2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament


The 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament began on Friday, May 30, 2014 as part of the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 team double elimination tournament concluded with the 2014 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, which started on June 14, 2014, and ended on June 25, 2014 with the Vanderbilt Commodores upsetting the 3rd seed Virginia Cavaliers 3–2 in the decisive Game 3.
The 64 participating NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 298 teams. A total of 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 divided into 16 regionals of four teams which conducted a double-elimination tournament. Regional champions faced each other in Super Regionals, a best-of-3-game series that determined the 8 participants of the College World Series.

Bids

Automatic bids

By conference

National seeds

The following eight teams automatically host a Super Regional if they advance to that round:
  1. Oregon State †
  2. Florida †
  3. Virginia
  4. †
  5. Florida State †
  6. Louisiana–Lafayette ‡
  7. TCU
  8. †
Bold indicates College World Series participant

† indicates teams that were eliminated in the Regional Tournament

‡ indicates teams that were eliminated in the Super Regional Tournament

Regionals and Super Regionals

Bold indicates winner.

Stillwater Super Regional

Austin Super Regional

Hosted by Texas at UFCU Disch–Falk Field

Louisville Super Regional

Nashville Super Regional

Lubbock Super Regional

Hosted by Texas Tech at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park

Fort Worth Super Regional

Lafayette Super Regional

Charlottesville Super Regional

College World Series

The 2014 College World Series began on June 14, 2014 and was held at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska. It concluded on June 25, 2014 with Vanderbilt winning the national championship by defeating Virginia 2 games to 1 in the final round.

Participants

Bracket

Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only.

Game results

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the College World Series All-Tournament Team.
PositionPlayerSchool
PArtie LewickiVirginia
PBrandon WaddellVirginia
1BKevin CronTexas Christian
2BBranden CogswellVirginia
3BTyler CampbellVanderbilt
SSC. J. HinojosaTexas
CNate IrvingVirginia
OFBrandon DownesVirginia
OFJohn NorwoodVanderbilt
OFRhett WisemanVanderbilt
DHDansby SwansonVanderbilt
MOPDansby SwansonVanderbilt

Final standings

Seeds listed below indicate national seeds only
PlaceSchoolRecord
1stVanderbilt10–3
2nd#3 Virginia9–3
3rdOle Miss7–3
3rdTexas8–3
5th#7 TCU6–3
5thUC Irvine6–3
7thLouisville5–2
7thTexas Tech5–3
9thCollege of Charleston3–2
9thHouston4–3
9thKennesaw State3–3
9th#6 Louisiana–Lafayette5–3
9thMaryland4–2
9thOklahoma State3–2
9thPepperdine4–2
9thStanford5–3
17thAlabama3–2
17thArkansas2–2
17thCal Poly2–2
17thCal State Fullerton2–2
17th#4 Indiana2–2
17thKentucky2–2
17thLong Beach State2–2
17th#8 LSU2–2
17thMiami 3–2
17thMississippi State2–2
17thOregon2–2
17th#1 Oregon State3–2
17thSam Houston State2–2
17thSouth Carolina2–2
17thTexas A&M3–2
17thWashington2–2
33rdBethune-Cookman1–2
33rdBucknell1–2
33rdCampbell1–2
33rdGeorgia Southern1–2
33rdGeorgia Tech1–2
33rdJackson State1–2
33rdKansas1–2
33rdNebraska1–2
33rdNorth Carolina1–2
33rdRice1–2
33rdSacramento State1–2
33rdSiena1–2
33rdSoutheastern Louisiana1–2
33rdUNLV1–2
33rdXavier1–2
33rdYoungstown State1–2
49thArizona State0–2
49thBinghamton0–2
49thBryant0–2
49thClemson0–2
49thColumbia0–2
49thDallas Baptist0–2
49th#2 Florida0–2
49th#5 Florida State0–2
49thGeorge Mason0–2
49thIndiana State0–2
49thJacksonville State0–2
49thKent State0–2
49thLiberty0–2
49thNorth Dakota State0–2
49thOld Dominion0–2
49thSan Diego 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.

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 . Kevin Kugler and John Bishop called all games leading up to the Championship Series with Gary Sharp acting as the field reporter. The Championship Series was called by Kugler and Scott Graham with Sharp acting as the field reporter.

Television

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 Matt Schick with Kyle Peterson and Mike Rooney providing analysis. Bases Loaded aired Friday and Saturday from 2:00 pm–midnight ET, Sunday from 2:00 pm–1:00 am ET, and Monday from 6:00 pm–1:00 am ET on ESPN3. ESPN2 and ESPNU aired Bases Loaded in between games and throughout other select times during the tournament.

Broadcast assignments

Regionals
Super Regionals
College World Series
Regionals
Super Regionals
College World Series Championship Series