2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament explained

Year:2022
Division:Division I
Teams:64
Collegeworldseriesballpark:Charles Schwab Field Omaha
City:Omaha, Nebraska
Champions:Ole Miss
Titlecount:1st
Runner-Up:Oklahoma
Cwscount:11th
Coach:Mike Bianco
Coachcount:1st
Mop:Dylan DeLucia
Mopteam:Ole Miss
Television:ESPN
ESPN2
ESPNU
ACCN
SECN
LHN
ESPN+
Tournament Link:NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
Different Previous:2021

The 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament was the 75th edition of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. The 64-team tournament began on Friday, June 3 as part of the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season and concluded with the 2022 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, which started on June 17 and ended on June 27.[1] Ole Miss swept Oklahoma to win their first national championship in program history.

The 64 participating NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 300 teams. 31 teams were awarded an automatic bid as champions of their conferences, and 33 teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee. Teams were then divided into sixteen regionals of four teams, each of which conducted a double-elimination tournament. Regional champions then faced each other in Super Regionals, a best-of-three-game series, to determine the eight participants in the College World Series.

Coppin State and Hofstra made their tournament debuts, while Air Force received their first bid since 1969. Mississippi State was the first defending champion to miss qualification to the tournament since Coastal Carolina in 2017. NC State joined Mississippi State as a 2021 College World Series participant that failed to qualify.

Tournament procedure

A total of 64 teams entered the tournament, with 31 of them receiving an automatic bid by either winning their conference's tournament or by finishing in first place in their conference. The remaining 33 bids were at-large, with selections extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. For the first time ever, the Pac-12 Conference had a conference tournament to determine who will get the automatic bid.

National seeds

The sixteen national seeds were announced on the Selection Show on Monday, May 30 at 12 p.m. EDT on ESPN2.[2] Teams in italics advanced to the Super Regionals. Teams in bold advanced to the 2022 College World Series.

  1. Tennessee
  2. Stanford
  3. Oregon State
  4. Virginia Tech
  5. Texas A&M
    1. Miami (FL) Oklahoma State
  6. Texas
  7. North Carolina
  8. Southern Miss
  9. Florida
  10. Auburn
  11. Maryland
  12. Georgia Southern

Schedule and venues

On May 29, the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee announced the sixteen regional host sites.[3]

Regionals[4]

Super Regionals[5]

College World Series

Bids

Automatic bids

SchoolConferenceRecord (Conf)BerthLast NCAA Appearance
22–28 (15–15) 2016 (College Station Regional)
42–18 (20–4) 2021 (Nashville Super Regional)
35–26 (19–11) 2014 (Louisville Super Regional)
North Carolina38–19 (15–15) 2021 (Lubbock Regional)
VCU40–18 (19–5) 2021 (Starkville Regional)
Oklahoma37–20 (15–9) 2018 (Tallahassee Super Regional)
UConn46–13 (16–5) 2021 (South Bend Regional)
Campbell40–17 (20–3) 2021 (Starkville Regional)
Michigan32–26 (12–12) 2021 (South Bend Regional)
43–12 (27–3) Regular season 2021 (Tucson Regional)
30–21 (15–9) First Appearance
Louisiana Tech42–19 (20–10) 2021 (Ruston Regional)
Wright State30–29 (14–10) 2021 (Knoxville Regional)
29–16 (17–4) 2018 (Gainesville Regional)
29–23 (15–9)2018 (Minneapolis Regional)
Central Michigan42–17 (30–7)2021 (South Bend Regional)
24–28 (17–13) First Appearance
30–27 (8–13)2018 (Oxford Regional)
30–27 (15–15) 1969 (District 7 Regional)
37–19 (18–9)2018 (Conway Regional)
37–20 (16–8) 2021 (Oxford Regional)
Stanford41–14 (21–9) 2021 College World Series
29–21 (18–7) 2021 (Lubbock Regional)
Tennessee53–7 (25–5) 2021 College World Series
34–28 (12–9)2017 (Clemson Regional)
Southeastern Louisiana30–29 (14–10) 2017 (Baton Rouge Regional)
34–23 (21–8)2016 (Tallahassee Regional)
38–18 (14–7) 2018 (Fayetteville Regional)
Louisiana36–21 (19–11) 2016 (Lafayette Regional)
36–18 (17–10) 2013 (Los Angeles Regional)
24–32 (10–20) 2018 (Lubbock Regional)

By conference

ConferenceTotalSchools
ACC9Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest
SEC9Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
Big 125Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech
Pac-125Arizona, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA
Sun Belt4Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Louisiana, Texas State
ASUN2Kennesaw State, Liberty
Big Ten2Maryland, Michigan
Conference USA2Louisiana Tech, Southern Miss
Missouri Valley2Dallas Baptist, Missouri State
West Coast2Gonzaga, San Diego
Western Athletic2Grand Canyon, New Mexico State
America East1Binghamton
American1East Carolina
Atlantic 101VCU
Big East1UConn
Big South1Campbell
Big West1UC Santa Barbara
Colonial1Hofstra
Horizon1Wright State
Ivy League1Columbia
Metro Atlantic1Canisius
Mid-American1Central Michigan
Mid-Eastern1Coppin State
Mountain West1Air Force
Northeast1LIU
Ohio Valley1Southeast Missouri State
Patriot1Army
Southern1UNC Greensboro
Southland1Southeastern Louisiana
Southwestern Athletic1Alabama State
Summit1Oral Roberts

Regionals and Super Regionals

Bold indicates winner. Seeds for regional tournaments indicate seeds within regional. Seeds for super regional tournaments indicate national seeds only.

Stanford Super Regional

College World Series

See main article: 2022 College World Series.

The College World Series will be held at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska.

Game results

Finals

All-Tournament Team

Final standings

Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only

PlaceSchoolRecord
1stOle Miss10–1
2ndOklahoma8–4
3rdArkansas 8–3
No. 5 Texas A&M7–2
5thNo. 14 Auburn 6–3
Notre Dame6–3
7thNo. 2 Stanford6–4
No. 9 Texas5–3
9th <-- All of these teams lost in the same round, so therefore they have the same placing even if they played and won an extra game by going through the loser's bracket -->No. 8 East Carolina4–3
No. 12 Louisville 4–3
No. 10 North Carolina4–3
No. 3 Oregon State4–3
No. 11 Southern Miss4–3
No. 1 Tennessee4–2
UConn4–3
No. 4 Virginia Tech4–2
17th <-- All of these teams lost in the same round, so therefore they have the same placing even if they played and won an extra game by going through the loser's bracket -->Air Force2–2
Arizona2–2
Coastal Carolina3–2
Columbia2–2
No. 13 Florida3–2
Georgia Tech2–2
LSU2–2
No. 15 Maryland3–2
Michigan2–2
No. 7 Oklahoma State3–2
TCU2–2
Texas State2–2
Texas Tech2–2
UCLA2–2
Vanderbilt3–2
VCU2–2
33rdCampbell1–2
Central Michigan1–2
Florida State1–2
Georgia1–2
No. 16 Georgia Southern1–2
Gonzaga1–2
Kennesaw State1–2
Louisiana1–2
Louisiana Tech1–2
No. 6 Miami (FL)1–2
Missouri State1–2
Oregon1–2
San Diego1–2
UC Santa Barbara1–2
Virginia1–2
Wake Forest1–2
49thAlabama State0–2
Army0–2
Binghamton0–2
Canisius0–2
Coppin State0–2
Dallas Baptist0–2
Grand Canyon0–2
Hofstra0–2
Liberty0–2
LIU0–2
New Mexico State0–2
Oral Roberts0–2
Southeast Missouri State0–2
Southeastern Louisiana0–2
UNC Greensboro0–2
Wright State0–2

Record by conference

Conference
  1. of Bids
RecordWin % Record Win %
Southeastern944–1939–14854311
Big 12520–1320–1352211
Atlantic Coast924–2124–21541
Pac-12515–1315–13421
American14–34–311
Big East14–34–311
Conference USA25–55–511
Big Ten25–45–42
Sun Belt47–87–82
Atlantic 1012–22–21
Ivy League12–22–21
Mountain West12–22–21
West Coast22–42–4
ASUN21–41–4
Missouri Valley21–41–4
Western Athletic20–4.0000–4.000
Big South11–21–2
Big West11–21–2
Mid-American11–21–2
America East10–2.0000–2.000
Colonial10–2.0000–2.000
Horizon10–2.0000–2.000
Metro Atlantic10–2.0000–2.000
Mid-Eastern10–2.0000–2.000
Northeast10–2.0000–2.000
Ohio Valley10–2.0000–2.000
Patriot10–2.0000–2.000
Southern10–2.0000–2.000
Southland10–2.0000–2.000
Southwestern Athletic10–2.0000–2.000
Summit10–2.0000–2.000

Media coverage

Radio

NRG Media provided nationwide radio coverage of the Men's College World Series through its Omaha Station KOZN, in association with Westwood One.[6] It also streamed all MCWS games at westwoodonesports.com, Tunein, the Varsity Network, and on SiriusXM.

Broadcast assignments

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Television

ESPN aired every game from the Regionals, Super Regionals, and the College World Series across its networks.

Broadcast assignments

Regionals[8]
Super Regionals[9]
College World Series[10]
CWS Championship Series

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Baseball Division I Championship. NCAA. January 12, 2021.
  2. Web site: 2021 college baseball tournament selection show: Time, how to watch . www.ncaa.com . May 31, 2021 . en . May 27, 2021.
  3. Web site: 2022 NCAA college baseball bracket: Printable Men's College World Series bracket . NCAA.com . January 25, 2022 . Indianapolis . en . February 7, 2022.
  4. Web site: Instant Analysis: Just One Surprise With The 16 Hosts . D1Baseball.com . May 29, 2022 . en . May 29, 2022.
  5. Web site: 8 super regional hosts and game times announced for the 2022 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship . ncaa.com . June 7, 2022 . en . June 7, 2022.
  6. Web site: KOZN (1620 The Zone)/Omaha Renews Affiliation With Westwood One For College World Series, NCAA basketball tournaments. All Access . June 16, 2022. Michael Simon, Perry. June 16, 2022.
  7. Gary and I will handle the weekend. Damon will join me for M-Th afternoons. Kevin will join me evenings M-Th. Kevin/Scott will do the Finals with me on the field. Gary will do field when he is not with me in the booth. @ConnorHapper will handle field when Gary is upstairs.. 1537494403761287168. John M. Bishop . June 16, 2022. JohnBishop71.
  8. Web site: The Road to Omaha Starts Here: NCAA Baseball Regionals Action Begin Friday Across ESPN Networks. ESPN Press Room . June 2, 2022.
  9. Web site: The Road to Omaha Continues: ESPN Networks to Showcase Every Pitch of NCAA Baseball Super Regionals Beginning Friday. ESPN Press Room . June 9, 2022.
  10. Web site: ESPN Returns to Omaha to Showcase Every Pitch of the 2022 Men's College World Series, June 17–23. ESPN Press Room . June 16, 2022.