ESPN’s extensive coverage of the 2015 college baseball season – more than 650 regular-season games and action from 11 conference tournaments – will continue with every matchup of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship for a third straight year.
ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network and ESPN3 will combine to carry all of the possible 153 championship
Omaha, NE – June 24, 2013 – TD Ameritrade Park: Generic NCAA baseballs during game 1 of the 2013 College World Series
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contests from the Regionals (up to 112 games from 16 sites May 29-June 1), Super Regionals (up to 24 games from all eight sites June 5-8) and College World Series (up to 17 games June 13-24). Every NCAA Division I Baseball Championship game will also be available on WatchESPN.
The Regionals will include the return of ESPN’s four-day Bases Loaded platform that provides approximately 39 hours of unlimited live cut-ins and highlights from numerous games, plus up-to-the-minute commentary from ESPN analysts. ESPNU and ESPN2 is scheduled to carry 31 hours of Bases Loaded while ESPN3 will continue to offer the platform in its entirety. The record coverage on ESPNU and ESPN2 will include 10 hours on Friday and Saturday, six hours on Sunday, and up to five on Monday. Matt Schick and Brendan Fitzgerald will anchor with analysts Kyle Peterson and Ben McDonald. Schedule:
| Friday, May 29 | Saturday, May 30 | Sunday, May 31 | Monday, June 1 * |
| ESPN3: 1 p.m. to midnight | ESPN3: 1 p.m. to midnight | ESPN3: 1 p.m. to midnight | ESPN3: 6 p.m. to midnight |
| ESPNU: 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. | ESPNU: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. | ESPNU: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. | ESPNU: 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. |
| ESPN2: 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. | |||
| ESPNU: 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. |
* Schedule will be determined by number of Game 7 matchups
NCAA Regionals Presented by Capital One (Schedule subject to change)
ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3 will provide exclusive coverage of the NCAA Regionals Presented by Capital One over four days beginning with 32 games on Friday, May 29. Network assignments for games 3 and 4 on Saturday, every game 5 on Sunday and if necessary games on Monday will be determined the evening before each scheduled contest. Networks for Sunday’s game 6 matchups will be assigned Sunday afternoon. Each site will feature four teams competing in a double-elimination format and each site winner will advance to the Super Regionals. Team highlights:
- UCLA leads the top eight national seeds followed by LSU, Louisville, Florida, Miami (Fla.), Illinois, TCU and Missouri State. Missouri State is the first Missouri Valley Conference institution to be selected as a top eight seed and Illinois is the second ever for the Big Ten (Indiana was the first in 2014).
- The ACC and SEC have the the most teams in the field with seven from each conference. The Pac-12 has six followed by the Big Ten with a league-record five.
- Four of the schools will make their first appearance in the championship: CSU Bakersfield, Florida A&M, Houston Baptist and Radford – and four will continue their streak of playing in every event since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1999: Miami (Fla.) with their record 43rd consecutive, Florida State with 38 straight, Cal State Fullerton with 22 and Rice with 21.
| Site: Los Angeles, Calif. |
| Commentators: Clay Matvick, Mike Rooney |
| Teams: No. 1 UCLA, No. 2 Ole Miss, No. 3 Maryland, No. 4 CSU Bakersfield |
| Networks: ESPNU or ESPN3 |
| Game 1 – Maryland vs. Ole Miss: May 29 at 7 p.m., ESPN3 |
| Game 2 – CSU Bakersfield vs. UCLA: May 29 at 11 p.m., ESPNU |
| Games 3 & 4: May 30 at 7 p.m. & 11 p.m. |
| Games 5 & 6: May 31 at 7 p.m. & 11 p.m. |
| Game 7 (if necessary): June 1 at 11 p.m. |
| Site: Baton Rouge, La. |
| Commentators: Mike Keith, Rusty Ensor |
| Teams: No. 1 LSU, No. 2 UNC Wilmington, No. 3 Tulane, No. 4 Lehigh |
| Networks: SEC Network, ESPNU or ESPN3 |
| Game 1 – Lehigh vs. LSU: May 29 at 4 p.m., SEC Network |
| Game 2 – Tulane vs. UNC Wilmington: May 29 at 8 p.m., ESPN3 |
| Games 3 & 4: May 30 at 4 p.m. & 9 p.m. |
| Games 5 & 6: May 31 at 4 p.m. & 8 p.m. |
| Game 7 (if necessary): June 1 at 8 p.m. |
| Site: Louisville, Ky. |
| Commentators: Doug Bell, Wes Clements |
| Teams: No. 1 Louisville, No. 2 Bradley, No. 3 Michigan, No. 4 Morehead State |
| Networks: ESPN3 |
| Game 1 – Michigan vs. Bradley: May 29 at 2 p.m., ESPN3 |
| Game 2 – Morehead State vs. Louisville: May 29 at 6 p.m., ESPN3 |
| Games 3 & 4: May 30 at Noon & 4 p.m. |
| Games 5 & 6: May 31 at Noon & 4 p.m. |
| Game 7 (if necessary): June 1 at 6 p.m. |
| Site: Gainesville, Fla. |
| Commentators: Mike Morgan, Dave Perno |
| Teams: No. 1 Florida, No. 2 Florida Atlantic, No. 3 USF, No. 4 Florida A&M |
| Networks: SEC Network, ESPNU or ESPN3 |
| Game 1 – USF vs. Florida Atlantic: May 29 at 1 p.m., ESPN3 |
| Game 2 – Florida A&M vs. Florida: May 29 at 7 p.m., SEC Network |
| Games 3 & 4: May 30 at 1 p.m. & 6 p.m. |
| Games 5 & 6: May 31 at Noon & 4 p.m. |
| Game 7 (if necessary): June 1 at 7 p.m. |
| Site: Coral Gables, Fla. |
| Commentators: Jason Benetti, Nick Belmonte |
| Teams: No. 1 Miami, No. 2 East Carolina, No. 3 Columbia, No. 4 Florida International |
| Networks: ESPN3 |
| Game 1 – Columbia vs. East Carolina: May 29 at 1 p.m., ESPN3 |
| Game 2 – Florida International vs. Miami: May 29 at 7 p.m., ESPN3 |
| Games 3 & 4: May 30 at 1 p.m. & 7 p.m. |
| Games 5 & 6: May 31 at 1 p.m. & 7 p.m. |
| Game 7 (if necessary): June 1 at 7 p.m. |
| Site: Champaign, Ill. |
| Commentators: Jim Barbar, Jerry Kindall |
| Teams: No. 1 Illinois, No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 3 Wright State, No. 4 Ohio |
| Networks: ESPN3 |
| Game 1 – Wright State vs. Notre Dame: May 29 a 1 p.m., ESPN3 |
| Game 2 – Ohio vs. Illinois: May 29 at 8 p.m., ESPN3 |
| Games 3 & 4: May 30 at 1 p.m. & 8 p.m. |
| Games 5 & 6: May 31 at 1 p.m. & 8 p.m. |
| Game 7 (if necessary): June 1 at 2 p.m. |
| Site: Fort Worth, Texas |
| Commentators: Brett Dolan, Greg Swindell |
| Teams: No. 1 TCU, No. 2 NC State, No. 3 Stony Brook, No. 4 Sacred Heart |
| Networks: ESPN2, ESPNU or ESPN3 |
| Game 1 – Stony Brook vs. NC State: May 29 at 3:30 p.m., ESPN3 |
| Game 2 – Sacred Heart vs. TCU: May 29 at 8 p.m., ESPN3 |
| Games 3 & 4: May 30 at 3:30 p.m. & 8 p.m. |
| Games 5 & 6: May 31 at 3:30 p.m. & 8 p.m. |
| Game 7 (if necessary): June 1 at 8 p.m. |
| Site: Springfield, Mo. |
| Commentators: Anish Shroff, Landon Powell |
| Teams: No. 1 Missouri State, No. 2 Iowa, No. 3 Oregon, No. 4 Canisius |
| Networks: ESPN3 |
| Game 1 – Oregon vs. Iowa: May 29 at 2 p.m., ESPN3 |
| Game 2 – Canisius vs. Missouri State: May 29 at 7 p.m., ESPN3 |
| Games 3 & 4: May 30 at 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. |
| Games 5 & 6: May 31 at 3 p.m. & 8 p.m. |
| Game 7 (if necessary): June 1 at 2 p.m. |
| Site: College State, Texas |
| Commentators: Tom Hart, Gabe Gross |
| Teams: No. 1 Texas A&M, No. 2 Coastal Carolina, No. 3 Cal, No. 4 Texas Southern |
| Networks: SEC Network, ESPNU or ESPN3 |
| Game 1 – Cal vs. Coastal Carolina: May 29 at 1 p.m., ESPN3 |
| Game 2 – Texas Southern vs. Texas A&M: May 29 at 7 p.m., ESPN3 |
| Games 3 & 4: May 30 at 1 p.m. & 7 p.m. |
| Games 5 & 6: May 31 at 1 p.m. & 7 p.m. |
| Game 7 (if necessary): June 1 at 7:30 p.m. |
| Site: Dallas, Texas |
| Commentators: Kevin Dunn, Keith Moreland |
| Teams: No. 1 Dallas Baptist, No. 2 Oregon State, No. 3 Texas, No. 4 VCU |
| Networks: ESPN2, ESPNU or ESPN3 |
| Game 1- Texas vs. Oregon State: May 29 at 2:30 p.m., ESPN3 |
| Game 2 – VCU vs. Dallas Baptist: May 29 at 7 p.m., ESPN3 |
| Games 3 & 4: May 30 at Noon & 7 p.m. |
| Games 5 & 6: May 31 at 1 p.m. & 8 p.m. |
| Game 7 (if necessary): June 1 at 8 p.m. |
| Site: Nashville, Tenn. |
| Commentators: Dave Neal, Chris Burke |
| Teams: No. 1 Vanderbilt, No. 2 Radford, No. 3 Indiana, No. 4 Lipscomb |
| Network: SEC Network, ESPNU or ESPN3 |
| Game 1 – Indiana vs. Radford: May 29 at 3 p.m., ESPN3 |
| Game 2 – Lipscomb vs. Vanderbilt: May 29 at 8 p.m., ESPN3 |
| Games 3 & 4: May 30 at 4 p.m. & 8 p.m. |
| Games 5 & 6: May 31 at 4 p.m. & 8 p.m. |
| Game 7 (if necessary): June 1 at 7:30 p.m. |
| Site: Houston, Texas |
| Commentators: Doug Sherman, John Gregory |
| Teams: No. 1 Houston, No. 2 Rice, No. 3 Louisiana-Lafayette, No. 4 Houston Baptist |
| Networks: ESPN3 |
| Game 1 – Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Rice: May 29 at 3:30 p.m., ESPN3 |
| Game 2 – Houston Baptist vs. Houston: May 29 at 8 p.m., ESPN3 |
| Games 3 & 4: May 30 at 3:30 p.m. & 8 p.m. |
| Games 5 & 6: May 31 at 3:30 p.m. & 8 p.m. |
| Game 7 (if necessary): June 1 at 8 p.m. |
| Site: Tallahassee, Fla. |
| Commentators: Mike Couzens, Eduardo Perez |
| Teams: No. 1 Florida State, No. 2 College of Charleston, No. 3 Auburn, No. 4 Mercer |
| Networks: SEC Network or ESPN3 |
| Game 1 – Auburn vs. College of Charleston: May 29 at Noon, ESPN3 |
| Game 2 – Mercer vs. Florida State: May 29 at 6 p.m., ESPN3 |
| Games 3 & 4: May 30 at Noon & 6 p.m. |
| Games 5 & 6: May 31 at Noon & 6 p.m. |
| Game 7 (if necessary): June 1 at 6 p.m. |
| Site: Lake Elsinore, Calif. |
| Commentators: Trey Bender, Jay Walker |
| Teams: No. 1 UC Santa Barbara, No. 2 USC, No. 3 Virginia, No. 4 San Diego State |
| Networks: ESPN3 |
| Game 1 – Virginia vs. USC: May 29 at 6 p.m., ESPN3 |
| Game 2 – San Diego State vs. UC Santa Barbara: May 29 at 10 p.m., ESPN3 |
| Games 3 & 4: May 30 at 6 p.m. & 10 p.m. |
| Games 5 & 6: May 31 at 6 p.m. & 10 p.m. |
| Game 7 (if necessary): June 1 at 9 p.m. |
| Site: Stillwater, Okla. |
| Commentators: Mark Neely, Jay Powell |
| Teams: No. 1 Oklahoma State, No. 2 Arkansas, No. 3 Oral Roberts, No. 4 St. John’s |
| Networks: SEC Network, ESPNU or ESPN3 |
| Game 1 – Oral Roberts vs. Arkansas: May 29 at 1 p.m., SEC Network |
| Game 2 – St. John’s vs. Oklahoma State: May 29 at 7 p.m., ESPN3 |
| Games 3 & 4: May 30 at 1 p.m. & 7 p.m. |
| Games 5 & 6: May 31 at 1 p.m. & 7 p.m. |
| Game 7 (if necessary): June 1 at 7 p.m. |
| Site: Fullerton, Calif. |
| Commentators: Roxy Bernstein, Randy Flores |
| Teams: No. 1 Cal State Fullerton, No. 2 Arizona State, No. 3 Clemson, No. 4 Pepperdine |
| Networks: ESPNU or ESPN3 |
| Game 1 – Clemson vs. Arizona State: May 29 at 6 p.m., ESPN3 |
| Game 2 – Pepperdine vs. Cal State Fullerton: May 29 at 10 p.m., ESPN3 |
| Games 3 & 4: May 30 at 7 p.m. & 11 p.m. |
| Games 5 & 6: May 31 at 7 p.m. & 11 p.m. |
| Game 7 (if necessary): June 1 at 11 p.m. |
Super Regionals (June 5-8): ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU will combine to televise every game of the eight best-of-three Super Regionals (up to 24 games). Each Super Regional winner will advance to the College World Series.
College World Series: For the 13th straight year, ESPN and ESPN2 will combine to televise the entire College World Series (up to 17 games), including the best-of-three College World Series Finals. ESPN’s 36th consecutive College World Series will begin June 13 and conclude June 24.
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