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 [2013 UCLA Bruins baseball|UCLA Bruins baseball team|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 [2013 2013 Virginia Tech Hokies baseball team|Virginia Tech Hokies baseball team|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.
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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.

College World Series

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

Bracket

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


All-Tournament Team

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

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

  • Virginia Tech was the only #1 seed to be upset by a #4 seed in its opening game.
  • Cal Poly and William & Mary recorded their first-ever NCAA tournament wins.
  • #3 seeds went 9–7 against #2 seeds in their opening games.

Round 2

  • After 2 rounds, 14 of the 16 #1 seeds were 2–0.
  • Three #4 seeds won elimination games on the 2nd day of the tournament: Central Arkansas, Columbia and Valparaiso.

Regional Finals

  • Virginia Tech & Oregon were the only #1 seeds not advancing to the Super Regionals.
  • Central Arkansas was the only #4 seed to reach a regional final.
  • All 4 teams which came from the losers' bracket and won to force an extra game, lost the 2nd game and failed to advance.

Super Regionals

  • Game 2 between NC State and Rice went 17 innings, making it the fourth longest game in NCAA tournament history and the longest ever in the Super Regional round, which dates to 1999.

College World Series

  • Indiana is the first Big Ten team to participate in the College World Series since 1984.
  • With Mississippi State's win over Oregon State in the semifinals, it marks the sixth consecutive College World Series in which the Southeastern Conference has fielded a conference member in the finals.
  • No top 8 national seed reached the CWS Finals for the first time since 2006. In the last four years, UCLA has made two appearances in the Finals and a Pac-12 Conference team has played in the Championship series three times.
  • The Finals featured an SEC team against a Pac-10/12 team for the third time in four years. South Carolina defeated UCLA in 2010, and Arizona defeated South Carolina in 2012. Before 2010, teams from those conferences had met in the finals just once.
  • David Berg of UCLA set a new NCAA single-season record with his 24th save on June 24, 2013. and made his 51st appearance of the season, becoming the first pitcher in NCAA history to record 50 or more appearances in multiple seasons.
  • UCLA won its first NCAA baseball Championship, becoming the third team to win the Championship with a perfect 10–0 record, the first team to allow no more than one run in each game of the series, and the fourth straight team to sweep the CWS Finals.
  • All-Tournament Team: Brian Holberton, NC; Wes Rea, MSU.; Brett Pirtle, MSU; Colin Moran NC; Pat Valaika, UCLA; Michael Conforto, OSU; Eric Filia, UCLA; Hunter Renfroe, MSU; Trey Porter, MSU; Adam Plutko, UCLA ; Nick Vander Tuig, UCLA.
  • With the 8–0 shutout loss in game two of the finals, Mississippi State becomes the first team in twenty years to be held scoreless in the CWS finals,, and only the sixth team in CWS history to be held scoreless in the finals.
  • UCLA tied the Santa Clara CWS record for number of sacrifice bunts at 12, set in 1962.
  • New attendance record was set on June 25 at 27,127.

Media coverage

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