2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
Season | 2011 |
---|---|
Teams | 64 |
Finals site | |
Champions | South Carolina (2nd title) |
Runner-up | Florida (7th CWS Appearance) |
Winning coach | Ray Tanner (2nd title) |
MOP | Scott Wingo (South Carolina) |
The 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament began on Friday, June 3, 2011 as part of the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 team double elimination tournament concluded with the 2011 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska on June 29, 2011.
The 64 NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 300 teams.[1] Thirty teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conferences, and 34 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.
Bids
Automatic bids
Conference champions from 30 Division I conferences earned automatic bids to regionals. The remaining 34 spots were awarded to schools as at-large invitees.
School | Conference | Record (Conf) | Berth | Last NCAA Appearance |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alcorn State | SWAC | 26-27 (19-4) | Won SWAC Tourney | First NCAA Appearance |
Arkansas–Little Rock | Sun Belt | 24-32 (10-20) | Won Sun Belt Tourney | First NCAA Appearance |
Austin Peay State | OVC | 33-22 (17-6) | Won OVC Tourney | 2007 (Nashville Regional) |
Belmont | Atlantic Sun | 36-24 (17-13) | Won A-Sun Tourney | First NCAA Appearance |
Bethune-Cookman | MEAC | 35-22 (18-0) | Won MEAC Tourney | 2010 (Gainesville Regional) |
Cal State Fullerton | Big West | 39-15 (18-5) | Regular Season Champion | 2010 (Los Angeles Super Regional) |
Charlotte | Atlantic 10 | 42-14 (17-7) | Won A-10 Tourney | 2008 (Raleigh Regional) |
Coastal Carolina | Big South | 41-18 (20-7) | Won Big South Tourney | 2010 (Myrtle Beach Super Regional) |
Creighton | Missouri Valley | 44-14 (15-6) | Won MVC Tourney | 2007 (Fayetteville Regional) |
Florida | SEC | 44-16 (22-8) | Won SEC Tourney | 2010 (CWS 7th Place) |
Fresno State | WAC | 40-14 (17-7) | Won WAC Tourney | 2009 (Irvine Regional) |
Georgia Southern | Southern | 35-24 (18-12) | Won SoCon Tourney | 2009 (Fullerton Regional) |
Illinois | Big Ten | 28-25 (15-9) | Won Big Ten Tourney | 2000 (Clemson Regional) |
James Madison | Colonial Athletic | 40-17 (21-9) | Won CAA Tourney | 2008 (Raleigh Regional) |
Kent State | Mid-American | 43-15 (21-5) | Won MAC Tourney | 2010 (Los Angeles Regional) |
Maine | America East | 32-22 (18-6) | Won AEC Tourney | 2006 (Chapel Hill Regional) |
Manhattan | MAAC | 34-17 (20-2) | Won MAAC Tourney | 2006 (Lincoln Regional) |
Navy | Patriot | 33-23-1 (12-8) | Won Patriot League Tourney | 2002 (Winston-Salem Regional) |
New Mexico | Mountain West | 20-39 (10-14) | Won MWC Tourney | 2010 (Fullerton Regional) |
Oral Roberts | Summit | 35-20 (21-7) | Won Summit Tourney | 2010 (Norman Regional) |
Princeton | Ivy | 23-22 (15-5) | Won Championship Series | 2006 (Fayetteville Regional) |
Rice | Conference USA | 38-18 (16-8) | Won C-USA Tourney | 2010 (Austin Regional) |
Sacred Heart | Northeast | 34-21 (23-9) | Won NEC Tourney | 2006 (Athens Regional) |
San Francisco | West Coast | 31-23 (16-5) | Regular Season Champion | 2006 (Lincoln Regional) |
Seton Hall | Big East | 29-23 (14-13) | Won Big East Tourney | 2001 (Clemson Regional) |
Texas A&M | Big 12 | 42-18 (19-8) | Won Big 12 Tourney | 2010 (Coral Gables Regional) |
Texas State | Southland | 40-21 (24-9) | Won Southland Tourney | 2009 (Austin Regional) |
UCLA | Pac-10 | 33-22 (18-9) | Regular Season Champion | 2010 (CWS Runner-up) |
Virginia | Atlantic Coast | 49-9 (22-8) | Won ACC Tourney | 2010 (Charlottesville Regional) |
Wright State | Horizon | 35-17 (16-7) | Won Horizon Tourney | 2009 (Fort Worth Regional) |
By conference
Conference | Total | Schools |
---|---|---|
Atlantic Coast | 7 | Clemson, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami (FL), North Carolina, NC State, Virginia |
Southeastern | 7 | Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Vanderbilt |
Big 12 | 6 | Baylor, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M |
Pacific-10 | 6 | Arizona, Arizona State, California, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA |
Conference USA | 4 | UCF, East Carolina, Rice, Southern Miss |
Atlantic Sun | 3 | Belmont, Jacksonville, Stetson |
Big East | 3 | Connecticut, Seton Hall, St. John's |
Sun Belt | 3 | Arkansas–Little Rock, FIU, Troy |
Big West | 2 | Cal State Fullerton, UC Irvine |
Mountain West | 2 | New Mexico, TCU |
Atlantic 10 | 1 | Charlotte |
America East | 1 | Maine |
Big South | 1 | Coastal Carolina |
Big Ten | 1 | Illinois |
Colonial Athletic | 1 | James Madison |
Horizon | 1 | Wright State |
Independent | 1 | Dallas Baptist |
Ivy | 1 | Princeton |
Metro Atlantic | 1 | Manhattan |
Mid-American | 1 | Kent State |
Mid-Eastern | 1 | Bethune-Cookman |
Missouri Valley | 1 | Creighton |
Northeast | 1 | Sacred Heart |
Ohio Valley | 1 | Austin Peay State |
Patriot | 1 | Navy |
Southern | 1 | Georgia Southern |
Southland | 1 | Texas State |
Southwestern | 1 | Alcorn State |
Summit | 1 | Oral Roberts |
Western Athletic | 1 | Fresno State |
West Coast | 1 | San Francisco |
National seeds
Bold indicates CWS participant.
- Virginia
- Florida
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Florida State
- Vanderbilt
- Texas
- Rice
Regionals & Super Regionals
Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings.
Charlottesville Super Regional
Santa Clara Super Regional
Hosted by the University of California at Stephen Schott Stadium on the campus of Santa Clara University.** Template:CWSBracket
**California hosted the super regional at Santa Clara because its own stadium (Evans Diamond) could not accommodate television crews and did not have lights.[2]
Tallahassee Super Regional
Columbia Super Regional
Gainesville Super Regional
Austin Super Regional
Nashville Super Regional
Chapel Hill Super Regional
College World Series
Participants
School | Conference | Record (Conference) | Head Coach | CWS Appearances | CWS Best Finish | CWS W-L Record |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
California | Pac-10 | 37–21 (13–13) | David Esquer | 5 (last: 1992) |
1st (1947, 1957) |
10–6 |
Florida | SEC | 50–17 (22–8) | Kevin O'Sullivan | 6 (last: 2010) |
2nd (2005) |
8–13 |
North Carolina | ACC | 50–14 (20–10) | Mike Fox | 8 (last: 2009) |
2nd (2006, 2007) |
14–17 |
South Carolina | SEC | 50–14 (22–8) | Ray Tanner | 9 (last: 2010) |
1st (2010) |
23–17 |
Texas | Big 12 | 49–17 (19–8) | Augie Garrido | 33 (last: 2009) |
1st (1949, 1950, 1975, 1983, 2002, 2005) |
82–55 |
Texas A&M | Big 12 | 47–20 (19–8) | Rob Childress | 4 (last:1999) |
5th (1993) |
2–8 |
Vanderbilt | SEC | 52–10 (22–8) | Tim Corbin | 0 (last: none) |
none | 0–0 |
Virginia | ACC | 54–10 (22–8) | Brian O'Connor | 1 (last: 2009) |
5th (2009) |
1–2 |
Bracket
Championship Series
Game 1
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||
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South Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Florida | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
Starting pitchers: USC: Forrest Koumas UF: Hudson Randall WP: John Taylor LP: Nick Maronde Sv: Matt Price Home runs: USC: None UF: None Attendance: 25,851 Boxscore |
Game 2
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Florida | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Starting pitchers: FLA: Karsten Whitson USC: Michael Roth WP: Michael Roth LP: Karsten Whitson Sv: Matt Price Home runs: FLA: Mike Zunino USC: Peter Mooney Attendance: 26,721 Notes: SC becomes the 6th team in CWS history to win back-to-back Championships. SC ties consecutive post season & CWS victories record, (see below). Boxscore |
All-Tournament Team
The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team.
Position | Player | School |
---|---|---|
P | Matt Price | South Carolina |
Michael Roth | South Carolina | |
1B | Christian Walker | South Carolina |
2B | Scott Wingo | South Carolina |
3B | Cody Dent | Florida |
SS | Peter Mooney | South Carolina |
C | Robert Beary | South Carolina |
OF | Tony Kemp | Vanderbilt |
Connor Harrell | Vanderbilt | |
Bryson Smith | Florida | |
DH | Brady Thomas | South Carolina |
MOP | Scott Wingo | South Carolina |
Final standings
Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only
Place | School | Record |
---|---|---|
1st | #4 South Carolina | 10-0 |
2nd | #2 Florida | 8-3 |
3rd | #6 Vanderbilt | 7-2 |
#1 Virginia | 7-3 | |
5th | California | 7-3 |
#3 North Carolina | 6-2 | |
7th | #7 Texas | 6-4 |
Texas A&M | 5-4 | |
9th | Arizona State | 4-2 |
Connecticut | 4-3 | |
Dallas Baptist | 3-3 | |
#5 Florida State | 4-2 | |
Mississippi State | 4-2 | |
Oregon State | 3-2 | |
Stanford | 3-2 | |
UC Irvine | 4-2 | |
17th | Alabama | 2-2 |
Arizona | 3-2 | |
Arkansas | 2-2 | |
Baylor | 2-2 | |
Belmont | 2-2 | |
Clemson | 2-2 | |
East Carolina | 2-2 | |
Georgia | 2-2 | |
Georgia Tech | 2-2 | |
Illinois | 2-2 | |
James Madison | 2-2 | |
Kent State | 2-2 | |
Miami (FL) | 2-2 | |
Oral Roberts | 3-2 | |
Stetson | 2-2 | |
UCLA | 2-2 | |
33rd | Austin Peay | 1-2 |
Cal State Fullerton | 1-2 | |
Central Florida | 1-2 | |
Charlotte | 1-2 | |
Coastal Carolina | 1-2 | |
Creighton | 1-2 | |
Jacksonville | 1-2 | |
Maine | 1-2 | |
NC State | 1-2 | |
#8 Rice | 1-2 | |
San Francisco | 1-2 | |
Seton Hall | 1-2 | |
St. John's | 1-2 | |
Texas State | 1-2 | |
TCU | 1-2 | |
Troy | 1-2 | |
49th | Alcorn State | 0-2 |
Arkansas–Little Rock | 0-2 | |
Bethune-Cookman | 0-2 | |
FIU | 0-2 | |
Fresno State | 0-2 | |
Georgia Southern | 0-2 | |
Kansas State | 0-2 | |
Manhattan | 0-2 | |
Navy | 0-2 | |
New Mexico | 0-2 | |
Oklahoma | 0-2 | |
Oklahoma State | 0-2 | |
Princeton | 0-2 | |
Sacred Heart | 0-2 | |
Southern Miss | 0-2 | |
Wright State | 0-2 |
- # denotes national seed
Record by conference
Conference | # of Bids | Record | Win % | RF | SR | WS | NS | CS | NC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Southeastern | 7 | 35–13 | .729 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Atlantic Coast | 7 | 24-15 | .615 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | – |
Big 12 | 6 | 13–16 | .448 | 3 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Pac-10 | 6 | 22–13 | .629 | 6 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – |
Big East | 3 | 6–7 | .462 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
Big West | 2 | 5–4 | .556 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
Independent | 1 | 3–3 | .500 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
Atlantic Sun | 3 | 5–6 | .455 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
Conference USA | 4 | 4–8 | .333 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
Sun Belt | 3 | 1–6 | .143 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Mountain West | 2 | 1–4 | .200 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Other | 20 | 16–40 | .286 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – |
The columns RF, SR, WS, NS, CS, and NC respectively stand for the Regional Finals, Super Regionals, College World Series, National Semifinals, Championship Series, and National Champion.
Tournament Notes
Round 1
- 14 of 16 No. 1 seeds won their first round games, with Georgia Tech & UCLA being the only No. 1 seeds to lose.
- Only 5 of 16 No. 2 seeds won their first round games.
Round 2
- 6 No. 1 seeds have been eliminated from the tournament. 3 prior to the regional finals: TCU, Cal State Fullerton, and No. 8 national seed Rice; with Georgia Tech, Clemson, and UCLA losing in the regional final
Regional Finals
- 6 non No. 1 seeds have won their regional and advanced to the Super Regionals: No. 3 UC Irvine, No. 3 Mississippi State, No. 3 Dallas Baptist, No. 3 California, No. 2 Stanford, and No. 2 Connecticut
Super Regionals
- In the context of almost being eliminated as a sponsored intercollegiate team by the University due to financial issues, the Cal Baseball team has advanced to the College World Series as a No. 3 seed.[1]
College World Series
- Before the opening game of the CWS between Vanderbilt and North Carolina, the ceremonial first pitch was delivered by former President George W. Bush. Omaha Little Leaguer Henry Slagle had the honor of handing the ball to President Bush as his Memorial Park Little League team greeted the former president on the field. Before the pitch, his father, former President George H. W. Bush, who played for Yale in the first CWS in 1947, delivered a video message christening the new facility.[3]
- This is the first CWS to feature eight schools from BCS automatic qualifying conferences. (3 SEC, 2 ACC, 2 Big 12, 1 Pac-10)
- The 1987 event was the last with eight major football-playing schools. Florida State, which played baseball in the Metro Conference at the time, was an elite Independent in football, since the Metro did not sponsor football until the 1995 conference reunification.
- The SEC Eastern Division has three teams in the same CWS for the first time, South Carolina, Florida, Vanderbilt.
- Florida is making its first back-to-back trip to the College World Series in school history. South Carolina is also making a back-to-back CWS appearance, but for the fourth time, (1981–82, 2002, 03, 04 & 2010-11).
- South Carolina is the first defending Champion to make it back to the CWS and defend its title since Oregon State did so in 2007.
- This is Vanderbilt's first trip to the College World Series in school history.
- This is the 19th consecutive year that the SEC has fielded at least one team in the College World Series.
- This is the 4th consecutive year that the SEC has fielded at least one team in the Championship Series.
- The SEC was undefeated against out-of-conference opponents this CWS, going 6-0 in those games versus teams outside of the SEC.
- The Big 12 Conference went 0-4 this CWS.
- There have been 86 extra-inning games played in the history of the College World Series. By the end of this series, South Carolina had played in the past four.
- Three CWS Championship Series games have gone to 11 innings. By the end of this series South Carolina had played in the past two.
- For the first time in CWS history, the All-Tournament Team, including the Most Outstanding Player, was composed entirely of players from one conference, the SEC; more specifically the SEC Eastern Division. (South Carolina x 7, Florida x 2, Vanderbilt x 2).
- The South Carolina Gamecocks were the first team to go undefeated in the NCAA tournament since the Miami Hurricanes did so in 2001.
- With Game 2 Championship Series win South Carolina ties NCAA record for consecutive Post Season wins (Texas 1983-84) 15.
- With Game 2 Championship Series win South Carolina ties NCAA record for consecutive College World Series wins (Southern California, LSU) 10.
- South Carolina becomes the first team to win the CWS NCAA National Championship in the new TD Ameritrade Park Omaha. (South Carolina was also the last team to win the Championship in the old Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium.)
- South Carolina becomes the first team to win the CWS NCAA National Championship while using the new BBCOR (Batted Ball Coefficient of Restitution) Standard composite baseball bats that resulted in far less overall offensive production, nationally and across the board, during the 2011 college baseball season. The Gamecocks were also the first team to win the CWS while operating under the new "20-second pitch clock" rule. (South Carolina was also the last team to win the CWS in 2010 using the old metal bats and without a time limit imposed between pitches.)
- South Carolina becomes the sixth team in CWS history to win Back-to-Back NCAA D1 Baseball Championships. (Texas 1949-50, Southern California 1970-74, Stanford 1987-88, LSU 1996-97, Oregon State 2006-07. South Carolina 2010-11)
- This was the lowest-scoring College World Series in modern, (aluminum bat usage), history.
Television coverage
Selection shows
The NCAA Division I Road to Omaha Selection Show Presented by Capital One aired on ESPN on May 30, 2011.
Competition
- Regionals:
- The Fullerton and Gainesville Regionals were broadcast on ESPNU and ESPN3.com
- The Corvallis and Fort Worth Regionals were broadcast on ESPN3.com
- The Atlanta Regional was broadcast on CSS
- The Tallahassee Regional was broadcast on Sun Sports and Fox Sports Florida
- Super Regionals: All games were broadcast on either ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3.com, and ESPN Mobile
- CWS: Every game was broadcast on either ESPN or ESPN2.
References
- ^ Team Directory
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-16. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
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