2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament


The 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament began on Friday, May 31, 2013 as part of the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 team double elimination tournament concluded with the 2013 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, which began on June 15 and ended with the final round on June 25. The UCLA Bruins swept the Mississippi State Bulldogs in a best of three series to win the NCAA National Championship, the university's first in baseball and the 109th national title in all sports.
The 64 participating college baseball teams were selected from an eligible pool of 298 NCAA Division I programs. Thirty teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their individual conferences. Additionally, 34 non-automatic qualifying teams were awarded at-large berths by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.
The 64 teams were divided into sixteen regionals consisting of four teams each. All four teams, in each regional, competed in a double-elimination tournament. Regional champions then faced one another in a best-of-three games series in their individual Super Regional based upon a predetermined bracketed system. This format determined the final eight participants to advance to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.
Fourteen of the sixteen original Regional hosts advanced to their respective Super Regional; the exceptions were the #8 national seed Oregon Ducks and the Virginia Tech Hokies.
For the first time in television history, ESPN provided live cut-ins and highlights from all 16 Regionals with the new Bases Loaded platform — similar to ESPN Goal Line and Buzzer Beater for college football and basketball.

Bids

Automatic bids

By conference

National seeds

These eight teams automatically host a Super Regional if they advance to that round. Oregon was the only team not to advance to the Super Regional.
Bold indicates CWS participant.
  1. North Carolina
  2. Vanderbilt
  3. Oregon State
  4. LSU
  5. Cal State Fullerton
  6. Virginia
  7. Florida State
  8. Oregon

    Regionals and Super Regionals

Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings.

Chapel Hill Super Regional

Raleigh Super Regional

Fullerton Super Regional

Baton Rouge Super Regional

Corvallis Super Regional

Charlottesville Super Regional

Tallahassee Super Regional

Nashville Super Regional

College World Series

The College World Series began on June 15, 2013 and was held at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska.

Participants

Bracket

Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only.
All times Eastern.

Championship Series

Game 1

Game 2

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team.
PositionPlayerSchool
PAdam PlutkoUCLA
PNick Vander TuigUCLA
1BWes ReaMississippi State
2BBrett PirtleMississippi State
3BColin MoranNorth Carolina
SSPat ValaikaUCLA
CBrian HolbertonNorth Carolina
OFMichael ConfortoOregon State
OFEric FiliaUCLA
OFHunter RenfroeMississippi State
DHTrey PorterMississippi State
MOPAdam PlutkoUCLA

Final standings

Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only
PlaceSchoolRecord
1stUCLA10–0
2ndMississippi State8–3
3rd#1 North Carolina7–4
3rd#3 Oregon State7–3
5thIndiana6–2
5thNC State6–2
7thLouisville5–2
7th#4 LSU5–2
9th#5 Cal State Fullerton3–2
9th#7 Florida State3–2
9thKansas State4–2
9thOklahoma3–2
9thRice3–3
9thSouth Carolina4–2
9th#2 Vanderbilt3–3
9th#6 Virginia3–2
17thArizona State2–2
17thArkansas2–2
17thAustin Peay State2–2
17thCentral Arkansas3–2
17thElon2–2
17thFlorida Atlantic3–2
17thGeorgia Tech3–2
17thLiberty2–2
17thLouisiana–Lafayette2–2
17thOklahoma State2–2
17th#8 Oregon3–2
17thSan Diego2–2
17thTexas A&M2–2
17thTroy2–2
17thVirginia Tech2–2
17thWilliam & Mary2–2
33rdAlabama1–2
33rdBryant1–2
33rdCal Poly1–2
33rdClemson1–2
33rdColumbia1–2
33rdConnecticut1–2
33rdIllinois1–2
33rdMiami 1–2
33rdOle Miss1–2
33rdSam Houston State1–2
33rdSan Francisco1–2
33rdSouth Alabama1–2
33rdTowson1–2
33rdUC Santa Barbara1–2
33rdUNC Wilmington1–2
33rdValparaiso1–2
49thArmy0–2
49thBinghamton0–2
49thBowling Green0–2
49thCanisius0–2
49thCoastal Carolina0–2
49thEast Tennessee State0–2
49thFlorida0–2
49thJackson State0–2
49thMercer0–2
49thNew Mexico0–2
49thSaint Louis0–2
49thSan Diego State0–2
49thSavannah State0–2
49thSouth Dakota State0–2
49thUTSA0–2
49thWichita State0–2

Record by conference

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

Radio

NRG Media, in conjunction with Westwood One/NCAA Radio Network, provided nationwide radio coverage of the College World Series, which was streamed online at dialglobalsports.com and broadcast across radio stations throughout the US. Kevin Kugler and John Bishop called all games leading up to the Championship Series. The championship series was called by Kugler and Scott Graham with Ted Emrich acting as field reporter for the first time.

Television

For the first time ever ESPN carried every game from the Regionals, Super Regionals, and College World Series across the ESPN Networks. ESPN also provided Bases Loaded coverage for the Regionals. Bases Loaded was hosted by Dari Nowkhah and Anish Shroff with Kyle Peterson on hand as analysts. Bases Loaded aired the entire time on ESPN3 with select coverage on ESPN2 and ESPNU.

Broadcast assignments

Regionals
Super Regionals
College World Series
Regionals
Super Regionals
College World Series Championship