Baseball America. Retrieved May 29, 2021. The selection committee has not sent a top seed on the road since 2010 when Florida State was the No. 1 seed in the Norwich Regional, hosted by Connecticut.
  12. ^ a b "Sixteen Regional Sites Selected For 2021 NCAA Baseball Championship". NCAA.com. Indianapolis. May 30, 2021. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  13. ^ "2021 college baseball tournament selection show: Time, how to watch". www.ncaa.com. May 27, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  14. ^ "Vanderbilt-NC State College World Series game ruled no-contest due to COVID-19 protocols". NCAA.com. June 26, 2021. Retrieved June 26, 2021.


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