2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

The 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was a tournament of 64-teams to determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I national champion for the 2019 season. The 73rd annual edition of the tournament began on May 31, 2019, and concluded with the 2019 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, which started on June 15 and ended on June 26.

Summit League champion Omaha made their first appearance in the tournament.

As a result of a worldwide COVID-19 pandemic that started in late 2019 and subsequently forced the cancellation of the remainder of the 2020 season and tournament, this would be the last tournament held until 2021.

Tournament procedure

A total of 64 teams entered the 2019 tournament. 31 automatic bids were awarded to each program that won their conference's tournament or regular season. The remaining 33 bids were "at-large", with selections extended by the NCAA Selection Committee.

The Selection Committee seeded the national seeds from 1 to 16, each of whom would host their respective regional.

The selections and seedings were completed and revealed on Monday, May 27, 2019, at 12 p.m. EDT on ESPNU.

All qualifying teams were placed into 16 regional double-elimination brackets of four teams. The winners of each regional advanced to a Super Regional in a best-of-three format to advance to the College World Series.

Schedule and venues

The following are the sites that hosted each round of the tournament:

Regionals

Super Regionals

  • June 7–10
    • Jackie Robinson Stadium, Los Angeles
    • Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park, Lubbock, Texas
    • Baum–Walker Stadium, Fayetteville, Arkansas
    • Alex Box Stadium, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
    • Boshamer Stadium, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Dudy Noble Field at Polk–Dement Stadium, Starkville, Mississippi
    • Jim Patterson Stadium, Louisville, Kentucky
    • Hawkins Field, Nashville, Tennessee

College World Series

Bids

Automatic bids

At–large

By Conference

National seeds

The sixteen national seeds, which hosted the regionals, were announced on the Selection Show on May 27 at 12 p.m. EDT on ESPNU. Teams in italics advanced to the Super Regionals. Teams in bold advanced to the 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.

Los Angeles Super Regional

RegionalRegionalRegional FinalSuper Regional
               
1UCLA5
4Omaha2
1UCLA2
3Loyola Marymount3
3Loyola Marymount3
2Baylor1
3Loyola Marymount13
Los Angeles Regional – Jackie Robinson Stadium
1UCLA66
2Baylor24
4Omaha6
2Baylor6
1UCLA11
1UCLA252
Michigan34124
1Oregon State6
4Cincinnati7
4Cincinnati4
3Michigan10
3Michigan6
2Creighton0
3Michigan717
Corvallis Regional – Goss Stadium at Coleman Field
2Creighton116
1Oregon State1
2Creighton4
2Creighton6
4Cincinnati1

Lubbock Super Regional

RegionalRegionalRegional FinalSuper Regional
               
1Texas Tech11
4Army2
1Texas Tech3
2Dallas Baptist2
3Florida8
2Dallas Baptist11
1Texas Tech3
Lubbock Regional – Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park
2Dallas Baptist0
4Army5
3Florida13
3Florida8
2Dallas Baptist9
8Texas Tech858
9Oklahoma State666
1Oklahoma State2
4Harvard0
1Oklahoma State6
3Nebraska5
3Nebraska8
2UConn5
1Oklahoma State23
Oklahoma City Regional – Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark
2UConn51
4Harvard2
2UConn10
2UConn16
3Nebraska1

Due to flooding in the Stillwater area, including their home field Allie P. Reynolds Stadium, Oklahoma State hosted their regional at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City.

Fayetteville Super Regional

RegionalRegionalRegional FinalSuper Regional
               
1Arkansas11
4Central Connecticut5
1Arkansas3
3TCU1
3TCU13
2California2
1Arkansas6
Fayetteville Regional – Baum–Walker Stadium
3TCU0
4Central Connecticut7
2California4
4Central Connecticut5
3TCU9
5Arkansas11514
12Ole Miss2131
1Ole Miss16
4Jacksonville State2
1Ole Miss6
3Clemson1
3Clemson8
2Illinois4
1Ole Miss19
Oxford Regional – Swayze Field
4Jacksonville State4
4Jacksonville State7
2Illinois5
4Jacksonville State9
3Clemson2

Baton Rouge Super Regional

RegionalRegionalRegional FinalSuper Regional
               
1Georgia13
4Mercer3
1Georgia3
3Florida State12
3Florida State13
2Florida Atlantic7
3Florida State10
Athens Regional – Foley Field
1Georgia1
4Mercer6
2Florida Atlantic10
2Florida Atlantic0
1Georgia13
Florida State65
13LSU4412
1LSU17
4Stony Brook3
1LSU8
3Southern Miss4
3Southern Miss15
2Arizona State3
1LSU6
Baton Rouge Regional – Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field
3Southern Miss4
4Stony Brook5
2Arizona State13
2Arizona State12
3Southern Miss13

Chapel Hill Super Regional

RegionalRegionalRegional FinalSuper Regional
               
1Georgia Tech13
4Florida A&M2
1Georgia Tech5
2Auburn6
3Coastal Carolina7
2Auburn16
2Auburn4
Atlanta Regional – Russ Chandler Stadium
1Georgia Tech1
4Florida A&M4
3Coastal Carolina9
3Coastal Carolina8
1Georgia Tech10
Auburn11014
14North Carolina727
1North Carolina7
4UNC Wilmington6
1North Carolina16
3Liberty1
3Liberty6
2Tennessee1
1North Carolina5
Chapel Hill Regional – Boshamer Stadium
2Tennessee2
4UNC Wilmington3
2Tennessee10
2Tennessee6
3Liberty510

Starkville Super Regional

RegionalRegionalRegional FinalSuper Regional
               
1Mississippi State11
4Southern6
1Mississippi State7
3Central Michigan2
3Central Michigan6
2Miami (FL)5
1Mississippi State5
Starkville Regional – Dudy Noble Field
2Miami (FL)2
4Southern2
2Miami (FL)12
2Miami (FL)18
3Central Michigan3
6Mississippi State68
11Stanford21
1Stanford11
4Sacramento State0
1Stanford2
3Fresno State7
3Fresno State9
2UC Santa Barbara2
3Fresno State67
Stanford Regional – Klein Field at Sunken Diamond
1Stanford89
4Sacramento State6
2UC Santa Barbara4
4Sacramento State3
1Stanford12

Louisville Super Regional

RegionalRegionalRegional FinalSuper Regional
               
1Louisville5
4UIC3
1Louisville2
3Illinois State4
3Illinois State8
2Indiana7
3Illinois State23
Louisville Regional – Jim Patterson Stadium
1Louisville114
4UIC5
2Indiana9
2Indiana7
1Louisville9
7Louisville1412
10East Carolina10
1East Carolina4
4Quinnipiac5
4Quinnipiac8
3Campbell9
3Campbell5
2NC State4
3Campbell33
Greenville Regional – Clark–LeClair Stadium
1East Carolina1012
1East Carolina9
2NC State2
1East Carolina13
4Quinnipiac3

Nashville Super Regional

RegionalRegionalRegional FinalSuper Regional
               
1Vanderbilt8
4Ohio State2
1Vanderbilt8
2Indiana State5
3McNeese State5
2Indiana State6
1Vanderbilt12
Nashville Regional – Hawkins Field
2Indiana State1
4Ohio State9
3McNeese State813
4Ohio State5
2Indiana State10
2Vanderbilt5313
Duke1802
1West Virginia6
4Fordham2
1West Virginia0
3Duke4
3Duke8
2Texas A&M5
3Duke4
Morgantown Regional – Monongalia County Ballpark
2Texas A&M1
4Fordham2
2Texas A&M11
2Texas A&M11
1West Virginia10

College World Series

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

Participants

Bracket

Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsChampionship
               
Michigan5
8Texas Tech3
Michigan2
Florida State0
5Arkansas0
Florida State1
Michigan15
8Texas Tech3
8Texas Tech5
5Arkansas4
8Texas Tech4
Florida State1
Michigan712
2Vanderbilt448
Auburn4
6Mississippi State5
6Mississippi State3
2Vanderbilt6
7Louisville1
2Vanderbilt3
2Vanderbilt3
7Louisville2
7Louisville5
Auburn3
7Louisville4
6Mississippi State3

Game results

Vanderbilt versus Louisville on June 21

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team.

Final standings

Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only

Record by conference

The columns RF, SR, WS, NS, CS, and NC respectively stand for the Regional Finals, Super Regionals, College World Series Teams, National Semifinals, Championship Series, and National Champion.

Nc is non–conference records, i.e., with the records of teams within the same conference having played each other removed.

Media coverage

Radio

NRG Media provided nationwide radio coverage of the College World Series through its Omaha Station KOZN, in association with Westwood One. It also streamed all CWS games at westwoodonesports.com on Tunein and on SiriusXM. Kevin Kugler and John Bishop called games leading up to the Championship Series with Gary Sharp acting as the field reporter. The Championship Series was called by Kugler and Scott Graham with Bishop acting as the field reporter.

Kugler lost his voice after the games on June 16, so Jeff Leise (afternoon) and Damon Benning (evening) joined Bishop and Sharp on Westwood One for the games on June 17, 18, and 19 before Kugler returned on the night of the 19.

Television

ESPN carried every game from the Regionals, Super Regionals, and the College World Series across its networks. During the Regionals and Super Regionals, ESPN offered a dedicated channel, ESPN Bases Loaded (carried in the same channel allotments as its "Goal Line" services for football), which carried live look-ins and analyses across the games in progress.

Broadcast assignments

Regionals

Super Regionals

College World Series

CWS Championship Series

References

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