2016 NCAA Division I softball tournament
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The 2016 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament will be held from May 20 through June 8, 2016 as the final part of the 2016 NCAA Division I softball season. The 64 NCAA Division I college softball teams will be selected out of an eligible 293 teams on May 15, 2016. Thirty-two teams will be awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conference, and thirty-two teams will be selected at-large by the NCAA Division I softball selection committee. The tournament will culminate with eight teams playing in the 2016 Women's College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City.
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.
National seeds
16 National Seeds were announced on the Selection Show Sunday, May 15 at 10 p.m. EDT on ESPNU. The 16 national seeds hosted the Regionals. Teams in italics advanced to Super Regionals. Teams in bold advanced to Women's College World Series.
1. Florida |
9. Kentucky |
Regionals and Super Regionals
The Regionals took place May 19–22. The Columbia regional took place May 19-21 because of BYU's no Sunday-play policy. All other regionals occurred May 20–22. The Super Regionals will take place from May 26–29.
Gainesville Super Regional
Tallahassee Super Regional
Eugene Super Regional
Auburn Super Regional
Norman Super Regional
Tuscaloosa Super Regional
Harrisonburg Super Regional
Ann Arbor Super Regional
Women's College World Series
The Women's College World Series will be held June 2 through June 8, 2016, in Oklahoma City. Participants and the bracket will be filled in as the Super Regionals are completed.
Participants
School | Conference | Record (Conference) | Head Coach | WCWS Appearances† (including 2016 WCWS) |
WCWS Best Finish†* | WCWS W-L Record† (excluding 2016 WCWS) |
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Alabama | SEC | 51-12 (17-8) | Patrick Murphy | 11 (last: 2015) |
1st (2012) |
17-19 |
Auburn | SEC | 56-10 (16-7) | Clint Myers | 2 (last: 2015) |
3rd (2015) |
3-2 |
Florida St. | ACC | 53-8 (21-2) | Lonnie Alameda | 9 (last: 2014) |
3rd (2002) |
6-17 |
Georgia | SEC | 45-18 (11-14) | Lu Harris-Champer | 3 (last: 2010) |
3rd (2009, 2010) |
6-4 |
LSU | SEC | 50-16 (13-11) | Beth Torina | 5 (last: 2015) |
3rd (2004, 2015) |
7-8 |
Michigan | Big Ten | 51-5 (21-2) | Carol Hutchins | 12 (last: 2015) |
1st (2005) |
13-22 |
Oklahoma | Big 12 | 52-7 (17-1) | Patty Gasso | 10 (last: 2014) |
1st (2000, 2013) |
17-14 |
UCLA | Pac-12 | 40-14-1 (16-5-1) | Kelly Inoyue-Perez | 27 (last: 2015) |
1st (1982, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995*, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2010) |
95-32 |
Bracket
Record by conference
Conference | # of Bids | Record | Win % | RF | SR | WS | NS | CS | NC |
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Southeastern | 11 | 38-18 | .685 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | – | – |
Pac-12 | 8 | 23-16 | .590 | 7 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – |
Big Ten | 6 | 12-10 | .545 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Big 12 | 4 | 11-6 | .647 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Atlantic Coast | 4 | 8-6 | .571 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Sun Belt | 2 | 4-4 | .500 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
CAA | 1 | 4-2 | .667 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
American | 3 | 3-7 | .300 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
Big West | 2 | 3-4 | .429 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
Other | 23 | 11-44 | .200 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
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.
Media coverage
Radio
Westwood One will provide nationwide radio coverage of the championship series. It will be streamed online at westwoodsports.com and through TuneIn. Kevin Kugler and Leah Amico are once again scheduled to provide the call for Westwood One.
Television
ESPN holds exclusive rights to the tournament. They will air games across ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU. Select regionals and super-regionals will be broadcast on additional ESPN stations like SEC Network, ESPN3, SEC Network Plus, and Longhorn Network. Any regionals not picked up by ESPN may be streamed online by the host institution or broadcast by their television partners.
Broadcast assignments
Regionals
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Super Regionals
Women's College World Series
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References
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