2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament


The 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament began on Friday, June 1, 2012, as part of the 2012 [NCAA Division I baseball season]. The 64 team double elimination tournament concluded with the 2012 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, starting on June 15 and ending on June 25.
The 64 NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 297 teams. 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.
SchoolConferenceRecord BerthLast NCAA appearance
2012 [Stony Brook Seawolves baseball team|Stony Brook]America East46–11 Won Tournament2010
ACC36–24 Won Tournament2011
Atlantic Sun39–22 Won Tournament2011
Atlantic 1031–28 Won TournamentFirst appearance
2012 [Missouri Tigers baseball team|Missouri]Big 1232–26 Won Tournament2009
St. John'sBig East37–21 Won Tournament2011
Big South41–17 Won Tournament2011
2012 [Purdue Boilermakers baseball team|Purdue]Big Ten44–12 Won Tournament1987
Big West35–19 Won Regular season2011
Colonial38–21 Won Tournament2008
Conference USA32–28 Won Tournament1991
Horizon35–23 Won Tournament1968
Ivy League31–15 Won Tournament1977
Metro Atlantic33–25 Won Tournament2011
2012 [Kent State Golden Flashes baseball team|Kent State]Mid-American41–17 Won Tournament2011
2012 [Bethune-Cookman Wildcats baseball team|Bethune-Cookman]Mid-Eastern34–25 Won Tournament2011
Missouri Valley26–28 Won Tournament2011
Mountain West36–22 Won Tournament2011
Northeast25–30 Won Tournament2011
Ohio Valley38–22 Won Tournament2011
2012 [UCLA Bruins baseball team|UCLA]Pac-1242–14 Won Regular season2011
Patriot41–13 Won Tournament2009
2012 [Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team|Mississippi State]Southeastern39–22 Won Tournament2011
Southern39–21 Won TournamentFirst appearance
Southland36–23 Won Tournament2006
Southwestern Athletic33–16 Won Tournament2007
Summit37–23 Won Tournament2011
Sun Belt31–28 Won Tournament2000
West Coast34–21 Won Regular season2008
Western Athletic30–26 Won Tournament2011

By conference

National seeds

These eight teams would automatically host a Super Regional had they advanced to that round. Only North Carolina failed to advance out of its regional.
Bold indicates CWS participant.
  1. Florida
  2. UCLA
  3. Florida State
  4. Baylor
  5. Oregon
  6. North Carolina
  7. LSU
  8. '''South Carolina'''

    Regionals and Super Regionals

Bold indicates winner. * indicates extra innings.

Gainesville Super Regional

Columbia Super Regional

Los Angeles Super Regional

Baton Rouge Super Regional

Tucson Super Regional

Tallahassee Super Regional

Eugene Super Regional

†Purdue hosted at the U.S. Steel Yard in Gary, Indiana, due to the construction delays of the Boilermaker's new stadium, Alexander Field.

Waco Super Regional

College World Series

Participants

Bracket

Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only.

Championship Series

Game 1

Game 2

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team.
PositionPlayerSchool
PMichael Roth
PKonner WadeArizona
CRiley MooreArizona
1BChristian Walker
2BDevon TravisFlorida State
3BSherman JohnsonFlorida State
SSAlex MejiaArizona
OFEvan Marzilli
OFJoey RickardArizona
OFRob Refsnyder Arizona
DHBobby BrownArizona

Final standings

Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only
PlaceSchoolRecord
1stArizona10–0
2nd#8 South Carolina9–3
3rdArkansas7–3
3rd#3 Florida State7–2
5thKent State6–3
5th#2 UCLA6–2
7th#1 Florida5–2
7thStony Brook6–4
9th#4 Baylor5–3
9th#7 LSU4–2
9thNC State4–3
9thOklahoma4–3
9th#5 Oregon4–2
9thStanford3–2
9thSt. John's3–2
9thTexas Christian4–3
17thAppalachian State2–2
17thAustin Peay2–2
17thCentral Florida2–2
17thClemson2–2
17thCreighton2–2
17thDallas Baptist2–2
17thGeorgia Tech2–2
17thKentucky2–2
17thLouisville2–2
17thMississippi2–2
17th#6 North Carolina2–2
17thOregon State2–2
17thPepperdine2–2
17thSamford2–2
17thSam Houston State2–2
17thVanderbilt2–2
33rdCal State Fullerton1–2
33rdCoastal Carolina1–2
33rdCollege of Charleston1–2
33rdEast Carolina1–2
33rdFresno State1–2
33rdLouisiana Monroe1–2
33rdMississippi State1–2
33rdMissouri1–2
33rdMissouri State1–2
33rdNew Mexico1–2
33rdOral Roberts1–2
33rdPurdue1–2
33rdRice1–2
33rdTexas A&M1–2
33rdUNC Wilmington1–2
33rdVirginia1–2
49thArmy0–2
49thBelmont0–2
49thBethune-Cookman0–2
49thCornell0–2
49thDayton0–2
49thIndiana State0–2
49thManhattan0–2
49thMiami0–2
49thMichigan State0–2
49thNew Mexico State0–2
49thPrairie View0–2
49thSacred Heart0–2
49thSan Diego0–2
49thUAB0–2
49thUT-Arlington0–2
49thValparaiso0–2

  • # denotes national seed

    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

  • Florida's Jonathon Crawford threw a no-hitter against Bethune-Cookman, the seventh no-hitter in NCAA tournament history and the first since 1991.
  • Kent State defeated Kentucky in 21 innings, the second longest game in NCAA tournament history.
  • Baylor lost to Oral Roberts, the first national seed to lose their round one game since Florida State and Georgia both did so in 2008. Both Georgia and Florida State went on to make the College World Series, with Georgia losing in the championship series.

    Round 2

  • Miami became the first #1 seed to go 0–2 in Regional play since San Diego in 2007.

    Regional Finals

  • Arizona became the first team ever to score at least 15 runs in every Regional game. They were the first team since Arkansas in 2009 to score 10 or more runs in every Regional game.
  • Stony Brook became the third #4 seed ever to win a Regional, joining Missouri in 2006 and 2008 [Fresno State Bulldogs baseball team|Fresno State in 2008].

    Super Regionals

  • Kent State, Oregon, St. John's, and Stony Brook all appeared in the Super Regionals for the first time.
  • LSU lost a Super Regional in Baton Rouge for the first time.
  • Florida State scored 35 runs in two games against Stanford, tied with LSU for the most runs in a Super Regional and the most in a 2-game Super Regional.

    College World Series

  • Stony Brook was the first College World Series participant from the America East Conference and is the first from New York since St. John's in 1980.
  • Kent State was the first MAC team to make the world series since 1976.
  • No school from Texas made the College World Series for the first time since 2001.
  • This is the 20th consecutive year that the SEC has fielded at least one team in the College World Series.
  • * This is the 5th consecutive year that the SEC has fielded at least one team in the Championship Series.
  • South Carolina becomes the first team since the '96, '97, '98 LSU Tigers to return to Omaha with a chance to defend their back-to-back Championships. Southern California is the only program in CWS history to win three consecutive CWS titles, or more,,.
  • South Carolina entered the World Series riding two significant postseason winning streaks.
  • * Longest College World Series winning streak in NCAA history.
  • * Longest post-season winning streak in NCAA history.
  • Florida is making a third consecutive appearance in the College World Series for the first time in team history. Fellow 2012 CWS participants Florida State, Arizona, Oregon State and South Carolina have all made three consecutive appearances.
  • The Game 4 match-up between No. 1 seed Florida and No. 8 seed South Carolina marks the first opening-round rematch of the previous season's Championship Game since the 1960 series when Arizona faced, and defeated, the 1959 Champions from Oklahoma State.
  • This is the first appearance by Kent State or Stony Brook in the College World Series.
  • Stony Brook is the second team since 1999 to be seeded fourth in a regional and advance to the College World Series.
  • Arizona pitcher Konner Wade became the first pitcher to throw a complete-game shutout without a walk in a College World Series game since 1972.
  • For the first time since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1999, neither team that started 2–0 in the CWS was a national seed.
  • As a result of the 20 June 2012 Game 10 rain delay, South Carolina will become the first team, since Georgia did so in 1987, to play all or part of two games on the same calendar day at the CWS when they face Arkansas in the night game on the 21st. The last team to play two full games, in the College World Series, on the same day was Michigan on 2 June 1980.
  • With the 2–0 win over Arkansas in game 12, South Carolina becomes the first team since 1952 to win two games in the College World Series on the same day.

    CWS records tied or broken

  • With the Game Four win over No. 1 seed Florida, the No. 8 seed South Carolina Gamecocks extend their NCAA record-setting postseason win streak to 21 consecutive games and their College World Series record-setting consecutive win streak to 11.
  • With the 4–1 win over Kent State in game 10, South Carolina's Michael Roth becomes the College World Series' all-time leader in Most Innings Pitched, with 53 2/3rd over three years. Roth also tied the record for Most CWS Starts with his 7th, and he tied the record for most CWS Wins all-time with a 4–0 CWS record. Additionally, Roth ties the record with Most Years With Wins.
  • Arizona becomes the first CWS team to hit two home runs in an inning at TD Ameritrade Park after Rob Refsnyder and Bobby Brown hit home runs in the fourth inning of Game 11 against Florida State. In the same game, Florida State uses eight different pitchers, tying a CWS record.
  • With the 3–2 win over Arkansas in game 13, South Carolina's Matt Price sets a new College World Series Most Wins record with 5.
  • Arizona becomes only the second team after South Carolina the previous year to go a perfect 10–0 in the postseason.

    Media coverage

Radio

NRG Media, in conjunction with the Dial Global Sports/NCAA Radio Network provided nationwide radio coverage of the College World Series. Kevin Kugler and John Bishop called all games leading up to the Championship Series. It would be the first time John Bishop would call College World Series games for Dial Global Sports. The championship series would be called by Kugler and Scott Graham.

Selection shows

The NCAA Division I Road to Omaha Selection Show aired on ESPN on May 28, 2012.

Competition

  • Regionals:

    Broadcast assignments

Super Regionals
College World Series
Super Regionals
College World Series Championship
  • Mike Patrick, Orel Hershiser, Kyle Peterson, Jenn Brown, & Jessica Mendoza