Monday, May 25, 2015

DI Baseball Committee releases field of 64 teams for 2015 tournament

NDIANAPOLIS, Indiana -- The field of 64 teams competing for the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship was announced Monday by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee.

The national top eight seeds are UCLA (42-14), LSU (48-10), Louisville (43-16), Florida (44-16), Miami (Florida) (44-14), Illinois (47-8-1), TCU (43-11) and Missouri State (45-10). The top eight seed for Missouri State marks a first for a Missouri Valley Conference institution.

Interactive Bracket    Printable

The ACC and SEC lead all conferences in the number of teams in the championship field with seven. The Pac-12 has six institutions, while the Big 10 had a league-record five selected.

Making the tournament for the first time includes Radford of the Big South Conference, Florida A&M of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, Houston Baptist of the Southland Conference and Cal State Bakersfield of the Western Athletic Conference. Overall, 27 of the 64 teams were in the field last year.

Miami (Florida) is in the field for the 43rd consecutive year, extending its own record. Florida State is making its 38th consecutive appearance, second all-time. Other long consecutive streaks: Cal State Fullerton (24), Rice (21) and Arkansas (13).

Each of the 16 regionals features four teams, playing a double-elimination format. The regionals are scheduled to be conducted from Friday, May 29, to Monday, June 1 (if necessary). Selection of the eight super regional hosts will be announced at approximately 11 p.m. ET June 1.

The 69th Men’s College World Series begins play Saturday, June 13, at the TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska.

2015 AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS
CONFERENCETEAMRECORDYRS*WLPREV. APP.
American EastStony Brook34-14-157102012
American AthleticEast Carolina40-202731532012
Atlantic CoastFlorida State41-19531781172014
Atlantic SunLipscomb39-182122008
Atlantic 10VCU37-221111202010
Big EastSt. John's (N.Y.)39-143563622012
Big SouthRadford43-14100First
Big TenMichigan37-232259432008
Big 12Texas30-25572331142014
Big WestCal St. Fullerton34-2237146782014
ColonialUNCW39-1679122013
Conference USAFIU29-29118212011
HorizonWright St.41-155182011
IvyColumbia31-155182014
Metro AtlanticCanisius34-282022013
Mid-AmericanOhio36-191114201997
Mid-EasternFlorida A&M23-23100First
Missouri ValleyMissouri St.45-10914172012
Mountain WestSan Diego St.40-211210222014
NortheastSacred Heart23-30-14062012
Ohio ValleyMorehead St.38-203241983
Pacific-12UCLA42-142060302013
PatriotLehigh25-292022006
SoutheasternFlorida44-163185642014
SouthernMercer35-213142013
SouthlandHouston Baptist28-25100First
SouthwesternTexas Southern31-173142008
SummitOral Roberts41-142534482012
Sun BeltLa.-Lafayette39-211527302014
West CoastPepperdine30-272858542014
Western AthleticCal St. Bakersfield36-22-1100First
*Includes 2015 

COURTESY NCAA.COM

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